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The Rites of Assent: Transformations in the Symbolic Construction of America
by Sacvan BercovitchThe Rites of Assent examines the cultural strategies through which "America" served as a vehicle simultaneously for diversity and cohesion, fusion and fragmentation. Taking an ethnographic, cross-cultural approach, The Rites of Assent traces the meanings and purposes of "America" back to the colonial typology of mission, and specifically (in chapters on Puritan rhetoric, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and the movement from Revival to Revolution) to the legacy of early New England.
The Rites of Assent: Transformations in the Symbolic Construction of America
by Sacvan BercovitchThe Rites of Assent examines the cultural strategies through which "America" served as a vehicle simultaneously for diversity and cohesion, fusion and fragmentation. Taking an ethnographic, cross-cultural approach, The Rites of Assent traces the meanings and purposes of "America" back to the colonial typology of mission, and specifically (in chapters on Puritan rhetoric, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and the movement from Revival to Revolution) to the legacy of early New England.
Unspeakable: The Autobiography
by John BercowUnspeakable is John Bercow's characteristically forthright and incisive account of his unique vantagepoint into British politics. Containing verdicts on many of the leading figures of this era, from Tony Blair to David Cameron, Theresa May, and Boris Johnson, Bercow explores and explains the ways in which he has sought to democratise the business of Parliament, using the Speakership to champion the rights of backbench MPs and hold the government to account.In his own words, "I made friends and enemies alike, but from start to finish I sought to do the right, rather than the convenient, thing and to be a decent public servant." From the start, Bercow tackles head-on his regretted fascination with definably right-wing attitudes and describes his inexorable march to more progressive thinking since his election as Member of Parliament for Buckingham in 1997. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the business of politics and how our democracy is - or should be - run, with fascinating insights into Bercow's family background and early interest in politics.When Bercow retired as Speaker of the House of Commons on 31st October, he had become one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures in British politics, and had created a vacancy of huge importance. As Speaker since 2009 he had a ringside seat during one of the most febrile periods in modern British history, presiding over the Commons while it had to contend with key issues such as austerity in the light of the financial crisis; the coalition government between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats; and of course the most intractable problem of all - how to deliver on the 2016 referendum decision that Britain should leave the EU.
So, You Have to Write a Literature Review: A Guided Workbook for Engineers (IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series)
by Catherine G.P. Berdanier Joshua B. LenartIs a literature review looming in your future? Are you procrastinating on writing a literature review at this very moment? If so, this is the book for you. Writing often causes trepidation and procrastination for engineering students—issues that compound while writing a literature review, a type of academic writing most engineers are never formally taught. Consider this workbook as a “couch-to-5k” program for engineering writers rather than runners: if you complete the activities in this book from beginning to end, you will have a literature review draft ready for revision and content editing by your research advisor. So, You Have to Write a Literature Review presents a dynamic and practical method in which engineering students—typically late-career undergraduates or graduate students—can learn to write literature reviews, and translate genre-based writing instruction into easy-to-follow, bite-sized activities and content. Written in a refreshingly conversational style while acknowledging that writing is quite difficult, Catherine Berdanier and Joshua Lenart leverage their unique disciplinary backgrounds with decades of experience teaching academic engineering writing in this user-friendly workbook
So, You Have to Write a Literature Review: A Guided Workbook for Engineers (IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series)
by Catherine G.P. Berdanier Joshua B. LenartIs a literature review looming in your future? Are you procrastinating on writing a literature review at this very moment? If so, this is the book for you. Writing often causes trepidation and procrastination for engineering students—issues that compound while writing a literature review, a type of academic writing most engineers are never formally taught. Consider this workbook as a “couch-to-5k” program for engineering writers rather than runners: if you complete the activities in this book from beginning to end, you will have a literature review draft ready for revision and content editing by your research advisor. So, You Have to Write a Literature Review presents a dynamic and practical method in which engineering students—typically late-career undergraduates or graduate students—can learn to write literature reviews, and translate genre-based writing instruction into easy-to-follow, bite-sized activities and content. Written in a refreshingly conversational style while acknowledging that writing is quite difficult, Catherine Berdanier and Joshua Lenart leverage their unique disciplinary backgrounds with decades of experience teaching academic engineering writing in this user-friendly workbook
Emergence of Communication in Socio-Biological Networks (Computational Social Sciences)
by Anamaria BereaThis book integrates current advances in biology, economics of information and linguistics research through applications using agent-based modeling and social network analysis to develop scenarios of communication and language emergence in the social aspects of biological communications. The book presents a model of communication emergence that can be applied both to human and non-human living organism networks. The model is based on economic concepts and individual behavior fundamental for the study of trust and reputation networks in social science, particularly in economics; it is also based on the theory of the emergence of norms and historical path dependence that has been influential in institutional economics. Also included are mathematical models and code for agent-based models to explore various scenarios of language evolution, as well as a computer application that explores language and communication in biological versus social organisms, and the emergence of various meanings and grammars in human networks.Emergence of Communication in Socio-Biological Networks offers both a completely novel approach to communication emergence and language evolution and provides a path for the reader to explore various scenarios of language and communication that are not constrained to the human networks alone. By illustrating how computational social science and the complex systems approach can incorporate multiple disciplines and offer an integrated theory-model approach to the evolution of language, the book will be of interest to researchers working with computational linguistics, mathematical linguistics, and complex systems.
Empty Signs, Historical Imaginaries: The Entangled Nationalization of Names and Naming in a Late Habsburg Borderland (Austrian and Habsburg Studies #27)
by Ágoston BereczSet in a multiethnic region of the nineteenth-century Habsburg Empire, this thoroughly interdisciplinary study maps out how the competing Romanian, Hungarian and German nationalization projects dealt with proper names. With particular attention to their function as symbols of national histories, Berecz makes a case for names as ideal guides for understanding historical imaginaries and how they operate socially. In tracing the changing fortunes of nationalization movements and the ways in which their efforts were received by mass constituencies, he provides an innovative and compelling account of the historical utilization, manipulation, and contestation of names.
The Psychology of Written Composition (Psychology of Education and Instruction Series)
by Carl Bereiter Marlene ScardamaliaFirst Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Echoes of Surrealism: Challenging Socialist Realism in East German Literature, 1945–1990
by Gerrit-Jan BerendseFor many artists and intellectuals in East Germany, daily life had an undeniably surreal aspect, from the numbing repetition of Communist Party jargon to the fear and paranoia engendered by the Stasi. Echoes of Surrealism surveys the ways in which a sense of the surreal infused literature and art across the lifespan of the GDR, focusing on individual authors, visual artists, directors, musicians, and other figures who have employed surrealist techniques in their work. It provides a new framework for understanding East German culture, exploring aesthetic practices that offered an alternative to rigid government policies and questioned and confronted the status quo.
Generatieve Fonologie: En de Linkerkant van de Grammatica
by Egon Berendsen Ellis Visch Wim Zonneveld
Knowledge Discovery Enhanced with Semantic and Social Information (Studies in Computational Intelligence #220)
by Bettina Berendt Dunja Mladenic Marco De Gemmis Giovanni Semeraro Myra Spiliopoulou Gerd Stumme Vojtech Svatek Filip 381 Elezný
Prozesse der Thematisierung in publizistischen Konflikten: Ereignismanagement, Medienresonanz und Mobilisierung der Öffentlichkeit am Beispiel von Castor und Brent Spar (Studien zur Kommunikationswissenschaft #48)
by Harald BerensInitiativgruppen wie Greenpeace, die Anti-AKW- oder die Anti-Castor-Bewegung erzielen durch spektakuläre Protestaktionen erhebliche Medienresonanz. Sie mobilisieren die Öffentlichkeit und können dadurch politische oder unternehmerische Entscheidungen zum Teil weitreichend beeinflussen. Die Analyse der publizistischen Konflikte um Castor und Brent Spar zeigt: Thematisierungsverläufe verlaufen nicht stetig, sondern sprunghaft. Im Wechselspiel zwischen dem öffentlichem Handeln der Akteure und den Situationsdefinitionen durch die Medien schaukelt sich ein Konflikt als Kettenreaktion aus Schlüssel- und Folgeereignissen wellenartig auf. Entscheidend für die erfolgreiche Medienkarriere eines Themas sind Schlüsselereignisse, die sich durch Prognostizierbarkeit und hohe Handlungsrelevanz auszeichnen.
Mendacity in Early Modern Literature and Culture
by Ingo Berensmeyer Andrew HadfieldMendacity in Early Modern Literature and Culture examines the historical, cultural, and epistemological underpinnings of lying and deception in early modern England, including the political, religious, aesthetic, and philosophical discourses that governed the codes of lying and truth-telling from the sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries. The contributions to this collection draw on a wide range of early modern English literature from Shakespeare to Swift, and from travel writing to poetry, in order to explore the extent to which plays, poems, and narrative texts in this period were sites of negotiation, and, at times, of ideological warfare between the moral imperative of truth-telling and the expediency of telling lies. What were the cultural norms of truthfulness and lying, and on what basis were they constructed? What were the consequences when someone did not share the assumed common project of truth-telling? And which forms of communication were exempt from the pragmatic strictures on mendacious discourse? This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of English Studies.
Englische Literaturgeschichte
by Ingo Berensmeyer Stephan Kohl Eberhard Kreutzer Annegret Maack Martin Middeke Manfred Pfister Johann N. Schmidt Hubert Zapf Eva ZettelmannSeeber up to date! Von Beowulf und Shakespeare über Defoe und Dickens, Yeats, Eliot und Orwell bis zu Woolf, Pinter und Rushdie umfasst der Band alle großen Autorinnen und Autoren der englischen Literatur. Die 5., stark überarbeitete Auflage rückt nun auch die wichtigsten Werke des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts ins Rampenlicht. Neue Inhalte zur Kinderliteratur und Kurzgeschichte, zum Krimi, zu Fantasy und Science Fiction sowie Werk- und Autorenporträts ergänzen den Band. Fundiert zu Epochen, Stilrichtungen, Gattungen. Mit Bildern, Marginalien und Sachregister eben ein lebendiges Nachschlagewerk.
Creating Romantic Obsession: Scorpions in the Mind (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine)
by Kathleen Béres RogersMost of us have, at one time, been obsessed with something, but how did obsession become a mental illness? This book examines literary, medical, and philosophical texts to argue that what we call obsession became a disease in the Romantic era and reflects the era’s anxieties. Using a number of literary texts, some well-known (like Mary Shelley’s 1818 Frankenstein and Edgar Allan Poe’s 1843 “The Tell Tale Heart”) and some not (like Charlotte Dacre’s 1811 The Passions and Charles Brockden Brown’s 1787 Edgar Huntly), the book looks at “vigilia”, an overly intense curiosity, “intellectual monomania”, an obsession with study, “nymphomania” and “erotomania”, gendered forms of desire, “revolutiana”, an obsession with sublime violence and military service, and “ideality,” an obsession with an idea. The coda argues that traces of these Romantic constructs can be seen in popular accounts of obsession today.
Understanding China Today: An Exploration of Politics, Economics, Society, and International Relations (Understanding China)
by Silvio Beretta Axel Berkofsky Lihong ZhangThis book covers numerous areas and aspects of Chinese domestic and external politics and policies, the Chinese economy, Chinese society and culture, and Chinese literature and history. It is divided into four sections, the first of which focuses on China’s place in world politics, including its relations with the European Union, Russia, India, Japan, the United States, and Africa. The second section among others addresses issues and areas related to China’s role in and impact on the international economy, the strategies and positioning of Chinese multinational companies investing in Europe, the problems and challenges of China's banking and financial systems and China's foreign economic strategies. The final two sections are devoted to Chinese politics and society, and Italian views on Chinese culture, language, and literature. The volume is multidisciplinary in nature, with contributions from experts of politics, economics, history, law, literature, gender studies, and the media. It will appeal to a wide range of China scholars and analysts as well as to all who have an interest in international relations, Chinese politics, the Chinese economy, and Chinese society, culture, literature, and history.
The Myth of the Zero Article
by Leszek BerezowskiThe zero article is a staple element of any description of English article usage from advanced research publications down to student grammars, but there has been very little inquiry into its meaning and its other properties. There are copious amounts of publications dealing with the definite and indefinite articles but none about the zero article. Berezowski investigates the origin of the concept of the zero article and shows that it has roots both in structural linguistics of the 1940s and earlier historical linguistics. Structural linguists went on to claim that, since the use of articles in English is deemed 'obligatory', the zero article exists but it has no overt form. Looking through earlier attempts at analyzing the meaning of the zero article, from Jespersen to Chesterman, Berezowksi shows how they all fail. An answer to theoretical problems of grammaticalization are developed; it is shown that English articles have not yet reached a stage in their development where their use has spread to all grammatical environments. Thus, a model is developed for determining when there is no article in English. The new model is tested against a commonly occurring case of zero article, using a corpus-based approach. The Myth of the Zero Article will appeal to academics and students interested in grammar and syntax. It covers an issue recurrent in the teaching and learning of English as Second/Foreign language, and will also appeal to teacher trainers and trainee teachers.
The Myth of the Zero Article
by Leszek BerezowskiThe zero article is a staple element of any description of English article usage from advanced research publications down to student grammars, but there has been very little inquiry into its meaning and its other properties. There are copious amounts of publications dealing with the definite and indefinite articles but none about the zero article. Berezowski investigates the origin of the concept of the zero article and shows that it has roots both in structural linguistics of the 1940s and earlier historical linguistics. Structural linguists went on to claim that, since the use of articles in English is deemed 'obligatory', the zero article exists but it has no overt form. Looking through earlier attempts at analyzing the meaning of the zero article, from Jespersen to Chesterman, Berezowksi shows how they all fail. An answer to theoretical problems of grammaticalization are developed; it is shown that English articles have not yet reached a stage in their development where their use has spread to all grammatical environments. Thus, a model is developed for determining when there is no article in English. The new model is tested against a commonly occurring case of zero article, using a corpus-based approach. The Myth of the Zero Article will appeal to academics and students interested in grammar and syntax. It covers an issue recurrent in the teaching and learning of English as Second/Foreign language, and will also appeal to teacher trainers and trainee teachers.
The Classical Liberal Case for Privacy in a World of Surveillance and Technological Change (Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism)
by Chris BergHow should a free society protect privacy? Dramatic changes in national security law and surveillance, as well as technological changes from social media to smart cities mean that our ideas about privacy and its protection are being challenged like never before. In this interdisciplinary book, Chris Berg explores what classical liberal approaches to privacy can bring to current debates about surveillance, encryption and new financial technologies. Ultimately, he argues that the principles of classical liberalism – the rule of law, individual rights, property and entrepreneurial evolution – can help extend as well as critique contemporary philosophical theories of privacy.
The Palgrave Handbook of History and Social Studies Education
by Christopher W. Berg Theodore M. ChristouThis Handbook presents an international collection of essays examining history education past and present. Framing recent curriculum reforms in Canada and in the United States in light of a century-long debate between the relationship between theory and practice, this collection contextualizes the debate by exploring the evolution of history and social studies education within their state or national contexts. With contributions ranging from Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, chapters illuminate the ways in which curriculum theorists and academic researchers are working with curriculum developers and educators to translate and refine notions of historical thinking or inquiry as well as pedagogical practice.
Bertolt Brecht (Sammlung Metzler)
by Günter Berg Wolfgang JeskeBrecht als Dramatiker, Lyriker, Erzähler und Theoretiker. Brechts Werke werden nach einer allgemeinen Einführung verschiedenen Werkgruppen und Phasen zugeordnet, z.B. Musikdramen, Wirtschaftsdramen, Lehrstücke, Bearbeitungen. Ergänzt werden die Werkerläuterungen um Angaben zu Entstehung, Fassungen, Erstdruck, verarbeiteten Quellen, MitarbeiterInnen, Inszenierungen, etc.
Wissenschaftsjournalismus zwischen Elfenbeinturm und Boulevard: Eine Langzeitanalyse der Wissenschaftsberichterstattung deutscher Zeitungen
by Helena BergHelena Berg beschäftigt sich mit der Frage nach Boulevardisierungstendenzen in der Wissenschaftsberichterstattung deutscher überregionaler Qualitätszeitungen. Basierend auf einer Inhaltsanalyse im Zeitraum von 1995 bis einschließlich 2014 untersucht die Autorin Veränderungen der Berichterstattung im Hinblick auf zentrale gestalterische, inhaltliche und sprachliche Merkmale des Boulevardjournalismus. Dabei stellt sie Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede in der Entwicklung der fünf analysierten Zeitungen heraus und nimmt eine differenzierte Betrachtung des Zusammenhangs von Boulevardisierungsprozessen und journalistischer Qualität vor.
Kontext und Kontingenz: Kommunikationstheoretische Überlegungen zur Literaturhistoriographie. Mit einer Fallstudie zur Goethe-Rezeption des Jungen Deutschland
by Henk de BergNiklas Luhmanns Systemtheorie ist heute eines der zentralen Themen in der literaturwissenschaftlichen Diskussion. Unterbelichtet ist dabei freilich bislang der spezifisch differenztheoretische Charakter von Luhmanns Auffassung gesellschaftlicher Kommunikation geblieben. Dieser Aspekt wird hier fruchtbar gemacht und mit textanalytischen Verfahren der funktionalistischen Sprachphilosophie (J. L. Austin, L. Wittgenstein) verbunden. In einer Fallstudie zur Goethe-Rezeption des Jungen Deutschland werden die literaturhistoriographischen Implikationen dieses Verständnisses von Kommunikation illustriert.
Kommunikation und Differenz: Systemtheoretische Ansätze in der Literatur- und Kunstwissenschaft
by Henk De Berg Matthias PrangelDie primär soziologische (Luhmannsche) Systemtheorie beginnt seit einiger Zeit auch in die Disziplinen der Literaturwissenschaft, Kunstwissenschaft und Musikwissenschaft auszustrahlen. In diesem Band werden die Konsequenzen in zwölf Beiträgen erstmals auf interdisziplinärer Ebene thematisiert. Dabei geht es nicht darum, die Profilierung nur einer einzigen Adaptionsweise der Systemtheorie zu betreiben, sondern ganz unterschiedliche Tendenzen systemtheoretisch inspirierten Arbeitens in den Geisteswissenschaften zu beleuchten.
Super Reading Secrets
by Howard Stephen BergDevised by the man recorded in Guinness as the world's fastest reader--80 pages per minutes--this is the only program that combines the most up-to-date learning techniques and psychological discoveries with proven speed-reading methods and ancient tools like meditation to significantly improve both reading speed and comprehension.