The empirical empire : spanish colonial rule and the politics of knowledge / / Arndt Brendecke

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910796694503321
• Autore: Brendecke Arndt
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 3-11-039581-9; 3-11-036984-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Classificazione: NQ 9440
• Altri autori (Persone): BrendeckeArndt
• Disciplina: 320.946
• Soggetti: HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal; Spain Politics and government Historiography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Appreciations -- Content -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- I The king – all-seeing and blind -- II. Knowledge as the ruler’s postulate -- III. Strolls through the world. The epistemic setting of the court -- IV. The authorities of colonial rule -- V. Knowledge in the setting of colonial rule -- VI. Entera noticia: Ovando’s project of complete knowledge -- VII. Practices of knowledge acquisition -- VIII. Consulting: scenarios for the application of knowledge -- IX. Conclusions -- Appendix
• Sommario/riassunto: How was Spain able to govern its enormous colonial territories? In 1573 the king decreed that his councilors should acquire "complete knowledge" about the empire they were running from out of Madrid, and he initiated an impressive program for the systematic collection of empirical knowledge. Brendecke shows why this knowledge was created in the first place – but then hardly used. And he looks into the question of what political effects such a policy of knowledge had for Spain’s colonial rule.; Welche konkreten Funktionen hatte das Wissen im kolonialen Spanien der frühen Neuzeit? Brendecke analysiert die Beziehungen zwischen Empirie und Macht zur Zeit der spanischen Habsburger und stellt die Wichtigkeit des Wissens für den Prozess der Staatsbildung heraus. Auf ; einmalige Weise gelingt ihm dabei die Synthese von ideen-, wissenschafts- und kommunikationsgeschichtlichen Ansätzen sowie deren Einbettung in die Politikgeschichte.

Natural foods and products

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910145970803321
• Autore: Chandler Gary
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : Twenty First Century Books, 1996
• ISBN: 0-8050-4623-2
• Collana: Making a better world Natural foods and products
• Disciplina: 333.76/16
• Soggetti: Organic farming - Juvenile literature; Organic gardening - Juvenile literature; Natural foods - Juvenile literature; Green products - Juvenile literature; Agriculture; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Agriculture - General
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Sommario/riassunto: Relates success stories about people who apply innovative techniques to produce natural foods and products which protect the environment and save money and energy.

A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders : Responsible Adult Culture / / by Granville Bud Potter, John C. Gibbs, Molly Robbins, Peter E. Langdon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910304140603321
• Autore: Potter Granville Bud
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• ISBN: 3-319-17536-X
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2015.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 150; 150.1988; 306; 364; 616.8914
• Soggetti: Positive psychology; Quality of life; Psychotherapy; Counseling; Criminology; Positive Psychology; Quality of Life Research; Psychotherapy and Counseling; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction. Welcome to Responsible Adult Culture -- Part II. Preparation and Implementation -- Chapter 2. Getting Started -- Part III. Motivating Offenders to Help One Another Think and Act Responsibly -- Chapter 3. Cultivating a Responsible Adult Culture through Mutual Help Meeting -- Part IV. Equipping Offenders to Help One Another Think and Act Responsibly -- Chapter 4. Equipping a Responsible Adult Culture through Equipment Meetings -- Chapter 5. Equipping with Skills to Manage Anger and Correct ; Thinking Errors -- Chapter 6. Equipping with Social Interaction Skills -- Chapter 7. Equipping with Mature Moral Judgment (Social Decision Making) -- Chapter 8. Final Equipment Meeting: Up or Down? -- Appendices.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents Responsible Adult Culture (RAC), a truly comprehensive program for helping offenders to think and act responsibly. It provides the tools of the program with great clarity. In addition to exploring the needs of all offenders, the book addresses the special needs of both female and dual-diagnosis offenders. Responsible thinking means habitually seeing others and situations accurately, rather than in self-serving and egocentrically distorted ways. Because self-centered thinking is typically reinforced by negative group norms, RAC starts with the cultivation of a constructive climate (“mutual help” groups) to motivate change. Motivated group members then gain tools for responsible thinking through “equipment” (cognitive behavioral) meetings. These tools pertain to social skills, anger management, and the correction of self-centered thinking through social perspective taking (cognitive restructuring). Beyond documented reductions in distorted thinking and recidivism rates, RAC’s synergy or round-the-clock interpenetration of positive groups and tools promotes a safer and more humane institutional culture.