Bei Hitze, Hagel, Kälte oder Trockenheit, als Mittel zur Brandbekämpfung und Abwendung von Wassergefahren hielt man Hostien für allgegenwärtig und allmächtig.
El propósito del presente libro es insistir en la prevalencia actual de los especialistas rituales andinos, los «hechiceros y ministros del diablo» de las crónicas coloniales, en medio de un proceso de reconocimiento político y «empoderamiento ritual» y de sus prácticas ceremoniales, en países como Bolivia, Perú y Ecuador.
Infused with inspiring lessons and inside stories, this is a compelling look at leadership from a retail fashion pioneer who guided her family's company through decades of success, all built on a foundation of respect.
Step into the extraordinary life of Frank Rostron, the world-renowned bespoke shirtmaker turned multimillionaire entrepreneur, in The Life and Crimes of Frank Rostron.
Este libro sugerente y de gran relevancia reflexiona sobre las formas y el potencial critico del arte de la memoria en un mundo obsesionado con el pasado, la construccion de monumentos y museos y con un enfasis en lo retro y la nostalgia de la cultura popular al tiempo que fomenta la amnesia historica en nociones cada vez mas aplanadas de temporalidad.
The book is the first historical reconstruction of Italian political events over the last thirty years, that is, the period from the Tangentopoli crisis of the early 1990s to the present day.
The book is the first historical reconstruction of Italian political events over the last thirty years, that is, the period from the Tangentopoli crisis of the early 1990s to the present day.
This edited volume advances meaning-centered approaches to understanding the social construction of public intellectuals and their enduring influence on contemporary societies.
This book examines Machiavelli in contemporary or past realities through the way in which he read, wrote, related to cultures distant in time and space—a first in the field of Machiavellian studies.
This book examines Machiavelli in contemporary or past realities through the way in which he read, wrote, related to cultures distant in time and space—a first in the field of Machiavellian studies.
From the award-winning author of Revolutionizing the Sciences, a monumental historical account of how we came to see the world through the lens of scienceScience is the basis of our assumptions about ourselves and our world, from ideas about our evolutionary past to our conceptions of the vast expanses of space and the smallest particles of matter.
