1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785637003321

Autore

Klausen Jytte

Titolo

The Cartoons That Shook the World / / Jytte Klausen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

0-300-15506-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

363.4

Soggetti

Caricatures and cartoons - Political aspects - Denmark

Muslims - Denmark - Politics and government - 21st century

Protest movements - Denmark - History - 21st century

Caricatures and cartoons - Political aspects - Islamic countries

Christianity and other religions - Islam

Blasphemy (Islam)

Denmark Relations Islamic countries

Islamic countries Relations Denmark

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Editors and the Cartoonists -- Chapter 2. The Path to a Showdown -- Chapter 3. The Diplomatic Protest against the Cartoons -- Chapter 4. Muslims' ''Day of Rage'' -- Chapter 5. Seeking the Third Way -- Chapter 6. Muslim Iconoclasm and Christian Blasphemy -- Chapter 7. Danish Intolerance and Foreign Relations -- Chapter 8. The Freedom Agenda Rebound -- Chronology -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

On September 30, 2005, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Five months later, thousands of Muslims inundated the newspaper with outpourings of anger and grief by phone, email, and fax; from Asia to Europe Muslims took to the streets in protest. This book is the first comprehensive investigation of the conflict that aroused impassioned debates around the world on freedom of expression, blasphemy, and the nature of modern Islam. Jytte Klausen interviewed politicians in the



Middle East, Muslim leaders in Europe, the Danish editors and cartoonists, and the Danish imam who started the controversy. Following the winding trail of protests across the world, she deconstructs the arguments and motives that drove the escalation of the increasingly globalized conflict. She concludes that the Muslim reaction to the cartoons was not-as was commonly assumed-a spontaneous emotional reaction arising out of the clash of Western and Islamic civilizations. Rather it was orchestrated, first by those with vested interests in elections in Denmark and Egypt, and later by Islamic extremists seeking to destabilize governments in Pakistan, Lebanon, Libya, and Nigeria. Klausen shows how the cartoon crisis was, therefore, ultimately a political conflict rather than a colossal cultural misunderstanding.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349439003321

Titolo

Dryland Ecohydrology / / edited by Paolo D'Odorico, Amilcare Porporato, Christiane Wilkinson Runyan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-23269-7

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (594 pages)

Disciplina

577.6

Soggetti

Ecology

Aquatic ecology

Plant ecology

Animal ecology

Hydrology

Terrestial Ecology

Freshwater & Marine Ecology

Plant Ecology

Animal Ecology

Hydrology/Water Resources

Hidrologia

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- SECTION 1: FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES AND INTERACTIONS IN THE SOIL-CLIMATE-VEGETATION SYSTEM -- Chapter 2. Soil Moisture Dynamics in Water-Limited Ecosystems -- Chapter3. Soil physical properties and associated soil-root interactions -- Chapter 4. Ecophysiology of plants in dry environments -- Chapter 5. Ecohydrology of Photosynthesis -- Chapter 6. Ecohydrological controls on the deposition of non-rainfall water, N and P to dryland ecosystems -- Interactions and feedbacks between climate and dryland vegetations -- SECTION 2: HYDROGEOMORPHOLOGY AND LANDFORMS OF ARID AND SEMIARID LANDSCAPES -- Chapter 8. The history and evolution of desert hydrology and landforms: The role of climate change -- Chapter 9. Ecohydrological implications of aeolian processes in drylands -- Chapter 10. Hydrological and geomorphological significance of riparian vegetation in drylands -- SECTION 3: ECOHYDROLOGIC CONTROLS on NUTRIENT CYCLING and DISTURBANCES -- Chapter 11. Ecohydrological and stoichiometric controls on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in drylands -- Chapter 12. Modeling of Phosphorus Dynamics in Dryland Ecosystems -- Chapter 13. Microbial nitric oxide, nitrous oxide and nitrous acid emissions from drylands -- Chapter 14. Fire regimes in dryland landscapes -- Chapter 15. Termites as mediators of the water economy of arid savanna ecosystems -- SECTION 4: ECOHYDROLOGY OF A VARIETY OF DRYLAND ECOSYSTEMS -- Chapter 16. Interactions of water and nitrogen on primary productivity across spatial and temporal scales in grassland and shrubland ecosystems -- Chapter 17. Deforestation, water availability, and nutrient cycling in dry forests -- Chapter 18. Vegetation pattern formation in drylands -- Chapter 19. Ecohydrology of agroecosystems – Interactions between local and global processes -- Chapter 20. Ecohydrology of urban ecosystems -- Chapter 21. Desertification and land degradation.

Sommario/riassunto

By combining the analysis of biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial ecosystems, this book synthesizes material on arid and semiarid landscapes, which was previously scattered among various books and journal articles. It focuses on water-limited ecosystems, which are highly sensitive to fluctuations in hydrologic conditions and, in turn, play an important role in affecting the regional water cycle. Intended as a tool for scientists working in the area of the earth and environmental sciences, this book presents the basic principles of eco-hydrology as well as a broad spectrum of topics and advances in this research field. Written by authors with diverse areas of expertise who work in arid areas around the world, the contributions describe the various interactions between the biological and physical dynamics in dryland ecosystems, ranging from basic processes in the soil-vegetation-climate system, to landscape-scale hydrologic and geomorphic processes, ecohydrologic controls on soil nutrient dynamics, and multiscale analyses of disturbances and patterns.