peter lang apr 2018 (220 resultados)

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -El libro profundiza en la modalidad dinámica, tema poco tratado en la bibliografía tanto de corte sincrónico como diacrónico. Esta modalidad se relaciona con las nociones de capacidad y habilidad ¿propias de la posibilidad dinámicä y de deseo e intención ¿dentro de la necesidad dinámicä. El análisis diacrónico demuestra que hay que otorgar a la dinámica un lugar privilegiado en la compleja categoría semántica de la modalidad, ya que desde ella se evoluciona no solo a la deóntica y a la epistémica, sino también a los ámbitos del aspecto y del tiempo. La investigación llevada a cabo ofrece novedosas aportaciones sobre particularidades morfosintácticas, semánticas y pragmáticas de la modalidad en español. 200 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Este volumen rinde homenaje a la brillante carrera académica de Orlando Alba, catedrático de Lingüística Española de la Brigham Young University, Estados Unidos. Recoge trabajos de destacados especialistas en el campo, cuyas aportaciones han de enriquecer nuestro conocimiento de la lexicografía y lexicología españolas. Dichos trabajos versan sobre disponibilidad léxica española y panhispánica, socio-lexicología, préstamos y neologismos, la catalogación de españolismos, el primer diccionario español-alemán bidireccional, y el solapamiento y cambio semánticos.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Die Studie zum Fremdsprachenunterricht in deutschen Grundschulen bietet einen Überblick über Bundesländergrenzen hinweg in eine heterogene Bildungslandschaft, die von erheblichen curricularen Unterschieden und Widersprüchen geprägt ist. Neben dieser Bestandsaufnahme zeigen die Autoren auf, welche bildungspolitischen und fachdidaktischen Ausgestaltungen Fachleute aus Hochschulen, Landesinstituten und Schulen als sinnvoll und wünschenswert erachten. Ihr Meinungsbild erlaubt es, bundesländerübergreifende Konzepte für die qualitative Weiterentwicklung des frühen Fremdsprachenunterrichts zu entwickeln, daraus resultierende Implikationen für Lehreraus- und Fortbildung zu beleuchten und so letztlich eine Basis für nationale Mindeststandards für den Fremdsprachenunterricht in der Grundschule zu bieten. 116 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware 246 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This volume deals with the consequences of climate change and issues of international climate policy relating to Africa from a social science perspective. The contributions by international authors question dominant political approaches and key concepts of the climate debate. They explain how the effects of climate change are linked to existing social, economic and political-institutional structures and action by the State. The authors show how social movements in Africa shape climate policy «from below». The volume serves as an introduction into climate change in Africa. It wants to stimulate a critical debate on dominant strategies and points out that there can be no simple answers to the complex socio-ecological and political challenges linked to climate change in Africa. 208 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Educational accountability systems have during the last decades levitated as the leading global political instrument to turn around education systems. International organizations are promoting the accountability system as key tool for enhancing the quality in all levels of the enterprise of education. The study analyses how national education policy in the age of globalization is a result of an adjustment and transformation of international education policy and trends. The author enquires how the national level in Norway comprehended the international educational accountability policy and transformed the policy to fit the Norwegian context. One of the main findings is that the international educational accountability policy was transformed in Norway in a manner that discarded the core rationale behind the policy ¿ the policy became an imitation. 192 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -States of Grace: Counterstories of a Black Woman in the Academy recognizes, acknowledges, and centers race and gender through the embodiment of Black womanhood in the academy in the context of grace. Encapsulated in concepts of grace, this book reveals the dynamic, multidimensional presence of a scholar who brings her wholeness into her scholarship and teaching, providing insights and guidance along the way.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 154 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The World¿s Highest-Scoring Students focuses on how various countries transformed their school systems into the world¿s leading systems of education. Hani Morgan covers eight countries: Finland, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China, Canada, Estonia, and the United States. His book offers ideas on how the United States can improve its school system so that it can regain its status as the world¿s undisputed leader in education.In addition to offering a brief historical context for each country, Morgan describes important practices that helped these nations achieve stellar results in international testing. Some of the subjects covered include teacher preparation programs, cultural attitudes toward education, and teacher recruitment practices. His book differs from other texts on this topic because he describes in detail the most recent practices that various educational systems have used to maintain top academic performance and the strategies others have implemented to climb to the top.The World¿s Highest-Scoring Students offers a new perspective on this topic in several ways. This book provides a balanced view of the highest-ranking nations in education, offering the outstanding practices they use to achieve stellar results but also pointing out the problems they endure. In addition, Morgan discusses various controversies about international tests, including the limitations of using these tests to evaluate students.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 196 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -El libro reúne dieciocho artículos del hispanista Hans Felten sobre la literatura española desde el Siglo de Oro hasta el Siglo XXI, ofreciendo interpretaciones que evidencian el caracter intertextual y metaficcional de los textos analizados. Empieza con «El Quijote», novela metaficcional por excelencia, pasa por la poesía religiosa e ilustrada para llegar al romanticismo de G.A. Bécquer y termina con la novela actual y la poesía actual.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 190 pp. Deutsch, Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -By combining Marxism with feminist political economy and political ecology, this book develops a theoretical frame about the continuity of plundering and looting in the region of Tumaco-San Lorenzo at the Pacific coast of Colombia and Ecuador, as well as the long history of resistance that Black-Afro communities of artisan fishers and small farmers have carried out for more than five centuries. Using the palm oil industry as example, the research shows the features of 'primitive or primary accumulation' in these places. From a historical perspective, the author exposes the imperialist character of the palm oil industry. She analyses the connections between policies makers, scientists and businessmen in the development of this agribusiness. 206 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book analyzes the patterns of and factors associated with health seeking behavior and out-of-pocket (OOP) spending on chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) in rural Malawi. The author used descriptive statistics to describe treatment options and related household OOP expenditure on CNCDs and econometrics models to analyze factors influencing health seeking behavior and OOP expenditure on CNCDs. This study found that in spite of a context where care for CNCDs should in principle be free of charge at the point of use, the utilization rates of CNCD care are still low and OOP payments impose a considerable financial burden on rural households, especially among the poorest. 168 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In the aftermath of the Persian Wars, not only new geopolitical borders were established in the Hellenic world, but there also emerged an intracultural line between the worlds of oral and increasing textual modes of communication. This book seeks to prove that these cultural changes are mirrored in a verbal work of art in the texts of Herodotus. The analysis of his texts, by applying the natural narratology theory, shows a specific and extraordinary mediacy between both approaches to communication. On the one hand, his «Histories» present a general account of the recent Greek history in a rationalizing and personal narrative of the historian who codifies it in a textual framework. On the other hand, they seem to consist of a conglomerate of numerous oral stories, which may assume a conversational narration structure. 180 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Las escritoras españolas han recorrido un largo camino desde los inicios del siglo XX, cuando eran solo una minoría, hasta hoy día, que están logrando relevantes éxitos de público y crítica. Sin duda, como consecuencia a su capacidad para reaccionar ante los cambios sociopolíticos. Entre estos, ante las transformaciones derivadas de la integración de las mujeres en la Esfera pública. Sus textos denuncian la vigencia de los roles de género tradicionales, plantean modelos trasgresores, y permiten entender la definición de la identidad femenina en cada período. Desde la vanguardia, sus propuestas igualitarias se expresan con lenguajes y técnicas renovadoras en la línea de los movimientos artísticos internacionales más destacados. 412 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Animals are everywhere. They inhabit our forests, our fields, our imaginations, our dreams, and our stories. Making appearances in advertisements, television programs, movies, books, Internet memes, and art, symbolic animals do tremendous work for us selling goods, services, and ideas, as well as acting as stand-ins for our interests and ideas. Yet, does knowing animals only symbolically impact their lived experiences Seeing Species: Re-presentations of Animals in Media & Popular Culture examines the use of animals in media, tracking species from appearances in rock art and picture books to contemporary portrayals in television programs and movies. Primary questions explored include: Where does thinking of other beings in a detached, impersonal, and objectified way come from Do the mass media contribute to this distancing When did humans first think about animals as other others Main themes include examining the persistence of the human-animal divide, parallels in the treatment of otherized human beings and animals, and the role of media in either liberating or limiting real animals.This book brings together sociological, psychological, historical, cultural, and environmental ways of thinking about nonhuman animals and our relationships with them. In particular, ecopsychological thinking locates and identifies the connections between how we re-present animals and the impact on their lived experiences in terms of distancing, generating a false sense of intimacy, and stereotyping. Re-presentations of animals are discussed in terms of the role the media do or do not play in perpetuating status quo beliefs about them and their relationship with humans. This includes theories and methods such as phenomenology, semiotics, textual analysis, and pragmatism, with the goal of unpacking re-presentations of animals in order to learn not only what they say about human beings but also how we regard members of other species.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Philosophy and Education: Engaging Pathways to Meaningful Learning represents a philosophical approach to learning. It encourages students to think critically and form well-reflected opinions around relevant concepts in the English language, literature and society, such as inequality and duty. Philosophy and Education embodies a more engaging style (than is traditionally common) with the text - instead of reading long texts and answering questions about that text, it motivates learners to relate their own experiences and interpretations to the view communicated in the text, by actively and continuously engaging them to test one opinion against another.Philosophy and Education is primarily designed to help students improve their reasoning skills both orally and in writing, and prepare them for tests and exams at the end of the upper secondary and university-preparatory courses. Some of the chapters in Philosophy and Education have been used in the classroom, resulting in highly engaged students who feel they are offered the opportunity to relate to the classroom experience in a meaningful way. None of the activities ask students to make lists of words or spend enormous amounts of time on close reading and interpreting texts - instead, they are required to reflect and share their own thoughts on the relevance of the texts, movies, etc. to their own lives. They learn new words and ideas by discussing the myriad of philosophical questions presented, which makes learning a conversation about life.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 246 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This collection of essays, poems, and reflections by scholars, public intellectuals, artists, and community activists (as well as those whose work intersects with all of these categories) constitutes a landmark achievement in critical pedagogy and social justice education. Edited by two leaders whose work spans both academic and grassroots communities, Radical Imagine-Nation was conceived during a time of political turmoil both nationally and internationally, a time when freedom and democracy seemed out of reach for millions around the world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 340 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Un élève allophone est confronté à un ensemble de défis à l¿issue de sa migration. Il doit à la fois apprendre une nouvelle langue, s¿inscrire dans un contexte scolaire inconnu, construire des relations et s¿ouvrir à l¿altérité. S¿il est adolescent, la tâche s¿amplifie, car il est aussi tenu de préparer son insertion professionnelle. Ce livre analyse les pratiques des enseignants travaillant avec de jeunes migrants en fin de scolarité. Comment leur apprennent-ils à parler, à écrire et à communiquer dans des situations diverses¿ Quels sont les obstacles auxquels ils font face¿ Comment essaient-ils de les surmonter¿ Voici quelques lignes de force de leurs démarches¿: les enseignants proposent des situations ancrées dans les contingences des élèves¿; ils misent rapidement sur des activités de production¿; ils conçoivent les dispositifs en fonction des projets individuels. La présentation de nombreux exemples permettra d¿alimenter d¿autres expériences et de former les enseignants. Une tâche particulièrement importante dans les espaces scolaires, pluriels et multilingues qui caractérisent nos sociétés actuelles.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 242 pp. Französisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -La primera introducción completa y sistemática en lengua española a Evagrio Póntico, 'el monje más culto del siglo IV', esta obra se concentra sobre todo en el tratamiento de la acedia. Se presenta la vida y obra de Evagrio con acertados comentarios y amplias contextualizaciones que permiten situar y comprender la doctrina evagriana. Su teología y filosofía es analizada detalladamente, destacando su ubicación en la Escuela de Alejandría como seguidor de Orígenes. El libro dirige su mayor concentración y análisis al concepto de la acedia, un fenómeno espiritual y psicológico del que Evagrio es su primer teorizador. Comenzando por una arqueología del término que se remonta a la literatura clásica griega, Rubén Peretó Rivas enfoca desde distintos ángulos la complejidad de esta particular patología, descubriendo no solamente sus aspectos ascéticos que se enmarcan en la historia de la espiritualidad cristiana, sino también su dinámica psicológica, que la transporta al ámbito de estudio propio de la psicología. Con los aportes realizados por las investigaciones más recientes en el ámbito de la patrística, la profusa documentación bibliográfica que aparece comentada en el libro es suficiente para introducir al lector en el estudio de un autor, Evagrio Póntico, que se ha convertido en objeto de atención de numerosos especialistas en la última década.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 177 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Lenguaje, poesía y sentido presenta al lector una colección de ensayos sobre las relaciones e intersecciones que se pueden establecer entre el lenguaje y la expresión artística. Los nueve ensayos comprendidos en esta edición exploran este tópico y surgen de una variedad de autores y pensadores con diferentes trasfondos académicos e investigativos: literatura, filosofía y lingüística. Hay aproximaciones a la poesía y al pensamiento de Pablo Picasso (Mallén y Gutiérrez Rexach), así como a la poesía de Eduardo Espina (Mallén), a la obra poética de Octavio Paz (Luque), el lenguaje fílmico de Luis Buñuel (González Barrios), la semiótica peirceana (Ramírez Suárez), la concepción del sentido en la cuentística de Conrad (Gutiérrez Rexach), el misticismo y la religión en Henri Bergson (Canting Plaza) y el pensamiento disidente en cuatro escritoras latinoamericanas: Agustini, Storni, Lair y de Burgos (Martell).Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 208 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Die Studie erschließt einen neuen Zugang zur «Liebe». Der Autor untersucht Liebe nicht lediglich als sinnlichen Affekt, sondern als Grundausrichtung auf das Gute. Seine rein philosophische Argumentation geht den Gegebenheiten der Erfahrung auf den Grund. Das Buch beginnt mit der Darstellung von Liebe als «Prinzip des Seins». Das in Evolution befindliche Sein des Kosmos weist auf das Göttliche als «sich verströmende Liebe» hin. Liebe erscheint als Aufbauprinzip einer Seinsordnung, die zum Beispiel Ehe und Familie begründet. Es folgt eine Betrachtung der Liebe als Prinzip des sinnlichen und des geistigen Erkennens. Die Betrachtung kulminiert in einem abschließenden Teil mit einer Reflexion der Liebe als «Prinzip des Handelns» gegenüber dem Sein, der eigenen Person, den Mitmenschen und der Natur.Peter Lang Group AG Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaft, Place de la gare 12, 1003 LAUSANNE 100 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Ce volume recueille une série de travaux de figures notoires de la pensée russe, comme Roman Jakobson, Petr Savickij et Nicolas Troubetzkoy, qui ont marqué un seuil épistémologique dans l¿histoire du structuralisme en général et de la linguistique structurale en particulier. Publiés initialement au début des années 1920 et 1930, à Berlin, à Prague et enfin à Paris, ces travaux forment un véritable mouvement intellectuel dont nous voudrions mettre en évidence la portée philosophique, mais également les enjeux politiques. Nous espérons ainsi contribuer à rendre possible une autre histoire du structuralisme linguistique qui en ne se limitant pas à répertorier les idées de la langue conçues par les linguistes, puisse mettre en lumière les conditions épistémologiques permettant de construire la connaissance linguistique comme savoir structural des langues dans leur fonction sociale et historique.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 174 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Carlos Bulosan¿Revolutionary Filipino Writer in the United States: A Critical Appraisal is an in-depth, critical evaluation of Bulosan's major works in the context of the sociopolitical changes that configured his sensibility during the Depression, the united-front mobilization prior to World War II, and the Cold War witch-hunting of the fifties. Unprecedented for its thorough historical-materialist analysis of the symbolic dynamics of the texts, this book uses original research into the Sanora Babb papers that have never before been linked to Bulosan. Sophisticated dialectical analysis of the complex contradictions in Bulosan¿s life is combined with a politico-ethical reading of U.S.-Philippines relations. San Juan takes the unorthodox view that Bulosan¿s career was not an immigrant success story but instead a subversive project of an organic intellectual of a colonized nation-in-the-making. Today, Bulosan is hailed as a revolutionary Filipino writer, unparalleled in the racialized, conflicted history of the Philippines as a colony/dependency of the United States. This book follows San Juan¿s pioneering 1972 study Carlos Bulosan and the Imagination of the Class Struggle. 148 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -En observant les mécanismes de coopération transfrontalière dans l¿Union européenne, ce livre propose de découvrir les bases juridiques d¿un fédéralisme intégral ou fédéralisme personnaliste. Un tel fédéralisme ne se présente pas comme une structure définitive, mais comme un paradigme, ou si l'on préfère : « une loi constante de l¿évolution des sociétés humaines ». Il se renouvelle continuellement, dans un équilibre sans cesse recherché entre les dynamiques de l¿intégration et de la différenciation. Dans ce modèle, une infinité de « pactes fédératifs » permet l¿institutionnalisation des différents niveaux d¿organisation des sociétés humaines¿: associations, coopératives, syndicats, universités, municipalités, régions, États, etc.La multiplication des groupements européens de coopération territoriale (GECT) permet ici d¿envisager une Cité fédérale pensée à partir d¿individus insérés dans « une superposition graduée de collectivités, à la fois composées et composantes », chacune de ces collectivités étant porteuse d¿une normativité propre. Dans ce fédéralisme désétatisé qui relève autant de l¿intégration différenciée que de la gouvernance multiniveaux, l¿architecture du droit repose sur l¿enchevêtrement et l¿articulation des espaces normatifs au sein desquels se développent les échelles d¿une citoyenneté plurielle, construite sur les appartenances multiples de la personne.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 222 pp. Französisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book aims at bridging language research and language teaching and contains four sections. It opens with two papers which relate language to literature: one exploring childlike language, the second investigating the distinction between literary and non-literary text categorization principles. Next are the papers on multicultural and sociolinguistic topics, including a paper on English as an international language, and two papers on the perception of bilingualism in education. The third thematic section explores semantics, with two papers on prefixes and one on metaphor. The final thematic section is dedicated to syntax, with one paper on complex predicates, one on syntactic complexity in spontaneous spoken language and one of Croatian null and overt subject pronouns. 176 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Ausgehend von der im Aktienrecht implementierten Business Judgement Rule wird das Reformerfordernis der Organhaftung im Falle unsicherer Rechtslage unter Berücksichtigung umfassender ökonomischer Erwägungen und der Erkenntnisse aus einer rechtsvergleichenden Analyse zum US-amerikanischen Gesellschaftsrecht untersucht. Gerade die ökonomische Theorie ist daran interessiert, die in Sachen Effizienz optimale Ausgestaltung der Haftungsandrohung zu finden. Das US-amerikanische Gesellschaftsrecht bietet insoweit im Rahmen einer rechtsvergleichenden Analyse eine erste Orientierung für eine Reform der Organhaftung. Die Untersuchung möglicher Reformansätze zeigt, dass de lege lata wie auch de lege ferenda zahlreiche Konzepte für eine Begrenzung der Haftung in Betracht kommen, deren jeweilige Geeignetheit jedoch kritisch zu würdigen ist.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book aims to reveal communal relations in ¿zmir/Smyrna through the lens of Greek-Turkish relations during the age of Ottoman reforms. The primary sources used in this book, Ottoman-Turkish archival material and Greek newspapers of the period, demonstrate that these reforms did not disturb the social cohesion of ¿zmir, a city with a unique vibrancy that had been produced over many centuries. The historical evidence also indicates that the Ottoman Empire did not attempt to mould social relations in ¿zmir, instead benefited from the city¿s pre-existing socio-cultural and economic norms, which were well suited to its modernization program. It uncovers the dynamics of coexistence and communal relations before being brought to an abrupt halt by the formation of the modern nation-states. 286 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Syrien gilt Anfang 2018 als ein Failed State. Der Band erklärt die Hintergründe auf dem Weg zu dieser Entwicklung, beleuchtet dabei die Rolle des Assad-Regimes, die Rolle Russlands und die Chancen für ein Syrisch-Kurdistan sowie die Initialzündung des Zerfalls durch die Arabellionen und die Karriere des so genannten Islamischen Staates. Die Ausführungen münden in den Versuch einer Zukunftsperspektive zum Wiederaufbau. 196 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Grundlage der in diesem Band gesammelten Studien ist der überlieferte Bestand an Aufführungsmaterialien des Musiktheaters in Hamburg. Besonderheiten des Stadttheaters gegenüber Hoftheatern betreffen u. a. den Spielplan, das Publikum und die Kritik. Musik im Theater wurde zu verschiedenen, auch politischen, Anlässen als Kommunikationsmittel mit dem Publikum genutzt. Die Bühne diente auch dem Aufbau eines Konzertwesens, dessen Veranstalter und Programme sich allmählich änderten. Die frühe Aufführungsgeschichte und Rezeption des «Freischütz» in Hamburg ist für die seit 1815 ersehnte «Nationaloper» von Interesse. Mozarts Opern hatten eine Sonderstellung im Spielplan. Ihr Erfolg beruhte auch auf ihren Bearbeitungen als «deutsche» Opern. Deren Veränderungen, exemplifiziert am «Dom Juan», erhellen die Erwartungen des Publikums. 204 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This is the first book to provide a critical assessment of the work of the Irish author Mary O¿Donnell. The essays collected here engage with O¿Donnell¿s writing across multiple genres and explore the themes and preoccupations that have characterized her oeuvre. Alongside her creative work, O¿Donnell¿s has been a steady and continuing voice for many years within the world of theatre criticism, book reviewing, essay writing, radio broadcasts and cultural commentary. As a writer, O¿Donnell¿s principal themes include contemporary Irish society, the position of women in Ireland and the role of the artist. Throughout her career, her approach has been unconventional and her work has sometimes presented a challenge to the status quo. The contributors to this volume illuminate O¿Donnell¿s role as a humanist writer searching for truth at all costs, through the fictive lives of her often unusual characters, and through the emotional range and depth of her poetry. 228 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book seeks to analyse the categorial structure of sociological theory. The analysis is based on three assumptions: first, sociological theory is in a state of structural crisis; second, one of the symptoms of the crisis is the existence of many theoretical dichotomies which hinder the unification of sociological knowledge; and third, sociology of knowledge may analyse the causes of sociological theory¿s structural crisis. Drawing on Foucault¿s work, the author defines the source of theoretical crisis as an anthropological paradox: the involvement of man in a dialectic of being created and defined by what is objective while, at the same time, transcending this condition into the subjective. This study argues that insights found in works by Luhmann, Latour, Collins, Shapin, and others provide a chance for a formulation of a theoretical language for sociology that escapes the anthropological paradox. 248 pp. Englisch.