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  • The Invention of Religion

    Faith and Covenant in the Book of Exodus

    by Jan Assmann ...
    "Beautifully written, capacious, learned. . . . sure to become a touchstone for scholars and readers interested in the Bible . . . and the history of monotheism." —Jonathan Sheehan, University of California, BerkeleyThe Book of Exodus may be the most consequential story ever told. But its spectacular moments of heaven-sent plagues and parting seas overshadow its true significance, says Jan Assmann ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Relict Species

    Phylogeography and Conservation Biology

    Edited by Thorsten Assmann, Jan Christian Habel ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    Mankind has evolved both genetically and culturally to become a most successful and dominant species. But we are now so numerous and our technology is so p- erful that we are having major effects on the planet, its environment, and the b- sphere. For some years prophets have warned of the possible detrimental consequences of our activities, such as pollution, deforestation, and overfishing, and ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer and Trans* Narrative Studies

    Edited by Vera Nünning, Corinna Assmann ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer and Trans* Narrative Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the intersection between narrative theory and feminist, queer and trans* theory. Bringing together eminent and emerging scholars from a range of disciplines, it foregrounds connections between new views on gender and recent developments in narratology. The first section outlines key concepts ... Read more

    $224.09 USD

  • Religio Duplex

    How the Enlightenment Reinvented Egyptian Religion

    by Jan Assmann ...
    In this important new book, the distinguished Egyptologist Jan Assmann provides a masterful overview of a crucial theme in the religious history of the West - that of 'religio duplex', or dual religion. He begins by returning to the theology of the Ancient Egyptians, who set out to present their culture as divided between the popular and the elite. By examining their beliefs, he argues, we can ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • The Price of Monotheism

    by Jan Assmann ...
    Translated by Robert Savage ...
    Nothing has so radically transformed the world as the distinction between true and false religion. In this nuanced consideration of his own controversial Moses the Egyptian, renowned Egyptologist Jan Assmann answers his critics, extending and building upon ideas from his previous book. Maintaining that it was indeed the Moses of the Hebrew Bible who introduced the true-false distinction in a ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • From Akhenaten to Moses

    Ancient Egypt and Religious Change

    by Jan Assmann ...
    A critical examination of the origins and development of monotheismThe shift from polytheism to monotheism changed the world radically. Akhenaten and Moses—a figure of history and a figure of tradition—symbolize this shift in its incipient, revolutionary stages and represent two civilizations that were brought into the closest connection as early as the Book of Exodus, where Egypt stands for the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus

    Hermeticism from Ancient to Modern Times

    by Florian Ebeling ...
    Translated by David Lorton ...
    "Perhaps Hermeticism has fascinated so many people precisely because it has made it possible to produce many analogies and relationships to various traditions: to Platonism in its many varieties, to Stoicism, to Gnostic ideas, and even to certain Aristotelian doctrines. The Gnostic, the esoteric, the Platonist, or the deist has each been able to find something familiar in the writings. One just ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Forschung fördern

    Am Beispiel von Lebensqualität im Kulturkontext

    Edited by Gisela Trommsdorff, Wolfgang R. Assmann ...
    Durch Kulturbegegnung, internationalen Wissenschaftsaustausch und interkulturelle Vergleiche sind Grenzen nationaler und westlicher Forschungsansätze deutlich geworden. In diesem Buch werden Beispiele für nachhaltige Wirkungen einer unkonventionellen Wissenschaftsförderung durch weitsichtiges Unternehmer- und Mäzenatentum vorgestellt. Deutsche und japanische Wissenschaftler behandeln in ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Renewable Energy

    A Global Review of Technologies, Policies and Markets

    Edited by Dirk Assmann ...
    'offers knowledge and inspiration to promote renewable energy in developing and industrialized countries'Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of UNEPFrom technology to financing issues, Renewable Energy offers a comprehensive and authoritative review of the determining factors that drive worldwide dissemination of renewable energy technologies. With a clear emphasis on policy and action, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Operative Techniques in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

    An Illustrated Guide to Personalized Therapy

    Edited by Alexander Albert, Alexander Assmann, Anna Kathrin Assmann, Hug Aubin, Artur Lichtenberg ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book provides an invaluable practically applicable and comprehensive manual to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Critical concepts and techniques are discussed in an easy-to-follow and understand step-by-step guide, featuring a wealth of intraoperative photos and illustrations with concise and instructive descriptions. Topics covered include classical sternotomy, variants of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Empathy and its Limits

    Edited by Aleida Assmann, Ines Detmers ...
    This volume extends the theoretical scope of the important concept of empathy by analysing not only the cultural contexts that foster the generating of empathy, but in focusing also on the limits of pro-social feelings and the mechanisms that lead to its blocking. ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Laser-Driven Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiation

    Lecture Notes of the "Capri" Advanced Summer School

    Edited by Leonida Antonio Gizzi, Ralph Assmann, Petra Koester, Antonio Giulietti ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This volume presents a selection of articles based on inspiring lectures held at the “Capri” Advanced Summer School, an original event conceived and promoted by Leonida Antonio Gizzi and Ralph Assmann that focuses on novel schemes for plasma-based particle acceleration and radiation sources, and which brings together researchers from the conventional accelerator community and from the high ... Read more

    $89.09 USD