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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

This book builds upon recent theoretical approaches that define queerness as more of a temporal orientation than a sexual one to explore how Edgar Allan Poe's literary works were frequently invested in imagining lives that contemporary readers can understand as queer, as they stray outside of or aggressively reject normative life paths, including heterosexual romance, marriage, and reproduction, and emphasize individuals' present desires over future plans. The book's analysis of many of Poe's best-known works, including "The Raven," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Black Cat," "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," show that his attraction to the liberation of queerness is accompanied by demonstrations of extreme anxiety about the potentially terrifying consequences of non-normative choices. While Poe never resolved the conflicts in his thinking, this book argues that this compelling imaginative tension between queerness and temporal normativity is crucial to understanding his canon.

Since 1991, Kyrgyzstan's leaders have pursued a post-Soviet national identity. Their concepts failed to consolidate the country's multi-ethnic society, and continuously antagonize civic values and ethnic myth. The author applies international relations theory to frame Kyrgyzstan's identity crisis: The ruling elite has to manage tensions between their strong dependency on Russia as main donor and security provider and domestic challenges in their pursuit of a national identity. A legitimate national identity must represent both the foreign policy interests of the country and the demands of the Kyrgyz majority and ethnic minorities for representation. The Kyrgyz case unveils the complex dialectics of domestic pressure and external interests that have defined post-Soviet nation building in Russia's near abroad.

Medizinisches Handeln bedeutet Begegnung und Umgang mit dem Kranken, ebenso aber auch objektivierende Beobachtung. Ziel dieses Buches ist es, zur Relativierung des vereinfachten Verstandnisses einer dualistischen Psycho-Somatik beizutragen. Gleichzeitig wird die Moglichkeit zur Uberwindung des unverbindlichen Nebeneinanders von einer rein naturwissenschaftlichen Medizin und einer subjektbezogenen arztlichen Anthropologie plausibel gemacht. Der Autor - langjahriger Mitarbeiter von Viktor von Weizsacker und sein Nachfolger an der Heidelberger Medizinischen Klinik - vertieft die Anthropologische Medizin durch Verknupfung der Theoretischen Pathologie mit den modernen Theorien der Psychosomatik. Dies fuhrt zu einer Metatheorie der Medizin mit zahlreichen praktischen Konsequenzen. Konkrete Krankheitsbeispiele erlautern die theoretischen Schritte und sprechen fachubergreifend Arzte aller Disziplinen an, ebenso wie naturwissenschaftliche "Theoretiker" und interessierte Geisteswissenschaftler.