Un piccolo esempio. La psicagogia matematica di Platone

‘Let me give you a simple example of what I mean, and you will see the rest for yourself.’ This is how Plato usually introduces mathematical examples to illustrate important philosophical puzzles. The research presented in this book offers a systematic analysis of these examples and demonstrates their crucial psychagogical function. Providing a toolkit of paradoxical objects that challenge …

Uma Politics : An Ethnography of Democratization in West Sumba, Indonesia, 19…

Democracy cannot be implemented overnight. Democratization is an often unpredictable process. This book concentrates on that political transformation in one of Indonesia’s most ‘traditional’ islands, Sumba. Why does democratization create such great opportunities for local politicians with their private agenda’s? Why does regional autonomy, as part of the national democratization progra…

Up in Arms: Gun Imaginaries in Texas

Up in Arms provides an illustrative and timely window onto the ways in which guns shape people’s lives and social relations in Texas. With a long history of myth, lore, and imaginaries attached to gun carrying, the Lone Star State exemplifies how various groups of people at different historical moments make sense of gun culture in light of legislation, political agendas, and community buildin…

Unlocking markets to smallholders : Lessons from South Africa

This book assesses the institutional, technical and market constraints as well as opportunities for smallholders, notably, emerging farmers in disadvantaged areas such as the former homelands of South Africa. Emerging farmers are previously disadvantaged black people who started or will start their business with the support of special government programs. Public support programs have been devel…

Universal Śaivism : The Appeasement of All Gods and Powers in the Śāntyadh…

In Universal Śaivism Peter Bisschop provides a critical edition and annotated translation of the sixth chapter of the Śivadharmaśāstra `Treatise on the Religion of Śiva’, the so-called Śāntyadhyāya 'Chapter on Appeasement’. The Sanskrit text is preceded by an extensive introduction on its composition, transmission and edition. The Śivadharmaśāstra has arguably played a crucial r…

Vedic Cosmology and Ethics : Selected Studies

How did ‘Vedic man’ think about the destiny of man after death and related ethical issues? That heaven was the abode of the gods was undisputed, but was it also accessible to man in his pursuit of immortality? Was there a realm of the deceased or a hell? What terms were used to indicate these ‘yonder worlds’? What is their location in the cosmos and which cosmographic classifications ar…

Cooperatives in an Uncertain World : Perspectives from Switzerland and Its Ne…

The respective chapters cover topics such as cooperatives in Switzerland (historical roots, current landscape, embeddedness in profit/nonprofit organizations, participatory governance and legal aspects), grand societal challenges and cooperatives, and the future with and of cooperatives.

Biologiedidaktische Nature of Science-Forschung: Zukunftsweisende Praxis

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Sensorgestutzte Kartierung von Bodeneigenschaften fur die teilfl chenspezifis…

Buku Open Access ini menyediakan dasar-dasar yang kuat dan panduan praktis untuk pemetaan akurat lahan pertanian berdasarkan parameter tanah seperti tekstur, pH, dan kandungan humus. Metode pemetaan yang paling sesuai saat ini dijelaskan. Setiap langkah proses dijelaskan secara rinci, mulai dari pembenahan data sensor tanah hingga pembuatan peta sebaran dan pemilihan pupuk kapur yang optimal. S…

Selbstverst ndnisse der Philosophiedidaktik zwischen Fachphilosophie und Inte…

Kumpulan Open Access ini menyajikan debat terkini tentang pemahaman diri dari didaktik filsafat, hubungannya dengan filsafat khusus, dan nilai atau esensi dari interdisiplineritas. Hal ini berkaitan dengan perspektif internal dari didaktik khusus itu sendiri. Selain bidang kerja klasik di tingkat teoretis-konseptual, praktis-metodologis, dan kritis-empiris, selalu muncul bidang baru dalam didak…