Beyond the Divide

Beyond the DivideCold War history has emphasized the division of Europe into two warring camps with separate ideologies and little in common. This volume presents an alternative perspective by suggesting that there were transnational networks bridging the gap and connecting like minded people on both sides of the divide. Long before the fall of the Berlin Wall, there were institutions, organizations, and individuals who brought people from the East and the West

Considers how self-study using arts-based methods can enable purposeful reflection toward understanding and envisioning professional practice

The reputation of the American director Nicholas Ray provides a particularly notable example

and Reformation-era dissent (Sebastian Franck)

his seemingly contradictory position on subjectivity and his resistance to using identity as a political category

it remained a largely agricultural community until the mid 20th century

[From the Foreword]

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Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745–1812)

three friends from Philadelphia discover a strange powdery substance

This will be the first book to cover the basic scientific principles underlying the field of

Li Zhi's ideas have been dismissed as lacking a deeper or constructive vision

The Mössbauer effect was discovered by