Pearls of Meaning offers a collection of essays by J.T.P. (Hans) de Bruijn, a leading scholar in the field of Persian Studies, in which essential domains of Persian culture such as poetry and Sufism are analyzed in an exemplary fashion. While poetry plays a pivotal position in these essays, the reception of the Persian literary tradition in Europe is another focus of the volume. De Bruijn evaluates the works of a generation of scholars such as A. Reland (1676-1718), C.H. Ethé (1844-1917), J....

Politicians employ a wide range of strategies to achieve their goals - and language is one of them. What impact does their language have on us, on their opponents, on the public opinion?

If language matters, then the interesting question naturally arises how politicians use language to their advantage? How do they use it to convince us of the truth of their views? These questions take us into the world of political framing, which has attracted a lot of attention in recent times and forms the...

We can hardly underestimate the importance of privacy in our data-driven world. Privacy breaches are not just about disclosing information. Personal data is used to profile and manipulate us – sometimes on such a large scale that it affects society as a whole. What can governments do to protect our privacy?

In 'The Governance of Privacy' Hans de Bruijn first analyses the complexity of the governance challenge, using the metaphor of a journey. At the start, users have strong incentives to s...

In dit boek wordt de vraag besproken wat een interconnected wereld betekent voor veranderprocessen, beleidsontwikkeling, besluitvorming - kort samengevat: wat ze betekent voor governance. Het zal duidelijk zijn dat een lineaire, planmatige manier van governance onmogelijk is in een interconnected wereld. De vraag is dus hoe governance wel kan plaatsvinden.

In het eerste hoofdstuk wordt de essentie van een interconnected

wereld ontrafeld. Hoe ziet de structuur van die wereld eruit? Daarna geve...