One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the category 'woman' and continues in this vein with examinations of 'the masculine' and 'the feminine'. Best known however, but also most often misinterpreted, is Butler's concept of gender a...

Die Translationswissenschaft hat sich in den letzten zwanzig Jahren rasant entwickelt - in der Übersetzungs- und Dolmetschpraxis ist dieser Aufschwung jedoch kaum zu spüren. Die Praktiker wiederum verfügen über einen beträchtlichen Reichtum an nützlicher Erfahrung - dieser Fundus an wertvoller Information hat jedoch nicht in dem Maße Eingang in die Wissenschaft gefunden, wie es wünschenswert wäre. Das Handbuch Translation will diese Kluft zwischen Theorie und Praxis schließen. Es st...

This book explore the use of new technologies in the area of satellite navigation receivers. In order to construct a reconfigurable receiver with a wide range of applications, the authors discuss receiver architecture based on software-defined radio techniques. The presentation unfolds in a user-friendly style and goes from the basics to cutting-edge research. The book is aimed at applied mathematicians, electrical engineers, geodesists, and graduate students. It may be used as a textbook in ...

For almost fifty years, Sources of Japanese Tradition has been the single most valuable collection of English-language readings on Japan. Unrivalled in its wide selection of source materials on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion, the two-volume textbook is a crucial resource for students, scholars, and readers seeking an introduction to Japanese civilization. Originally published in a single hardcover book, Volume 2 is now available as an abridged, two-part paperb...

This is a practical guide to the historical study of international politics. The focus is on the nuts and bolts of historical research--that is, on how to use original sources, analyze and interpret historical works, and actually write a work of history. Two appendixes provide sources sure to be indispensable for anyone doing research in this area.

The book does not simply lay down precepts. It presents examples drawn from the author's more than forty years' experience as a working historian....

Special Edition of the famous book by ash-Shaheed Sayyid Qutb.

Continuously read and reprinted down to the present, and translated into most languages, Milestones is arguably the most important Islamic literary piece written in the 20th century.

Few thinkers have had such an influence on the contemporary Islamic thought as ash-shaheed Sayyid Qutb. Since his execution in 1964 in Cairo, his death became the perfect illustration of one of the processes through which a human being becomes part of...