peter lang jul 2017 (212 resultados)

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Taking as its point of departure The Odyssey, Platös account of Atlantis and The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor, this book examines the profound influence of these works on the development of island fiction as a genre specific to English literature. Close readings of island fictions from the past four centuries reveal the many ways in which they adapt, rewrite and refer back to these foundational texts, forming an important and intriguing literary tradition. Examples of the genre include such universal classics as Utopia, The Tempest, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver¿s Travels, Treasure Island and Lord of the Flies. Islands have always attracted travellers, writers and dreamers. This book leads the reader on a voyage of exploration to understand exactly what lies behind the island¿s powerful appeal to the literary imagination. Along the way, it explores the cultural and historical background to Britain¿s island status and its legacy of colonialism and imperialism. 382 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A Guide to Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, Grades 6¿12, Revised Edition is a how-to and, ultimately, a why-to book for middle school and high school educators as well as for English/language arts teacher candidates and their methods instructors. This revised and updated International Writing Centers Association 2006 Book of the Year shows writing centers as places where writers work with each other in an effort to develop ideas, discover a thesis, overcome procrastination, create an outline, or revise a draft. Ultimately, writing centers help students become more effective writers. Visit any college or university in the United States and chances are there is a writing center available to students, staff, and community members. Writing centers support students and busy teachers while emphasizing and supporting writing across the curriculum. 230 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Este libro está dedicado a la formación de los docentes para enseñar el español como segunda lengua (a inmigrantes). El estudio abarca todos los contextos educativos en España: formación universitaria, docentes de español en Educación Primaria y Secundaria, aulas de apoyo lingüístico, Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas, academias y asociaciones humanitarias. Participan autores con amplia experiencia docente e investigadora de distintas etapas educativas y países. La metodología empleada en la investigación es muy variada: desde la revisión bibliográfica, que aporta la reflexión personal crítica, hasta los estudios cualitativos y cuantitativos con métodos estadísticos. Los autores participantes en este libro esperan concienciar con su investigación sobre la necesidad de una formación específica para los profesores de español como segunda lengua que considere las características propias de cada contexto educativo, pero que a la vez tenga como punto de partida la formación lingüística y didáctica necesaria para que el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje culmine con el esperado éxito comunicativo que contribuirá a la integración social y cultural de los inmigrantes.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 408 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Los espectadores son un género periodístico del siglo XVIII que surge en Europa como imitación del modelo inglés «The Spectator». El rasgo diferenciador de este género es el autor ficticio, quien establece una correspondencia con el público lector. Junto con una definición de las características de las cartas este estudio ofrece una tipología para la correspondencia espectatorial que sirve para describir los tipos de cartas frecuentes. Sobre esta base se analizan las cartas contenidas en cinco espectadores grandes «El Duende especulativo», «El Pensador», «El Curioso Entretenido», «El Censor» y «El Filósofo a la moda».Este estudio fue galardonado con el Award of Excellence del Ministro Federal de Ciencia, Investigación y Economía de Austria. 450 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Drawing on oral history interviews and archival materials, Summer of Rage examines the causes and consequences of urban unrest that occurred in Newark and Detroit during the summer of 1967. It seeks to give voice to those who experienced these events firsthand and places personal narratives in a broader theoretical framework involving issues of collective memory, trauma, race relations, and urban development. Further, the volume explores the multiple truths present in these contentious events and thereby sheds light on the past, present, and future of these cities.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 302 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -En histoire de l¿art, la critique est l¿un des miroirs identitaires d¿une nation, la résultante d¿un héritage façonné par les codes sociaux et culturels d¿un pays. Elle repose sur des conventions qui lui sont propres et admises, consciemment ou non, par ses auteurs et son public. Les textes de critique d¿art français informent par conséquent tout autant sur la culture de l¿observateur que sur celle de l¿observé.Ce volume réunit douze études du discours français sur l¿art des pays voisins dans un contexte de rivalités ou de compétitions internationales. Par l¿analyse de commentaires de salons, de comptes rendus d¿expositions ou encore d¿ouvrages d¿histoire de l¿art du XIXe siècle, les contributions interrogent la part de chauvinisme, de protectionnisme ou de géopolitique inhérente aux transferts culturels européens. Que ce soit à travers les notions d¿école artistique ou de nation, la critique d¿art française est devenue un important vecteur de diffusion des stéréotypes nationaux et des conflits ou alliances au sein de l¿Europe. Dès lors, le point de vue du critique sur l¿¿uvre d¿un artiste est un matériau de premier choix pour comprendre les dynamiques identitaires. La réunion de ces études vise ainsi à révéler les dimensions anthropologiques et politiques de la critique d¿art française du XIXe siècle permettant d¿appréhender le discours sur l¿art comme une participation à la conscience collective de la spécificité d¿une nation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 164 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Henri Wallon (1879¿1962), éminent psychologue de l¿enfant, fut aussi, à partir des années 1900, un acteur de la vie intellectuelle et politique française. Cet ouvrage parcourt les grands thèmes de ses recherches sur les enfants souffrant ou non de pathologies mentales, en les articulant à ses engagements de citoyen et à ses positionnements intellectuels. Sont envisagées, au regard du contexte politique et culturel, les prises de position et les actions effectuées par Henri Wallon au cours d¿une période historique qui fut riche en événements et en retournements. De plus, cette recherche illustre la détermination d¿une doctrine philosophique intégrant le résultat des controverses entre courants spiritualistes et matérialistes apparues tout au long des XIXe et XXe siècles ainsi que l¿élaboration d¿une démarche scientifique sur le développement psychologique qui intègre des enjeux pratiques et sociétaux.Ce livre met finalement en lumière ce qui, du parcours d¿Henri Wallon, mérite d¿être souligné et d¿intervenir dans les problèmes contemporains.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 206 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Cet ouvrage étudie une série de prépositions du français (avec, contre, par, parmi, en et pour) dont la caractéristique commune est d¿introduire un terme (Y) constituant un mode d¿appréhension particulier du terme (X) avec lequel ces prépositions établissent une relation (X prép Y), et dont un grand nombre d¿emplois sont liés à la rection verbale.L¿originalité de ce livre tient essentiellement en trois points¿: les six prépositions étudiées forment un groupe de prépositions qui ont des propriétés communes ; chacune est définie par une identité sémantique postulée en jeu dans tous ses emplois ; la grande diversité de ces emplois peut être décrite comme se déployant sur différents plans réguliers de variation qui traversent toutes les prépositions.Ce cadre méthodologique confère une unité à l¿ensemble de l¿ouvrage, tout en permettant une lecture autonome par chapitres analysant chaque préposition. L¿intérêt est donc tout à la fois théorique et méthodologique,par la mise en place d¿un étagement de plans de variations, et didactique. Les emplois qui posent souvent problème à l¿apprentissage du français comme langue étrangère trouveront ici un éclairage inédit particulièrement précieux.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 264 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Cet ouvrage propose une « lecture critique des traductions » comme une forme plus souple et plus libre de critique des textes traduits. Cette lecture a pour mission de distinguer la traduction du texte original et de conduire à la reconnaissance de son statut propre. Elle suppose une analyse comparative de l¿original et de ses versions, à travers un examen approfondi visant autant le micro-texte que le macro-texte et surtout la relation entre les deux. Plusieurs problématiques sont abordées, comme la traduction du conte merveilleux, des textes gastronomiques, ironiques, aphoristiques ou poétiques. L¿auteur compare des traductions canoniques et des retraductions, découvre une autotraduction cachée sous l¿apparence d¿une traduction et réfléchit sur la voix et la conscience des traducteurs, telles qüelles apparaissent dans le paratexte.Le corpus comprend des textes traduits de Flaubert, Maupassant, Brillat-Savarin, Grimm, Perrault, Voronca, Fondane, Bruckner, Jean, Cioran, Aubert de Gaspé, considérés dans le contexte de leur production, selon la mentalité traductive de leur époque.« [¿] il nous arrive parfois d¿avoir le bonheur de découvrir un regard nouveau sur le phénomène de la traduction¿: c¿est précisément la vertu du présent ouvrage.Ce livre érudit révèle aux lecteurs [¿] une recherche passionnante et approfondie. Il expose également les réflexions d¿une traductologue émerveillée par des « solutions » de traduction qüelle découvre au fil de ses lectures mais toujours soucieuse de mieux faire. (Lance Hewson) »Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 232 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Media Ecology: An Approach to Understanding the Human Condition provides a long-awaited and much anticipated introduction to media ecology, a field of inquiry defined as the study of media as environments. Lance Strate presents a clear and concise explanation of an intellectual tradition concerned with much more than understanding media, but rather with understanding the conditions that shape us as human beings, drive human history, and determine the prospects for our survival as a species.Much more than a summary, this book represents a new synthesis that moves the field forward in a manner that is both unique and unprecedented, and simultaneously grounded in an unparalleled grasp of media ecology's intellectual foundations and its relation to other disciplines. Taking as its subject matter 'life, the universe, and everything,' Strate describes the field as interdisciplinary and communication-centered, provides a detailed explication of McLuhan's famous aphorism, 'the medium is the message,' and explains that the human condition can only be understood in the context of our biophysical, technological, and symbolic environments.Strate provides an in-depth examination of media ecology's four key terms: medium, which is defined in much broader terms than in other fields; bias, which refers to tendencies inherent in materials and methods; effects, which are best understood via the Aristotelian notion of formal causality and contemporary systems theory; and environment, which includes the distinctions between the oral, chirographic, typographic, and electronic media environments. A chapter on tools serves as a guide to further media ecological research and scholarship. This book is well suited for graduate and undergraduate courses on communication theory and philosophy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 274 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Becoming a Great Inclusive Educator, Second Edition offers educators the guidance and resources to become great inclusive educators by engaging in a powerful process of personal and professional transformation.¿ Inclusive education continues to grow in popularity and acceptance in the United States. But most teachers ¿ general and special educators ¿ are poorly prepared to be successful in inclusive classrooms and schools. Undoubtedly, the challenge to professionals involves the acquisition of new knowledge and skills. But inclusion requires far more. It calls upon educators to trouble everything they think they know about disability, to question their deepest ethical commitments, to take up the work of the Disability Rights Movement in the public schools, and to leap headlong into the deepest waters of the rich craft tradition of inclusive teaching.BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt 376 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Why are some crimes identified as acts of terrorism, while others are not How are critical terms like «terrorism» and «mass shooting» defined and understood in the 21st century What are some of the causes of the unique American epidemic of mass shootings and gun violence Terrorizing the Masses considers the invisible role that the media play in shaping the way we think about terrorism, gun violence, fear, and identity. This book explores media coverage of five mass shootings over a 20-year period, examining the role that race, religion, and gender play in framing some of the most high-profile crimes of American society. The results of this research show that the use of «terrorism» is uneven and inconsistent. Indeed, on a practical level, «terrorism» is an almost meaningless word ¿ it is slippery and ephemeral, and its utility is largely in propaganda. This book succinctly analyzes what «terror» means in the 21st century, how news media use the term, and how journalists can cover tragedy without falling prey to the pitfalls of sensationalism, fear, and contagion. This book is a useful text for courses on media ethics, crime and public policy, political science, terrorism studies, and communication studies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Technological changes have radically altered the ways in which people use visual images. Since the invention of photography, imagery has increasingly been used for entertainment, journalism, information, medical diagnostics, instruction, branding and communication. These functions move the image beyond aesthetic issues associated with art and into the realm of communication studies.This introductory textbook introduces students to the terminology of visual literacy, methods for analyzing visual media, and theories on the relationship between visual communication and culture. Exploring the meanings associated with visual symbols and the relationship of visual communication to culture, this book provides students with a better understanding of the visually oriented world in which they live. From cave art to virtual reality, all visual media are discussed with methods for evaluation. Student-friendly features such as boxed topics, key terms, web resources, and suggestions for exercises are provided throughout.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 300 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In the first systematic account of judicial rulings striking down cyberbullying laws in the United States and Canada, Sympathy for the Cyberbully offers an unapologetic defense of online acid-tongued disparagers and youthful and adult sexters. In the first decade of the 21st century, legitimate concerns about the harmful effects of cyberbullying degenerated into a moral panic. The most troubling aspect of the panic has been a spate of censorship¿the enactment of laws which breach long-standing constitutional principles, by authorizing police to arrest and juries to convict, and schools to suspend, individuals for engaging in online expression that would be constitutionally protected had it been communicated offline. These hastily drawn statutes victimize harsh critics of elected officials, scholars, school officials and faculty, distributors of constitutionally protected pornography, adolescents 'talking smack,' and teens who engage in the consensual exchange of nude images, even in states where teens of a certain age enjoy the right to engage in sexual relations. The victims¿ stories are told here. Sympathy for the Cyberbully is suitable for undergraduate, graduate and law school courses in media law, First Amendment law and free expression. 270 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Baseball stadia are places of memory, identity, athletic and architectural accomplishment. They are sites capable of arousing passion, sentimentality and a sense of community. The baseball stadium provides a unique lens through which to understand, explore and expand an understanding of communication theories. While baseball has previously been explored by scholars, this volume introduces the stadium as a way of exploring communication and communication theories through an examination of the four discrete themes that frame the organization of this work: community and communication, fandom and communication, memory and communication, and commodification and communication. This volume offers a unique approach to those interested in communication theory, popular culture, sports management, and people environment studies. 306 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Of late, leadership has come to include individuals in elementary, secondary and tertiary institutions who do not necessarily carry leadership titles. Faculty in preK-16 institutions, along with other staff and community people, have increasingly begun to take on leadership responsibilities as shared leadership is articulated and practiced more and more in education. This volume focuses on educational leadership--broadly defined. More specifically, following several research-based thought pieces in which the authors define and discuss this new conception of leadership, contributors offer preK-16 case study illustrations of this recent conception of educational leadership. Readers will use this casebook as a foundational text for courses in teacher education, educational leadership, business and higher education. It includes detailed chapters focused on teacher leadership, principal leadership and higher educational leadership.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 266 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book addresses how identity, structures, and agency affect women¿s everyday lives in post-revolutionary Egypt. The authors analyse the topic both on a macro- as well as on a micro-level. Through interviews and workshops, women around Egypt express their own experiences in dialogue, in groups and in drawings. Based on the analysis of this material the reader gets insights into personal experiences, believes and opinions of a diverse group of women in terms of age, economic class, education, geography, culture, religion, ethnicity, marital status, and political orientation. The detail-rich empirical material presented in the book visualize that the 2011 revolution works as an utter frame on a macro-level, while different issues are more pressing on a micro-level. 248 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Das Buch verfolgt anhand von vier Schweizer Romanen die aus diversen Perspektiven gespiegelte, zwischen 1871 und 1945 situierte Schweizer Geschichte. Die Werke «Ein Rufer in der Wüste» (1921) von Jakob Bosshart, «Schweizerspiegel» (1938) von Meinrad Inglin, «Alles in Allem» (1952¿1955) von Kurt Guggenheim und «Melnitz» (2006) von Charles Lewinsky, in der kritischen Rezeption oft als «Schweizerspiegel» etikettiert, vermitteln ein komplementäres, großangelegtes, als Zeitgemälde gedachtes Panorama-Bild der Schweiz. Mit der Annäherung an ausgewählte literarästhetische Tendenzen sowie Autoren der deutschsprachigen Schweiz des 20. Jahrhunderts zeigt die Autorin auf, inwieweit sich das Land mitsamt dessen Politik, Geschichte und Gegenwart in seiner Literatur spiegelt und Grundlage für das Konstruieren literarischer Fiktion wird.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book analyses the applicability of postcolonial theories and contemporary issues, and also revisits previously tackled cultural, social and literary phenomena. The contributions examine contemporary social, economic and cultural processes. The authors look back at older cultural texts, coming from either former colonies or former colonisers. They furthermore refer to the fact that theories of postcolonialism are currently more frequently applied to study countries originally not classified as colonial. They attempt to define and explain the experiences of the native peoples of colonial territories in various historical situations of dependence.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 232 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This study challenges the traditional approach of focusing on English as a foreign language learning in international business settings. The primary objective in such settings is to successfully create a linguistically correct document. Rather than relying on accumulated incomplete individual language knowledge, an alternative approach is to «solve a written language problem» by employing online tools to search for certain unknown technical terms. The author of this study advocates that the use of bilingual text search engines as a more viable problem-solving tool than traditional online dictionaries. Therefore, he examines how well participants are able to select correct verb-object expression using either an online dictionary or a bilingual text search engine. 282 pp. Englisch, Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The ubiquity of mobile devices has opened the way to extending learning environments far beyond the constraints of the traditional foreign language classroom. This book seeks to advance the knowledge about effective learning and teaching of English for Medical Purposes supported by mobile environments. The author investigates the effectiveness of the use of a mobile version of a flashcard spaced-repetition learning platform. In conclusion, she presents core principles of an educational solution that supports the ongoing and situated learning of English for Medical Purposes by designing a mobile spaced-repetition medical vocabulary tutor («Mobile Medical English Companion»). 208 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The book explores how the rhetorical function of «bô¿» («shame») and its cognates within twelve Individual Lament Psalms (ILP) reflect persuasive responses aimed at enhancing the relational spirituality of the psalmist. It argues that the Hebrew terminology of «bô¿» is used as a response to enhance a spirituality of relatedness. The author argues that the plea for positive shame is to enhance positive spirituality that leads to changes of attitude, repentance, faithfulness, self-knowledge, and wholeness. Negative shame influences negative spirituality that leads to destruction and unworthiness. The volume reflects African Christian spirituality elucidating the psalmist¿s perception of positive shame. 262 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Since Auschwitz, and more and more frequently today, places that were theatres of mass suffering and other atrocities are becoming common features of our cultural landscape. What should we do with these places Keep them as they were, to remind us of what actually took place there, as ideal museums of past evils Or should we transform them and, if so, into which forms and according to which principles Which pasts do these places transmit, and how This volume uses an innovative semiotic methodology to analyse selected key trauma sites. The author demonstrates that these places can become, once properly interrogated, privileged observatories capable of throwing light upon the many different conflicts, forms of social control, and power relationships that underlie any politics of memory. The selfsame notions of trauma and memory become, in this way, rewritten in quite a different light: far from any kind of naturalistic definition, they emerge as painful «knots» within which many of the most crucial questions in the contemporary world are intertwined. 334 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -To grasp music in its depth dimension is an art that can be learned and perfected. Categories of formal analysis here play a subordinate role ¿ at least as important it is to be consciously aware of timbres, dynamic processes, musical characters and expressions. Following general reflections about the art of listening, the volume in hand presents exemplary work analyses. The roster of composers introduced extends from Mozart to Bernstein, that of the genres discussed from the piano piece to the opera. A detailed register and a survey of the chief works referred to make this book an indispensable companion for both scholars and laymen. About the German edition of this book: «In Floros¿ book all these details unite to form a magnificent mosaic. Individual works discussed meet us in an entirely new light, and we begin to decipher the language of music with a different set of tools.» (Helmut Peters) 254 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Translating for younger audiences is in need of critical investigation, as children¿s and teenagers¿ literature and media products are being increasingly globalized and glocalized, with translation playing an important role in the process. Media phenomena such as Harry Potter and animated Disney films travel across continents through hundreds of local cultures. These productions exert a homogenizing effect whilst at the same time undergoing transformation to adapt to new audiences. This book distinguishes between textual glocalization, anglophone foreignization and large-scale adaptation, illustrating them with examples of translations of animated films by Pixar/Disney and DreamWorks, locally produced versions of the Horrible Histories series, Harry Potter translations and transmedial adaptations as well as film tie-ins. The book argues that global exchanges largely depend on the creative efforts of local agents ¿ professional translators, adapters, retellers, publishers, writers, editors ¿ and sheds light on the initiatives of non-professional translators, including scanlators, fansubbers, hip-hop fans and harrypotterians. By examining globally distributed titles translated at the turn of the twenty-first century, the volume aims at filling a gap at the intersection of translation studies, globalization research and the study of children¿s literature and culture. 248 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The author analyses competition as one of four coordinating mechanisms helping agents mutually to orientate their actions, avoid chaos, and produce social order. Competition is a key dimension of developed societies. It helps to structure and is also conducive to social change. Competing agents constrain one another, making it hard for anyone to change their position. They discover new routines the best of which may later be institutionalized. Competition is a solvent of power but only in relatively equal societies. Entrenched wealth or status restricts competition, thus impoverishing social order. The author also evaluates the theory of competition to explore such topics as corporate social responsibility, relations between government, business and civil society, and reflexivity in social sciences. 286 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -«Concept» is a central notion in modern philosophy that also influences other disciplines like psychology and linguistics. The author compares modern theories to the work of Aristotle as the first philosopher with an extensive corpus and one of the predecessors both of classical theory and of modal theories of «concepts». It is surprising that there is no equivalent term for «concept» in his work. Both pathêma and logos are central to his theory of language and thought. Therefore, this book describes which notion in Aristotle¿s writing comes closest to «concept» and whether or not it generates a precise theory. 310 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book is an outcome of the 9th ELT Research Conference organised by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. The papers in this volume illustrate some of the key research interests and priorities for English language teaching in Turkey and provide significant insights into a range of contemporary issues and practices in the field. The papers present research focusing on issues in the areas of technology, learners, teacher training and post-graduate education, which have been gathered together in four sections, each section containing articles covering several different aspects of the topic in question.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 278 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The authors in this volume study various facets of the long-term coexistence of French and English with native languages in Cameroon. This coexistence has many linguistic, educational and political implications. The data analyzed in the papers are collected through various methods and from various sources: questionnaires, interviews, participant observation, online sources, social media, written documents, recorded speeches and informal conversations, etc. Les auteurs de ce volume étudient sur plusieurs facettes la coexistence de longue date entre le français, l¿anglais et les langues maternelles au Cameroun. Cette cohabitation offre beaucoup d¿implications linguistiques, éducatives et politiques. Les données analysées par les différents contributeurs ont été collectées au moyen de méthodes et sources¿diverses : questionnaires, interviews, observations participantes, sources internet, réseaux sociaux, documents écrits, discours enregistrés et conversations informelles, etc. 300 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book revisits psychology¿s appropriation of natural scientific methods. The author argues that, in order to overcome ongoing methodological debates in psychology, it is necessary to confront the problem of formalisation contained in the appropriation of methods of natural science. By doing so, the subject matter of psychology ¿ the human being ¿ and questions about the meaning of human existence can be brought to the centre of the discipline. Drawing on Garfinkel, Sacks, Edwards and Potter, the author sees ethnomethodologically informed qualitative methods, which stem from phenomenology, as a possible alternative to statistical methods, but ultimately finds these methods to be just another method of formalisation.She returns to Husserlian phenomenology as a way to critique the centrality of method in psychology and shows that the adoption of natural scientific methods in psychology is part of the larger push to formalise and objectify all aspects of human existence. 238 pp. Englisch.