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The fateful story of Adolf Hitler's transformation from awkward,
feckless loner to lethal, charismatic demagogue. The story of the
making of Adolf Hitler that we are all familiar with is the one
Hitler himself wove in his 1924 trial, and then expanded upon in
Mein Kampf. It tells of his rapid emergence as National Socialist
leader in 1919, and of how he successfully rallied most of Munich
and the majority of Bavaria's establishment to support the famous
beer-hall putsch of 1923. It is an account which has largely been
taken at face value for over ninety years. Yet, on closer
examination, Hitler's account of his experiences in the years
immediately following the First World War turns out to be every bit
as unreliable as his account of his experiences as a soldier during
the war itself. In Becoming Hitler, Thomas Weber continues from
where he left off in his previous book, Hitler's First War,
stripping away the layers of myth and fabrication in Hitler's own
tale to tell the real story of Hitler's politicization and
radicalization in post-First World War Munich. It is the gripping
account of how an awkward and unemployed loner with virtually no
recognizable leadership qualities and fluctuating political ideas
turned into the charismatic, self-assured, virulently anti-Semitic
leader with an all-or-nothing approach to politics with whom the
world was soon to become tragically familiar. As Weber clearly
shows, far from the picture of a fully-formed political leader
which Hitler wanted to portray in Mein Kampf, his ideas and
priorities were still very uncertain and largely undefined in early
1919 - and they continued to shift until 1923. It was the failed
Ludendorff putsch of November 1923 - and the subsequent Ludendorff
trial - which was to prove the making of Hitler. And he was not
slow to spot the opportunity that it offered. As the movers and
shakers of Munich's political scene tried to blame everything on
him in the course of the trial, Hitler was presented with a golden
opportunity to place himself at the centre of attention, turning
what had been the 'Ludendorff trial' into the 'Hitler trial'.
Henceforth, he would no longer be merely a local Bavarian political
leader. From now on, he would present himself as a potential
'national saviour'. In the months after the trial, Hitler cemented
this myth by writing Mein Kampf from his comfortable prison cell.
His years of metamorphosis were now behind him. His years as Fuhrer
were soon to come.
John Dewey was America’s greatest public philosopher. His work
stands out for its remarkable breadth, and his deep commitment to
democracy led him to courageous progressive stances on issues such
as war, civil liberties, and racial, class, and gender
inequalities. This book collects the clearest and most powerful of
his public writings and shows how they continue to speak to the
challenges we face today. An introductory essay and short
introductions to each of the texts discuss the current relevance
and significance of Dewey’s work and legacy. The book includes
forty-six essays on topics such as democracy in the United States,
political power, education, economic justice, science and society,
and philosophy and culture. These essays inspire optimism for the
possibility of a more humane public and political culture, in which
citizens share in the pursuit of lifelong education through
participation in democratic life. The essays in America’s Public
Philosopher reveal John Dewey as a powerful example for anyone
seeking to address a wider audience and a much-needed voice for all
readers in search of intellectual and moral leadership.
Thomas Weber's book comprises a series of biographical reflections
about people who influenced Gandhi, and those who were, in turn,
influenced by him. While the previous literature has tended to
focus on Gandhi's political legacy, Weber's book explores the
spiritual, social and philosophical resonances of these
relationships, and it is with these aspects of the Mahatma's life
in mind, that the author selects his central protagonists. These
include friends such as Henry Polak and Hermann Kallenbach, who are
not as well known as those usually cited, but who left a deep
impression nevertheless, and motivated some of Gandhi's major life
changes. Conversely, the work of luminaries such as E.F. Schumacher
and Gene Sharp reveal the Mahatma's influence in arenas which are
not traditionally associated with his thinking. Weber's book offers
new and intriguing insights into the life and thought of one of the
most significant figures of the twentieth century.
Thomas Weber's book comprises a series of biographical reflections
about people who influenced Gandhi, and those who were, in turn,
influenced by him. Whilst previous literature tended to focus on
Gandhi's political legacy, Weber's book explores the spiritual,
social and philosophical resonances of these relationships, and it
is with these aspects of the Mahatma's life in mind, that the
author selects his central protagonists. These include friends such
as Henry Polak and Hermann Kallenbach, who are not as well known as
those usually cited, but who left a deep impression nevertheless,
and motivated some of Gandhi's major life changes. Conversely, the
work of luminaries such as E. F. Schumacher and Gene Sharp reveal
the Mahatma's influence in arenas which are not traditionally
associated with his thinking. Weber's book offers intriguing
insights into the life and thought of one of the most significant
figures of the twentieth century.
John Dewey was America’s greatest public philosopher. His work
stands out for its remarkable breadth, and his deep commitment to
democracy led him to courageous progressive stances on issues such
as war, civil liberties, and racial, class, and gender
inequalities. This book collects the clearest and most powerful of
his public writings and shows how they continue to speak to the
challenges we face today. An introductory essay and short
introductions to each of the texts discuss the current relevance
and significance of Dewey’s work and legacy. The book includes
forty-six essays on topics such as democracy in the United States,
political power, education, economic justice, science and society,
and philosophy and culture. These essays inspire optimism for the
possibility of a more humane public and political culture, in which
citizens share in the pursuit of lifelong education through
participation in democratic life. The essays in America’s Public
Philosopher reveal John Dewey as a powerful example for anyone
seeking to address a wider audience and a much-needed voice for all
readers in search of intellectual and moral leadership.
Winner of the 2008 Duke d'Arenberg History Prize for the best book
of a general nature, intended for a wide public, on the history and
culture of the European continent.
At once a book about Oxford and Heidelberg universities and about
the character of European society on the eve of World War I, "Our
Friend "The Enemy"" challenges the idea that pre-1914 Europe was
bound to collapse. Weber brings Britain and Germany's preeminent
universities and playgrounds for political and social elites back
to life to reconsider whether any truth is left in the old contrast
between British liberalism and German illiberalism. Contesting the
idea that fundamental Anglo-German differences existed, he also
questions new interpretations that use a cultural history brush to
paint pre-1914 Britain in just as gloomy a light as Imperial
Germany. Rather, he argues that militarist nationalism and European
transnationalism were not mutually exclusive concepts, that reform
usually triumphed over stasis, and that prewar Europe was more
stable than commonly argued. Finally, he demonstrates that the
belief that Europeans were eagerly awaiting a cataclysmic remaking
of the world they were inhabiting is a result of a tendency to read
pre-1914 history backwards as the prehistory of the two world wars.
Cultural communities are shaped and produced by ongoing processes
of translation understood as aesthetic media practices - such is
the premise of this volume. Taking on perspectives from cultural,
literary and media studies as well as postcolonial theory, the
chapters shed light on composite cultural and heterotypical
translation processes across various media, such as texts, films,
graphic novels, theater and dance performances. Thus, the authors
explore the cultural contexts of diverse media milieus in order to
explain how cultural communities come into being.
This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, edited by
Thomas Weber, MD, is devoted to Genetic Testing in Surgical
Oncology. Articles in this issue include: The Critical Importance
of Timely Genetic Testing; Securing and Documenting Cancer Family
History in the Age of the Electronic Medical Record; Cancer Family
Registries: Vital Tools for Patient Management and Cancer Genetics
Translational Research; The Genetics of Breast Cancer; The Genetics
of Colorectal Cancer: HNPCC, FAP MYH, and Hamartomatous Syndromes
Including Peutz-Jeghers and Jevenile Polyposis; Hereditary Gastric
Cancer Syndromes; Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer Syndromes;
Hereditary Melanoma: Genetics and Multidisciplinary Management;
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia: Genetics and Clinical Management;
Sequence Variants of Uncertain Significance (VUS): What To Do When
Genetic Testing Results Are Not Definitive; Confidentiality and the
Risk of Genetic Discrimination: What Surgeons Need to Know; and A
Certified Genetic Counselor: A Crucial Clinical Resource in the
Management of Patients with Suspected Hereditary Solid Tumor
Syndromes.
Dieses Lehrbuch gibt eine kompakte und ubersichtliche Einfuhrung
ins Business-Coaching. Dies geschieht einerseits auf Basis der
modernen Systemtheorie, deren Relevanz fur Coaching erschlossen
wird. Andererseits werden die zentralen Grundlagen der
wissenschaftlichen Psychologie fur Coaching herausgearbeitet und in
Anwendung gebracht. In dieser Kombination erweist sich Coaching als
evidenzbasierte professionelle Dienstleistung - und dieses Werk als
geeignete Lekture fur Studierende und Coaching-Praktiker
gleichermassen.
Thomas Weber entwickelt ein Agency-Modell, das die Wirkung
unterschiedlicher Anreize auf Motivation von FuE-Personal
systematisch untersucht. Er zeigt, dass intrinsische und
nicht-monetare Anreize effektiver sind als extrinsische und
monetare. Allerdings konnen kombinierte Anreize und
Cafeteriasysteme Vorteile gegenuber einzelnen Anreizen bieten.
Neben der Anreizgestaltung erarbeitet der Autor Empfehlungen zur
optimalen Zusammensetzung von Teams.
Fur die freiheitsentziehende Unterbringung Volljahriger hat der
Gesetzgeber mit x 1906 eine eigenstandige Rechtsgrundlage im
Zivilrecht geschaffen. Integraler Bestandteil des Betreuungsrechts
ist ausserdem eine vollstandige Neuregelung des
Unterbringungsverfahrensrechts (xx 70 ff. FGG), die uber den
Anwendungsbereich der materiellrechtlichen Anderung hinausgeht. Im
Mittelpunkt steht gleichsam die Auslegung des Begriffs der
freiheitsentziehenden Unterbringung und die neue
Genehmigungspflichtigkeit der sog. "unterbringungsahnlichen
Massnahmen". Dabei hat der Autor stets die in der Praxis aktuellen
Situationen und Problemfelder im Auge.
Im vorliegendem Band wird eine dreistufige Planungssystematik
vorgestellt, die - ausgehend vom WerkstA1/4ckspektrum - eine
ganzheitlich systematische Planung der automatisierten flexiblen
Blechteilefertigung sowie aller erforderlichen neuen
Teilkomponenten ermAglicht. Aufbauend auf einer Istzustands- und
Schwachstellenanalyse wird ein geeignetes
technisch-organisatorisches Gesamtkonzept fA1/4r die flexible
Blechteilefertigung hergeleitet. Alle anwenderspezifischen
Fragestellungen, die sich auf die Auslegung flexibler
Blechteile-Fertigungszellen beziehen, sind Gegenstand des zweiten
Planungshauptschrittes. Hierzu werden Hilfsmittel zur
KapazitAtsdimensionierung und Komponentenauswahl vorgestellt. Ziel
des dritten Planungshauptschrittes ist es, die einzelnen
Fertigungszellen in ein flexibles Blechteile-Fertigungssystem zu
integrieren. Die hierzu entwickelten Hilfsmittel beziehen sich auf
die Problemstellungen zur Lager-, Verkettungs- und Layoutplanung
sowie auf die Systemauswahl unter BerA1/4cksichtigung
technisch-wirtschaftlicher Kriterien.
'Meeting the Mahatma' was a special moment for most of the people
who captured it later in memorable prose. Gandhi at First Sight is
a collection of such heartfelt moments of people from Sarojini
Naidu to Katherine Mayo and from Romain Rolland to Charlie Chaplin,
of an experience that was profound and sometimes even
life-changing. 'In Gandhi at First Sight, Tom Weber has executed a
simple yet brilliant concept with a masterly touch, an impressive
understanding of the varied individuals whose first impressions of
Gandhi he has included, and an enriching introduction.' -Rajmohan
Gandhi 'Weber... shows with an astonishing array of first meeting
accounts precisely how Gandhi forged relationships from the
beginning by making indelible initial impressions. This book...
brings us incomparably closer to comprehending Gandhi's
extraordinary personal power.' -Dennis Dalton, Columbia University,
New York 'Thomas Weber brings to life the memories of meetings.
These firstperson, autobiographical accounts provide glimpses of
the private world of friendship, of being a disciple and a
pathfinder.' -Tridip Suhrud, Director, Sabarmati Ashram
Preservation Memorial Trust 'With Gandhi gone two-thirds of a
century, we have been in danger of losing touch with a man who was
the most intriguing figure of his time. Now, however, we have these
unique accounts of encounters with him that allow Gandhi to reach
across the decades with a message that endures through time.'
-Charles DiSalvo, West Virginia University, West Virginia
Uniting Mississippi applies a new, philosophically informed theory
of democratic leadership to Mississippi's challenges. Governor
William F. Winter has written a foreword for the book, supporting
its proposals. The book begins with an examination of Mississippi's
apparent Catch-22, namely the difficulty of addressing problems of
poverty without fixing issues in education first, and vice versa.
These difficulties can be overcome if we look at their common
roots, argues Eric Thomas Weber, and if we practice virtuous
democratic leadership. Since the approach to addressing poverty has
for so long been unsuccessful, Weber reframes the problem. The
challenges of educational failure reveal the extent to which there
is a caste system of schooling. Certain groups of people are
trapped in schools that are underfunded and failing. The ideals of
democracy reject hierarchies of citizenship, and thus, the author
contends, these ideals are truly tested in Mississippi. Weber
offers theories of effective leadership in general and of
democratic leadership in particular to show how Mississippi's
challenges could be addressed with the guidance of common values.
The book draws on insights from classical and contemporary
philosophical outlooks on leadership, which highlight four key
social virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice. Within
this framework, the author approaches Mississippi's problems of
poverty and educational frustration in a novel way that is
applicable in and beyond the rural South. Weber brings to bear each
of the virtues of democratic leadership on particular problems,
with some overarching lessons and values to advance. The author's
editorial essays are included in the appendix as examples of
engaging in public inquiry for the sake of democratic leadership.
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In "Morality, Leadership, and Public Policy," Eric Weber argues for
an experimentalist approach to moral theory in addressing practical
problems in public policy. The experimentalist approach begins
moral inquiry by examining public problems and then makes use of
the tools of philosophy and intelligent inquiry to alleviate them.
Part I surveys the uses of practical philosophy and answers
criticisms - including religious challenges - of the approach,
presenting a number of areas in which philosophers' intellectual
efforts can prove valuable for resolving public conflicts. Part II
presents a new approach to experimentalism in moral theory, based
on the insights of John Dewey's pragmatism. Focusing on the
elements of good public inquiry and the experimentalist attitude,
Weber discusses ways of thinking about the effective construction
and reconstruction of particular problems, including practical
problems of public policy prioritization.Finally, in Part III the
book examines real-world examples in which the experimentalist
approach to ethics proves useful, including instances of "bandwidth
theft" and the controversies surrounding activist judges in the US
Supreme Court.
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