The Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi = Sufism through the Eyes of ʿImād al-Dīn…

The Journeys of a Taymiyyan Sufi explores the life and teachings of ʿImād al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī (d. 711/1311), a little-known Ḥanbalī Sufi master from the circle of Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328). The first part of this book follows al-Wāsiṭī’s physical journey in search of spiritual guidance through a critical study of his autobiographical writings. This provides unique insights…

Innovation, Economic Development, and Intellectual Property in India and China

This open access book analyses intellectual property codification and innovation governance in the development of six key industries in India and China. These industries are reflective of the innovation and economic development of the two economies, or of vital importance to them: the IT Industry; the film industry; the pharmaceutical industry; plant varieties and food security; the automobile …

Feminist Activism, Travel and Translation Around 1900

This open access book takes the biographical case of German feminist Käthe Schirmacher (1865–1930), a multilingual translator, widely travelled writer of fiction and non-fiction, and a disputatious activist to examine the travel and translation of ideas between the women’s movements that emerged in many countries in the late 19th and early 20th century. It discusses practices such as trans…

Nordic Mediation Research

This open access book presents twelve unique studies on mediation from researchers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, respectively. Each study highlights important aspects of mediation, including the role of children in family mediation, the evolution and ambivalent application of restorative justice in the Nordic countries, the confusion of roles in court-connected mediation, and the chal…

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The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews

In The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews the author explains how Christians with Jewish ancestry went within less than forty years from having a leading role in the foundation and development of the Society of Jesus to being prohibited from membership in it.

A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe

This open access book examines the triangle between family, gender, and health in Europe from a demographic perspective. It helps to understand patterns and trends in each of the three components separately, as well as their interdependencies. It overcomes the widely observable specialization in demographic research, which usually involves researchers studying either family or fertility process…

Evolution, Monitoring and Predicting Models of Rockburst

This open access book focuses on investigating predicting precursor information and key points of rockburst in mining engineering through laboratory experiment, theoretical analysis, numerical simulation and case studies. Understanding the evolution patterns for the microstructure instability of rock is a prerequisite for rockburst prediction. The book provides a guide for readers seeking to un…

Deutsch als Zweitsprache: Alphabetisierung für Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene

Dieses Buch ist eine Open-Access-Publikation unter einer CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Lizenz.In Zusammenarbeit mit den Lehrkräften und SchülerInnen der SchlaU-Schule entstanden, bietet der erste Band aus der SchlaU-Materialreihe „Deutsch als Zweitsprache“ hochwertige und umfangreiche Lehr- und Lernmaterialien. Erfolgreiche Lern- und Schulerfahrungen der SchülerInnen stehen dabei im Mittelpunkt. De…

Animating Unpredictable Effects

Uncanny computer-generated animations of splashing waves, billowing smoke clouds, and characters’ flowing hair have become a ubiquitous presence on screens of all types since the 1980s. This Open Access book charts the history of these digital moving images and the software tools that make them. Unpredictable Visual Effects uncovers an institutional and industrial history that saw media indus…