The fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries were truly an Age of Secrecy in Europe, when arcane knowledge was widely believed to be positive knowledge that extended into all areas of daily life, from the economic, scientific, and political spheres to the general activities of ordinary people. So asserts Daniel Jutte in this engrossing, vivid, and award-winning work. He maintains that the widespread acceptance and even reverence for this "economy of secrets" in premodern Europe created a highly complex and sometimes perilous space for mutual contact between Jews and Christians. Surveying the interactions between the two religious groups in a wide array of secret sciences and practices-including alchemy, cryptography, medical arcana, technological and military secrets, and intelligence-the author relates true stories of colorful "professors of secrets" and clandestine encounters. In the process Jutte examines how our current notion of secrecy is radically different in this era of WikiLeaks, Snowden, et al., as opposed to centuries earlier when the truest, most important knowledge was generally considered to be secret by definition.

In many regions of the world, professionalisation in adult and continuing education is brought into the focus of educational policy and research. Various fields of practice are looking for scientifical and political support in raising the level of professionalism. While there are no simple lessons to be learned from other countries, a closer analysis of international experience may reveal common and diverging interests. It may also provide worthwhile insights into opportunities and risks surrounding professionalisation. This edited volume is intended to further stimulate international exchange, cross-country approaches and comparative research in this field. It includes contributions to the theoretical debate and to the development of (comparative) research as well as reports on research findings and development activities concerning the professionalisation of adult educators.

A prize-winning scholar offers a sweeping exploration of the role doors have played in history Exploring a chapter not yet probed in the cultural history of the West, The Strait Gate demonstrates how doors, gates, and related technologies such as the key and the lock have shaped the way we perceive and navigate the domestic and urban spaces that surround us in our everyday lives. Jutte reveals how doors have served as sites of power, exclusion, and inclusion-and, by extension, as metaphors for salvation-in the course of Western history. This book makes it clear that doors, more than any other parts of the house, are the objects onto which we project our ideas of and anxieties about security, privacy, and shelter. Without doors, of course, houses could not exist. But even though we each walk through doorways well over a hundred times a day, we typically pay little attention to the doors we encounter. We regard them simply as a means of entering or leaving a building or room. Yet when our doors stop working as they should-when we find that we cannot lock or open them, for instance-we react with discomfort and anxiety. Drawing on a wide range of archival, literary, and visual sources, as well as on research literature across various disciplines and languages, Jutte pays particular attention to the history of the practices that have developed over the centuries in order to handle and control doors in everyday life.

A study of the development of prisons, hospitals and insane asylums in America and Europe that grew out of discussions between its two editors about their work on the history of hospitals, poor relief, deviance, and crime, and a subsequent conference that attempted to assess the impacts of Foucault and Elias. Seventeen contributors from six different countries with backgrounds in history, sociology and criminology utilize various methodological approaches and reflect the various viewpoints in the theoretical debate over Foucault's work.

A major interdisciplinary study of the development of prisons, hospitals and insane asylums in America and Europe, this book resulted from discussions between its two editors about their work on the history of hospitals, poor relief, deviance, and crime, and a subsequent conference held in 1992 by the German Historical Institute that attempted to assess the impacts of Foucault and Elias. Seventeen contributors from six different countries with backgrounds in history, sociology and criminology utilize various methodological approaches and reflect the various viewpoints in the theoretical debate over Foucault's work.

This study provides an accessible and authoritative account of poverty and deviance during the early modern period, informed by those new perspectives on the role of the poor themselves in the provision of welfare services characteristic of much recent social history. Contrary to the once-traditional historical emphasis on the ameliorative role of individual reformers, Professor JÜtte's account looks much more closely at the poor themselves, and the complex network of social and communal relationships they inhabited.

After the end of the Second World War, the book-trade in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany was faced with major upheavals. Books were censored, and publishers needed a licence from the occupying power before they could conduct their business. The study provides a detailed, handbook-like description of the licensing procedure, presents the institutions and individuals involved in the process and explains the legal regulations and different conditions publishers were confronted with in the respective states and provinces.

This collected volume is dedicated to Prof Hans Otto Horch on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Prof. Horch has done much to enrich the academic processing of the history of German-Jewish literature and culture. The wide range of his interests is reflected in these papers by internationally-renowned Germanists, historians and cultural researchers, who are concerned with Jewish identity against the background of Jewish-Christian relations in the German-speaking world from the Early Modern Age up to the present day.

During the last decades, freight transportation experienced a worldwide boom. At the same time, competition increased considerably, such that efficient cost structures are indispensable for any market player. One of the main challenges a transportation company faces is the efficient employment of its personnel in operations, commonly referred to as crew scheduling. In this book the author presents solution approaches to large-scale crew scheduling. Firstly, the implementation of state-of-the-art operations research methods for a setting at a major European freight railway carrier is presented. Secondly, the author discusses acceleration techniques that make the developed algorithms applicable even in short-term contexts. While the analysis is based on European freight railway settings, the gained insights also apply to other (crew) scheduling contexts. Potential readership includes scholars and graduate students who are interested in the fields of crew scheduling and column generation as well as practitioners from transportation companies looking for new planning approaches.

Ideal for exercise science, athletic training, and physical therapy students, this updated edition of Knight and Draper'sTherapeutic Modalities: The Art and Science covers the knowledge and skills needed to select the best therapeutic modality for each client injury. This edition helps students hone their clinical decision-making skills by teaching both the how and the why of each therapeutic modality, offering the application that today's student craves. Retaining the accessible student-friendly writing style and focus on kinesthetic learning that made the book so successful, the third edition is enhanced by new chapters, new photos, and significant updates throughout that reflect the latest research and advances in the field. A focus on both the art and science of practice. The authors emphasize the importance of using evidence-based information while acknowledging that clinicians must also rely on experience and tradition when selecting the best modalities. New chapters on Positional Release Therapy, Nitrogen Vapor Cryotherapy, and Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation (BEMER Opening) cover vital topics for today's professionals. Practical guidance. Each modality chapter is followed by step-by-step procedures for effectively using that modality in practice to prepare students for everyday challenges. Chapter-opening Scenes feature a short scenario that poses a situation related to chapter content, while chapter-closing Scenes complete the vignette, helping students see how content is put into practice. Five-Step Application Procedure Templates help students organize the information needed to apply a modality. Modality Myths present common misunderstandings and provide a scientific basis for setting the record straight. Concept Check exercises deepen understanding. Application Tips offer tips for practice and understanding. Reflections and Case Studies encourage students to reflect on and apply the different therapeutic modalities. Review Questions are ideal for review and self-testing. eBook available for purchase. Fast, smart, and convenient, today's eBooks can transform learning. These interactive, fully searchable tools offer 24/7 access on multiple devices, the ability to highlight and share notes, and more

An encyclopedic survey of the Jewish body as it has existed and as it has been imagined from biblical times to the present That the human body can be the object not only of biological study but also of historical consideration and cultural criticism is now widely accepted. But why, Robert Jutte asks, should a historian bother with the Jewish body in particular? And is the "Jewish body" as much a concept constructed over the course of centuries by Jews and non-Jews alike as it is a physical reality? To comprehend the notion and existence of a Jewish body, he contends, one needs to look both at the images and traits that have been ascribed to Jews by themselves and others, and to the specific bodily practices that have played an important role in creating the identity of a religious and cultural community. Jutte has written an encyclopedic survey of the Jewish body as it has existed and as it has been imagined from biblical times to the present, often for anti-Jewish purposes. He examines the techniques for caring for the body that Jews acquire in childhood from parents and authority figures and how these have changed over the course of a more than 2000-year history, most of it spent in exile. From consideration of traditional body stereotypes, such as the so-called Jewish nose, to matters of gender and sexuality, sickness and health, and the inevitable end of the body in death, The Jewish Body explores the historical foundations of the human physis in all its aspects.

The primary focus of critical care is doing everything necessary to save lives. With so many things to manage, it comes as no surprise that the complex, multi-layered issues faced by critical illness survivors cannot be managed by intensive care specialists alone. Critical Care Psychology and Rehabilitation provides insight into holistic care of survivors. Written by leading experts, the book builds upon current literature and illustrates the benefits of integrating psychological and rehabilitation techniques throughout the care continuum. Chapters include summaries of treatment techniques, developments in intensive care settings, support and training for staff, and opportunities for further research. Although all chapters are relevant to contemporary psychology practice, the book is written in a style that is accessible to a wide audience of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. Critical Care Psychology and Rehabilitation offers tools to improve the quality of intensive and post intensive care, with positive outcomes for patients, families, and caregivers.

This path-breaking book examines our attitudes to the senses from antiquity through to the present day. Robert Jutte explores a wealth of different traditions, images, metaphors and ideas that have survived through time and describes how sensual impressions change the way in which we experience the world.

Throughout history, societies have been both intrigued or unsettled by the five senses. The author looks at the way in which the social world conditions our perception and traces the 'rediscovery' of sensual pleasure in the twentieth century, paying attention to experiences as varied as fast food, deoderization, and extra-sensory perception. He concludes by exploring technological change and cyberspace, reflecting on how developments in these fields will affect our relationship with the senses in the future.

Birth control is not an invention of modern times, nor is it a purely personal matter. By the same token, mighty institutions such as church and state have exerted their influence as effectively as that of doctors, population theorists, and the early pioneers of the feminist movement; all of these claim a special expertise in matters of ethics and morality, and so shape the discourse on birth control. The focal point of this engaging new book by renowned historian, Robert J tte, is the Europe of modern times. It also takes in its scope various cultural groups elsewhere in America, China, India and the near East, and world religions such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam, offering an engaging comparative study of the phenomenon of contraception. Demographic and political aspects of population studies are explored from the early middle ages to the present, as well as the population theories of Malthus. J tte explains how our antecedents dealt with such things and how today's technologies, the condom and coil for example, and our moral perceptions have evolved. In addition to the contraceptives we know and use today, J tte considers other contraceptive practices as diverse as the persecution of witches, the castration of young boys to preserve their voices, the habits of prostitutes and their varied clients and the use of herbs and very peculiar talismans. This comprehensive survey of one of the oldest and most urgent problems of mankind builds up a rich picture of how, over the centuries, all manner of men and women, together and separately, have battled with the needs both for sexual gratification and for limitation of offspring, and also looks beyond to how contraception might evolve in the future. Birth control is not an invention of modern times, nor is it a purely personal matter. By the same token, mighty institutions such as church and state have exerted their influence as effectively as that of doctors, population theorists,

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Birth control is not an invention of modern times, nor is it a purely personal matter. By the same token, mighty institutions such as church and state have exerted their influence as effectively as that of doctors, population theorists, and the early pioneers of the feminist movement; all of these claim a special expertise in matters of ethics and morality, and so shape the discourse on birth control. The focal point of this engaging new book by renowned historian, Robert J tte, is the Europe of modern times. It also takes in its scope various cultural groups elsewhere in America, China, India and the near East, and world religions such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam, offering an engaging comparative study of the phenomenon of contraception. Demographic and political aspects of population studies are explored from the early middle ages to the present, as well as the population theories of Malthus. J tte explains how our antecedents dealt with such things and how today's technologies, the condom and coil for example, and our moral perceptions have evolved. In addition to the contraceptives we know and use today, J tte considers other contraceptive practices as diverse as the persecution of witches, the castration of young boys to preserve their voices, the habits of prostitutes and their varied clients and the use of herbs and very peculiar talismans. This comprehensive survey of one of the oldest and most urgent problems of mankind builds up a rich picture of how, over the centuries, all manner of men and women, together and separately, have battled with the needs both for sexual gratification and for limitation of offspring, and also looks beyond to how contraception might evolve in the future. Birth control is not an invention of modern times, nor is it a purely personal matter. By the same token, mighty institutions such as church and state have exerted their influence as effectively as that of doctors, population theorists,

A wide-ranging illustrated history of transparency as told through the evolution of the glass window Transparency is a mantra of our day. It is key to the Western understanding of a liberal society. We expect transparency from, for instance, political institutions, corporations, and the media. But how did it become such a powerful-and global-idea? From ancient glass to Apple's corporate headquarters, this book is the first to probe how Western people have experienced, conceptualized, and evaluated transparency. Daniel Jutte argues that the experience of transparency has been inextricably linked to one element of Western architecture: the glass window. Windows are meant to be unnoticed. Yet a historical perspective reveals the role that glass has played in shaping how we see and interpret the world. A seemingly "pure" material, glass has been endowed, throughout history, with political, social, and cultural meaning, in manifold and sometimes conflicting ways. At the same time, Jutte raises questions about the future of vitreous transparency-its costs in terms of visual privacy but also its ecological price tag in an age of accelerating climate change.

Die Studie fragt nach den Anlassen, Gestaltungsformen und Wirkungen innovativer Lehre an Hochschulen. UEber den Zugang einer erziehungswissenschaftlichen Lehr-Lern-Forschung nimmt sie die Perspektive von Lehrenden und Studierenden facherubergreifend in den Blick und verschrankt sie in einem Mixed-Methods-Design. Interviews, netzwerkanalytische Zugange und eine standardisierte Online-Befragung bilden eine umfassende Datengrundlage fur die Untersuchung. Die Ergebnisse erweitern die Perspektive im Diskurs uber die Qualitat und Innovation der Lehre an Hochschulen.

Un best-seller mondial sur le developpement des nourrissons que chaque parent se doit de possede. Recompense par de nombreux prix. Les Semaines miracles. Comment stimuler les semaines les plus importantes dans le developpement de votre bebe durant les 20 premiers mois de sa vie et transformer ses 10 grandes phases d'agitation previsibles en autant bonds magiques vers l'avant decrit en des termes faciles a comprendre les changements incroyables dans le developpement des bebes et les periodes de regression que tous vivent durant les 20 premiers mois de leurs vies. Cette edition augmentee decrit deux bonds de developpement supplementaires pour aller jusqu'a la fin de la periode sensori-motrice. Ce livre vous explique comment: Savoir quand et pourquoi votre bebe sera agite L'aider a passer les phases d'agitation - et vous a y survivre Tirer le maximum des phases de developpement Ce livre est base sur la decouverte scientifique d'un phenomene qui a renouvele en profondeur l'education des bebes: il s'avere que tous les nourrissons sain et normaux sont agites a peu pres aux memes ages, et passent par des periodes de regression et de mauvais sommeil durant ces phases. Un best-seller mondial qui a evite a de nombreux parents a travers le globe de devenir fou. Ces fluctuations liees a l'age dans le besoin de contact corporel et d'attention (les periodes de regression) sont liees a des changements majeurs et spectaculaires dans le cerveau des enfants. Ces changements permettent a un bebe d'entrer dans un tout nouveau monde perceptif et, en consequence, d'apprendre de nombreuses nouvelles competences. Ceci devrait etre cause de joie, mais en ce qui concerne le bebe, ces changements sont deroutants. Il est pris de court: en une nuit, tout a change. C'est comme s'il s'etait reveille sur une planete inconnue. Ce livre inclut: Un guide detaille du comportement du bebe semaine apres semaine A quel moment s'attendre a une phase d'agitation, ce que cela implique (un comportement penible, pot de colle et pleurnichard: les trois P ) et comment gerer ces periodes de regression (les bonds) Une description du point de vue de votre bebe sur le monde qui l'entoure et comment vous pouvez comprendre les changements qu'il vit Des jeux amusants et de petites activites que vous pouvez faire avec votre enfant Critiques d'experts: --- Voici une plongee aussi pratique que divertissante dans les 18 premiers mois de la vie d'un bebe. Van de Rijt et Plooij ont observe et trouve les moments critiques dans le developpement d'un nourrisson... Les observations et les conseils pratiques des auteurs sont fantastiques. (Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, professeur emerite a la Harvard Medical School) - Quiconque s'occupe de nourrisson et de petits enfants sera interesse par la lecture des Semaines miracle. Ce livre ouvrira les yeux des parents sur des aspects de la croissance, du developpement, des variations comportementales et des reponses emotives de leurs enfants qu'ils auraient autrement pu ne pas remarquer, ou trouver deconcertants et penibles. (Dr. Catherine Snow, Professeur de Sciences de l'education a la Harvard Graduate School of Education) --- Les Semaines miracle est une lecture essentielle pour les parents et quiconque travaille avec des nourrissons: pediatres, travailleurs sociaux, psychologues et, bien entendu, parents. (Dr. John Richer, diplome en psychologie clinique, consultant en psychologie clinique et directeur de la psychologie pediatrique du departement de pediatrie du John Radcliffe Hospital a Oxford en Angleterre)