The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentia
Ethical codes of national library associations are examined in 17 countries, in essays reflecting on historical background, library structure and organizational considerations, constitutional and lega
Prepared in response to the major importance of the pulp and paper industry in Sweden and the need for modern books on the topic, this is volume 2 in a four-volume series encompassing technicalities a
Underwritten by a grant awarded to the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, a four-volume series of books has been published to offer modern information about the chain of processing from tree t
The production of forestry products is based on a complex chain of knowledge in which the biological material wood with all its natural variability is converted into a variety of fiber-based products,
This is the fourth volume of a four-volume set offering up-to-date information fundamental to making paper, for those in that chain of industries, which travels from forest to end product. Coverage be
Production of toxins by marine and freshwater microalgae has been known for decades. However, toxic blooms have increased in frequency and distribution raising serious concerns regarding seafood and d
Nietzsche was a severe critic of German Idealism, but what exactly is the relation between his thought and theirs?Papers from leading specialists in Kant, Hegel, Schelling, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard a
In this collection of selected papers presented at the Third International Conference on Philosophy of Language and Linguistics (PhiLang 2013), interdisciplinary contributors from linguistics and phil
Chemists mostly from Italy, but also elsewhere in Europe, overview current techniques for synthesizing and characterizing inorganic nanomaterials. Their topics include coating textiles with antibacter
Research of processes involving Nanoclusters and Microparticleshas been developing fastin many fields of rescent research, in particular in materials science. To stay at the cutting edge of this devel
This volume is presented with the goal of expanding the knowledge concerning cross-linguistic constructions of reciprocity and integrating it into a coherent theory and typology, particularly in relat
While Nietzsche’s influence on philosophy, literature and art is beyond dispute, his influence on sociology is often called into question. A close textual analysis of Nietzsche’s works and those of im
This work investigates crucial aspects of Kant's epistemology and ethics in relation to Kierkegaard's thinking. The challenge is taken up of developing a systematic reconstruction of Kant's and Kierke
This volume aims at analyzing the relationship between the dialogical accomplishment of spoken talk-in-interaction on the one hand and entrenched patterns of linguistic and socio-cultural knowledge (c
Movement and touch are fundamental elements of dance – both for the dancers on stage and the spectators who are touched and moved by the performance. The papers collected in this volume (by scholars f
The book examines the development and maintenance of a minority language, engaging on both micro and macro levels to address open questions in the field. Guardado provides a history of the study of la
This volume on iron-sulfur proteins includes chapters that describe the initial discovery of iron-sulfur proteins in the 1960s to elucidation of the roles of iron sulfur clusters as prosthetic groups
The significance of Plato’s literary style to the content of his ideas isone of the central problems in the study of Plato.Thisvolume presents some of the most recent scholarshipon the wide range of i
The roughly 5,000 cuneiform tablets from Ebla (3rd millennium BC) attest to the oldest Semitic language and provide insight into a period in the history of Syria that was previously unknown. Their res
Classicists examine the interaction between rhetoric, law, and ethics in collections of Greek and Latin declamations from the first century BC to the third century AD. Some of the collections are scho
