New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

social sciences
Babele e dintorni
Fra catastrofismi e nuovi percorsi di senso
edited by Paolo Corvo and Raúl Enríquez Valencia
European and Latin American scholars come together in this volume to reflect
on the accelerated changes of today’s “liquid society.” Catastrophe and calamity
may seem imminent, but innovative directions involving human interaction and
growth can also be created. These interdisciplinary studies show the confusion
of a modern Babel can be avoided by leaving room for comparison and hope.
264p, paperback, 9788856400465, $49.50(s), Edizioni Polistampa,
December 2008, Religion and Society 1.
Rechtswissenschaft und Hermeneutik
Kongress der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Rechts- und
Sozialphilosophie, 16. und 17. Mai 2008, Universität Zürich
edited by Marcel Senn and Barbara Fritschi
What constitutes hermeneutics in a specifically legal context? What are its
roots and main questions? Besides approaching these fundamental concepts,
the volume also deals with aspects of legal practice, method and theory.
Comparisons with the development of legal hermeneutics in other cultures,
especially Japanese, Chinese and Islamic, and the representation of hermeneutics
in philosophy and theology, are also covered. German text.
258p, 4 b/w illus, paperback, 9783515091558, $74.00(s), Franz Steiner Verlag,
May 2009, Beihefte des Archivs für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 117.
Jahrbuch Musiktherapie – Music Therapy Annual
Band 4 (2008) “Drittes Reich”, Zweiter Weltkrieg und danach –
Spuren der Vergangenheit – Vol. 4 (2008) Third Reich, World
War II and Thereafter – Traces of the Past
This volume of the Music Therapy Annual focuses on the therapy of patients
with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) caused by war, forced displacement,
serious accidents and natural disasters. German and English text.
214p, paperback, 9783895006876, $58.00(s), Reichert Verlag, June 2009.
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Raum – Landschaft – Territorium
Zur Konstruktion physischer Räume als
nomadischer und sesshafter Lebensraum
edited by Roxana Kath and Anna-Katharina Rieger
The essays collected in this volume discuss the construction, development
and perception of spaces from an interdisciplinary perspective
and demonstrate how they evolve into culturally or politically
defined “areas,” “landscapes” or “territories.” German text.
316p, 66 illus, 21 drawings, 3 tbls, hardback, 9783895006562,
$149.00(s), Reichert Verlag, July 2009, Nomaden und Sesshafte 11.
Ordnung und Autarkie
Die Geschichte der deutschen
Landbauforschung, Agrarökonomie
und ländlichen Sozialwissenschaft im
Spiegel von Forschungsdienst
und DFG (1920–1970)
by Willi Oberkrome
During the Third Reich, agricultural research was
by far the discipline most extensively funded by
the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. In this
study, the author reconstructs the mandatory
guiding principles and proceedings of a discipline advocating “the people and the freedom
of sustenance.” German text.
371p, paperback, 9783515092555, $80.00(s), Franz Steiner Verlag, August 2009,
Studien zur Geschichte der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft 4.
Musiktherapie und Schmerz
Musiktherapie-Tagung FMZ 2008
edited by Monika Nöcker-Ribaupierre
Recurring and chronic pain causes suffering and
fear, interferes with one’s capability to experience
and perceive, and affects the overall quality
of life. The treatment of pain patients demands
an interdisciplinary approach. This volume demonstrates
how music therapy can contribute to
this approach by focusing on three main areas:
theoretical scientific foundations of clinical relevance
and musical-imaginative pain therapy; examples of practical experiences in
the treatment of chronic pain patients (oncology and rheumatism); clinical research in
the form of controlled studies of effectiveness and the integration of music therapy into
interdisciplinary treatment concepts. German text.
124p, 27 diagrams, paperback, 9783895006395, $30.00(s), Reichert Verlag,
December 2008, Zeitpunkt Music. Forum Zeitpunkt.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009