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The nature-nurture debate continues to stir controversy in the social and behavioral sciences. How much of human behavior and development can be attributed to biology and how much to the environment? …

geschrieben von Richard M. Lerner (Autor) und Benno Muller-Hill (Solist) und Richard C. Lewontin (Solist)

The authentic voice of African-American culture is captured in this first comprehensive guide to a treasure trove of writings by and for a people, as found in sources in the United States, Canada, and …

geschrieben von Henry Louis, Jr. Gates (Solist) und James Philip Danky (Herausgeber) und Maureen E. Hady (Herausgeber)

Philosophers have considered questions raised by the nature of art, of beauty, and critical appreciation since ancient times, and the discipline of aesthetics has a long tradition that stretches from …

List of PlatesAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: What is Art? Preface. John Dewey. The Live Creature. Richard L. Anderson, from Calliope's Sisters. The Artworld. Arthur C. Danto. Crafty Women and …

geschrieben von Carolyn Korsmeyer (Herausgeber)

This collection of letters written between Theophilus and Harriet Perry during the Civil War provides an intimate, firsthand account of the effect of the war on one young couple. Theophilus Perry was …

geschrieben von Theophilus Perry (Autor) und M. Jane Johansson (Herausgeber)

This is a comprehensive, systematic, and consistent text on advanced game theory. Ritzberger provides precise and extensive descriptions of key concepts and ideas in the field, creating an invaluable …

1. INTRODUCING GAMES; 2. Decisions under Uncertainty; 3. GAMES IN EXTENSIVE FORM; 4. …

geschrieben von Klaus Ritzberger (Autor)

UNEDITED UK REVIEW: "Review from previous edition: In this book Mary Warnock discusses legal, natural, and ethical rights with particular references to human reproductive rights, and the right of …

Introduction; Techniques of assisted reproduction; Who pays?; The right that no stone should be left unturned; What constitutes a right?; Do people need to have children?; A further look at the …

geschrieben von Mary Warnock (Autor)

Die Herausgeber: Jeremy Adler ist Professor für Germanistik am King's College, London.Richard Fardon ist Professor für Afrikanische Anthropologie an der School of Oriental and African …

Der Ruf von Franz Baermann Steiner (1909-1952) steht heute außer Zweifel. Als Anthropologe gehörte er zur Gruppe um E. E. Evans-Pritchard, aus der die moderne angelsächsische …

geschrieben von Franz Baermann Steiner (Autor) und Jeremy Adler (Herausgeber) und Richard Fardon (Herausgeber) und Brigitte Luchesi (Übersetzung)

This book investigates the precise effects on society of the new and much vaunted electronic technologies (ICTs). All aspects of our social, cultural, economic, and political life stand to be affected …

1. Introduction: Five Rules of Virtuality; 2. They Came, They Surfed, They Went Back to the Beach: Conceptualizing Use and Non-use of the Internet; 3. Visualization Needs Vision: The Pre-paradigmatic …

geschrieben von Steve Woolgar (Autor)

Robert Axelrod ist Professor für Politische …

Wie ist Kooperation möglich in einer Welt von Egoisten, in der es keine

zentrale Autorität gibt? Axelrod entwickelt aus der Spieltheorie - auf

der Basis des …

geschrieben von Robert Axelrod (Autor) und Werner Raub (Übersetzung) und Thomas Voss (Übersetzung)

Daniéle Voldman and Luc …

How do societies handle their war dead, and what is their attitude to the bodies of their enemies? In the 19th century, battlefield casualties were pushed into mass graves, their identities …

Introduction; 1 The War Dead; 2 Identifying the Dead to Mourn them Properly; 3 Armies and States faced with their War Dead; 4 What should be done with Enemy Corpses?; 5 Ways of Bidding Farewell; 6 …

geschrieben von Luc Capdevila (Autor) und Daniele Voldman (Autor) und Richard Veasey (Übersetzung)