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Society, Religion, and Poetry in Pre-Islamic Arabia (Arabic Literature Unveiled, N° 1)
I. Mumayiz
ISBN: 9789044125122 /
€ 28,50
Publisher: Garant Uitgevers nv
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About the book:
The growing diversity of our society makes that we are increasingly confronted with foreign cultures and their art forms. The Western Canon has in recent years lost some of its monopoly in favour of influences from the Middle and Far East. This offers quite a few new perspectives, but for these cultures it is not always self-evident to find their way to a Western audience. The different language, the lack of familiarity with Arabic society, and several other cultural aspects hinder an easy access and interest. This is definitely the case for early-Arabic literature. One of the most important poetic works from pre-Islamic Arabia is the Mu'allaqat or 'The Hangign Odes'. These odes can be considered as the best poetic work in a tradition that spans six centuries (from the first to the sixth century AD). They describe in a poetic form the early-Arabic life of the bedouin communities in great detail and are widely read, praised and studied in Arabic schools and universities.
This book is devoted to making these odes accesible for a Western audience. The first part consists of seven essays that provide a thorough insight of the society in which these odes originated, with sharp critical analyses of the country, its overview of pre-Islamic Arabia with an emphasis on the influence of Christianity; the Nabataeans, the reign of the fourth century Queen Mavia; and an analysis of the structure of pre-Islamic poetry. The second part consists of a poetic translation of the Mu'allaqat in English.
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Animal phobias and psychosomatic disorders
D.A. Fuldauer
ISBN: 9789044124965 /
€ 38,50
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Animal phobias are intense fears of relatively harmless animals like spiders, mice, or cats. The cause
of these phobias is largely unknown. In this book, the various animal phobias are systematically ordered
and an explanatory theory is provided for each. The central proposition is that animal phobias
are caused by problems in interpersonal functioning. In other words, they reflect the phobic person’s
inability to deal with particular kinds of interpersonal relationships. The greater the shortcoming, the
stronger the fear.
The background of this new approach to animal fears is the Theory of Faculties, a psychological theory
which was developed to explain phobias and related disorders. The name of this theory refers to the
abilities (“faculties”) which people need to deal with the external world and with themselves. According
to this theory, each part of the external world is controlled by a specific ability. The controlling
abilities are ordered in hierarchies extending from the somatic basis to the affective and cognitive
level. Each hierarchy therefore spans different levels of consciousness. The theory gives insight into the
organization and function of behavior, cognitions and affects (emotions) and the relationships among
them. Phobias are seen as the result of a disruption of such hierarchies due to the phobic person’s
inabilities. This book treats the Theory of Faculties in relation to animal phobias.
In addition to explaining the origin of animal phobias, the Theory of Faculties may shed light on the
psychological background of certain psychosomatic disorders, such as fear of swallowing, anorexia
nervosa, bulimia, asthma, incontinence, spastic colon, nymphomania and impotence. Psychosomatic
disorders are from this perspective the result of dysfunctions at the basis of a hierarchy of abilities. The
hypothetical basis of each disorder is discussed.
This book is intended for readers who are interested in the structure and origin of psychopathology. It
is of particular interest to professionals in the fields of clinical psychology and psychiatry.
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Cultures in dialogue. A translational perspective (ATI-Academic Publications, n° 4)
M.S. Faiq (Ed.)
ISBN: 9789044125061 /
€ 19,70
Publisher: Garant Uitgevers nv
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About the book:
Translation is intercultural communication par excellence. As such, it
assumes a considerable role in the encounters between different cultures
and their respective languages. This important role of translation stems
from the fact that translating involves the carrying-over of specific
socio-cultural input to and recuperated by specific target reading cultures,
which have at their disposal an established system of representation
with its own norms for text production and consumption of meanings
vis-à-vis self, other, objects, and events. This system ultimately evolves
into a master discourse of translation through which identity, similarity
and difference are identified, negotiated, accepted and/or resisted.
Translational encounters take place at both the intra and inter cultural
levels. The chapters in this volume address these issues from different
cultural angles of vision (Americas, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, India,
and the Arab/Muslim World).
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Learning with a portfolio in clinical workplaces. Practices, pitfalls and perspectives
Ann Deketelaere
ISBN: 9789044126587 /
€ 29,80
Publisher: Garant Uitgevers nv
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About the book:
Clerkships in clinical environments are a self-evident part of the curriculum in any medical
education programme. Yet, students’ learning during these clerkships remains little
understood and – as a consequence –the issue of properly supporting that learning still
raises many questions. During the past decade, portfolios have become widely used
in response to these issues. Not only are portfolios supposed to structure and deepen
students’ learning, they also provide a basis for systematic and effective support by
the supervisors. As such portfolios are entangled in the clerkship triangle: the complex
interplay of students, supervisors (in the clinical environment) and the training institute
(the medical school).
This book reports on a number of studies aimed at unravelling the clerkship triangle and
the role of the portfolio in it. It reveals several processes and conditions that determine
the actual meaning of the portfolio for both students’ learning and the supervision. It
further argues that the learning portfolio operates as an artefact through which the medical
school can be present in the clerkship environment and thus ‘steer from a distance’.
Finally the book also explores the conditions for successful use of electronic portfolios.
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