Автор: Jan N. Bremmer Название: Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World ISBN: 3110299291 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110299298 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Цена: 80520.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Das Munchner Zentrum fur Antike Welten ist eine interfakultare Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat. Es verfugt uber eine standige Gastprofessur fur antike Kulturgeschichte. Auf sie werden im jahrlichen Wechsel namhafte Gelehrte aus den Altertumswissenschaften berufen, die in einer Vortragsreihe ein interdisziplinar bedeutsames Thema behandeln. Zudem veranstaltet das MZAW Kolloquien und Fachtagungen. Die Reihe Munchner Vorlesungen zu Antiken Welten legt diese Vortrage einem kultur- und altertumswissenschaftlich interessierten Publikum vor.
Автор: Bremmer, Ian Название: G-Zero: Every Nation for Itself ISBN: 0670921041 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780670921041 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Цена: 9230.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: G-Zero -- \JEE-ZEER-oh\ --nA world order in which no single country or durable alliance of countries can meet the challenges of global leadership. If the worst threatened--a rogue nuclear state with a horrible surprise, a global health crisis, the collapse of financial institutions from New York to Shanghai and Mumbai--where would the world look for leadership? The United States, with its paralyzed politics and battered balance sheet? A European Union reeling from self-inflicted wounds? China's "people's democracy"? Perhaps Brazil, Turkey, or India, the geopolitical Rookies of the Year? Or some grand coalition of survivors, the last nations standing after half a decade of recession-induced turmoil? How about none of the above? For the first time in seven decades, there is no single power or alliance of powers ready to take on the challenges of global leadership. A generation ago, the United States, Europe, and Japan were the world's powerhouses, the free-market democracies that propelled the global economy forward. Today, they struggle just to find their footing. Acclaimed geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer argues that the world is facing a leadership vacuum. The diverse political and economic values of the G20 have produced global gridlock. Now that so many challenges transcend borders--from the stability of the global economy and climate change to cyberattacks, terrorism, and the security of food and water--the need for international cooperation has never been greater. A lack of global leadership will provoke uncertainty, volatility, competition, and, in some cases, open conflict. Bremmer explains the risk that the world will become a series of gated communities as power is regionalized instead of globalized. In the generation to come, negotiations on economic and trade issues are likely to be just as fraught as recent debates over nuclear nonproliferation and climate change. Disaster, thankfully, is never assured, and Bremmer details where the levers of power can still be found and how to exercise them for the common good. That's important, because the one certainty of weakened nations and enfeebled institutions is that someone will try to take advantage of them. "Every Nation for Itself" offers essential insights for anyone attempting to navigate the new global playing field.
Автор: Jan N. Bremmer, Andrew Erskine Название: The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations ISBN: 0748683224 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780748683222 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 33790.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The Greek gods are still very much present in modern consciousness. Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes are household names, it is much less clear what these divinities meant and stood for in ancient Greece. In fact, they have been very much neglected in modern scholarship. This book brings together a team of international scholars with the aim of remedying this situation and generating new approaches to the nature and development of the Greek gods in the period from Homer until Late Antiquity. The book looks at individual gods, but also asks to what extent cult, myth and literary genre determine the nature of a divinity. How do the Greek gods function in a polytheistic pantheon and what is their connection to the heroes? What is the influence of philosophy? What does archaeology tell us about the gods? In what way do the gods in Late Antiquity differ from those in classical Greece? This book presents a synchronic and diachronic view of the gods as they functioned in Greek culture until the triumph of Christianity.
