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Guy Debord: Das filmische Gesamtwerk [German-language Edition]
Part 1: Schriften, Fotos und Notizen & Part 2: Kommentare, Quellen und Verweise
Edited and translated by Werner Rappl in collaboration with Wolfgang Kukulies
Gathered in a single volume for the first time in German, this publication unites the texts of all of Guy Debord’s films in a new translation. Texts and images are true to the French original edition and complemented by a list of sources for the quotes, Debord’s notes on his films, drafts of unrealized film projects, as well as the text of the TV documentary he coauthored, Guy Debord, son art et son temps (1994).
A Medical History of Hong Kong: 1942–2015
Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung
This book gives an account of Hong Kong’s medical and health development from the Second World War to the present day, investigates how medical and health services grew and adapted as Hong Kong’s political and the socioeconomic landscape—and the world beyond it—changed, and continued changing.
Wittgenstein, a One-Way Ticket
And Other Unforeseen Benefits of Studying Chinese
Edited by Perry Link
This is a collection of essays by some of the world’s most renowned China experts, who share recollections of their time in China and reflect on what learning Chinese has meant to them. They share how Chinese has removed barriers, built rapport, opened doors, and led them down entirely unexpected roads that have changed the course of their lives.
The Mingjia and Related Texts
Essentials in the Understanding of the Development of Pre-Qin Philosophy
Translated by Ian Johnston and Wang Ping
The Mingjia (School of Names) is a notional grouping of philosophers living between the sixth and third centuries BCE whose identifying feature was a concern with linguistic issues particularly involving the correct use of names. This is a comprehensive work on this school of thought.
Speech and Silence [Box set of 30 chapbooks]
International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2019
Edited by Shelby K. Y. Chan, Lucas Klein and Chris Song
In its ten-year anniversary in November 2019, 30 famous poets from various countries were in Hong Kong and ten cities in China afterwards to read their works based on the theme “Speech and Silence.” Included in this box set are 30 chapbooks with Chinese and English translations in bilingual and trilingual formats.
Speech and Silence [Anthology]
International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2019
Edited by Shelby K. Y. Chan, Lucas Klein and Chris Song
This anthology includes selected works of the 30 poets who presented at the IPNHK in November 2019. The poetry is presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual and trilingual formats.
Poets for the Speech and Silence box set and anthology include:
Ana Luísa Amaral (Portugal), Maxim Amelin (Russia), Renato Sandoval Bacigalupo (Peru) , Jen Bervin (USA), Ana Blandiana (Romania), Tamim Al-Barghouti (Palestine), Abbas Beydoun (Lebanon), Miłosz Biedrzycki (Poland), Derek Chung (Hong Kong), Louise Dupré (Canada), Forrest Gander (USA), Hwang Yu Won (South Korea), Maozi (PRC), Mathura (Estonia), Sergio Raimondi (Argentina), Ana Ristović (Serbia), K. Satchidanandan (India), Martin Solotruk (Slovakia), Aleš Šteger (Slovenia), Maria Stepanova (Russia), Tóth Krisztina (Hungary), Ijeoma Umebinyuo (Nigeria), Anastassis Vistonitis (Greece), Jan Wagner (Germany), Ernest Wichner (Germany), Yang Chia-Hsien (Taiwan), Yasuhiro Yotsumoto (Japan), Yu Youyou (PRC), Zheng Xiaoqiong (PRC), and Zhou Yunpeng (PRC).
Germany’s New Partners
Bilateral Relations of Europe’s Reluctant Leader
Edited by Sven Bernhard Gareis and Matthew Rhodes
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis Germany became Europe’s most influential nation state. This book aims to provide a comparative assessment of how this is reflected in the country’s bilateral security relationships with key global and regional partners. Prepared by an international team of scholars, it offers unique, in-depth perspectives on the ways these evolving interactions affect the prospects for addressing recent and emerging security challenges.
Revisiting Regionalism and the Contemporary World Order
Perspectives from the BRICS and beyond
Edited by Élise Féron, Jyrki Käkönen, and Gabriel Rached
This book critically analyzes the ongoing changes in regional, intra-regional, and global dynamics and world order. It proposes a truly global IR understanding of the post-hegemonic world, weaving together the pluralist and multidisciplinary perspectives of scholars located all around the world.
International Developments in Research on Extended Education
Perspectives on extracurricular activities, after-school programmes, and all-day schools
Edited by Sang Hoon Bae, Joseph L. Mahoney, Sabine Maschke, and Ludwig Stecher
From childhood to adolescence, young people are enrolled in various public or private forms of educational arrangements outside regular school lessons. This volume provides an overview of extended education in nations around the world. Different models, policies, methods, and research findings are discussed from an international point of view.
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