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        March 2014

        Die Antigonen

        Geschichte und Gegenwart eines Mythos

        by George Steiner, Martin Pfeiffer

        »Die Antigone des Sophokles ist nicht ›irgendein‹ Text. Sie ist eines der bleibenden und kanonischen Dokumente in der Geschichte unseres philosophischen, literarischen und politischen Bewußtseins. Was in diesem Buch begonnen wird und in seinem Mittelpunkt steht, ist der Versuch einer Antwort auf die Frage, woher es wohl kommt, daß eine Handvoll altgriechischer Mythen noch immer unser Bewußtsein von uns selbst und von der Welt beherrscht und ihm lebendige Gestalt verleiht. Warum sind die ›Antigonen‹ wahrhaft éternelles, warum berühren sie die Gegenwart unmittelbar?« George Steiners Untersuchung einer mehr als zweitausendjährigen Geschichte des offenbar unvergänglichen Antigone-Stoffes, seiner inneren Konflikte und Adaptionen, führt von seinen Ursprüngen in der Antike über Hölderlins Neuschöpfung und seine fundamentale Bedeutung für die Philosophie Hegels und Kierkegaards bis zu den dichterischen Bearbeitungen und Deutungen in der Gegenwart.

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        1982

        Endlösung

        Die Vertreibung und Vernichtung der Juden. Ein Atlas

        by Gilbert, Martin

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        May 2018

        Recht ohne Staat.

        Die Emergenz transnationaler Regelungsstrukturen am Beispiel privater bewaffneter Sicherheitsdienste auf Handelsschiffen.

        by Fischer, Martin R.

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        September 2003

        Liebe Tante Fori

        Eine Geschichte der jüdischen Kultur, erzählt in Briefen

        by Gilbert, Martin / Deutsch Badal, Yvonne

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        May 1995

        Endlösung

        Die Vertreibung und Vernichtung der Juden: Ein Atlas

        by Gilbert, Martin / Deutsch Hansen, Nikolaus

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        March 1998

        Nelson Mandela

        Ein Leben für Frieden und Freiheit

        by Meredith, Martin / Englisch Messner, Michaela

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2009

        Queenship in Britain 1660–1837

        Royal patronage, court culture and dynastic politics

        by Clarissa Campbell-Orr, Martin Hargreaves

        Queenship in Britain 1660-1837 looks at the lives of successive Queens, Princesses of Wales and royal daughters, and considers how they used their powers of patronage and operated within the confines of royal family politics. With contributions from an international group of scholars this book brings together new approaches in gender history and court studies to present a re-evaluation of this previously neglected area in the study of the British monarchy. An explanation of these new approaches is contained in a substantial introduction. While the essays perform detailed discussions on a variety of more specific subjects, from how the foreign and Catholic wives of the restored Stuarts coped with a libertine court and a Protestant nation, to the travails of Princesses of Wales, the marriage options of royal daughters, and the question of whether Queen Adelaide (wife of William IV) was a harmless philanthropist re-establishing royal respectability or a real political influence behind the throne. ;

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2012

        Gender, crime and empire

        convicts, settlers and the state in early colonial Australia

        by Kirsty Reid, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie, Martin Hargreaves

        Between 1803 and 1853, some 80,000 convicts were transported to Van Diemen's Land. Revising established models of the colonies, which tend to depict convict women as a peculiarly oppressed group, Gender, crime and empire argues that convict men and women in fact shared much in common. Placing men and women, ideas about masculinity, femininity, sexuality and the body, in comparative perspective, this book argues that historians must take fuller account of class to understand the relationships between gender and power. The book explores the ways in which ideas about fatherhood and household order initially informed the state's model of order, and the reasons why this foundered. It considers the shifting nature of state policies towards courtship, relationships and attempts at family formation which subsequently became matters of class conflict. It goes on to explore the ways in which ideas about gender and family informed liberal and humanitarian critiques of the colonies from the 1830s and 1840s and colonial demands for abolition and self-government. ;

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        January 2022

        The Nervous System, Third Edition

        by F. Fay Evans-Martin, Ph.D.

        The nervous system allows us to move, feel, and think, and it is involved in nearly all of the functions of the human body. Nerves communicate signals between the brain and muscles, allowing us to move our hands and feet. Or, they relay messages about the environment through touch, taste, sight, and smell. Nerves can also communicate information about how we are feeling at any particular time and help to maintain homeostasis, or a stable state of equilibrium. The Nervous System, Third Edition discusses the development and organization of this diverse system, its functions, and potential injuries and complications. Packed with full-color photographs and illustrations, this absorbing book provides students with sufficient background information through references, websites, and a bibliography.

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        May 1987

        Die Canterbury-Erzählungen

        by Geoffrey Chaucer, Martin Lehnert, Edward Burne-Jones, Martin Lehnert

        Die 24 Geschichten, die sich die Teilnehmer einer Pilgergruppe während einer Wallfahrt vom Londoner Gasthaus »Heroldsrock« zum Heiligenschrein des Thomas á Becket erzählen, vermitteln einen anschaulichen Eindruck von der Buntheit und Vielfalt des mittelalterlichen Lebens.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        Gender, crime and empire

        Convicts, settlers and the state in early colonial Australia

        by Kirsty Reid, Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie, Martin Hargreaves

        Between 1803 and 1853, some 80,000 convicts were transported to Van Diemen's Land. Revising established models of the colonies, which tend to depict convict women as a peculiarly oppressed group, Gender, crime and empire argues that convict men and women in fact shared much in common. Placing men and women, ideas about masculinity, femininity, sexuality and the body, in comparative perspective, this book argues that historians must take fuller account of class to understand the relationships between gender and power. The book explores the ways in which ideas about fatherhood and household order initially informed the state's model of order, and the reasons why this foundered. It considers the shifting nature of state policies towards courtship, relationships and attempts at family formation which subsequently became matters of class conflict. It goes on to explore the ways in which ideas about gender and family informed liberal and humanitarian critiques of the colonies from the 1830s and 1840s and colonial demands for abolition and self-government.

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