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Jeder zählt

Demokratie? Haben wir gar nicht, sagen die einen. Funktioniert nicht, sagen andere. Wird untergehen, sagen dritte. Muss völlig umgekrempelt werden, sagen vierte. Wer hat recht? Das können wir nur sagen, wenn wir wissen, was Demokratie ist. Na klar, Wahlen, Bundestag und so weiter. Aber was bedeutet Demokratie wirklich? Was ist ihr Kern? Wie nah oder fern sind wir diesem Kern? Und vor allem: Worin liegt der Wert der Demokratie? Was muss sich ändern? Der Philosoph Roland Kipke gibt Antworten auf diese Fragen. Er räumt mit einer Fülle falscher Erwartungen auf, bringt die Demokratie auf den Punkt und entwickelt Ideen für die Zukunft – schwungvoll und verständlich. Eine glasklare Darstellung und ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer für die Demokratie.

Jefferson, Madison, and the Making of the Constitution

Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and James Madison, "Father of the Constitution," were two of the most important Founders of the United States as well as the closest of political allies. Yet historians have often seen a tension between the idealistic rhetoric of the Declaration and the more pedestrian language of the Constitution. Moreover, to some, the adoption of the Constitution represented a repudiation of the democratic values of the Revolution. In this book, Jeff Broadwater explores the evolution of the constitutional thought of these two seminal American figures, from the beginning of the American Revolution through the adoption of the Bill of Rights. In explaining how the two political compatriots could have produced such seemingly dissimilar documents but then come to a common constitutional ground, Broadwater reveals how their collaboration--and their disagreements--influenced the full range of constitutional questions during this early period of the American republic.

Jefferson’s Revolutionary Theory and the Reconstruction of Educational Purpose (The Cultural and Social Foundations of Education)

This book newly interprets the educational implications of Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary thought. In an age where American democracy is imperilled and the civic purposes of schooling eviscerated, Burch turns to Jefferson to help bring to life the values and principles that must be recovered in order for Americans to transcend the narrow purposes of education prescribed by today’s neoliberal paradigm. The author argues that critical engagement with the most radical dimensions of Jefferson’s educational philosophy can establish a rational basis upon which to re-establish the civic purposes of public education. Bracketing the defining features of Jefferson's theory throughout each of the chapters, the author illuminates the deficiencies of the dominant educational paradigm, and charts a new path forward for its progressive renewal.

Jehovah's Witnesses: Continuity and Change (Routledge New Religions)

From its origins in nineteenth century Adventism until the present day, the Watch Tower Society has become one of the best known but least understood new religious movements. Resisting the tendency to define the movement in terms of the negative, this volume offers an empathetic account of the Jehovah's Witnesses, without defending or seeking to refute their beliefs. George Chryssides critically examines the historical and theological bases of the organization's teachings and practices, and discusses the changes and continuities which have defined it. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars of new religious movements and contemporary religion.

Jehovah's Witnesses: Continuity and Change (Routledge New Religions)

From its origins in nineteenth century Adventism until the present day, the Watch Tower Society has become one of the best known but least understood new religious movements. Resisting the tendency to define the movement in terms of the negative, this volume offers an empathetic account of the Jehovah's Witnesses, without defending or seeking to refute their beliefs. George Chryssides critically examines the historical and theological bases of the organization's teachings and practices, and discusses the changes and continuities which have defined it. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars of new religious movements and contemporary religion.

Jenseits der großen Erzählungen: Utopie und politischer Mythos in der Moderne und Spätmoderne

Das viel beschworene Ende der modernen Fortschrittserzählungen bedeutet keineswegs die pragmatische bzw. ohnmächtige Beschränkung der Politik auf das Faktische. Mit Hilfe eines innovativen theoretischen Ansatzes geht die Studie deshalb dem Wandel des politischen Imaginären in der Spätmoderne nach. Sie zeigt, warum die Zeit der Utopien vorerst vorbei sein dürfte, mit politischen Mythen hingegen weiterhin zu rechnen ist: In der Spätmoderne wirkt der Traum von der technischen Machbarkeit gesellschaftlicher Harmonie wenig plausibel oder gar bedrohlich. Die Studie analysiert, wie mit der Globalisierung auch eine neue, vielstimmige mythische Erzählung über die Welt entstanden ist, die mit mannigfachen Erwartungen, Hoffnungen und Ängsten verbunden ist. Eine umfangreiche Fallstudie zur globalisierungskritischen Bewegung untersucht exemplarisch diesen politischen Mythos und seine Folgen.

Jenseits der Nanowelt: Leptonen, Quarks und Eichbosonen

Dies ist eine hervorragende Einführung in die Teilchenphysik und ebenso ein Repetitorium für Studenten im Prüfungssemester und für Lehrer an Gymnasien. Der Autor, der als Forscher wesentliche Entwicklungen der Teilchenphysik begleitet hat und der als herausragender Lehrer gilt, wählt die Geschichte der Teilchenphysik als roten Faden. Die Begriffe und die Theorien werden in großer Klarheit präsentiert, und die Experimente werden herangezogen, um Erfolg und Misserfolg auf dem Weg zum Standardmodell zu illustrieren. Der mathematische Apparat wird klein gehalten, so dass das Buch auch den interessierten Laien in seinen Bann ziehen wird.

Jenseits des Scheiterns: Anerkennungsstrategien Jugendlicher im Berufsgrundbildungsjahr

Ulrich Weiß geht der Frage nach, warum Jugendliche mit Hauptschulabschluss sich für ein Angebot im Übergangssystem und gegen eine Berufsausbildung entscheiden. Das Handeln Jugendlicher im sog. Übergangsraum wird als Handeln in Anerkennungsbeziehungen analysiert. Der Autor zeigt in einer historischen Rekonstruktion, dass der Umgang mit Ausbildungslosigkeit immer in einem prekären sozialen Anerkennungsraum lag. Anhand qualitativ-sozialwissenschaftlicher Analysen zeigt er, welche Strategien Jugendliche verfolgen, um Subjektivität in Anerkennungsbeziehungen zu erfahren. Die anerkennungstheoretische Perspektive auf das Handeln Jugendlicher im Übergangsraum ist für den wissenschaftlichen Diskurs sowie die pädagogische und die politische Praxis bedeutsam. Die Studie zeigt die Verwobenheit von Subjekt und Institutionen anhand von Anerkennungsbeziehungen; Jugendliche erleben den weiteren Schulbesuch größtenteils nicht als Ergebnis von Benachteiligung. Vielmehr ist Schule der Raum, der einen vielfältigen Einsatz von Anerkennungsstrategien ermöglicht.

Jenseits des Unentscheidbaren: Sechs Kapitel zur Frage nach dem Wesen der Zeit in der modernen und postmodernen Philosophie Japans

Die Abhandlung beleuchtet das für Europäer immer noch exotische Zeitverständnis der Japaner. Zur Vermittlung der geschichtlichen und soziologischen Voraussetzungen stellt der Autor die Werke der führenden japanischen Philosophen sowie Rechtswissenschaftler vor. Die Analyse führt zu dem Ergebnis, dass der Zeitbegriff im Bewußtsein der Japaner seit Beginn der landesweiten Modernisierung janusköpfig gestaltet ist: Einerseits wurde versucht, die Zukunftsorientiertheit der Japaner durch den totalen Bruch mit ihrer Vergangenheit herbeizuführen. Andererseits wurde jedoch zugleich ihre Sehnsucht nach dem Japanisch-Kaiserlichen als Symbol ihrer gemeinsamen Vergangenheit gestärkt. Diese Zwiespältigkeit trat nach Ansicht des Autors immer dann offen zutage, wenn die Beschleunigung der gesellschaftlichen Integration in Japan dringend geboten war.

Jenseits von Flachland: Mathematische Grenzüberschreitungen und ihre Auswirkungen (Mathematik im Kontext)

Als im Jahre 1884 Edwin A. Abbotts bekannte Satire Flatland erschien, konnte er das Interesse für solche räumliche Vorstellungen wecken, die die Grenzen der herkömmlichen euklidischen Geometrie weit überschritten. Mit dem „Zauberstab“ der Analogie wies er darauf hin, wie man das Nicht-Denkbare doch verstehen und scheinbar unüberwindliche Grenzen überwinden kann. Die Sichtweisen der „neueren Geometrien“ eröffneten ungeahnte Möglichkeiten, nicht nur in der Mathematik selbst, sondern auch in bildender Kunst, Literatur und Philosophie. Die zwei vorliegenden Essays in Jenseits von Flachland zeigen, wie stark Mathematik in den kulturellen und gesellschaftlichen Kontext ihrer Zeit eingebunden ist – und dass sie diesen selbst beeinflussen kann.Im ersten Essay von Klaus Volkert steht die Geschichte des vierdimensionalen Raumes und seiner Geometrie im Mittelpunkt, die zahlreiche neue Möglichkeiten eröffneten, die dreidimensionale Welt von einem „höheren“ Standpunkt aus zu betrachten. Im zweiten Essay, verfasst von David E. Rowe, geht es um die Herausforderungen, welche sich durch neuere Geometrien ergaben, die sogar merkwürdige Theaterstücke inspirierten. Eine ausführlich kommentierte Übersetzung von Edwin A. Abbotts Flatland finden Sie ebenfalls in der Reihe „Mathematik im Kontext“.

‚Jenseits von Popper und Carnap‘ Stützungslogik, Likelihood, Bayesianismus Statistische Daten Zufall und Stichprobenauswahl Testtheorie Schätzungstheorie Subjektivismus kontra Objektivismus Fiduzial-Wahrscheinlichkeit (Probleme und Resultate der Wissenschaftstheorie und Analytischen Philosophie #4 / D)

Jenseits von Sein und Zeit: Eine Einführung in Emmanuel Levinas’ Philosophie (Phaenomenologica #78)

Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham's (1748-1832) writings in social and political thought were both theoretical and practical. As a theorist, he made important contributions to the modern understanding of the principle of utility, to ideas of sovereignty, liberty and justice and to the importance of radical reform in a representative democracy. As a reformer, his ideas regarding constitutionalism, revolution, individual liberty and the extent of government have not only played an important role in eighteenth and nineteenth century debates but also, together with his theoretical work, remain relevant to similar debates today. This volume includes essays from leading Bentham scholars plus an introduction, surveying recent scholarship, by Frederick Rosen, formerly Director of the Bentham Project and Professor Emeritus of the History of Political Thought, University College London.

Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham's (1748-1832) writings in social and political thought were both theoretical and practical. As a theorist, he made important contributions to the modern understanding of the principle of utility, to ideas of sovereignty, liberty and justice and to the importance of radical reform in a representative democracy. As a reformer, his ideas regarding constitutionalism, revolution, individual liberty and the extent of government have not only played an important role in eighteenth and nineteenth century debates but also, together with his theoretical work, remain relevant to similar debates today. This volume includes essays from leading Bentham scholars plus an introduction, surveying recent scholarship, by Frederick Rosen, formerly Director of the Bentham Project and Professor Emeritus of the History of Political Thought, University College London.

Jeremy Bentham und Karl Marx: Zwei Perspektiven der Demokratie (Edition Politik #65)

Karl Marx' (1818-1883) Polemiken gegen das »Genie bürgerlicher Dummheit« Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) sind weithin bekannt. Gegenstand seiner strategischen Attacken war jedoch weniger die Person Bentham selbst, sondern vielmehr die bürgerliche Marktgläubigkeit der Zeit, zu dessen Stammvater er Bentham als »Urphilister« stilisierte. Jenseits seiner Polemik kam Marx aber tatsächlich zu einer ambivalenten Einschätzung von Benthams Utilitarismus. Beim systematischen Vergleich beider Autoren und deren Kritik an anti-demokratischen Zuständen deckt Gregor Ritschel viele gemeinsame Themen und Gedanken auf, die zusammengenommen eine neue, komplementäre Lesart zulassen.

Jerome Bruner: The Cognitive Revolution In Educational Theory (Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought)

Jerome Bruner is the vanguard of “the cognitive revolution” in psychology and the predominant spokesman for the role of culture and education in the making of the modern mind. In this text Olson encourages the reader to think about children as Bruner did, not as bundles of traits and dispositions to be diagnosed and remediated, but as thoughtful, keenly interested, agentive persons who are willing and indeed able to play an important role in their own learning and development.Through the unique approach of combining commentary and conversation with Bruner, the author provides an insight into what it is like to engage with one of the intellectual masters of our time and highlights the relevance and importance of his contribution to educational thinking today.

Jerome Bruner: The Cognitive Revolution In Educational Theory (Bloomsbury Library of Educational Thought)

Jerome Bruner is the vanguard of "the cognitive revolution†? in psychology and the predominant spokesman for the role of culture and education in the making of the modern mind. In this text Olson encourages the reader to think about children as Bruner did, not as bundles of traits and dispositions to be diagnosed and remediated, but as thoughtful, keenly interested, agentive persons who are willing and indeed able to play an important role in their own learning and development.Through the unique approach of combining commentary and conversation with Bruner, the author provides an insight into what it is like to engage with one of the intellectual masters of our time and highlights the relevance and importance of his contribution to educational thinking today.

Jerome Bruner: Developing a Sense of the Possible (SpringerBriefs in Education)

Jerome S. Bruner (1915- ) is one of the best known and most influential psychologists of the twentieth century. He has made significant contributions to cognitive psychology and educational theory. This book presents a brief introduction to Jerome Bruner’s educational ideas and details their influences on our educational discourse and practice. It examines Bruner’s ideas in the context of some key educational issues in the United States since the early twentieth century. Jerome Bruner: Developing a Sense of the Possible will be an inspiration, and vital call to action, to readers looking to better understand today’s instructional and curriculum theories. It will help readers gain invaluable insight into the ways teaching and schools can be improved in the future.

Jerome Bruner, Meaning-Making and Education for Conflict Resolution: Why How We Think Matters (Emerald Points)

The way we think about things matters just as much as what we think about things.This timely text investigates the work of educational philosopher and psychologist Jerome Bruner through the areas of knowledge representation, meaning-making, education and dispute. What people represent to others might not always be what they actually think. However, accepting this limitation, the aim of this book is to offer a means of examining representations about a given subject and an understanding of how those representations might change over time in response to learning, crisis, and encounter with 'other'.Myers offers an educational intervention that invites development of representations in response to difference. Presenting a new framework for examining controversy between worldviews and a method for creating space for difference, the book brings this into dialogue with education and research, conflict resolution and religion. This framework maps representations and proposes a method of engaging the psychological processes involved in changing representations.An excellent resource of interest to researchers, professionals and postgraduate students alike in education, sociology and philosophy related disciplines.

Jerome Bruner, Meaning-Making and Education for Conflict Resolution: Why How We Think Matters (Emerald Points)

The way we think about things matters just as much as what we think about things.This timely text investigates the work of educational philosopher and psychologist Jerome Bruner through the areas of knowledge representation, meaning-making, education and dispute. What people represent to others might not always be what they actually think. However, accepting this limitation, the aim of this book is to offer a means of examining representations about a given subject and an understanding of how those representations might change over time in response to learning, crisis, and encounter with 'other'.Myers offers an educational intervention that invites development of representations in response to difference. Presenting a new framework for examining controversy between worldviews and a method for creating space for difference, the book brings this into dialogue with education and research, conflict resolution and religion. This framework maps representations and proposes a method of engaging the psychological processes involved in changing representations.An excellent resource of interest to researchers, professionals and postgraduate students alike in education, sociology and philosophy related disciplines.

Jesus Christ, Eternal God: Heavenly Flesh and the Metaphysics of Matter

In this groundbreaking study, Stephen H. Webb offers a new theological understanding of the material and spiritual: that, far from being contradictory, they unite in the very stuff of the eternal Jesus Christ. Accepting matter as a perfection (or predicate) of the divine requires a rethinking of the immateriality of God, the doctrine of creation out of nothing, the Chalcedonian formula of the person of Christ, and the analogical nature of religious language. It also requires a careful reconsideration of Augustine's appropriation of the Neo-Platonic understanding of divine incorporeality as well as Origen's rejection of anthropomorphism. Webb locates his position in contrast to evolutionary theories of emergent materialism and the popular idea that the world is God's body. He draws on a little known theological position known as the ''heavenly flesh'' Christology, investigates the many misunderstandings of its origins and relation to the Monophysite movement, and supplements it with retrievals of Duns Scotus, Caspar Scwenckfeld and Eastern Orthodox reflections on the transfiguration. Also included in Webb's study are discussions of classical figures like Barth and Aquinas as well as more recent theological proposals from Bruce McCormack, David Hart, and Colin Gunton. Perhaps most provocatively, the book argues that Mormonism provides the most challenging, urgent, and potentially rewarding source for metaphysical renewal today. Webb's concept of Christian materialism challenges traditional Christian common sense, and aims to show the way to a more metaphysically sound orthodoxy.

Jesus Christ, Eternal God: Heavenly Flesh and the Metaphysics of Matter

In this groundbreaking study, Stephen H. Webb offers a new theological understanding of the material and spiritual: that, far from being contradictory, they unite in the very stuff of the eternal Jesus Christ. Accepting matter as a perfection (or predicate) of the divine requires a rethinking of the immateriality of God, the doctrine of creation out of nothing, the Chalcedonian formula of the person of Christ, and the analogical nature of religious language. It also requires a careful reconsideration of Augustine's appropriation of the Neo-Platonic understanding of divine incorporeality as well as Origen's rejection of anthropomorphism. Webb locates his position in contrast to evolutionary theories of emergent materialism and the popular idea that the world is God's body. He draws on a little known theological position known as the ''heavenly flesh'' Christology, investigates the many misunderstandings of its origins and relation to the Monophysite movement, and supplements it with retrievals of Duns Scotus, Caspar Scwenckfeld and Eastern Orthodox reflections on the transfiguration. Also included in Webb's study are discussions of classical figures like Barth and Aquinas as well as more recent theological proposals from Bruce McCormack, David Hart, and Colin Gunton. Perhaps most provocatively, the book argues that Mormonism provides the most challenging, urgent, and potentially rewarding source for metaphysical renewal today. Webb's concept of Christian materialism challenges traditional Christian common sense, and aims to show the way to a more metaphysically sound orthodoxy.

Jesus' Crucifixion Beatings and the Book of Proverbs

This study takes a Christian perspective on the entire Bible, rather than simply the New Testament. David Wenkel asks: Why did Jesus have to be beaten before his death on the cross? Christian theology has largely focused on Jesus’ death but has given relatively little attention to his sufferings. Wenkel’s answer contextualizes Jesus’ crucifixion sufferings as informed by the language of Proverbs. He explains that Jesus’ sufferings demonstrate the wisdom of God’s plan to provide a substitute for foolish sinners. Jesus was beaten as a fool – even though he was no fool, in order to fulfill God’s loving plan of salvation. This analysis is then placed within the larger storyline of the whole bible – from the Garden of Eden to the story of Israel and beyond.

Jesus' Crucifixion Beatings and the Book of Proverbs

This study takes a Christian perspective on the entire Bible, rather than simply the New Testament. David Wenkel asks: Why did Jesus have to be beaten before his death on the cross? Christian theology has largely focused on Jesus’ death but has given relatively little attention to his sufferings. Wenkel’s answer contextualizes Jesus’ crucifixion sufferings as informed by the language of Proverbs. He explains that Jesus’ sufferings demonstrate the wisdom of God’s plan to provide a substitute for foolish sinners. Jesus was beaten as a fool – even though he was no fool, in order to fulfill God’s loving plan of salvation. This analysis is then placed within the larger storyline of the whole bible – from the Garden of Eden to the story of Israel and beyond.

Jesus in an Age of Enlightenment: Radical Gospels from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson (Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World)

This book explores the religious concerns of Enlightenment thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson. Using an innovative method, the study illuminates the intellectual history of the age through interpretations of Jesus between c.1750 and c.1826. The book demonstrates the persistence of theology in modern philosophy and the projects of social reform and amelioration associated with the Enlightenment. At the core of many of these projects was a robust moral-theological realism, sometimes manifest in a natural law ethic, but always associated with Jesus and a commitment to the sovereign goodness of God. This ethical orientation in Enlightenment discourse is found in a range of different metaphysical and political identities (dualist and monist; progressive and radical) which intersect with earlier ‘heretical’ tendencies in Christian thought (Arianism, Pelagianism, and Marcionism). This intellectual matrix helped to produce the discourses of irenic toleration which are a legacy of the Enlightenment at its best.