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Otto Hoefler (1901-1987) was an Austrian Germanist and
Scandinavist. His research on >Germanic culture<, in
particular on Germanic Mannerbunde (men's bands), was controversial
and remains a topic of academic debate. In modern discourse,
Hoefler's theories are often fundamentally rejected on account of
his involvement in the National Socialist movement and his
contribution to the research initiatives of the SS Ahnenerbe, or
they are adopted by scholars who ignore his problematic
methodologies and the ideological and political elements of his
work. The present study takes a comprehensive approach to Hoefler's
research on >Germanic culture< and analyses his
characterisation of the >Germanic peoples<, contextualising
his research in the backdrop of German philological studies of the
early twentieth century and highlighting elements of his theories
that are still the topic of modern academic discourse. A thorough
analysis of his main research theses, focusing on his
Mannerbund-research, reveals that his concept of >Germanic
culture< is underscored by a belief in the deep-seated
religiosity of the >Germanic peoples< formed through
sacred-daemonic forces.
Some people are like monarch butterflies-solitary by nature, on a
passionate search for somewhere. Critically acclaimed songwriter
Courtney Marie Andrews presents her first poetry collection. This
poetry collection reads like a transformation, me, the narrator,
being the figurative Old Monarch. Documenting this journey, the
book is separated into three sections, "Sonoran Milkweed," "Longing
In Flight," and "Eucalyptus Tree (My Arrival to Rest)." In the
first stage of my journey, I explore my childhood in Arizona, and
the naive assumptions of youth. At this stage in my journey, I am
impressionable, seeing the world with all its nuances for the first
time. Through the landscape of the Sonoran Desert, I explore some
dark family dynamics and what a child sees. Several characters turn
up in the early poems including my cowboy grandpa, and the single
mother who raised me, despite many forthcomings. The early poems
also explore my desire to see a brighter world of possibility
beyond the dusty desert island, and see humans more clearly within
the confounds of discovery. In the second stage, I have left home.
I am falling in love for the first time, as I become a young woman.
Finally, the last stage is the old monarch's arrival to the garden.
There are a lot of metaphysical and philosophical poems in this
section. I arrive at the figurative garden, and I finally
understand the journey at the edge of my life. There are a lot of
poems in the context of a garden here, accepting mortality and the
ever-changing world. These are meant to be wise old woman poems.
This concise, accessible introduction to understanding agricultural
chemicals and public health combines a broad synthesis on a global
scale with rich ethnographic narratives on a human scale. Drawing
on epidemiology, policy analysis, and social science research on
the global commodity chain, the authors describe the system of
global agrochemical dependence that constitutes a major threat to
human health. Then they draw readers into the lush mountainsides of
highland Guatemala, telling personal stories of farmers, their
experiences with public health programs, their struggles against
agrichemical dependence, and their innovations in sustainable
agriculture. Finally, they show how this kind of qualitative,
multi-level analysis holds practical lessons for public health.
This engaging, brief text is an ideal supplement for courses in
global health, introducing students to key concepts with broad
coverage and engrossing ethnographic detail.
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