Bøger udgivet af HERDER & HERDER

The biography of this extraordinary woman written by Christian Feldmann, carried out with good historical knowledge and pulsating style, dares to look back to the distant 12th century, making evident the relevance of this figure. She called the archbishop of Cologne a bird of prey, she preached in the markets before the enthusiastic masses as only heretics had previously dared to do and even being an octogenarian she knew how to stand up to the arbitrariness of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. Hildegard of Bingen was one of the most fascinating figures of the 12th century. Many things that Hildegard of Bingen did and wrote were unheard of for her time: she corresponded with popes, rulers, bishops, with kings and with women who needed her advice. Hildegard held numerous offices at the same time: she was a poetess, a naturalist, an apothecary and simultaneously ran two abbeys.

We have all stumbled upon stupidity at some point and adopted behaviors that, in hindsight, do not seem sensible at all. Sometimes it is even an excess of reason that makes us stupid, when for example we persist in defending our ideas even if they fail, confusing determination with stubbornness and tenacity with closed-mindedness. Blinded by ephemeral successes, instead of correcting these attitudes, we repeat them with total conviction and end up turning occasional manifestations of imbecility into a permanent character trait. Stupidity does not exist in nature, it is not a biological defect; it is an entirely human product, but it represents the greatest danger to humanity, a sneaky virus to which no one is immune. What is the origin of this attitude? What consequences does it have in daily life?

A brave and innovative work that updates family therapy and expands its limits by proposing a true dialogue that joins efforts to understand and treat family suffering. Since the middle of the 20th century, psychology has approached the family as an object of study, focusing on its complexity, its resources, its difficulties and its pathologies. Among the different schools that have been interested in the family, the psychoanalytic and the systemic are the ones that have the longest historical trajectory, despite having traveled divergent paths, if not diametrically opposed ones. Hence, their advances in both theory and clinical practice have not been able to combine satisfactorily. This book is born from this need for articulation. Incorporating the contributions of psychoanalytic and systemic perspectives, and the clinical experience accumulated to date, authors provide an important tool for updating therapists while facilitating psychology and medical students who are in training the integration of the different approaches.

The present volume brings together two earlier books by Joseph Ratzinger that appropriately complement each other: Suchen contains meditations primarily from the author's time as archbishop of Munich, and Bilder der Hoffnung [Images of Hope] (1997), which was composed when Joseph Ratzinger was cardinal prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome.

"Estamos viviendo tiempos realmente inquietantes caracterizados por una profunda confusiâon y desorientaciâon. Y el uso de las pantallas en niänos y adolescentes no hace sino agravar el problema. En este libro, Francisco Villar reflexiona sobre el impacto negativo de la digitalizaciâon no solo en el neurodesarrollo de nuestros niänos y adolescentes, sino tambiâen en su desarrollo social, afectivo y relacional. El uso de las pantallas afecta directamente a la salud e interfiere en las actividades que ayudan a un sano crecimiento. Como consecuencia tenemos adolescentes menos empâaticos, menos reflexivos, con un menor control de sus impulsos, con poca tolerancia a la frustraciâon, desensibilizados ante la violencia y el sufrimiento del otro, pero tambiâen mâas propensos a ser victimizados y a ejercer violencia contra sâi mismos. De ahâi que el objetivo de estas pâaginas sea la protecciâon de nuestros menores, de su desarrollo y de su formaciâon como personas. ÅCâomo podemos frenar esta constante interferencia en el sano crecimiento de nuestros hijos? ÅCâomo impedir que las pantallas sigan devorâandolos? ÅSomos los adultos con nuestra inacciâon parte del problema? ÅQuâe se puede hacer desde los diferentes âambitos sociales para regular el uso de dispositivos digitales? Actualmente, la desconexiâon es la âunica forma de estar verdaderamente conectado. Proteger el presente de infantes y adolescentes es la mejor forma de garantizar un futuro mejor para todos."--Publisher's description.

Eating is the most widespread daily practice in life. It takes place every day, three times a day, from birth to death. However, the philosophical tradition has never directly taken charge of food, since it is not a topic that is part of the scope of the issues that originally concerned it. When searching for "philosophies of eating" the response of the texts is both silence and denial. However, there is a counterpoint: the philosophy of all times has been expressed through food metaphors--even cannibals--this is part of both its themes and its deepest methodology. From the most empirical uses to the most transcendental - such as the one that contains the idea that we are what we eat - eating has become an existential operation for philosophy, as important as thinking.

Born into a family in which political commitment was intertwined with everyday life, Emmeline Pankhurst always breathed activism. Even as a child, she understood that women had to commit to changing their living conditions and the firm beliefs rooted in Victorian society about what it meant to be the "weaker sex." Her motto, with which she managed to inspire her colleagues, was "Never underestimate the power we have to be architects of our own destiny." Emmeline Pankhurst was a pioneer of feminism, a suffragette and an icon of the fight for women's liberation. She shone both for her organizational capacity and for the seductive power of her speeches, among which the famous "We are not here because we want to break the laws, we are here because we want to make them" stands out.

Boshan was a relevant Zen master of the Ming dynasty in China. In the Exhortations he focuses on the importance and inevitability of great doubt, considering it fundamental in Zen practice. In his text, he gives useful advice to practitioners, pointing out common mistakes, as well as clear guidance on how to avoid them. The teacher writes in a direct style and encourages the reader to delve deeper into his practice, which, done genuinely, will raise doubt and, through it, achieve the great awakening. Jeff Shore enriches Boshan's text with comments that shed light on his writings, contextualizing them and demonstrating that the essence of the Zen tradition is still alive. The great doubt is at the core of the Zen tradition and this book will be of great use to practitioners of all schools.

"Contrary to what many people believe, meditation is not a shortcut to avoid the difficulties of human existence, but a tool to consciously face, go through and transcend them. In the eighty chapters of this book, Jorge Zentner invites us to a practice of attention and presence. This transformative experience of pause, silence and meditation will help us explore the deep and dark corners of our being, where there is undoubtedly the light we need to face all of life's situations."--Provided by publisher.

The polished, the smooth, the impeccable, are the hallmark of our time. They are what Jeff Koons sculptures, smartphones and waxing have in common. These qualities highlight the current "excess of positivity" that Han speaks of in other essays, but that he focuses on and develops here in the field of art and aesthetics. Why do you like "polished" so much today? Because it does not damage, it offers no resistance. The digital beauty constitutes the space of the same, which does not tolerate any strangeness, any otherness, any negativity. Beauty is not a momentary brilliance nor is it found in immediate contact; shines in silence, through detours; it happens as a reunion and recognition.

Narratives create bonds. From them is born what connects and links us. In this way, they found communities and save us from contingency. However, today, when everything has become arbitrary and random, storytelling has become a commercial weapon that transforms storytelling into another tool of capitalism, propagating amid the disorientation and lack of meaning characteristic of the information society. Storytelling and information are opposing forces. The spirit of the narration is lost among the information that turns individuals into consumers, lonely and isolated, dedicated to moments, with the aim of increasing their performance and productivity. Only the narration is the one that elevates us and unites us through a common history of communicable experiences that make the passage of time meaningful, contributing a transforming power to society; it is the only one that can gather us around the fire to give us meaning.

Sappho was a passionate poet from the island of Lesbos. There, she created a community of young noblewomen whom she instructed in the arts, finesse, grace, song, and elegance. Estimated by Plato and Cicero, inspiring artists, she is today and always a symbol of a different and freer way of conceiving love.

Through revealing stories, this work aims to provoke reflection on the effects of incivility in our lives, becoming a concise guide on how to live better. We have many words to describe any act of incivility, but few to explain the opposite. The author proposes the term «civility», a way of improving coexistence and with it the quality of our life. This thought goes beyond that of our individual dimension, it creates a collective thought. With these stories, drawn from his own experiences and tales from diverse cultures, Heisig appeals to the reader through examples of civility in action to promote collective thinking in which civility, and with it collective goodness, flourishes.

This book invites us to reflect on the social, emotional and behavioral difficulties of children and adolescents that could interfere with relationships and learning. Papantuono, Portelli and Gibson present a model based on the commitment to reintegrate them into an environment of functional emotions and to recover true inclusion, without pathologizing them. In other words, this text is not a project for the special needs field, but rather a process based on a deep understanding of how true integration works. Through a clear and simple compendium of strategies and techniques drawn from extensive experience and research in the school and clinical context, the authors of Win Without Fighting aim to build bridges between children and adults through love, compassion, and empathy. Understanding and active positive communication that give children the ability, with the help of their elders, to regain control over their own difficulties and thus emerge victorious.