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Islam & Europe
crises are challenges
Within the framework of the Forum A. & A Leysen, several experts from in and outside the Muslim world contributed to this book. In Islam and Europe: Crises Are Challenges they discuss how dialogues between Islam and the West, with a focus on Europe, can be achieved. The various authors (legal scholars, political theorists, social scientists, and psychologists) explore in these collected essays such interrelated questions as: How much diversity is permissible within a liberal pluralistic democratic...
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Engels | 248 pagina's (PDF, 2,4 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Modern Islamic thinking and activism
dynamics in the West and in the Middle East
Innovative research of 'Islam at work' in geographical and social contexts. Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism presents a series of scholarly papers in relation to Islamic thinking, activism, and politics in both the West and the Middle East. The reader will apprehend that Islam is not the monolithic religion so often depicted in the media or (earlier) in the academic world. The Islamic world is more than a uniform civilization with a set of petrified religious prescriptions and an outdated view...
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Engels | 214 pagina's (PDF, 3 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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The use and abuse of sacred places in late medieval towns
Congresbijdragen over de maatschappelijke betekenis en het wereldlijke nevengebruik van kerk- en kloostergebouwen in West-Europa tijdens de middeleeuwen.
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Engels | Duits | 248 pagina's (PDF, 1,6 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Aristotle's "Problemata" in different times and tongues
The present volume contains a collection of papers on the reception of Aristotle's Problemata, a multifaceted text asking various questions about medical, scientific or everyday topics. This text is one of the most neglected Aristotelian treatises, because of its heterogeneous character and its so-called 'inauthenticity'. It has been the subject of a complex transmission. In ancient times, Aristotle's text has been augmented and adapted, while still other authors composed similar collections of Problemata....
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Engels | Frans | 326 pagina's (PDF, 4,7 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017
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Hans Jansen Why shouldn't Israel exist in the Middle East?
a synopsis
This book is a synopsis of the very extensive work Why shouldn't Israel exist in the Middle East? (published in 2015). The author argues that the Middle East conflict is the easiest problem in the world to explain, but also the most difficult to solve. "Briefly stated: Israel wants to exist, and to recognise the rights of the Palestinians to have their own state. The Palestinians and many other Arabs and Muslims, however, do not acknowledge that the Jewish State of Israel has a right to exist". Prof....
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Engels | 52 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Aspect Publishers, Soesterberg | 2017
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Amir Valle Gagged
censorship in Cuba
Amir Valle (Cuba, 1967) offers a unique analysis of the suppression of freedom of expression in Cuba by Fidel Castro's 'revolutionary' government. From the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 to the 'Raulist Era' of today, he offers a chilling survey of the most significant cases of cultural repression and censorship perpetrated by the longest Communist dictatorship in the world. From their beginnings in literature and journalism, the author has witnessed first hand the oppressive and painful...
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Engels | 130 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB) | Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam | 2017
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Parvez Alam Disappearing public spheres
censorship in Bangladesh
'State of Nature' and 'State of exception' have become the only two options for the people of Bangladesh recently, where writers, bloggers and publishers are getting killed by Al-Qaeda affiliates and persecuted by the Government. Empowerment of polarizations such as 'secular' verses 'Islamists' have also empowered the ruling regime and Islamist extremist groups. Severe censorship on all kind of media has suffocated freedom of expression. New public spheres that had emerged in the internet era are...
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Engels | 92 pagina's (ePub2, 0,9 MB) | Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam | 2017
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Peter de Haan Censorship alert
censorship in economics
Dutch economist and diplomat Peter de Haan describes the worrying increase of censorship and self-censorship in the world. A rising number of journalists, bloggers, and writers can't any longer write as they please; some flee their home country, others are tortured, incarcerated, or are even killed. This essay depicts what happened during the past decade regarding freedom of expression and censorship in the world and tells the shocking stories of some of its victims. He demonstrates a negative relationship...
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Engels | 95 pagina's (ePub2, 1,6 MB) | Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam | 2017
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Sylvana van den Braak A fri wortu
censorship in Surinam
Free speech (Fri Wortu) is not common in Surinam. Sylvana van den Braak shows how, after the military coup in the 1980s, a period began of censorship and dictatorship. Despite democratic elections, the government is still trying, in his own special way, to influence the media. The business community agrees with it. Besides that the small community of Surinam and the relationships pave the way for self-censorship. The truth can only be heard on the street, where the local language Sranan is spoken....
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Engels | 68 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam | 2017
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Han Peeters The new constitution
according to Osism
After 5,000 years of feudal rule, a new constitution is needed. The helm must be turned around completely if we are to save ourselves from destruction. Every day, people watch the news showing the injustices and feel helpless to change it. Although convinced we are on the wrong track, we question what can be done. Although the elite make up only 1% of the population, they have control, because money is power. The other 99% have compassion for their fellow man, but are not able to do anything about...
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Engels | ePub2, 0,2 MB | ClusterEffect, Prinsenbeek | 2017
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E. Zürcher Three months in Mao's China
between the great leap forward and the cultural revolution
In the fall of 1964, sinologist Erik Zürcher traveled for the first time to China, a country he had been studying since 1947. A collection of Zürcher's personal writings from his trip, including letters and diary entries, Three Months in Mao's China offers not only new insights about the great scholar, but also a rich picture of communist China, which was in those days still almost completely inaccessible to Westerners. During a tumultuous time in world politics, as Nikita Khrushchev was deposed,...
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Engels | 119 pagina's (ePub2, 8 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2017
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Rembrandt Koppelaar | Willem Middelkoop The Tesla revolution
why big oil has lost the energy war
Informatie in de vorm van vraag en antwoord over de ingrijpende veranderingen in de energievoorziening en de gevolgen daarvan voor het dagelijks leven.
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Engels | 334 pagina's (ePub2, 4,3 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2017
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Fréderike Geerdink Bans, jails and shameless lies
censorship in Turkey
Press freedom in Turkey is a hot topic. If a (well known) journalist is detained, prosecuted or sacked in Turkey, the news is covered in full in many Western countries. Nevertheless, many articles and reports reveal only a part of what really happens: they tell the story of the journalist, newspaper or TV broadcaster involved, but not that of the underlying mechanisms. No wonder: these are not easy to explain in a paragraph or two, or in two or three minutes. On the one hand, the lack of press freedom...
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Engels | 113 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | Eva Tas Foundation, Amsterdam | 2017
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Jan Postema The effective project board
keeping projects and programmes on target
When projects are complex and there is a lot at stake, there mostly is a kind of Project Board. Sometimes organizations call it a steering committee or a program committee. Managers with different expertise and different intentions are asked to keep the project or program on target. Is the Project Board effective? Sometimes. Is it easy to function as a joined team? No. For most people itis just another meeting in a long row. Do we need to abandon this monster? Certainly not. Just make the Project...
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Engels | 112 pagina's (ePub2, 5,3 MB) | PTG Uitgevers, Epe | 2017
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Geert Mak The many lives of Jan Six
a portrait of an Amsterdam dynasty
Geschiedenis van de Amsterdamse patriciërsfamilie vanaf de zestiende eeuw tot en met de periode vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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Engels | ePub2, 4,2 MB | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2017
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Jan Geurtz Addicted to love
the path to self-acceptance and happiness in relationships
In Addicted to Love, Jan Geurtz clearly demonstrates how our search for love and approval stems from a fundamental self-rejection. We try to compensate for this by seeking other people’s appreciation. But this is counterproductive: it actually makes us more insecure and therefore increasingly dependent. This creates an addiction to love, approval and the security of a relationship. As a result, most romantic relationships eventually fail, or – perhaps even worse – are reduced to dreary co-existence...
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Engels | 192 pagina's (ePub2, 1,7 MB) | Ambo|Anthos, Amsterdam | 2017
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New York City
Reisgids.
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Engels | 336 pagina's | Lonely Planet, [Carlton, Victoria] | 2024
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Narina Exelby | Anna Kaminski | Sarah Lempa | Ryan Ver Berkmoes Bali, Lombok & Nusa Tenggara
Engelstalige reisgids voor Bali, Lombok en de Kleine Soenda-eilanden.
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Engels | 306 pagina's | Lonely Planet, [Carlton, Victoria] | 2024
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Peter Olsthoorn The price we pay for Google
The growth of Google as a gate to information and entertainment is as dizzying as it is fascinating. 'I can't imagine a life without Google', is an often heard saying. There is a blind trust at its ground, but are we aware of Google's selection processes and what it does with the information on our behavior on the internet? The search results are getting more and more personal and the so-called 'free' services are paid for by the information on our surf behavior. We have become both the producer...
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Engels | 71 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | Eburon Elements, Delft | 2016
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W.F. Denslagen Observations on urban aesthetics
London, Paris and New York
London, Paris and New York were each designated as 'capital of the world' in the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Besides their cultural importance, they were also admired for their beauty. How travellers described these cityscapes is the theme of this book. Why is it interesting to look at these cities through the eyes of travellers from the past who visited places, which have changed over time? Well, firstly, because if you always restrict your views on architecture by only looking...
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Engels | 156 pagina's (ePub2, 22 MB) | U2pi, Voorburg | 2016
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