Humanities & Social Sciences

Der Sozialstaat hat in den Jahrzehnten der Ökologie die Ökologie erfolgreich vermieden. Die Grenzen des Wachstums waren für die Verteidiger des Sozialen sozial uninteressant, Arbeitsplätze waren wichtiger als Nistplätze. Die Klimakrise hat dieses Desinteresse unterminiert. Zunehmend tauchen die Sozialwissenschaften im Feld der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung auf und Sozialpolitikerinnen wollen das Klima schützen. Der Essay »Soziales Klima« durchmisst das Feld der Sozialen Nachhaltigkeit mit den Mitteln einer ganzheitlichen, an Hegel und Parsons informierten Soziologie. Der Vorschlag ist der menschenrechtsbasierte Garantismus, eine vierte Formation neben Liberalismus, Sozialismus und Konservatismus.

The Constitution of 1 May 1934 saw an attempt made in Austria to create an alternative to parliamentary democracy in the form of an order based on the professional “Stand” (corporation). The failure of this attempt was due to the nature of the “Stand” itself which, as something organically grown, is not accessible to institutionalisation. In reality, the corporation was just a means of enabling conservative thinking, in a much wider sense, to influence politics, a hangover of traditional forms of rule.

This open access book constitutes papers from the 5 research workshops, the poster presentations, as well as two panel discussions which were presented at XP 2021, the 22nd International Conference on Agile Software Development, which was held online during June 14-18, 2021. XP is the premier agile software development conference combining research and practice. It is a unique forum where agile researchers, practitioners, thought leaders, coaches, and trainers get together to present and discuss their most recent innovations, research results, experiences, concerns, challenges, and trends. XP conferences provide an informal environment to learn and trigger discussions and welcome both people new to agile and seasoned agile practitioners. The 18 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from overall 37 submissions. They stem from the following workshops: 3rd International Workshop on Agile Transformation 9th International Workshop on Large-Scale Agile Development 1st International Workshop on Agile Sustainability 4th International Workshop on Software-Intensive Business 2nd International Workshop on Agility with Microservices Programming

This open access book examines the mechanisms of composite explosion inhibition and venting protection. It focuses on the characteristics and influencing factors of methane–coal dust two-phase mixture explosions, including: · The inhibition of methane/coal dust hybrid explosions using ultrafine water mist · The suppression characteristics of ultrafine water mist on gas/dust two-phase mixture explosions · The venting behavior of gas/dust two-phase explosions and the factors that influence it In particular, this book clarifies the mechanisms behind vapor cloud explosions and the chain reactions triggered by explosion venting flames. While current research has primarily concentrated on suppressing explosions of single flammable substances using ultrafine water mist, this work emphasizes the importance of understanding flame propagation dynamics and explosion parameters under varying mist conditions. Gathering accurate experimental data is essential for revealing the inhibition mechanisms of gas/dust hybrid explosions. The venting process involves complex coupling effects, including multiphase reactions, interphase heat and mass transfer, and turbulence, all influenced by numerous variables. Therefore, this book provides critical insights for both practical applications and the theoretical understanding of explosion inhibition and venting mechanisms.

Eine Logik von Handlungen betrachten zu wollen, hat eine lange Tradition von Anselm von Canterbury bis in die Gegenwart. Was kennzeichnet eine Handlung? Wann beschreibt ein Satz eine Handlung? Und wie lässt sich dies in einem logischen System beschreiben? Die Stit-Theorie gibt eine einfache Antwort auf die beiden zuletzt gestellten Fragen. Ein Satz varphi drückt eine Handlung aus, wenn es einen Akteur gibt, so dass sich der Wahrheitswert des Satzes nicht ändert, wenn er durch "der Akteur sorgt dafür, dass varphi " paraphrasiert wird. In diesem Buch wird gezeigt, warum diese Ansicht nicht nur einfach und praktisch ist, um eine solche Handlungslogik um Operatoren für Überzeugungen, Wünsche und Intentionen zu erweitern, sondern auch warum sich diese Beschreibung mit der Ansicht Donald Davidsons vereinen lässt, dass Handlungen Ereignisse zugrunde liegen. So wird versucht, eine Brücke zwischen der Stit-Theorie und Davidsonscher Handlungstheorie zu schlagen, bei der der Begriff der Intention eine Rolle spielt. Dabei wird der Intentionsoperator in dem logischen System bdi-stitâ dint, bestehend aus Handlungsoperatoren und den Operatoren für die mentalen Zustände, alternativ axiomatisiert.

This Open Access proceedings present a good overview of the current research landscape of industrial robots. The objective of MHI Colloquium is a successful networking at academic and management level. Thereby the colloquium is focussing on a high level academic exchange to distribute the obtained research results, determine synergetic effects and trends, connect the actors personally and in conclusion strengthen the research field as well as the MHI community. Additionally there is the possibility to become acquainted with the organizing institute. Primary audience are members of the scientific association for assembly, handling and industrial robots (WG MHI).

Cultural China is a unique annual publication for up-to-date, informed and accessible commentary about Chinese and Sinophone languages, cultural practices, politics and production, and their critical analysis. It builds on the University of Westminster’s Contemporary China Centre Blog, providing additional reflective introductory pieces to contextualise each of the seven chapters. The articles in this Review speak to the challenging and eventful year that was 2021 as it unfolded across cultural China. Thematically, they range from health and medicine, environment, food, children and parenting, via film, red culture and calls for action. Many of the articles in this book focus on the People’s Republic of China, but they also draw attention to the multiple Chinese and Sinophone cultural practices that exist within, across, and beyond national borders. The Review is distinctive in its cultural studies-based approach and contributes a much-needed critical perspective from the Humanities to the study of cultural China. It aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and debate about the social, cultural, political, and historical dynamics that inform life in cultural China today, offering academics, activists, practitioners, and politicians a key reference with which to situate current events in and relating to cultural China in a wider context.

Fallgirls provides an analysis of the abuses that took place at Abu Ghraib in terms of social theory, gender and power, based on first-hand participant-observations of the courts-martials of Lynndie England and Sabrina Harman. This book examines the trials themselves, including interactions with soldiers and defense teams, documents pertaining to the courts-martials, US government reports and photographs from Abu Ghraib, in order to challenge the view that the abuses were carried out at the hands of a few rogue soldiers. With a keen focus on gender and sexuality as prominent aspects of the abuses themselves, as well as the ways in which they were portrayed and tried, Fallgirls engages with modern feminist thought and contemporary social theory in order to analyse the manner in which the abuses were framed, whilst also exploring the various lived realities of Abu Ghraib by both prisoners and soldiers alike. Providing a unique perspective and a thorough theoretical examination of the events, their framing and depiction, this book will be of interest to sociologists, feminists, and social and political theorists concerned with cultural studies, political communication and gender and sexuality.

Kinder und Jugendliche nach ihren individuellen Begabungen und Leistungen zu fördern, gilt es als Kernaufgabe in Schulen zu verankern. Wie dies gelingen kann, untersucht der interdisziplinäre, vom BMBF geförderte Forschungsverbund "Leistung macht Schule" (LemaS). Im zweiten Band der gleichnamigen Reihe präsentieren die Autor:innen den aktuellen Projektstand zu Grundlagen und spezifischen Schwerpunkten sowie zu Zielen, Haltungen und Werten der Begabungsforschung und -förderung. Exemplarisch werden Strategien, Konzepte, Maßnahmen und Materialien zur Förderung von Begabungen und Leistungen in Schule und Unterricht vorgestellt, die im LemaS-Projekt entstehen. Der Aufbau des Bandes orientiert sich an den sechs Dimensionen der begabungs- und leistungsfördernden Schule, genannt SELF ("Schulentwicklungsdimensionen für eine begabungs- und leistungsfördernde Schulgestaltung"). Diese Dimensionen dienen dabei als (Selbstreflexions-)Leitfaden für die Schulgestaltung sowie als Orientierungsrahmen von Schulen im Entwicklungsprozess. Die Dimensionen erstrecken sich sowohl auf die Ebene der Schule als auch des Unterrichts, und sie beziehen außerschulische Akteure und Netzwerke mit ein.

Nietzsche’s concept of the agon or Wettkampf, a measured and productive form of conflict inspired by ancient Greek culture, has attracted a good deal of interest in Nietzsche studies and beyond. This book, by a leading expert on the topic, brings together research conducted over 20 years with a focus on the agon as a model or cypher for Nietzsche’s philosophical practice and its implications for his project of critical transvaluation (Umwertung).

In diesem Open-Access-Buch präsentiert Sandra Binder-Tietz eine umfassende Analyse der Kommunikation von Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden börsennotierter Unternehmen. Deren komplexe kommunikative Rolle wird dabei erstmals systematisch erschlossen. Aus der externen Perspektive werden die vielschichtigen Anforderungen der relevanten Stakeholder wie Investoren, Aktionärsschützer, Stimmrechtsberater und Journalisten an die Kommunikation aufgezeigt. Aus der internen Perspektive von Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden, Investor-Relations- und Public-Relations-Verantwortlichen werden die internen und externen Kommunikationsmaßnahmen von Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden identifiziert. Auf dieser Basis wird die Notwendigkeit begründet, warum und wie die Kommunikation zu einem festen Bestandteil des Kommunikationsmanagements von Unternehmen werden sollte. Für Forschung und Praxis werden dafür Implikationen und Empfehlungen entwickelt, wie eine erfolgreiche Kommunikation von Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden aussehen kann.

Digital sovereignty—the exercise of control over the Internet—is the ambition of the world’s leaders, from Australia to Zimbabwe, a bulwark against both foreign state and foreign corporation. Governments have resoundingly answered first-generation Internet law questions of who if anyone should regulate the Internet—they all will. The second-generation question to confront is not whether, but how to regulate the Internet. This volume features new theoretical perspectives on digital sovereignty and explores cutting-edge issues associated with it. Drawing mainly on various theories concerning political economy, international law, human rights, and data protection, it presents thought-provoking ideas about the nature and scope of digital sovereignty. It also examines the extent to which new technological developments in sectors, such as artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and sharing economy, have posed challenges to assertion of digital sovereignty, and considers how to deal with such challenges. In particular, the volume discusses the promise and pitfalls of digital sovereignty in the process of trade liberalization, data localization, and human rights protection.

This open access book presents the diagnosis, investigation and treatment of neurovascular diseases, and offers expert opinions and advice on avoiding complications in neurovascular surgery. It also covers complication management and post-operative follow-up care. The book is divided in to three parts; the first part discusses common approaches in neurovascular surgery, describing the steps, indications for and limitations of the approach, as well as the associated complications and how to avoid them. The second part addresses surgical treatment based on pathology, taking the different locations of lesions into consideration. The third part focuses on the technological developments that support neurovascular surgery, which may not be available everywhere, but have been included to help vascular surgeon understand the principles. This book is a guide for young neurosurgeons, neurosurgery residents and neurosurgery fellows, as well as for medical students and nurses who are interested in neurosurgery or are associated with this field in any way. It is also a useful teaching aid for senior neurosurgeons.

Es entfaltet sich eine soziale Magie, wenn Stellvertreter durch ihr Reden und Handeln als politische Repräsentanten in Erscheinung treten. Um politische Repräsentation jenseits von Wahlen verstehen zu können und für nicht-gewählte Interessengruppen nutzbar zu machen, erweitert Erik Jentges bestehende Theorien durch soziologische Konzepte von Weber, Elias, Bourdieu und Canetti. Er zeigt, dass Stellvertretungsfigurationen durch Charismatisierungsprozesse und Repräsentationsansprüche strukturiert werden - und dass dabei jene Anerkennung entstehen kann, in der die soziale Magie politischer Repräsentation zu wirken beginnt.

Cultural China is a unique annual publication for up-to-date, informed, and accessible commentary about Chinese and Sinophone languages, cultural practices, politics and production, and their critical analysis. It builds on the University of Westminster’s Contemporary China Centre Blog, providing additional reflective introductory pieces to contextualise each of the eight chapters. The articles in this Review speak to the turbulent year that was 2020 as it unfolded across cultural China. Thematically, they range from celebrity culture, fashion and beauty, to religion and spirituality, via language politics, heritage, and music. Pieces on representations of China in Britain and the Westminster Chinese Visual Arts Project reflect our particular location and home. Many of the articles in this book focus on the People’s Republic of China, but they also draw attention to the multiple Chinese and Sinophone cultural practices that exist within, across, and beyond national borders. The Review is distinctive in its cultural studies-based approach and contributes a much-needed critical perspective from the Humanities to the study of cultural China. It aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and debate about the social, cultural, political, and historical dynamics that inform life in cultural China today, offering academics, activists, practitioners, and politicians a key reference with which to situate current events in and relating to cultural China in a wider context.