Beyond war [[electronic resource] ] : the human potential for peace / / Douglas P. Fry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451720603321
• Autore: Fry Douglas P. <1953->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford, 2007
• ISBN: 0-19-988586-9; 0-19-972505-5; 1-281-16347-3; 0-19-971881-4; 1-4356-1722-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6/6
• Soggetti: War; Warfare, Prehistoric; Peace - Social aspects; Ethnology; Conflict management - Social aspects; Electronic books.
• 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 (p. [322]) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Charting a new direction -- Do nonwarring societies actually exist? -- Overlooked and underappreciated : the human potential for peace -- Killer apes, cannibals, and coprolites : projecting mayhem onto the past -- The earliest evidence of war -- War and social organization : from Nomadic bands to modern states -- Seeking justices : the quest for fairness -- Man the warrior : fact or fantasy? -- Insights from the Outback : Geneva Conventions in the Australian bush -- Void if detached ... from reality : Australian "warriors," Yanomamö unokais, and lethal raiding psychology -- Returning to the evidence : life in the band -- Darwin got it right : sex differences in aggression -- A new evolutionary perspective : the Nomadic forager model -- Setting the record straight -- A macroscopic anthropological view -- Enhancing peace.
• Sommario/riassunto: The classic opening scene of 2001, A Space Odyssey shows an ape-man wreaking havoc with humanity's first invention--a bone used as a weapon to kill a rival. It's an image that fits well with popular notions of our species as inherently violent, with the idea that humans are--and always have been--warlike by nature. But as Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues in Beyond War, the facts show that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike--and neither are we. Fry points out that, for perhaps ninety-nine percent of our history, for well over a million years, humans lived in nomadic hunter-and-ga

Arthritis [[electronic resource] ] : how to stay active and relieve your pain / / Barbara Stokes and Antoine Helewa

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454458703321
• Autore: Stokes Barbara
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boulder, Colo., : Bull Pub. Co., c2007
• ISBN: 1-933503-22-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HelewaAntoine
• Disciplina: 616.7/22
• Soggetti: Arthritis; Electronic books.
• 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 (p. 409-414) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Pt. 1. Finding out about arthritis -- What is arthritis and what can I expect from this book? -- What are joints and how do they work? -- Is arthritis one disease or several? -- Where can I go for help? -- How can scientific research help me make choices? -- How can arthritis medications help me? -- How can I manage my arthritis pain? -- How can I stay well and prevent disability? -- Why should I exercise? -- Pt. 2. Getting healthy and staying well -- Keeping your joints mobile and flexible -- Building and maintaining your muscle strength -- Improving your fitness and endurance -- Protecting your joints and conserving energy -- Adjusting to the emotional and social impact of arthritis -- Enjoying happy and healthy intimate relationships -- Making healthy lifestyle choices -- Exploring options for joint surgery -- Exercising ; caution about cures and testimonials.
• Sommario/riassunto: Addressing the growing number of individuals who suffer from this often debilitating ailment, this indispensable reference explains how to manage chronic or acute arthritis in straightforward language. Descriptions of the most common forms of arthritis and how they affect the body and its joints guide arthritis sufferers through the symptoms and show them how to manage their own treatment with the help of a health-care team. Self-management is emphasized and chapters cover topics such as pain management, working with health-care professionals, medicat

Figuren des Messianischen in Schriften deutsch-jüdischer Intellektueller 1900-1933 / / Elke Dubbels

• Record Nr.: UNISA996411338803316
• Autore: Dubbels Elke
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: De Gruyter, 2011; Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• ISBN: 1-283-43028-2; 9786613430281; 3-11-025824-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (464 p.)
• Collana: Conditio Judaica ; ; 79
• Classificazione: CC 8500
• Disciplina: 200.9
• Soggetti: German literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism; German literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Jewish messianic movements - Germany; Messianism in literature
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• 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 -- Inhalt -- Einleitung -- Teil I: Figuren des Messianischen im Sprachdenken -- 1 Sprachdenken und Theologie -- 2 Franz Rosenzweigs »Sprachdenken« im Stern der Erlösung -- 3 Sprachtheorie zwischen Skepsis, Mystik und Dialog (Landauer/Buber) -- 4 Gerechtigkeit als Sprache und Gerechtigkeit als messianische Kategorie (Benjamin/Scholem) -- 5 Ernst Blochs ästhetischer Geist der Utopie als Prolegomenon zu einem »System des theoretischen Messianismus« -- 6 (De-)Figurationen des Messianischen in Hermann Brochs Romantrilogie Die Schlafwandler -- Teil II: Figuren des Messianischen im theologisch-politischen Denken -- 1 »Politische Theologie« -- 2 Messianische Figuren und Figurationen messianischer Gemeinschaft bei Martin Buber -- 3 Sozialismus und Religion bei Gustav Landauer -- 4 Mystische, apokalyptische und profane Figuren des Messianischen (Benjamin, Scholem, Bloch) -- 5 Sub specie aeternitatis: Politik und Religion bei Franz Rosenzweig -- Teil III: Zur Rhetorik der Figuren des Messianischen und ihrer geschichtsphilosophischen Logik -- 1 ; Messianismus und Geschichte - rhetorisch betrachtet -- 2 Messianismus der Metonymie: Franz Rosenzweig -- 3 Messianismus des Symbols -- 4 Messianismus zwischen Metapher und prophetischem Symbol: Martin Buber -- 5 Messianismus des dialektischen Bildes: Walter Benjamin -- 6 Messianismus der Inversion: Gershom Scholem -- Schlussbemerkung -- Danksagung -- Abkürzungs-, Siglen- und Literaturverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- Siglenverzeichnis -- Literaturverzeichnis -- Personenregister
• Sommario/riassunto: Die Studie untersucht, welche Funktion der Rückgriff auf die messianische Tradition des Judentums bei deutsch-jüdischen Intellektuellen im ersten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts hat. Messianische Denkfiguren spielen eine wichtige Rolle im jüdischen Identitätsdiskurs. Sie werden darüber hinaus für allgemeine kulturwissenschaftliche Theoriebildungen produktiv gemacht, insbesondere für die Sprach- und Geschichtsphilosophie sowie für den theologisch-politischen Komplex. Dabei säkularisieren die berücksichtigten Autoren (Benjamin, Bloch, Broch, Buber, Landauer, Rosenzweig, Scholem) alle den jüdischen Messianismus auf die eine oder andere Weise, so dass aus dem Messias etwas "Messianisches" wird. Das heißt aber, dass man es bei den Figuren des Messianischen nicht nur mit Denkfiguren, sondern auch mit rhetorischen Figuren bzw. Tropen zu tun hat, die von verschiedenen Konstellationen von Sakralität und Säkularität in der Moderne zeugen. Spannungen zwischen Säkularem und Sakralem, aber auch zwischen kultureller Partikularität und Universalität gehören zur modernen Adaption des jüdischen Messianismus genauso wie die Möglichkeit eines dialektischen Umschlags von Kritik in Affirmation von Gewalt.; This study investigates the function of the recourse to the messianic tradition of Judaism among German-Jewish intellectuals in the first third of the 20th century. Messianic figures of thought play an important role in the Jewish discourse of identity. Moreover, they are used productively in the creation of general theories in the realm of cultural studies, especially regarding the philosophy of language and history and the theological-political complex. Here, all the considered authors (Benjamin, Bloch, Broch, Buber, Landauer, Rosenzweig, Scholem) secularize Jewish Messianism in one way or another, thus transforming the Messiah into the "messianic". This also means, however, that the messianic figures of speech include not only figures of thought but also rhetorical figures of speech or tropes that reflect various constellations of sacrality and secularity in the modern era. Tension between the secular and the sacred, and also between cultural particularity and universality, forms part of the modern adaptation of Jewish Messianism, as does the possibility of a sudden dialectical critical shift to an affirmation of violence.