The Autonomy of Literature at the Fins de Siecles (1900 and 2000)

Dorleijn G J

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 32
• The autonomy of the arts and literature is a central issue in the current debate on the 'crisis' in contemporary culture. In this debate, the tension ... Lees meer

Vision in Text and Image

Hoen H W Kemperink M

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 30
• This volume contains the essays presented at the conference that was held on 19-21 October 2005 at the University of Groningen under the auspices of t... Lees meer

Green and Pleasant Land

Gilroy

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 8
• The present volume, number VIII in the series Groningen Studies in Cultural Change, offers a selection of papers presented at a workshop organised by ... Lees meer

Visualizing Utopia

Kemperink M

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 27
• This volume contains the essays presented at the workshop 'Visualizing Utopia' held in May 2005, organized by Mary Kemperink and Willemien Roenhorst. ... Lees meer

At the Crossroads of Art and Religion

T.H. Zock

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 34
• Since the 'turn to the subject' in modernity, aesthetic experiences have become crucial in the creation of meaning. This explains why art and religion... Lees meer

Cultural Repertoires. Structure, Function and Dynamics

Dorleijn G.J., Vanstiphout H.L.J.

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 3
• It is apparent that every linguistic and literary tradition will wish to distinguish broad periods in its historical evolution. One way of demarcating... Lees meer

The Book of Nature in Early Modern and Modern History

Vanderjagt A., van Berkel K.

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 17
• From 22-25 May, 2002, the University of Groningen hosted an international conference on 'The Book of Nature. Continuity and change in European and Ame... Lees meer

Schooling and Society

Macdonald A.A., Twomey M.W.

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 6
• The present volume, number VI in the series Groningen Studies in Cultural Change, offers a selection of papers presented at the International Conferen... Lees meer

The Beloved Mothertongue

Jensma G. Broomans P., H. Vandevoorde

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 33
• During the long nineteenth century, the Herderian motto that language reflects the soul of the nation proved to be a pivotal agent in forming ethnies,... Lees meer

Mediatization of Politics in History

H.//Voerman G. Wijfjes

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 35
• The dynamic relationship of media and politics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is a new field in historical scholarship. The mediatization o... Lees meer

The Metamorphosis of Magic from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

Veenstra J.R., Bremmer J.N.

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 1
• Deities, demons, and angels became important protagonists in the magic of the Late Antique world, and were also the main reasons for the condemnation ... Lees meer

Language and Cultural Change

Nauta L.

• Hardcover | Nederlands | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 24
• It is common wisdom that language is culturally embedded. Cultural change is often accompanied by a change in idiom, in language or in ideas about lan... Lees meer

Trust

Ankersmit F.R.

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 11
• The last twenty years have witnessed the world-wide triumph of democracy. We now know that democracy is the only political system that enables us to f... Lees meer

Learned Antiquity

G.J. Reinink, Macdonald A.A.

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 5
• This book is the first of three volumes containing selected proceedings of the international conference on the theme of Knowledge, Learning and Cultur... Lees meer

Paradigms, Poetics and Politics of Conversion

Bremmer J.N., van Bekkum W.J.

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 19
• In the terms of Durkheimian sociology, conversion is a fait social. Although they are rarely treated as a cultural phenomenon, conversions can obvious... Lees meer

James VI and I, Literature and Scotland

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 47
• This volume offers a broadly conceived sequence of perspectives on cultural change, principally in Scotland and from Scottish perspectives, during the... Lees meer

Nobilities in Europe in the Twentieth Century

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 50
• In this volume on the comparative study of nobility, historians, sociologists and anthropologists focus on the different processes of transformation t... Lees meer

Multi-Media Compositions from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period

Hoogvliet M.

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 9
• Since the introduction of the personal computer, multi-media has become an important ingredient of modern life. Yet the combination of different media... Lees meer

Witnessing the Sixties

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 51
• This volume focuses on the convergence between journalism and literature in the 1960s. The sixties is shorthand for a ubiquitous social, political and... Lees meer

Aesthetic Autonomy: Problems and Perspectives

van Heusden B.

• Hardcover | Nederlands | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 15
• This volume contains a selection of essays presented at the international conference on Cultural Crises in Art and Literature, held in Groningen in No... Lees meer

Form and Style in Journalism

Broersma M

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 26
• This volume addresses the usefulness of journalistic forms and styles as leading concepts for the analysis of media history. The thirteen essays inclu... Lees meer

The Many Faces of Evolution in Europe C. 1860-1914

Dassen P.//Kemperink M.

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 14
• The idea that the world, not only of man but also of nature, was subject to a continuous process of change has taken strong root since the beginning o... Lees meer

Believers in the Nation

Dagnino Roberto

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 52
• Existing literature on the subject has pointed out that the sense of belonging generated by nineteenth-century nationalism often replaced religions in... Lees meer

Invisible Hands?

Peeters N

• Hardcover | Engels | Groningen Studies in Cultural Change | nr. 23
• The topic of the workshop entitled 'Role and status of journeyman in artists' and craftmen's workshops in the Low Countries c. 1450 - c. 1650', held i... Lees meer