MULE. Who created us? ROCINANTE. What kind of dumb question is that? The great master Cervantes, of course. Who else? MULE. God. ROCINANTE. Listen you obstinate fool. We're animals. We don't have to believe in God. That's meant for the superior species. MULE. Why did Cervantes create us? ROCINANTE. Because he was a genius. I think he made me a bit like himself. But those who ride us were not so lucky. Tariq Ali's latest play, The New Adventures of Don Quixote, can be read as homage to German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht as much as a playful tribute to Cervantes's masterwork. The central characters from the original novel, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, are mounted on their beasts of burden, Rocinante and the Mule, and Ali has them ride into the twenty-first century, where they are confronted by old vices familiar to them: war, greed, ethnic and religious prejudices, disappointed love, and economic crisis. Their story is satirical, and their songs are sad and angry. But there are odd moments of happiness for Quixote, when he imagines that a wounded US colonel is Dulcinea and allows himself to be seduced by her in a military hospital in Germany. Primarily interested in discovering the meaning of life and how it is molded by the world in which we live, Ali's theatrical device is the conversation between the two animals - Rocinante the philosopher and Mule the everyman who questions her relentlessly. Accompanied by numerous color performance stills of the play from its 2013 production in Germany, this volume is as intellectually stimulating as it is uproariously humorous.

Die Autoren betrachten in diesem Buch die Chancen erneuerbarer Energietr ger auf dem Energiemarkt unter verschiedenen Aspekten. Anhand von Beispielen wird u.a. das Potential erneuerbarer Energietr ger im Verbund mit der konventionellen Energieversorgung untersucht, es werden die damit verbundenen Kosten ausgewiesen sowie daraus resultierende Arbeitsmarkteffekte analysiert. In diesem Zusammenhang pl dieren die Autoren f r eine ausgewogenere volkswirtschaftliche Betrachtungsweise, die nicht nur die mit einem verst rkten Ausbau ressourcenschonender Energien verbundenen positiven Arbeitsmarkteffekte ber cksichtigt, sondern die auch die unvermeidbaren Nachfrager ckg nge in einzelnen Wirtschaftszweigen in die energiepolitische Diskussion mit einbezieht. Auf der Grundlage ihrer Studie geben die Autoren dar ber hinaus Empfehlungen zum Ausbau erneuerbarer Energiesysteme, die an Entscheidungstr ger aus Politik und Wirtschaft gerichtet sind.

Das Buch zeigt die Einsatzmoeglichkeiten primarenergiesparender und erneuerbarer Energieumwandlungssysteme in der Industrie auf der Grundlage wirtschaftlicher Gesichtspunkte auf. Dabei werden sowohl die technischen Grundlagen und relevanten Kennzahlen eroertert als auch oekologische und oekonomische Randbedingungen diskutiert. Daruber hinaus werden die Zukunftsperspektiven der Energiesysteme bewertet und Empfehlungen zu deren Einsatz in den verschiedenen Industriebranchen gegeben. Eine abschliessende vergleichende Bewertung sowie zahlreiche Tabellen und Illustrationen erleichtern dem Leser den UEberblick und zeigen auf anschauliche Art und Weise Alternativen bzw. Optimierungsmoeglichkeiten bereits bestehender Anlagen.

Die Autoren betrachten in diesem Buch die Chancen erneuerbarer Energietrager auf dem Energiemarkt unter verschiedenen Aspekten. Anhand von Beispielen wird u.a. das Potential erneuerbarer Energietrager im Verbund mit der konventionellen Energieversorgung untersucht, es werden die damit verbundenen Kosten ausgewiesen sowie daraus resultierende Arbeitsmarkteffekte analysiert. In diesem Zusammenhang pladieren die Autoren fur eine ausgewogenere volkswirtschaftliche Betrachtungsweise, die nicht nur die mit einem verstarkten Ausbau ressourcenschonender Energien verbundenen positiven Arbeitsmarkteffekte berucksichtigt, sondern die auch die unvermeidbaren Nachfrageruckgange in einzelnen Wirtschaftszweigen in die energiepolitische Diskussion mit einbezieht. Auf der Grundlage ihrer Studie geben die Autoren daruber hinaus Empfehlungen zum Ausbau erneuerbarer Energiesysteme, die an Entscheidungstrager aus Politik und Wirtschaft gerichtet sind."

This book addresses current and pertinent issues in adult, community, and lifelong education and development presenting a distinctive and timely focus on Africa. Drawing from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and personal experiences from astute researchers from different parts of the continent, this book re-conceptualises adult, community and lifelong education from a western perspective to a more Afrocentric and indigenous approach to understanding and solving problems in the field. It attempts to fill that gap by placing emphasis on the history of adult, lifelong and community education, its organization and management, and the philosophical and socioeconomic context within which adult, community and lifelong education is provided. This edited book is a comprehensive collection of cutting edge research and analyses of various concepts in the field and offers in-depth explanations from diverse viewpoints. For ease of reference, this book is organized into 17 chapters with each chapter covering a topical issue in a diverse, multifaceted field. All the chapters were subjected to a rigorous review process. Firstly, by the editors before those that met the initial pre-screening were sent to two other reviewers. These steps were taken to ensure that the chapters were within the scope of the book as well as meeting the set standards. The submissions which did not meet the set standards and/or did not fall within the scope of the book were rejected. The ones that were recommended for inclusion by the reviewers were sent to the authors to correct and resubmit. The corrected chapters from the authors were put together as the manuscript which was submitted to an accredited language editor for editing before finally submitting to the publisher. The contributions are on five African countries with all the contributors from Africa. Consequently, this book differs from many publications about African countries written by non-Africans." Although all the chapters focus on African countries, the scholarly and rigorous discussion by the authors may appeal to international audiences in the field of adult, lifelong and community education.