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The field of Indian studies and the wide-ranging fascination with
India in Wilhelmine Germany emerged during a time of extraordinary
cultural and political tensions, which explicitly informed the
analyses, understanding, and interpretation of Indian traditions.
That is, German Indologen - eminent professors in Indian Studies -
and other intellectuals transacted concerns with religious
traditions, scientific imperatives, and sociopolitical
transformations. Specifically, these German intellectuals drew on
non-Western traditions to assemble an archive of knowledge through
which they could negotiate a number of issues, including:
denominational agendas - both Catholic and Protestant - as the
established Churches sought to solidify their roles in a more
secular world dominated by Bismarckian power politics and
eventually imperial designs; the perceived faltering of religious
signifiers, sparked in part by the scientific challenges to
Biblical exegesis as the primary source for establishing human
knowledge and spiritual identity; a new paradigm for the nation as
Germany sought to identify itself during the age of Empire, with
its inherent colonial competition among the European powers; and
new, innovative paths for re-shaping intellectual identity and
re-building community consensus in response to these perceived
stresses. The image of India became a powerful sounding board
during the Kaiserreich for many intellectuals to re-negotiate
modern definitions of science, culture, and religion - to
re-formulate their destabilized sense of history and progress. Just
as Chamberlain projects in 1905, German Indologists had already
long sought to navigate the unstable religious, social and
political waters of Wilhelmine Germany through their constructed
India. This study shows that these religious (denominational and
spiritual) dilemmas, political agendas, and shifting social
consensus became inextricably entangled in the wider German
encounter with India.
CYCLES is a riveting account of one woman's triumph over many of
life's obstacles. This novel will encourage you, provoke you and
challenge you! It explores Prececa Morriston's weaknesses and
strengths and how she becomes a true woman of substance through it
all. Through all the snares, rejection, pain, confusion and being
misunderstood, Prececa is still here .... And she has a testimony!
This text is an analysis of the aspects of sound in James Joyce's
book "Finnegans Wake". It considers phonetic symbolism, rhythm,
pitch-contours, motifs and songs in a way which shows how Joyce's
work has a genuinely musical layer that is particularly apparent
when the book is read aloud. The assumption that there is no
relationship, other than an arbitrary one, between sound and
meaning is seriously challenged. Peter Myers is the author of "An
Introduction to "Five Sisters", York" and "Rice Krispies".
This edited book is the first full-length volume exclusively
devoted to new research on the challenges and practices of teaching
global issues. It addresses the ways that schools can and do
address young people's interest and activism in contemporary global
issues facing the world. Many young people today are passionate
about issues such as climate change, world poverty, and human
rights but have few opportunities in schools to study such issues
in depth. This book draws on new research to provide a deeper
understanding and examples of how global issues are taught in
schools. The book is organized in two sections: (1) contexts and
policies in which global issues are taught and learned; and (2)
case studies of teaching and learning global issues in schools. The
central thesis is that global issues are an essential feature of
democracy and social action in a world caught in the thrall of
globalization. Schools can no longer afford to ignore teaching
about issues impacting across the world if they intend to keep
young people engaged in learning and want them to make their own
communities-and the greater world-better places for all.
The wide-ranging fascination with India in Wilhelmine Germany
emerged during a time of extraordinary cultural and political
tensions. This study shows how religious (denominational and
spiritual) dilemmas, political agendas, and shifting social
consensus became inextricably entangled in the wider German
encounter with India during the Kaiserreich.
The growing interest in commercial RF applications and
high-frequency engineering has triggered a scramble for fundamental
design and analysis information, which until now has been largely
scattered in the literature and often hard to find. This expertly
compiled resource gives microwave engineers instant one-stop access
to a vast range of essential source material in a single convenient
volume. Over 100 classic papers provide definitive treatment of
design, analysis, and applications of ferrite/powdered iron
circuits. RF transformers, power splitters, power combiners and
directional couplers, all organized for ready reference. Engineers
quickly find proven techniques, design solutions, and core data for
the full range of HF components--from toroidal-wound inductors,
multielement transmission lines, and broadband balun transformers,
to hybrid power dividers and directional channel-separation
filters.
This edited book is the first full-length volume exclusively
devoted to new research on the challenges and practices of teaching
global issues. It addresses the ways that schools can and do
address young people's interest and activism in contemporary global
issues facing the world. Many young people today are passionate
about issues such as climate change, world poverty, and human
rights but have few opportunities in schools to study such issues
in depth. This book draws on new research to provide a deeper
understanding and examples of how global issues are taught in
schools. The book is organized in two sections: (1) contexts and
policies in which global issues are taught and learned; and (2)
case studies of teaching and learning global issues in schools. The
central thesis is that global issues are an essential feature of
democracy and social action in a world caught in the thrall of
globalization. Schools can no longer afford to ignore teaching
about issues impacting across the world if they intend to keep
young people engaged in learning and want them to make their own
communities-and the greater world-better places for all.
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