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Taking advantage of Russia’s involvement in the conflict with the Ottoman Empire (1787–1792), in the summer of 1788 Gustav III launched a largescale naval operations and led a land offensive from Finland on the almost devoid of troops St. Petersburg. The fleet, however, failed, and the poorly-led Swedish army was stuck in southern Finland. The internal opposition and the rebellion of Finnish separatists (the Anjala Confederation), who sought to surrender this province to the Russian protectorate, were acting paralyzingly. To make matters worse, Sweden was also threatened by Denmark, which, while fulfilling its allied obligations towards Russia, started short-term military operations (August–October 1788). The Swedish-Russian war, which continued for two more years, was limited mainly to naval operations carried out with varying luck and had little impact on the course of operations on the Turkish front. The peace treaty signed in Värälä (August 14, 1790) maintained the existing borders between states (status quo ante bellum), provided for the exchange of prisoners and ensured Sweden with certain economic privileges in Russian ports. Moreover, Catherine II resigned from interfering in internal affairs of Sweden. These events were widely echoed in the Polish press, including the “Pamiętnik”, which are the subject of this article. The publisher and editor of this magazine, the Reverend Piotr Świtkowski, expressed his liking for Sweden, which was fighting against Russia, and for its king Gustav III, whom he placed in the ranks of the most eminent European rulers and indicated as a role model. He praised his Enlightened reforms, especially attempts to strengthen the royal power and struggle with the internal opposition and rebellious officers. At the same time, Świtkowski appreciated the military strength of the enemy – Russia, which Sweden had to face.

« Le 11 mars 2011, le district Nord-Est du Japon a été frappé par un tremblement de terre massif suivi d’un tsunami majeur et d’une série d’accidents à la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima avec fuites d’éléments radioactifs ». Tel est le message que le professeur Kanazawa, président du Science Council of Japan (SCJ) adressa quelques jours après la catastrophe aux présidents des académies des sciences étrangère …

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Leading Change in a Complex World : Transdisciplinary Perspectives is a transdisciplinary book offering tools for leaders, analysts and students of leadership to navigate in complex and interconnected settings. It proposes an analytical framework based on complexity, relational leadership, and dynamic change. Individual chapters examine these ideas in relation to topical societal, organisational and business challenges such as the changing global security environment, urbanisation, demographic changes, and business-government relations. The leadership roles of heads of states and societal stakeholders are analysed, and versatile leadership and management practices from conflict management to evaluation are introduced. The possibilities for change are examined through global megatrends, shifting global power blocs, changes in consumer practices, as well as those emanating from abstract concepts such as the circular economy.

»I understand that time is running out« - Wenn man den Texten vieler afro-amerikanischer Rapper glauben will, steht das Ende der Welt unmittelbar bevor. Woher rührt diese Faszination für die Apokalypse? Was beschreiben diese Untergangsszenarien, und zu welchem Zweck? Das Buch stellt die erste umfassende Studie zu apokalyptischen Motiven im US-amerikanischen HipHop dar. Zugleich verfolgt es die Entstehung dieser Kunstform von den Spirituals über die Rhetorik afroamerikanischer Prediger bis hin zu Blues und Reggae. Die Geschichte vom Ende der Welt ist so zugleich die Geschichte vom Anfang des Rap - »Time's done run out!«

Ces Entretiens sont attachés à un lieu, qui leur donne son nom : La Garenne Lemot, une villa néo-classique, aux bords escarpés de la Sèvre, dans l’évocation de la Toscane. En cet endroit l’on peut parler de beauté et de grâce, mais aussi, comme nous l’avons fait, de tolérance et d’amitié. Ces Entretiens sont annuels. Cette année-là il s’agissait de miroirs : de leurs fonctions philosophique, scientifique et spéculative ; de leurs fonctions picturale, musicale, littéraire et architecturale. Car, de l’Antiquité à l’époque contemporaine et dans tous les champs du savoir comme des pratiques, les miroirs sont des instruments de connaissances et de rêves ; de vérité, de beauté et d’illusion ; de splendeur et d’obscurité. Les vingt-deux études publiées ici explorent, chacune à leur manière et sur un objet singulier, l’ambiguïté des miroirs : à la fois leur dimension critique et leur puissance de fascination ; à la fois la vertu de leur éclat ou de leurs images et la perversion de leurs reflets ou de leurs simulacres.

Durante os longos anos de sua atividade filosófica e sua excepcional capacidade de atrair, ao seu redor, estudiosos do pragmatismo de todo o mundo, o professor lbri nos ensinou que, seguindo o realismo de Peirce, somos chamados a professar a falibilidade de nossas relações com a realidade, mas, também, a reconhecer que a essência dos objetos reais consiste propriamente na sua cognoscibilidade. E isso simplesmente significa que a velha antinomia da mente e do mundo deve dar lugar a uma dialética de profunda intimidade do ser humano com o universo. Pessoalmente, acredito que esta é uma das sugestões mais fecundas dos escritos de Ivo lbri que, de qualquer forma, nos dão uma interpretação e um desenvolvimento original dos aspectos proeminentes do pensamento de Peirce.

More than 20 years have passed since the downfall of socialist systems. To accelerate transformation processes utmost priority was given to the recognition of property rights, an indispensable requirement for free market economies. Regulators soon came to realize that the success of transformation was conditioned on a more systematic approach towards codified civil law and business law. Numerous comparative law studies on individual Eastern European states have been undertaken, but they fail to portray the dynamic in its full scope. Studies adopting long-term perspectives and offering multi-nation comparisons are particularly rare. In March 2009, a symposium was held at the Hamburg Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Law to address these shortcomings. In this conference volume Christa Jessel-Holst, Rainer Kulms, and Alexander Trunk assemble the contributions by international policy advisors and scholars from Eastern and South Eastern Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine) assessing codification processes in classic civil law fields and company and capital market laws. In spite of comparable transformation problems, the individual processes are moving forward quite disparately, oscillating between 'old' socialist codifications, legislative projects faithful to the acquis communautaire and new codifications with a distinctly autonomous approach. Nonetheless, most transformation states are united in their effort to establish efficient court systems which can handle the acquis without being positivistic. Contributors: Jürgen Basedow, Rainer Kulms, Michel Nussbaumer, Frederique Dahan, Thomas Meyer, Alexander Komarov, Volodymyr Kossak, Jelena Perovi?, Camelia Toader, Verica Trstenjak, Christian Takoff, Tatjana Josipovi?, Meliha Povlaki?, Du?an Nikoli?, Mirko Vasiljevi?, Alexandra Makovskaya, Oleg Zaitsev, Ionu? Radule?u, Tania Bouzeva, Radu Catan?, András Kisfaludi, Krzysztof Oplustil, Arkadiusz Radwan

This open access book offers interdisciplinary perspectives on cities shaped by shifting borders and contested identities. Rooted in the study of spatial and social re-appropriation, the book invites readers to rethink the urban experience in Central and Eastern Europe—a region defined by political discontinuities and rich linguistic and ethnic diversity. Historical and Contemporary Challenges for Central and Eastern European Cities engages with the concept of a city to explore attempts to homogenize, categorize, and eliminate differences in history and present day. The essays delve into the interplay between official discourses and marginalized voices that challenge established hierarchies, uncovering both the conflicts and synergies that emerge in multiethnic and multilingual environments. The contributors offer fresh insights into how Central and Eastern European cities navigate their layered identities, fostering a deeper understanding of the region’s dynamic and complex urban narratives. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR).

With the publication of ‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’ half a century ago, Noam Chomsky burst onto the US political scene as a leading critic of the war in Vietnam. Privilege, he argues, brings with it the responsibility to tell the truth and expose lies, but our intellectual culture only pays lip-service to this ideal. The essay has been described as ‘the single most influential piece of anti-war literature’ of the Vietnam War period. Since then, Chomsky has continued to equip a growing international audience with the facts and arguments needed to understand – and change – our world. According to The New York Times, Chomsky ‘may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet today’. This book revisits ‘The Responsibility of Intellectuals’ half a century on. It includes six new essays written to celebrate Chomsky’s famous intervention and explore its relevance in today’s world. Nicholas Allott, Chris Knight, Milan Rai and Neil Smith have studied and written about Chomsky’s thought for many years, while Craig Murray and Jackie Walker describe the personal price they have paid for speaking out. The book finishes with Chomsky’s recollections of the background to the original publication of his essay, followed by extensive commentary from him on its 50th anniversary.

„Richtig schreiben“ ist ein Ziel der fachspezifischen Bildungsstandards für die Primarstufe. Die sprachdidaktischen Wege zum Ziel sind nicht nur Gegenstand der Forschung, sondern auch Thema in der sozial-medialen Öffentlichkeit. Dieses Buch untersucht die im öffentlichen Diskurs verborgen liegenden Narrative und Mythen um den ‚Verfall der Rechtschreibkompetenz‘ und stellt diesen eine fachwissenschaftliche Perspektive gegenüber.

Este livro reúne a reflexão acerca das identidades na cultura contemporânea,realizada por pesquisadores que participaram do Seminário: Cultura contemporânea, corpo e novas tecnologias: diálogos em torno das identidades. O objetivo geral das reflexões aqui apresentadas é tomar as inovações tecnológicas e seus impactos na vida cotidiana - particularmente na renovação e reinvenção de formas de sociabilidade e de construção de identidades - como uma chave privilegiada para o adentramento em meandros da cultura contemporânea. O corpo, suporte da cultura e território de construção de identidades, ao incorporar os recursos tecnológicos disponibilizados pelo mercado estético, como próteses, implantes, intervenções e tratamentos à base de laser, tem seu estatuto modificado e as fronteiras entre natureza e cultura passam a ser revistas em novos parâmetros, impondo novos desafios à reflexão sócio-antropológica. Este livro busca contribuir para este debate, somar um pequena centelha ao enorme esforço que se faz necessário no sentido de repensarmos as clássicas dicotomias conceituais que vem marcando a reflexão das ciências humanas e se demonstrando cada vez mais abaladas em seu alcance explicativo, frente às aceleradas transformações vivenciadas na vida social nesta modernidade do início do século XXI.

Sinopsis La práctica pedagógica es una dimensión imprescindible dentro del proceso de enseñanza/aprendizaje; por ello, diversos autores e instituciones se han enfocado en investigar su intervención e importancia. De este modo, es primordial reconocer la conceptualización de la práctica pedagógica. Según la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (UPN, 2001), la práctica, innovación y cambio son una praxis social que permite integrar, por medio de proyectos pedagógico-investigativos, un saber ético, pedagógico, disciplinar, a una dinámica social y, articular intereses y necesidades tanto individuales como institucionales en las que es posible desarrollar competencias en áreas de investigación, diseño, administración y gestión de proyectos educativo-sociales. En este sentido, la práctica pedagógica influye en el contexto educativo frente a todos los actores que conforman la comunidad educativa. Esta se debe estructurar según el entorno y la población participante. En ese contexto, la investigación buscó comprender las prácticas pedagógicas del profesorado de primera infancia acerca de la planificación, interacción y evaluación, con relación al modelo pedagógico de la Fundación Ambiental Pro vida, otorgándole a la práctica pedagógica, sentido y significado. El sentido es concebido como la percepción de las participantes y el significado, como concepción. De este modo, se pretendió generar acciones de mejoramiento en la formación docente, por medio de la propuesta de alternativas didácticas y las recomendaciones brindadas al operador. En consecuencia, la práctica pedagógica en la primera infancia se convirtió en protagonista del estudio, retomando autores representativos y las directrices del gobierno nacional por medio del Ministerio de Educación.