Sagalassos vi - ebook (9789461660473)

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Since 1990, the ancient city of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey has been the focus of an interdisciplinary archaeological research project coordinated by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The papers collected in this volume reveal how the meticulous systematic and interdisciplinary reconstruction of the ecology and economy of the site and its territory has enhanced our understanding of the ancient settlement and its inhabitants beyond the traditional aspects of classical archaeology in Asia Minor. Highlighting geo-archaeological, archaeometrical, and bio-archaeological work performed within the framework of excavations and surveys between 1996 and 2006, this important book'ss insights greatly enhance the promotion of real interdisciplinarity in classical archaeology.

Josquin des prez and his musical legacy - willem elders - ebook (9789461661265)

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A comprehensive guide for early music lovers and performers Josquin des Prez and His Musical Legacy is the most up-to-date contribution to the research on one of the most important and internationally famous composers of the Renaissance. This monograph offers factual information on the composer as well as insights into his 16th-century and modern reception, a survey of the sources of his music, and a discussion of the thorny issue of authorship. Willem Elders, one of the most distinguished scholars of Josquin'ss music, also discusses the influence of Gregorian chant as a source of inspiration and explains the various aspects of Josquin'ss symbolic language. Each individual work (including some of those in the old Josquin edition now considered inauthentic) receives a short discussion of relevant contextual aspects and interesting musical features. Ranges and lengths are given for each work. The style is adapted to the professional musicologist as well as to the 'smusic lover's and performer. Includes 45 figures and 90 musical examples

Recevez ce mien petit labeur - ebook (9789461660169)

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After a distinguished career of more than 35 years, Ignace Bossuyt retired as professor at the Musicology Department of the University of Leuven on October 1st 2007. As an internationally recognised leader in the field of later-16th-century music, Bossuyt consolidated the department'ss reputation as a centre of excellence in renaissance music studies. Articles in this volume deal with music from the period on which the dedicatee focussed his own research. Subjects discussed include newly discovered music by Philippe de Monte and Heinrich Isaac, humour in the motets of Orlando di Lasso, the beginnings of music history, compositional procedures in renaissance music, and Tinctoris'ss art of listening. A wide range of methodological perspectives is offered, including historiography, reception studies, source studies, music analysis, music theory, style studies, and aesthetics of music. The publication is both a Festschrift in which distinguished specialists honour an outstanding colleague, and a Liber Amicorum compiled for a dear friend.

Miroir et savoir - ebook (9789461660275)

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Grâce à sa grande richesse, la métaphore platonicienne du miroir a été adoptée, amplifiée et élaborée dans l'sAntiquité par une multitude d'sauteurs, certes tous d'sinspiration platonicienne, mais appartenant à la fois au paganisme et au christianisme. Lorsqu'son étudie cette métaphore dans le corpus philosophique, mystique et poétique en terre d'sIslam, on constate qu'sil ne s'sagit pas d'sune récurrence fortuite, d'sun lieu commun, d'sun archétype de la pensée humaine. Il s'sagit au contraire de l'sadoption d'sun thème précis, toujours lié à un contexte platonicien malgré la pluralité des courants dans lesquels il apparaît. Les contributeurs au livre Miroir et Savoir se sont attachés à étudier les modalités selon lesquelles le thème platonicien du miroir est passé du paganisme et du christianisme à la culture arabo-musulmane, de la langue grecque et syriaque à l'sarabe et au persan. Ils ont tenté de dévoiler les mécanismes de ces passages et d'sen déterminer l'senjeu conceptuel. Cet ouvrage espère ainsi apporter une contribution au dossier de l'shistoire de la réception du corpus philosophique grec dans le monde arabo-musulman.

Platonic stoicism - stoic platonism - ebook (9789461660282)

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This book examines the important but largely neglected issue of the interrelation between Platonism and Stoicism in Ancient Philosophy. Several renowned specialists in the fields of Stoic and Platonic analyse the intricate mutual influences between Stoic and Platonic philosophers in the Hellenistic period, the Imperial Age, and after. Although it has been repeatedly claimed that the phenomenon addressed in this book could best be labelled eclecticism, it emerges from the various articles collected here that the situation is much more complicated. Far from being eclectics, most Stoics and Platonists consciously appropriated their material in order to integrate it into their own philosophical system. The dialogue between Platonists and Stoics testifies to active debate and controversy on central topics such as psychology, epistemology, physics, and ethics. This book will deepen our understanding of the dialogue between different philosophical schools in Antiquity. The results presented here teach one clear lesson: Platonism and Stoicism were by no means monolithic blocks, but were continuously moulded by mutual influence and interaction.

The churches - ebook (9789461660312)

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Developments in church-state relationships in north-western Europe between 1780 and 1920 had a substantial impact on reformist ideas, projects and movements within the churches. Conversely, the dynamics of ecclesiastical reform prompted the state itself to react in various ways, through direct intervention or by adapting its policies and/or promulgating laws. To which extent did church and state mutually influence each other in matters concerning ecclesiastical reform? How and why did they do so? These are the central questions posed in The Churches, the second volume in the series 'sDynamics of Religious Reform's. The volume concentrates on the reforms generated by the churches themselves and on their response to the political and legal reforms initiated by the state. It shows how processes of church reform evolved differently in different countries. The position and role of organised religion in the modern state is a matter of continual debate. This volume offers historical insight into the enduring but sometimes uneasy relationship between church and secular authority.

Textual mobility and cultural transmission - ebook (9789461660220)

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Textual Mobility and Cultural Transmission is the first publication of the research and documentation Centre for the Study of English Literatures in Dutch Translation. The first part explores the notion of 'stextual mobility's from a theoretical, book historical and descriptive perspective. Having thus established a broad and dynamic framework, the second part subsequently provides four case studies on Byron, Carlyle, Woolf and Beckett. Tekstmobiliteit en Culturele Overdracht is de eerste publicatie van het Centrum voor de studie van Engelstalige Literatuur in Nederlandse Vertaling (CELV). In een eerste deel wordt het begrip 'stekstmobiliteit's belicht vanuit een theoretisch, boekhistorisch en descriptief standpunt. Binnen een dergelijk dynamisch en multi-disciplinair kader worden in het tweede deel case studies gepresenteerd over Byron, Carlyle, Woolf en Beckett.

Quodlibet - henricus de gandavo - ebook (9789461660893)

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Henry of Ghent, the most influential philosopher/theologian of the last quarter of the 13th century at Paris, delivered his fourth Quodlibet during 1279. This Quodlibet was written at the beginning of what could be called the height of his career. In total there are 37 questions, which cover a wide range of topics, including theories in theology, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, ethics, and canon law. In these questions Henry presents his mature thought concerning the number of human substantial forms in which he counters the claims of the defenders of Thomas Aquinas, particularly those in Giles of Lessines'ss De unitate formae, but also those found in Giles of Rome'ss Contra Gradus. He is critical of Thomas Aquinas'ss theories concerning human knowledge, the 'smore's and the 'sless,'s and virtue. He also is critical of Bonaventure'ss analysis of Augustine'ss notion of rationes seminales. There are 33 known manuscripts which contain the text of Quodlibet IV, and the critical text is reconstructed based upon manuscripts known to have been in Henry'ss school, as well as manuscripts copied from two successive university exemplars in Paris.

Henry of ghent: metaphysics and the trinity - juan carlos flores - ebook (9789461660886)

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The book elucidates Henry of Ghent'ss philosophical and theological system with special reference to his trinitarian writings. It demonstrates the fundamental role of the Trinity in Henry'ss philosophy and theology. It also shows how Henry (d. 1293), the most influential theologian of his day at Paris, developed the Augustinian tradition in seminal ways in response to the Aristotelian tradition, especially Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274).

Met (het) oog op morgen - joop van der horst - ebook (9789461660077)

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Joop van der Horst is een begrip. En dat al heel lang. Zijn stukken zijn altijd verrassend, eigenzinnig, to the point en met veel humor. Ze zijn bovendien zo verbluffend eenvoudig geschreven en zo aansprekend dat je vergeet dat het om belangrijke en netelige onderwerpen gaat. Taal is iets van iedereen. Maar de meningen over taal staan vaak tegenover elkaar. Vooral als het gaat om taalverandering, om normen en waarden, om de standaardtaal, om onderwijs en literatuur. Al die onderwerpen komen aan de orde in deze bundeling van eerder verschenen artikelen. Sommige, zoals 'sDe Croma-verandering's of 'sHet nieuwe krijgen's zijn klassiekers. Andere, zoals 'sDe ezels in de film's of 'sMortier's zijn pareltjes die verschenen in een obscuur studentenblaadje of in een krant van acht jaar geleden en zijn daardoor nagenoeg onvindbaar geworden. In 'sMet (het) oog op morgen's komen ze allemaal weer boven water. In deze stukken is niets van schoolmeesterij. Wie wil weten 'shoe het moet's, kan beter iets anders lezen. Joop van der Horst schrijft voor zelfdenkende lezers: die worden aan het denken gezet, uitgenodigd tot verwondering of geprikkeld tot tegenspraak. Maar nooit laten deze stukken de lezer onberoerd.

Johann sebastian bach's art of fugue - ewald demeyere - ebook (9789461661296)

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A practical guide to the performance of the Art of Fugue (with separate sheet music booklet - 34 p.) With the Art of Fugue Bach delivered a polyphonic composition for keyboard of unprecedented proportions and complexity. Notwithstanding the vast existing literature on this brilliant work, a performer does not often find answers in it to practical questions such as 'sWhy is this note not flatted?'s or 'sHow can one make this peculiar voice-leading work during performance?'s This book by a leading Bach performer is designed to fill this void and provide a practical guide to the performance of the Art of Fugue. The first part contains an overview of four important Baroque topics related to the concept and performance of the Art of Fugue (rhetoric, metre, syntax, and keyboard technique). The second part basically demonstrates, with reference to the first four Contrapuncti, how the background presented in the first part often enables possible explanations for both text-critical and conceptual issues to be formulated. The final purpose is to achieve as eloquent a performance as possible of these pieces.

Business planning for digital libraries - ebook (9789461660015)

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This book brings together international experience of business planning for digital libraries: the business case, the planning processes involved, the costs and benefi ts, practice and standards, and comparison with the traditional library where appropriate. Although there is a vast literature already on other aspects of digital libraries, business planning is a subject that until now has not been systematically integrated in a book. Digital libraries are being created not only by traditional libraries, but by museums, archives, media organizations, and indeed any organization concerned with managing scientific and cultural information. Business planning for digital libraries is the process by which the business aims, products and services of the eventual system are identified, together with how the digital library service will contribute to the overall business and mission of the host organization. These provide the context and rationale, which is then combined with normal business plan elements such as technical solutions, investment, income and expenditure, projected benefi ts or returns, marketing, risk analysis, management, and governance.

Les dialogues platoniciens chez plutarque - xavier brouillette, angelo giavatto - ebook

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The origins of banana-fibre cloth in the ryukyus, japan - katrien hendrickx - ebook (9789461660497)

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The Japanese word bashôfu literally means 'sbanana-fibre cloth's. Both the cloth and the clothing made from it are now considered important constituents of Okinawan identity. This special trait of Okinawan material culture was brought to attention by the Japanese Folk Craft Movement in the 1930s. After years of decline following World War II, the weaving and use of bashôfu saw a revival that accelerated after the return of Okinawa to Japan in 1972 and still continues. Although today bashôfu receives considerable attention because of its status since 1974 as one of Japan'ss important intangible cultural properties, its origins and history had remained hidden. In this book Katrien Hendrickx searches for the origins of bashôfu in the Ryukyus, including the origins of ito bashô, the plant that provides the raw material, and studies the yarn-making methods and weaving techniques. She also focuses on why and how the Ryukyuan people adopted those techniques and introduced them into their own society. By careful analysis of all available sources, considered from viewpoints that sprang from fields as various as pure history, phytohistory, philology, ethnography, and folklore, Hendrickx convincingly proves that bashôfu was introduced in the Ryukyus from Southern China, and not from Southeast Asia as is commonly argued. Her overview of present-day bashôfu-weaving and its use also provides valuable insights into the situation of folk-craft within Okinawan society during the second half of the 20th century and up to the present-day.

Geleerd in de tropen - ruben mantels - ebook (9789461660459)

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Van de dagen van Leopold II tot de dag dat koning Boudewijn Congo onafhankelijk verklaarde, was de Leuvense universiteit actief in de kolonie. Hoogleraren en onderzoekers ondernamen tropische expedities en volgden de veranderende kennis van Congo in Leuven op. Belgische studenten voegden zich bij de ontdekkingsreizen van Stanley, namen deel aan de exploitatie van Katanga of sympathiseerden met de onafhankelijkheidsstrijd. In die strijd speelde Leuven een voortrekkersrol met de Lovanium-universiteit die zij nabij Leopoldstad oprichtte. Op basis van archiefonderzoek en interviews brengt Ruben Mantels een intrigerend portret van Lovanium, de universiteit onder de tropenzon. Mantels beschrijft het dagelijks leven op de campus, verhaalt van tropische carrières en portretteert de eerste generatie Congolese intellectuelen. Geleerd in de tropen is een geschiedenis van een universiteit en een kolonie, van 'sblanken's en 'szwarten's, van kolonisatie en dekolonisatie. Het vertelt over de faam van koloniale helden en over de pioniers van Lovanium en doet dit in een aantrekkelijke stijl, met een ruime keuze aan origineel beeldmateriaal.

Strijd en inkeer - bart latre - ebook (9789461661005)

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De jaren 1960 waren op veel gebieden een keerpunt in de geschiedenis van de twintigste eeuw. Er vond een ware culturele revolutie plaats, met een grote impact op allerlei aspecten van het dagelijkse leven. Ook op religieus vlak veranderde heel wat. De maatschappelijke invloed van de kerk en het christendom op de samenleving verminderde sterk. Toch zagen in die periode vele nieuwe religieuze initiatieven het licht. Eén daarvan was de beweging van 'sprogressieve's christenen. Geïnspireerd door het Tweede Vaticaans Concilie, de nieuw linkse maatschappijkritiek van 'smei 's68's, de bevrijdingstheologie en de basis-gemeenschappen kwamen de 'sprogressieve's christenen tot een alternatief christendom. Ze pleitten voor een democratische kerkordening en voor een kerk die resoluut de kant van de armen koos. Maatschappelijke kwesties analyseerden ze vanuit een nieuw links gedachtegoed. Op spiritueel vlak beklemtoonden ze een 'swereldgerichte's religieuze beleving. Engagement in de wereld en dagelijkse levenservaringen moesten een centrale plaats krijgen. In dit boek spit de auteur tientallen groepen en groepjes van 'sprogressieve's christenen uit Vlaanderen naar boven. Hij bestudeert ze tegen de achtergrond van de evoluties in kerk en samenleving in de periode 1958-1990.

Neo-latin commentaries and the management of knowledge in the late middle ages and the early modern period (1400-1700) - ebook (9789461661272)

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Profound study of one of the most important genres within Humanist scholarship. Between 1400 and 1700 the political, religious, intellectual, and even geographic landscape was profoundly changed by the Reformation, Humanism, the rise of empirical science, the invention of printing technology, and the discovery of the New World. The late medieval and early modern intellectuals felt an urgent need to respond to the changes they were involved in, and to come to a revision and re-authorisation of knowledge. They embarked on a scholarly programme of a quality and extent hitherto unknown in the Western world: the whole body of the literature of antiquity, including the Bible, was to be re-edited critically and furnished with commentaries. The Neo-Latin commentary became the most important genre of humanist scholarship. This book sheds light on the various ways in which classical authors and the Bible were commented on, the types of commentary, the commenting strategies that were used to approach different readerships, the various kinds of knowledge that were collected, created, and transmitted, and the usages and reading practices applied to commentaries. Contributors K. Enenkel (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster), S. de Beer (Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society), C. Kallendorf (Texas A&M University), C. Pieper (Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society), M. Pade (Aarhus University), V. Berlincourt (Université de Genève), J. Bloemendal (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands), V. Wels (Berlin), W. J. Zwalve (Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law, Leiden University), B. H. Stolte (University of Groningen), B. Roling (Institut für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin), H. Nellen (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands), J. Touber (Utrecht University)

De levenskracht der bevolking - ebook (9789461660053)

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De periode tussen de Eerste en de Tweede Wereldoorlog heeft in de Lage Landen tot nog toe weinig aandacht gekregen. Het leek een niemandsperiode, een verminkt tijdsgewricht, dat letterlijk en figuurlijk weggedrukt werd door de oorlogen. Ten onrechte, zo blijkt uit De levenskracht der bevolking. Het interbellum was een dynamisch sociaal laboratorium en kende intense maatschappelijke spanningen. De moderniteit was op kruissnelheid gekomen en riep tegengestelde reacties op, gaande van radicale omarming tot reactionaire verwerping. Politieke democratisering botste op antidemocratische reacties en nieuwerwetse tendensen in het huwelijks- en gezinsleven lokten antimoderne kritiek uit. In de westerse wereld woedde een debat over 'sde bevolkingskwestie's. Een aantal demografische evoluties werd in brede kringen gelezen als een teken dat het met de westerse cultuur de verkeerde kant uitging en dat een aantal waarden en normen dreigde verloren te gaan. In dit boek nemen Nederlandse en Vlaamse historici, sociologen, economen en demografen een reeks thema'ss onder de loep rond 'svolk's, huwelijk en gezin, leven en dood tijdens het interbellum. Ze doen dit vanuit actuele invalshoeken en met verrassende bronnen en originele methoden. De belangrijkste thema'ss uit die tijd staan ook vandaag (opnieuw) op de maatschappelijke agenda: lage vruchtbaarheid, vergrijzing en internationale migratie.

Tijd, evolutie en duurzaamheid - ebook (9789461661319)

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Negentiende editie van een interdisciplinaire lessenreeks. We beseffen dat tijd voorbijgaat omdat we kunnen nadenken over wat is geweest. Kunnen stilstaan bij wat is gebeurd, genereert tegelijk de mogelijkheid te denken aan wat zal komen. Daarom creëren we monumenten, daarom doceren we geschiedenis. Architecten en historici lichten dat in dit boek toe. Ze bevestigen wat Faulkner schreef: 'sThe past is never dead. It'ss not even past's. Wat in het verleden is gebeurd, drukt zijn stempel op het heden. Tijd blijkt ook relatief. We denken tijdsverloop in mensenmaat. De wetenschap ontdekte hoe futiel de tijd van mensen is in het licht van de tijd van het universum en van de evolutie. Toch blijkt de impact van mensen op de natuur ingrijpend. Niet alleen een mensenleven is fragiel, ook de biodiversiteit op onze blauwe planeet blijkt uiterst kwetsbaar. Daarom lijkt het de opdracht van deze tijd duurzaamheid te creëren. De thema'ss in deze lessenreeks kruisen elkaar en zijn complementair. Tegelijk vormt deze bundel een tijdsdocument. In de lessen weerspiegelt zich de tijdsgeest, met zijn angst en hoop. Contributors: bOb Van Reeth, Kaat Wils, An Goris, Kevin Verstrepen, Mathijs Lamberigts, Jan Hertogen, Helder De Schutter, Manuel Sintubin, Peter Tom Jones, Moritz Diehl, Olivier Honnay, Joris Vandenberghe, Erwin Ooghe, Marie-Christine Janssens

A non-oedipal psychoanalysis? - philippe van haute, tomas geyskens - ebook (9789461660596)

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The different psychopathologic syndromes show in an exaggerated and caricatural manner the basic structures of human existence. These structures not only characterize psychopathology, but they also determine the highest forms of culture. This is the credo of Freud'ss anthropology. This anthropology implies that humans are beings of the in-between. The human being is essentially tied up between pathology and culture, and 'snormativity's cannot be defined in a theoretically convincing manner. The authors of this book call this Freudian anthropology a patho-analysis of existence or a clinical anthropology. This anthropology gives a new meaning to the Nietzschean dictum that the human being is a 'ssick animal's. Freud, and later Lacan, first developed this anthropological insight in relation to hysteria (in its relation to literature). This patho-analytic perspective progressively disappears in Freud'ss texts after 1905. This book reveals the crucial moments of that development. In doing so, it shows clearly not only that Freud introduced the Oedipus complex much later than is usually assumed, but also that the theory of the Oedipus complex is irreconcilable with the project of a clinical anthropology. The authors not only examine the philosophical meaning of this thesis in the work of Freud. They also examine its avatars in the texts of Jacques Lacan and show how this project of a patho-analysis of existence inevitably obliges us to formulate a non-oedipal psychoanalytic anthropology.

Aristotle's problemata in different times and tongues - ebook (9789461661166)

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The present volume contains a collection of papers on the reception of Aristotle'ss Problemata, a multifaceted text asking various questions about medical, scientific or everyday topics. This text is one of the most neglected Aristotelian treatises, because of its heterogeneous character and its so-called 'sinauthenticity's. It has been the subject of a complex transmission. In ancient times, Aristotle'ss text has been augmented and adapted, while still other authors composed similar collections of Problemata. In the Middle Ages, Problemata collections have been translated into Arabic, Latin, and Middle French, each translation being characterized by its own particularities. The Latin translation lead to an extremely influential commentary by the Italian physician Peter of Abano, whereas Evrart de Conty, who made the Middle French translation, added himself a commentary to each discussed problem, often using Peter of Abano'ss text as source. Also in the Renaissance, the Problemata appealed to the interest of physicians and philosophers. In their contributions to this book, the authors analyse this complex web of relations between source-texts, translations, and commentaries, in different times and tongues.

Denken en weten over de wereld - ebook (9789461660602)

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Welke invloed hebben de ideeën en ontdekkingen van onderzoekers op ons en op de wereld om ons heen? Denken en weten over de wereld, de veertiende editie van Lessen voor de eenentwintigste eeuw, gunt het algemene publiek een blik achter de schermen van het laboratorium, het atelier of de studeerkamer en laat zien op welke wijze klimaatverandering, voedselvoorziening, opvoeden en onderwijs, bierbrouwen, humor, beeldcultuur en milieu, de rol van de USA, medische statistiek, het levenseinde of navelstrengbloed een impact hebben op het dagelijkse leven. Marc Boogaert, Jozef Deckers, Freddy Delvaux, Katrien Descheemaeker, Kurt Feyaerts, Chris Gastmans, Jacques Haers, Bart Kerremans, Paul Moyaert, Freddy Nachtergaele, Idesbald Nicaise, Greet Vansant, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Geert Verbeke en Karine Verschueren staan in het brandpunt van wat leeft in de wetenschap en delen hun inzichten met de lezer.

Gender and christianity in modern europe - ebook (9789461661043)

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Case studies upon the use of concepts like feminization and masculinization in relation to christianity. Since the 1970s the feminization thesis has become a powerful trope in the rewriting of the social history of Christendom. However, this 'sthesis's has triggered some vehement debates, given that men have continued to dominate the churches, and the churches themselves have reacted to the association of religion and femininity, often formulated by their critics, by explicitly focusing their appeal to men. In this book the authors critically reflect upon the use of concepts like feminization and masculinization in relation to Christianity. By presenting case studies that adopt different gendered approaches with regard to Christian, mainly Catholic discourses and practices, the authors capture multiple 'sfeminizations's and 'smasculinizations's in Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries. In particular, it becomes clear that the idea that Christianity took on 'scharicteristically feminine's values and practices cannot withstand the conclusion that what is considered 'smanly's or 'sfeminine's depends on time, place, and context, and on the reasons why gendered metaphors are used.

Loci sacri - ebook (9789461661050)

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Sacred places have long exercised a special fascination. Sacred places are not static entities but reveal a historical dynamic. They are the result of cultural developments and have varied multidimensional levels of significance. They are places where time is, as it were, suspended, and they are points where holy times and holy places meet. Sacred places are places apart. It is this specificity in the context of the Christian religions of the West that Loci Sacri wishes to unveil by bringing together specialists from various disciplines, countries, and Christian denominations. One of the questions is why some sites have for centuries proven to be so popular while others have not. Another topic is the way in which extraordinary natural sites have been designated as sacred and given new meaning, primarily by means of architecture. Loci Sacri also explores the 'seternal's character of this sacred status.

Sexuality and psychoanalysis - ebook (9789461660381)

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The relationship between sexuality and psychoanalysis can be described in terms of an old and stormy love affair. The same can be said about the relationship between psychoanalysis and philosophy. It is precisely this fascinating 'slove triangle's that the present volume of essays aims to explore. A diverse group of philosophers and psychoanalysts reflected on the concept of sexuality in Freudo-Lacanian psychoanalysis. The result is a stimulating collection of essays where the role of sexuality in psychoanalysis is scrutinized from a philosophical point of view. This volume does more than merely offer an alternative psychoanalytic account of sexuality. It also develops a wide range of philosophical reflections on sexuality as conceptualized by Freudo-Lacanian psychoanalysis, and in this way initiates a dialogue between the two concurrent disciplines.

De beiaard - ebook (9789461660626)

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Sinds vijf eeuwen is beiaardmuziek een typisch kenmerk van de steden in de Lage Landen. De beiaard maakt zozeer deel uit van het klankbeeld dat hij nauwelijks nog wordt opgemerkt. Toch heeft precies zijn alomtegenwoordigheid ervoor gezorgd dat mensen allerhande betekenissen aan hem hebben toegekend. Die betekenissen overstijgen het domein van de 'szuivere's muziek. De beiaard werd beschouwd als de 'sstem's van bevolkingsgroepen en als een symbool van de waarden die hun leden met elkaar deelden. Over de afbakening van die groepen en over de inhoud van die waarden bestonden echter uiteenlopende meningen en rezen conflicten. De beiaard werd dus onvermijdelijk een politiek instrument. In België, een land dat doortrokken was van maatschappelijke tegenstellingen, werd hij dat meer dan waar ook. Soms was de beiaard een toonbeeld van burgerlijk-liberale waarden, dan weer van een strijdbaar katholicisme. Nu eens was hij Vlaams, dan weer Belgisch. Door de manieren te onderzoeken waarop de beiaard werd verbeeld, belichten de auteurs van dit boek de geschiedenis van België dan ook vanuit een verrassende hoek.

De nominale constituent - freek van de velde - ebook (9789461660121)

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De nominale constituent is een onderbelicht domein van de syntaxis, zeker in de historische taalkunde. Dat is niet terecht, want over de syntactische bouw ervan is men het lang niet eens, en de veranderingen die zich in de loop van de geschiedenis hebben voorgedaan, zijn talrijk. In dit boek wordt geargumenteerd dat achter die diverse veranderingen een grote tendens schuilgaat: de Nederlandse nominale constituent is het resultaat van een eeuwenlang proces van stapsgewijze uitbreiding ter linkerzijde met een aantal duidelijk onderscheiden kavels ('sslots's) in het voorveld. Deze visie laat toe een aantal ogenschijnlijk heel uiteenlopende taalveranderingen samenhangend te verklaren. Het onderzoek strekt zich uit over verschillende eeuwen taalgeschiedenis. De klemtoon ligt uiteraard op het Oud-, Middel- en Nieuwnederlands, maar waar mogelijk wordt nog verder teruggegaan, tot de gereconstrueerde fasen van het Proto-Germaans en het Proto-Indo-Europees. In de argumentatie worden data uit verschillende talen betrokken - onder andere Hittitisch, Sanskriet, Grieks, Latijn, Gotisch, Oudengels, Oudhoogduits - en er wordt gebruik gemaakt van allerhande technieken, van theoretisch onderzoek tot kwantitatief corpusonderzoek. Verder wordt er ook uitvoerig verwezen naar de bestaande internationale vakliteratuur.

Het beleid van de jeugdmagistraat - johan deklerck, johan put, marieke franssens - ebook (9789461660480)

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In de gerechtelijke jeugdbescherming valt de laatste jaren een stijgend aantal vorderingen en opgelegde maatregelen te noteren, zowel in zaken met betrekking tot problematische opvoedingssituaties (POS) als jeugddelinquentie (MOF). Deze toename is deels het gevolg van een groeiende instroom van minderjarigen. Daarnaast zijn ook de beslissingen van parketmagistraten en jeugdrechters in de verschillende fases van de gerechtelijke procedure van groot belang. En juist over de manier waarop deze beslissingen tot stand komen, is weinig gekend. In Het beleid van de jeugdmagistraat onderzoeken de auteurs welke factoren een rol spelen in het beslissingsproces van parketmagistraten en jeugdrechters. Niet alleen bewuste, rationele overwegingen worden daarbij in kaart gebracht. Dit boek biedt een breed overzicht van de vele juridische, psychosociale en menselijke factoren die van invloed zijn op het nemen van belangrijke beslissingen over het leven van een kind of een jongere. De conclusies en aanbevelingen van de auteurs zijn van groot belang voor en toepasbaar in zowel de rechtspraktijk als het jongerenwelzijnswerk.

Cui dono lepidum novum libellum? - ebook (9789461660541)

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During the sixteenth century, the traditional act of dedicating a text took on a new meaning due to the wider dissemination of the printed book. As the dedication and other paratexts thus became an almost indispensable part of the publication, they merit careful examination by those who study the presentation and impact of any printed work in its context. Paratexts bridge the gap between the outside World of the reading public and the enclosed world of the book, and often present biographical information concerning the persons involved in the making of the book. In the present volume, general reflections as well as case studies in the field of paratexts to Latin works and to musical compositions on Latin texts consider and exemplify these as well as other aspects of paratexts. The multidisciplinary perspective further enriches the insight in form, function and nature of the dedicatory act in the sixteenth century. A synthesis of the nature of the sixteenth-century dedication is thus presented, relevant not only to Neo-Latinists and musicologists, but also to (book) historians, philologists, and others.

Opera omnia - henricus de gandavo - ebook (9789461660565)

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Volume 30 of the Henrici de Gandavo Opera Omnia series is devoted to Henry'ss Summa quaestionum ordinariarum, articles 47-52. This section of Henry'ss Summa deals with the action of the (divine) will; the divine will in relation to the divine intellect; divine beatitude; passion in relation to the divine being; the differences between the divine attributes; and the order of the divine attributes. The critical edition of the text is accompanied by a detailed introduction to the manuscripts and to Henry'ss sources.

The sparking discipline of criminology - ebook (9789461661197)

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With a contribution by John Braithwaite himself: 'sOpportunities and dangers of capitalist criminology's. Over the past decades, the Australian social scientist John Braithwaite (1951) has played a crucial role in the development of international criminology. He is universally considered one of the most renowned criminologists of our times and he has characteristically put his scientific engagement at the service of humanity and society by aiming at social justice, participative democracy, sustainable development and world peace. His relentless efforts to create links between the study of criminology and other scientific disciplines has led the K.U.Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) to honour Braithwaite in February 2008 with an honorary doctorate. In this collection of essays a number of well-known academics reflect on the work of John Braithwaite by addressing two leading questions: What are the implications of a republican theory of justice for criminology and criminal policy? And secondly, what is the role of academic criminology in today'ss social, political and economic environment? The volume is concluded by an extensive and insightful contribution from John Braithwaite himself, not only reflecting on the preceding essays in the book, but also addressing the challenges and future directions for academic criminology in the present day.

Paganism in the middle ages - ebook (9789461661173)

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Interdisciplinary study of pagan culture from late antiquity to the emergent Renaissance. In this volume the persistence, resurgence, threat, fascination, and repression of various forms of pagan culture are studied in an interdisciplinary perspective from late antiquity to the emergent Renaissance. Contributions deal with the survival of pagan beliefs and practices, as well as with the Christianization of pagan rural populations or with the different strategies of oppression of pagan beliefs. The authors examine problems raised by the encounter with pagan cultures outside the Muslim world and show how philosophers contrived to 'ssave's the great philosophers and poets from ancient culture notwithstanding their paganism. The contributors also study the fascination of classic 'spagan's culture among friars during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and the imitation of pagan models of virtue and mythology in Renaissance poetry. Contributors: Carlos Steel (University of Leuven), John Marenbon (Trinity College, Cambridge), Ludo Milis (University of Ghent), Marc-André Wagner † (Paris, Ministère de la Culture), Brigitte Meijns (University of Leuven), Rob Meens (University of Utrecht), Edina Bozoky (Université de Poitiers), Henryk Anzulewicz (Albertus-Magnus Institut, Bonn), Robrecht Lievens (University of Leuven), Stefano Pittaluga (Università di Genova), Anna Akasoy (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

The debate about colour naming in 19th century german philology - ebook (9789461661210)

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The Debate about Colour Naming in 19th Century German Philology is comprised of eleven essays illustrating the intensity of interest in colour naming and categorisation that arose in nineteenth century Germany. The themes of each chapter vary in their emphasis on particular theories which lie behind the 'stesting's of the colour-naming capacities of 'sprimitive people's throughout the world, and which move towards new variants of the doctrine of 'sevolution.'s This selection of work directs itself towards the growing field of Psychology and the shifting ground on which it was to form the later debates about 'scolour naming and categorisation.'s These essays can be read from both a general and a specialist perspective. They are a fascinating example of the early development of the human sciences, and of the interplay between natural science, social science and ideology.

Over grenzen en generaties heen - ebook (9789461660640)

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Toekomstgerichte reflecties vanuit verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines over mens, maatschappij en wetenschap Wetenschappelijk onderzoek kent geen slotakkoord of apotheose. Het zet zich voortdurend door. Op elk moment treden nieuwe academici in het spoor van hun leermeesters, maakt men gebruik van nieuwe methoden en ontwikkelt men nieuwe interesses. Niet alleen de aard van de navorsers en van hun methoden evolueren, ook hun onderzoeksobject verandert. Zeker in het veld van de politiek en de wereldeconomie maken we revolutionaire tijden door. De geopolitiek van de VS en Europa ten opzichte van groeilanden zoals China, India en Brazilië wijzigt drastisch en in de Arabische landen groeit het verlangen naar echte democratie. Intussen neemt de druk op de draagkracht van onze blauwe planeet verder toe. In 2050 zijn we wellicht met 9 miljard mensen. Zal er voldoende voedsel zijn? Welke energie zal aan onze toekomstige behoeften op een duurzame manier kunnen voldoen? In welk soort voertuigen zullen we ons verplaatsen? In onze eigen gemeenschap doet de vergrijzing vragen stellen over de houdbaarheid van ons pensioenstelsel en over de kwaliteit van het leven van een steeds ouder wordende bevolking. Wie een vinger aan de pols wil houden van de ontwikkeling van het wetenschappelijk onderzoek zal in deze publicatie opnieuw een staalkaart vinden van wat voor vandaag en voor morgen relevant is.

Dramma giocoso - james webster - ebook (9789461660589)

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The three Mozart/Da Ponte operas offer an inexhaustible wellspring for critical reflection, possessing a complexity and equivocation common to all great humane works. They have the potential to reflect and refract whatever locus of contemporaneity may be the starting point for enquiry. Thus, even postmodern and postmillennial concerns, far from seeming irrelevant to these operas, are instead given new perspectives by them, whilst the music and the dramatic situations have the multivalency to accept each refreshed pallet of interpretation without loss of their essential character. These operas seem perennially 'snew's. In exploring the evergreen qualities of Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro, this collection of studies does not shun approaches that have foundations in established theory, but refracts them through such problems as the tension between operatic tradition and psychological realism, the co-existence of multiple yet equal plots, and the antagonism between the tenets of tradition and the need for self-actualization. In exploring such themes, the authors not only illuminate new aspects of Mozart'ss operatic compositions, but also probe the nature of musical analysis itself. GPRC label:

The forgotten contribution of the teaching sisters - bart hellinckx, frank simon, marc depaepe - ebook (9789461660503)

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For far too long Catholic teaching sisters have been denied their rightful place in the history of education. It is only during the past twenty-five years that researchers in many countries have begun to reveal the fundamental role played by these women in the schooling of children of both the masses and the elite during the 19th and 20th centuries. This essay provides for the first time a detailed overview of the historiography of the teaching sisters in Western Europe, North America, Latin America and Australasia, surveying scholarship since 1985. It reviews the literature on six major themes: contribution to schooling, teaching orders and schools, educational philosophy, content and practice, life and lived experience of teachers and students, the professionalization of teaching, and changes in the composition of the teaching staff. Very rich in bibliographical references, this book is indispensable for all further research on this significant but underexplored group of women teachers.

Opera omnia - henricus de gandavo - ebook (9789461660558)

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In the process of completing his critical edition of Marcus of Orvieto'ss Liber de Moralitatibus, Dr. Girard J. Etzkorn happened upon a set of questions attributed to Henry of Ghent at the end of Rome'ss Bibliotheca Angelica codex 750. These questions are edited in this volume under the proviso 'sattributed to's so that scholars may compare the texts with other works of the Ghentian master known to be authentic. Based upon some intitial comparisons Etzkorn concludes that the ten questions appear to be of two literary genres. The first six are best fitted into the category of Disputed Questions while Questions seven to ten are better characterized as Quodlibetal questions given their relative brevity and small number of objections 'spro's and 'scontra's. Moreover, the ten questions seem to be 'sselected's questions and were not likely disputed at the same time. Future investigations are essential to find out if the questions may indeed be attributed to Henry himself or whether they have been written by one of Henry'ss disciples who was 'scopying's the thoughts and words of the master.

Symbolic communication in late medieval towns - ebook (9789461661135)

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This volume addresses symbolic forms of communication in the late medieval towns of the Low Countries, northern France and the Swiss Confederation. In context of State centralisation, the political autonomy of these towns was threatened by tensions with higher levels of power. Within this conflict both rulers and towns employed symbolic means of communication to legitimise their power position. The intensive use of rituals like theatreplays and gift-exchange demonstrates that symbolic forms of communication were no routine jobs. Towns and rulers actively appropriated and reread older traditions in order to adapt them to the new settings in which they were employed. Tradition and innovation had to be balanced well, in order for the audience to understand the ritual correctly. However, the organiser could never control the new layers of meaning the audience would attach to the event. This volume seeks to explore how new layers of meaning were attached to well-known traditions, how these rituals were perceived and when the recognizability of a ritual was damaged by such appropriations. Both public encounters between rulers and towns are studied, as well as the use of ritual to express the political and religious relations between the various social groups within the towns.

Medieval manuscripts in transition - ebook (9789461661142)

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Manuscripts constitute the source material par excellence for diverse academic disciplines. Art historians, philologists, historians, theologians, philosophers, book historians and even jurists encounter one another around the codex. The fact that such an encounter can be extremely fertile was demonstrated, during an international congress in Brussels on November 5-9, 2002. A record of the discussions can be found in this volume of the Mediaevalia Lovaniensia. The editors selected those lectures that focused on the historical, literary-historical, philosophical and theological aspects of the congress theme as opposed to those with an explicit art-historical perspective. The common thread, however, is always the codicological aspect: what can the study of manuscripts contribute to the literary-historical interpretation or the insight into the functioning of a text in its original context. The various contributions testify to a fearless and unrestrained interdisciplinary approach to the material. The subjects broached cover a broad domain: from the development of classical themes to the transmission of lyrical models, from visual material giving evidence of the reception of literary texts to the artes-literature used as a vehicle for a love story.

Rechts vlaanderen - henk de smaele - ebook (9789461661012)

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In de loop van de negentiende eeuw komt 'srechts Vlaanderen's tegenover 'slinks Wallonië's te staan. Bij elke parlementsverkiezing bleek (en blijkt) het Vlaamse kiesgedrag af te wijken van het Waalse. Hoe is het ontstaan van rechts Vlaanderen te verklaren? Historici hebben het Vlaamse kiesgedrag vaak geïnterpreteerd als de politieke vertaling van de economische en culturele 'sachterlijkheid's van 'sarm Vlaanderen's: de Vlaamse samenleving was traditioneel en de kiezers stemden er dus traditioneel. Anderen hebben aangevoerd dat de katholieke partij beter inspeelde op de Vlaamse verzuchtingen en dat de Vlaamse kiezers gewoon 'srationeel's handelden door rechts te stemmen. In dit boek onderzoekt Henk de Smaele beide theses kritisch. Hij komt tot de vaststelling dat geen van beide volstaat om de vorming van rechts Vlaanderen te verklaren. Om het fenomeen beter te begrijpen, moet men niet alleen aandacht hebben voor 'stradities's en 'sbelangen's, maar ook voor 'saffecten's. Zo zal blijken dat de 'sculturele ruralisering's van Vlaanderen de sleutel is tot het geheim van rechts Vlaanderen.