Ibidem Press: 164 books
The Foreigner’s Guide to German Universities
Origin, Meaning, and Use of Terms and Expressions in Everyday University Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Figuring out the many new terms confronting international students at German-language universities can be difficult. Even if the degree program is in English, most administrative work has to be done in German, and the bureaucratic university jargon is a language in and of itself. This guide aims to...
by Hoang Khanh Linh Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Da Nang City, located in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam, has developed in many aspects in the last two decades and has been known as one of the five independent municipalities of Vietnam. Today, it constitutes the Key Economic Zone in Central Vietnam. Rapid industrialization and urbanization...
Rap RoMania: Jugendkulturen und Fremdsprachenunterricht
Band 1: Spanisch/Französisch
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Hip-hop and rap music have been a central part of youth cultures all around the world for decades. While every country has its own scene with a specific social and cultural context, the global hip-hop phenomenon also allows young people to integrate their regional identities within an increasingly...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
"Beckett criticism has been greatly enhanced, and sometimes chastened, by genetic scholarship, as this anthology... attests."—Andre Furlani, Modernism/Modernity
"This collection of essays... represents the most comprehensive analysis of Beckett's relationship to philosophy...
Mind Presentation in Ian McEwan's Fiction
Consciousness and the Presentation of Character in Amsterdam, Atonement, and On Chesil Beach
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
This book explores the central fictional minds in three of Ian McEwan's most popular narratives. Mind presentation constitutes the main part of characterization in the second phase of McEwan's writing, where his plot structure depends to a large degree on the presentation of the characters' mental...
Gate of Mercy
Family Secrets and the History of Modern Israel
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
What would you do if your brother turned out to be your enemy? Gate of Mercy takes its readers into the heart of the Israeli-Arab conflict, bringing the history of modern Israel to the very personal level of intertwined Israeli-Arab families. Told from the perspective of eight-year-old Avram, the...
The Holocaust in the Central European Literatures and Cultures since 1989
Der Holocaust in den mitteleuropäischen Literaturen und Kulturen seit 1989
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
This insightful book assembles a great variety of contributions on the literature and culture of the Holocaust since 1989. Focusing on Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany, what becomes apparent is that the Nazi genocide continues to be a pivotal issue in literature, theatre, and film. Including...
Imagined Geographies
Central European Spatial Narratives between 1984 and 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
In 1984 Czech writer Milan Kundera published his essay “The Tragedy of Central Europe” in the New York Review of Books, which established the framework for disputes about the space “between East and West” for the following thirty years. Even today, the echo of those debates is still audible...
"Spirits that I've cited...?" Vladimír Clementis (1902–1952)
The Political Biography of a Czechoslovak Communist
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Baer's biography of the former Czechoslovak foreign minister Vladimír Clementis (1902–1952) is the first historical study on the Communist politician who was executed with Rudolf Slánský and other top Communist Party members after the show trial of 1952. Born in Tisovec, Central Slovakia, Clementis...
Extremism and Violent Extremism in Serbia
21st Century Manifestations of an Historical Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2019
This volume explores the issues of extremism and violent extremism in Serbia through research from a multitude of different interdisciplinary perspectives. The topic of violent extremism and radicalization leading to terror (VERLT) has grown as a field of policy and donor aid support, globally and...
Magical Realism in Postcolonial British Fiction
History, Nation, and Narration
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This study delineates the cultural work of magical realism as a dominant mode in postcolonial British fiction through a detailed analysis of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children (1981), Shashi Tharoor's The Great Indian Novel (1989), Ben Okri's The Famished Road (1991), and Syl Cheney-Coker's The...
The European Union’s Democratization Policy for Central Asia
Failed in Success or Succeeded in Failure?
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The European Union has developed a range of instruments to promote democracy and human rights worldwide. However, the success of its democratization efforts remains questionable in countries that lack an EU membership perspective. The case of post-soviet Central Asia, where the EU declares democracy...
Contemporary Life and Witchcraft
Magic, Divination, and Religious Ritual in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Witchcraft is very much alive in today's post-communist societies. Stemming from ancient rural traditions and influenced by modern New Age concepts, it has kept its function as a vibrant cultural code to combat the adversities of everyday life. Intricately linked to the Orthodox church and its rituals,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
This innovative book provides new perspectives on the globalization of knowledge and the notion of hegemonic sciences. Tying together contributions of authors from all across the world, it challenges existing theories of hegemonic sciences and sheds new light on how they have been and are being constructed....