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It Happened in Ghana carries a positive message. Conceived as a literary work, it demonstrates that racial prejudice based on skin colour is not a pervasive and unalterable human condition. The principal characters who are both Black and White are embroiled in various encounters, notably wars, slave trade, colonialism and post colonial reconstruction. Regardless of their skin colour and cultural differences, they make friends or fall in love secretly during these encounters. When they are forced to part company by the cessation of hostilities or whatever brought them together, they serve in various capacities in new locations outside their original places of domicile. They are accepted or integrated into existing social structures because of the warmth oftheir personalities and the manner in which they are able to adjust themselves to the pressures and challenges of new environments. Changes in the circumstances of the principal characters or their descendants enable them not only to restore broken relationships but also to identify themselves with the cause of freedom and justice or to reconnect in various ways with the development aspirations of Ghana where it all started.
The Uncertainty of Hope
(2007)
The Uncertainty of Hope by Valerie Tagwira, a novel which Charles Mungoshi calls 'an astonishing debut'. Through the various and complex lives of Onai Moyo - a market woman and responsible mother of three children, and her best friend Katy Nguni - a vendor and black-market currency dealer - we are given an insight into the challenges that face those who only survive by their wits, their labour and their mutual support. In doing so Tagwira aptly captures how precarious the future is for the inhabitants of Mbare, Zimbabwe in 2005. The story of these two close friends is situated in a high-density suburb. However, the author also introduces a much wider cross-section of Zimbabwean society: Tom Sibanda, a young business man and farmer, his girlfriend, Faith, a law student, Tom's sister Emily, a health professional, and Mawaya, the ostensible beggar. With depth and sensitivity, Tagwira pulls these many threads into a densely woven novel that provides us with of some of the many faces of contemporary Zimbabwe.
No Turning Back relives the tumultuous beginnings of Africa's democratization experiment in the early 1990s. The main theme of the collection is an investment in hope and in the resilience of Africans. The poems are loud and clear in their castigation of dictatorship and its miseries. They celebrate the mass resolve and thirst for democracy by Africans for whom there is 'No turning back!' 'A lucid and truly memorable collection of poems. Dibussi forces us to turn back and look at the pivotal volcanic moments in Cameroon's history between 1990- 1993... As a student activist and budding journalist during this historic period, Dibussi captures cadences of this struggle eloquently.' Joyce Ashuntantang, Ph.D., Department of English, University of Connecticut, Greater Hartford, USA. 'This collection is an important document chronicling, through verse, the events of an era in a given space with unmitigated passion.' Kangsen Wakai, poet, Houston, Texas, USA '. a subtle yet unapologetic critique of Cameroon's chequered history of predatory governance. The poems provide succor to a people besieged first by the unrealised dreams of a political (mis)marriage and then a false promissory note on which their democratic development is written.' George Ngwane, Chair, National Book Development Council - Cameroon
Fragmented Melodies
(2007)
Suchen Sie auch den Schlüssel zum besseren Verständnis von Mythologie, Kunst und Literatur? Dann sollten Sie das Weltbild des Impurismus studieren. Es wird Ihnen die Augen öffnen für bislang hermetische Zusammenhänge, und Sie werden erkennen, was der Chorus mysticus (Faust II Ende) meint, wenn er sagt: "Alles Vergängliche Ist nur ein Gleichnis." Erde und Himmel, alles Materielle und alle Geistgebilde, der Kosmos und alle Lebewesen --- ein Gleichnis wofür? Wenn Sie die Antwort finden, werden Sie verstehen, warum die Wissenden unsere Kulturszene dominieren. Sie brauchen keine Forschungsnische zu suchen, wenn Sie das weite Feld des Impurismus mit Literatur- und Sprachwissenschaft beackern; denn "Poesie ist die Muttersprache des menschlichen Geschlechts" (Hamann: Aestetica in nuce).
This is the fourth in a series of publications on Zambian languages and grammar. The intention of the series is to boost the meagre scholarship and availability of educational materials on Zambian languages, which became particularly urgent in 1996, following the decision of the Zambian government to revert to the policy of using local languages as media of instruction. Kaonde (or more correctly Kikaonde) is spoken in the part of the North-Western Province of Zambia to the east of the Kabompo River, in adjacent parts of Mumbwa and Kaoma Districts to the south, and in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the North.
Auslandseinsätze der Bundeswehr sind zurzeit wohl das Thema, das Außen- und Sicherheitspolitiker, aber auch die politisch interessierte Öffentlichkeit, am meisten bewegt. Dies ist nicht nur an zahlreichen Äußerungen von Politikern, an Bundestagsdebatten und Meinungsumfragen abzulesen, sondern hat sich auch in der politikwissenschaftlichen und politikberatenden Literatur niedergeschlagen. In diesem Umfeld konzentriert sich die vorliegende Zusammenstellung von Aufsätzen insbesondere auf drei Fragestellungen: * Welche Leitfragen können Bundestag und Bundesregierung bei der Entscheidung helfen, ob sie sich an internationalen Militäreinsätzen beteiligen bzw. die Beteiligung daran beenden wollen? * Welche Entscheidungsspielräume bestehen für Bundestag und Bundesregierung? * Welche politischen Lehren können aus bisherigen Einsätzen (westlicher Balkan, Afghanistan, Libanon, DR Kongo) gezogen werden? So unterschiedlich die Beiträge des Bandes auch sind, es lassen sich dennoch vier Punkte identifizieren, in denen sie weitgehend übereinstimmen und denen sie bei der weiteren Beteiligung Deutschlands an internationalen Militäreinsätzen große Bedeutung beimessen: * der frühzeitigen und eindeutigen Positionsbestimmung des Bundestages und der Bundesregierung hinsichtlich eines Einsatzes der Bundeswehr im Ausland; * dem Einstehen für diese Position im multilateralen Entscheidungsprozess - insbesondere in der UN, der Nato und der EU; * der Vermittlung der Position und der letztlich getroffenen Entscheidung gegenüber der Öffentlichkeit; * der Übersetzung der politischen Entscheidung in realistische Ziele für den Militäreinsatz und einen klaren Auftrag für die daran beteiligten deutschen Streitkräfte.
Injiili nan giri Luka
(2007)
Annabi Muusa Xibaare
(2007)
Selected scripture portions from the Torah which focus on the life of Moses, the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, their 40 years in the wilderness, and the Law of Moses.
Joppaye
(2007)
The entire book of Genesis, first of the 5 books of the Torah. Creation, the flood, and the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
Ruuti, tunka Dawuda xooxo
(2007)
L’histoire biblique de Ruth, parent du roi David, en langue soninké
Annabi Yuunusu Kitaabe
(2007)
Livre du prophète Jonas, en langue soninké
Gehölze an Fließgewässern
(2007)
Gehölze an Fließgewässern prägen entscheidend die vielfältigen Lebensräume im Übergangsbereich Gewässer und seinem Umfeld. Die linienhafte Erstreckung des Gehölzsaums entlang eines Gewässers bietet zahlreiche Verteilungs- und Verbreitungsmöglichkeiten für Arten. In den Übergangsbereichen zwischen Wasser, Land und Luft entstehen durch die variierenden Wasserstände Verzahnungen unterschiedlicher Pflanzen- und Tiergesellschaften, die wichtige Bausteine im großräumigen Biotopverbund sind.
Vor 20 Jahren noch als scheue Landbewohner bekannt, streifen heute Füchse während der Nacht durch Dörfer und Städte. Gehören sie bald so selbstverständlich zum Siedlungsraum wie Amseln, Spatzen oder Marder? Zur Freude der einen und zum Ärger der anderen? Durch einen sinnvollen Umgang mit Füchsen im Siedlungsraum lassen sich grössere Probleme vermeiden.
Neophyten («neue Pflanzen») sind Pflanzenarten, die nach der Entdeckung Amerikas 1492 beabsichtigt oder unbeabsichtigt nach Europa eingebracht wurden. Die meisten dieser Arten verschwinden schnell wieder oder fügen sich problemlos in unsere Pflanzenwelt ein. Einige setzen sich aber hartnäckig durch (sie werden invasiv) und müssen mit geeigneten Maßnahmen möglichst frühzeitig reguliert werden. Dieser Flyer des Kanton Luzern befasst sich mit den Gefahren und dem Umgang von Neophyten in der Schweiz.
Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa brings together important essays on songs and politics in the region and beyond. Through an analysis of the voices from the margins, the authors (contributors) enter into the debate on cultural productions and political change. The theme that cuts across the contributions is that songs are, in addition to their aesthetic appeal, vital tools for exploring how political and social events are shaped and understood by citizens. Urbanization, commercialization and globalization contributed to the vibrancy of East African popular music of the 1990s which was marked by hybridity, syncretism and innovativeness. It was a product of social processes inseparable from society, politics, and other critical issues of the day. The lyrics explored socials cosmology, worldviews, class and gender relations, interpretations of value systems, and other political, social and cultural practices, even as they entertained and provided momentary escape for audience members. Frustration, disenchantments, and emotional fatigue resulting from corrupt and dictatorial political systems that stifle the potential of citizens drove and still drive popular music in Eastern Africa as in most of Africa. Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa is an important addition to the study of popular culture and its role in shaping society.
From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africa?s most important urban centres. A major political, economic and cultural hub, the city stood at the cutting edge of trends that transformed twentieth-century East Africa. Dar es Salaam has recently attracted the attention of a diverse, multi-disciplinary, range of scholars, making it currently one of the continent?s most studied urban centres. This collection from eleven scholars from Africa, Europe, North America and Japan, draws on some of the best of this scholarship and offers a comprehensive, and accessible, survey of the city?s development. The perspectives include history, musicology, ethnomusicology, culture including popular culture, land and urban economics. The opening chapter offers a comprehensive overview of the history of the city. Subsequent chapters examine Dar es Salaam?s twentieth century experience through the prism of social change and the administrative repercussions of rapid urbanisation; and through popular culture and shifting social relations. The book will be of interest not only to the specialist in urban studies but also to the general reader with an interest in Dar es Salaam?s environmental, social and cultural history.
Paul E. Isert, a Dane, arrived in Ghana (then the Gold Coast) in 1783, taking advantage of an opening in the slave trade between Guinea and the West Indies. He was appointed as chief surgeon to the Danish establishments on the Guinea Coast. In 1786 he sailed to the West Indies with a cargo of slaves, who revolted. His experiences in Ghana and the West Indies resolved him to end the trans-Atlantic slave abuse. This book is written in the form of letters to his father. An elusive character, it is clear that he nonetheless had an unreservedly positive attitude towards Africa and its indigenous peoples, and an equally negative attitude towards the Europeans on the Guinea coast. An admirer of Rousseau?s philosophy, he was concerned about the corrupting influence of the European ?civilisation? on the ?Blacks?. His writing attempts at objectivity, seeking to find the common humanity. He claims that the ?Black? was, at least equal to that of the ?European?,which was not shared by his Danish predecessors. This is the first English language edition of his original Danish letters, previously published in German, Dutch, French, and Swedish.
Art, Culture and Society Vol 1 is the first in a series of books to be published by Twaweza Communications on the relationship between art and society, with special reference to Kenya. It is part of a cultural leadership initiative being undertaken by the organization through a reexamination of the arts as they are produced and studied. This volume brings together important reflections on the arts and is a major step in encouraging dialogue on the relationship between creativity and the human condition in the region. Significantly, it creates a space for university-based academics to engage in dialogue with artists and writers based outside institutions of higher learning. The conversations will bridge the gap between the two domains for knowledge production and enrich creative enterprise in Kenya, in theory and practice. As the essays in this collection show, the present global situation demands a way to conceptualise and theorise an ever growing cultural interconnectedness, sometimes manifested in art; and interconnectedness that draws from a myriad of cultures and experiences. Through the bridges of contact and cultural exchange distant images are mediated and brought closer to us. They are reinterpreted and modified. In the final analysis, culture is shown to be an important aspect of human creativity but separateness and boundedness is contested. Instead, culture is shown to be malleable and fluid. The essays bring in a new freshness to our reading of the creative arts coming out of Kenya.
The Botsotso literary journal started in 1996 as a monthly 4 page insert in the New Nation, an independent anti-apartheid South African weekly and reached over 80,000 people at a time ? largely politisized black workers and youth ? with a selection of poems, short stories and short essays that reflected the deep changes taking place in the country at that time. Since the closure of the New Nation in 1999, the journal has evolved into a stand-alone compilation featuring the same mix of genres, and with the addition of photo essays and reviews. The Botsotso editorial policy remains committed to creating a mix of voices which highlight the diverse spectrum of South African identities and languages, particularly those that are dedicated to radical expression and examinations of South Africa's complex society.
The Millennium Development Goals address poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women, by the year 2015. In this volume scholars and policymakers in the fields of population and health reflect on the attainments of some of these goals, on the basis of empirical evidence in the Ghanaian context. The eight paper, with an introduction by the editors, synthesises papers presented at a seminar held in Ghana on ?Population, Health and Development in Relation to the Millennium Development Goals?, organised by the Population Association of Ghana.
The Jurisprudence on Regional and International Tribunals Digest is borne out of the recent developments in the judicial arena of the East African Community and other inter-state arrangements where matters are increasingly getting litigated and determined at the international fora. With such a development, there is the more current need to document the reasoning, not just of judicial officers from the East African Court of Justice but also from other regional and international tribunals. This will help in consolidating knowledge on diverse aspects of substance and procedure from these tribunals for both academic and practice purposes. This digest no doubt adds value to practitioners in the East African region and beyond who are getting absorbed into legal practice before tribunals of an international law character. It is hoped that the digest will further be of great assistance to the community of the academia that is in need of material for the dispensation of knowledge in the area of international law.
The subject of human rights and its attendant these of access to justice have remained relevant areas to the legal fraternity. This relevance resonates well in the fields of teaching and learning the law, consultancy, legal practice and advocacy, law reform, and judicial decision making. In the East African region, however, the availability of research and reference material for these two areas of learning has remained low. It is against the backdrop of the foregoing that the publishing of the Digest on Human Rights and Access to Justice in East Africa is an important aspect of the development of the law in the region. Bringing together decisions of both municipal courts within the East Africa region beyond, the digest has breathed a totally new lease of life into the practice and comparative legal studies in the area of human rights and access to justice. To a large extent, the digest has robbed practitioners of law of the excuses attendant to poor advocacy in the arena of human rights. It has robbed judicial officer of the excuses attendant to shallow and poorly reasoned judgments. It has robbed students and teachers of law the excuses attendant to poorly researched theses in the area of human rights. Definitely, it has added immense value to the consumers of human rights and access to justice. This Digest is a product of the fruitful on-going collaboration between LawAfrica Publishing Ltd and East Africa Law Society. Both LawAfrica with its East Africa Law Reports, and EALS, with its ever-growing collaboration between East African lawyers, yearn for greater integration of legal practice in the three East African countries. This Digest is a contribution to that desire.
The Concept of Botho and HIV
(2007)
Ever since the publication of Placide Tempel's epoch-making work Bantu Philosophy, African philosophers have worked to dispel the myth that there is no metaphysics in Africa. In the East African context we remember the names of Joseph Nyasmi and Odera Oruka, and in the West African context, Pauline Hotoundji and Kwesi Wiredu have made monumental contributions to elucidate African metaphysics. This compendium, presented by a group of scholars from the University of Botswana, seeks to build bridges between the seemingly estranged disciplines of African metaphysics, existential philosophy, and economics in the contexts of HIV/AIDS.
This book highlights the importance of Pan-Africanism in view of reasserting its pivotal role in the economic integration of the continent. For Africans to co-exist and aspire to a much needed dynamic and social community, there is need for a common understanding of their shared histories and projects. The contributions analyse regional identities that derive from an observed syncretism between traditional culture, Islamic religion and modernity. The example of interregional relations is tangible proof of the difficult negotiation of imposed international axiological constraints. From this perspective, the new partnership between the North and the South ought to be the responsibility of all and sundry, in which social or state actors are capable of communicating and putting forward their various rationalities for discussion. In this way, the South-South dialectic will find its place: regionalisation will as such promote solidarity between peoples and the reinvention of great democratic values.
' ''The 30th Anniversary of CODESRIA, held in Dakar in December 2003 under the theme ''''Intellectuals, Nationalism and the Pan-African Ideal'''', yielded an impressive crop of papers. This book brings together eight of the numerous papers presented on Regional Integration, Democracy and Pan-Africanism, amongst which are those by Bernard Founou-Tchuigoua, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan and Alexis Adand?. Each author explores from a special angle questions related to regional integration, democracy or Pan-Africanism. The contributions explore the diversity of paradigms which have been forged or applied on the African continent during the last century, especially in the course of the liberation movement and early post- independence era. Indeed, these paradigms, which largely remain relevant, are re-appraised in the light of contemporary realities.'''
This volume highlights the proceedings of the two policy dialogue conferences held by the Working Group on Finance and Education (WGFE) in 2004. Part I of the document discusses the endemic crisis that higher educationhas been beset with since the outset of the post colonial period in Africa. It highlights the critical state of higher education systems in Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal by scrutinizing the causes, manifestations and consequences of the crisis to posit useful recommendations and possible solutions. Part II is a comprehensive review of the challenges facing the financing and planning of all levels and types ofeducation - from kindergarten to graduate school - in selected African countries. The papers reveal the sources and mechanisms of funding education in Africa, drawing attention to the experiences of communities confronted with new funding sources. A new trend, which consists of designing decade long educational development plans, has emerged and is rapidly expanding in numerous African countries. This experience is examined and shared by the authors. This book has contributions in both French and English.
This volume discusses a number of issues on the contested nature of intellectual property rights (IPR) and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in the context of Southern Africa. The issues addressed include the protection of folklore, IKS in a digital era, the valuation and safeguard of heritage sites, the need for appropriate IKS legislation, community based control of natural resources and the role played by traditional music in the maintenance of community. It is this extensive exploration of IKS from the vantage points of communication and culture, and explored in terms of policy, cultural survival, international as well as intra-national politics, economics, philosophy and ethics that makes this empirical grounded collection of papers unique, a distinctive contribution to the literature and 'cause' of IKS. The specific IKS-related issues raised and dealt with in this volume are generic in the sense that the very same issues are being contested in different parts of the world. In this respect, this book highlights the particular as a means of comprehending the universal.
This report is the first independent, substantive and public assessment of the progress of the African Union. 'Towards a People-Driven African Union: Current Obstacles and New Opportunities' analyses the preparations of African Union member-states, the AU Commission and civil society organisations for the twice-yearly AU summits. The main finding is that despite some welcome new opportunities for participation, the African Union's vision of -an Africa driven by its own citizens- remains largely unfulfilled. Detailed recommendations are offered to help deliver on this vision in future. Published by AFRODAD, AfriMAP and Oxfam, this report is endorsed by more than a dozen other organisations in Africa and elsewhere, and is based on interviews with more than 50 representatives of member-states, the AU Commission and civil society organisations in eleven African countries.
Rethinking Security in Nigeria adopts an alternate conceptual and methodological framework for rethinking national security in Nigeria by using the humanities' multidisciplinary perspective against the backdrop of the hitherto restrictive analysis of the nature of national security. By expounding the largely unexplored cosmological, conceptual, ethical and aesthetic dimensions as key contributors to national survival and social integration, the volume argues systematically for a basic redefinition of the meanings of security, the value of life, government action and social re-engineering in order to create a new system of social order an integration. The authors attempt to extend the boundaries of previous theorizing on security by identifying alternate ethical and aesthetic approaches to national reconciliation and human development in present-day Nigeria, which faces major security challenges requiring the clarification of the basis for developing a just and harmonious society. The study is a contribution to the quest for defining the vital socio-cultural norms and doctrinal imperatives needed for responsible cooperative human action. It examines the roles of dominant works of philosophy, literature, plays and performances in the creation of a basis for political stability and social reconciliation in the society. It extends the boundaries of previous aesthetic studies and redefines the roles of ethics and aesthetics as crucial contributors to security, human development and world civilisation.
Weaver Press's previous collections of short stories, Writing Now and Writing Still, were highly praised for the quality of their prose and the imagination of their writers. They confirmed, for one reviewer, 'the paradoxical truth that troubled societies somehow produce some of the most interesting writing available. Laughing Now goes further, and demonstrates the enduring capacity of Zimbabweans to find humour in even the most difficult of circumstances. The stories embrace funerals, dancing competitions, family tensions, rampant inflation and endless queues for scarce goods. They take a wry look at pompous politicians, foreign filmmakers and the aspirations of the so-called 'new' farmers. Those by Gappah, Chingono and Eppel won the first three prizes in the recent Mukuru.com short story competition. Zimbabwean fiction in English has become world-renowned in recent decades, but its concerns - war, trauma and the trials of independence - have chronicled the pain of those periods. Laughing Now suggests that we are finding new ways to reflect our reality; that however many zeros we add to the rate of inflation, and however hungry we may become, humour is as good a responce as any.
Aufgrund des Beschlusses des Fachbereichsrates des Fachbereichs Neuere Philologien vom 02.05.2007 wird die Ordnung für den Studiengang Kognitive Linguistik mit den Abschlüssen "Bachelor of Arts" und "Master of Arts" an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main vom 02.02.2005 wie folgt neu gefasst: ...
Das Forschungsprojekt PROTOSOZIOLOGIE an der J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main hat seit 1991 eine grundlagentheoretische Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Theoriebildung der modernen Sozialwissenschaften durchgeführt. Dabei waren die drei Kontexte Phänomenologie, System- und Sprachtheorie relevant. Die Phänomenologie der Lebenswelt und die Systemtheorie haben in der Philosophie und Soziologie des 20. Jahrhunderts – neben dem Sprachbegriff – eine paradigmatische Bedeutung. Edmund Husserls Lebensweltbegriff ist in der phänomenologischen Schule und der phänomenologischen Soziologie von Alfred Schütz, in der konstruktiven Wissenschaftstheorie von Paul Lorenzen und seiner Schüler, in der Systemtheorie Niklas Luhmanns und der Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns von Jürgen Habermas wirkungsgeschichtlich geworden. Die Systemtheorie und der soziologische Funktionalismus hat seit den 40er Jahren eine paradigmatische Bedeutung für die Sozialwissenschaften und Wissenschaftstheorie. System und Lebenswelt avancierten somit zu den zentralen Begriffen der Philosophie, Soziologie und Kommunikationstheorie in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Für die beiden deutschen Soziologen Luhmann und Habermas ist darüber hinaus – wenn auch in unterschiedlicher Gewichtung – die Verbindung beider Begriffe von grundlegender Bedeutung. Im Rückblick können wir feststellen, daß in der Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts drei Philosophien dominierten: die Sprachphilosophie in der heute weitverzweigten und dominierenden analytischen Philosophie (Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Carnap u.a.), Husserls Phänomenologie in der »Phänomenologischen Schule« und Soziologie und Heideggers Fundamentalontologie in der Philosophischen Hermeneutik. Gemeinsam ist den Hauptrichtungen der Philosophie in diesem Jahrhundert, daß sie die Erkenntnistheorie nicht mehr cartesianisch und mentalistisch konstruieren. Paradigmatisch wurde diese Umorientierung in der Erkenntnistheorie Wittgensteins, der Frege folgend, in seinem »Tractatus« lakonisch formuliert: »Das denkende, vorstellende Subjekt gibt es nicht«. Husserl nimmt zwar eine Sonderstellung ein, da seine Egologie und Erkenntnistheorie cartesianisch orientiert ist. Mit der Hinwendung zur Lebensweltanalyse gibt er auch eine Antwort auf die Konstruktionsprobleme des modernen Mentalismus. Die Dekonstruktion des erkennenden Ichs (transzendentalen Bewußtseins) hat sich in der Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Soziologie des 20. Jahrhunderts durchgesetzt. Dies gilt sowohl für den radikalen Konstruktivismus, die allgemeine und die soziologische Systemtheorie Luhmanns aber auch für die konstruktive Philosophie von Lorenzen, den sogenannten »Erlangener Konstruktivismus« und seine heutigen Vertreter. Belegen läßt sich das Ende der Bewußtseinsphilosophie aber auch in der Erkenntnistheorie ohne erkennendes Subjekt von Popper, dem erkenntnistheoretischen Naturalismus von Quine und Davidson, der sprachtheoretischen Erkenntnis- und Wissenschaftstheorie von Essler (W.K.) und in der Organtheorie der Sprache von Chomsky. Inhalt Einleitung: »Lebenswelt« und »System« in Philosophie und Soziologie 9 Gerhard Preyer, Georg Peter, Alexander Ulfig ZUM BEGRIFF DER LEBENSWELT Ernst Wolfgang Orth ›Lebenswelt‹ als unvermeidliche Illusion? Husserls Lebensweltbegriff und seine kulturpolitischen Weiterungen 28 Walter Biemel Gedanken zur Genesis der Lebenswelt 41 Alexander Ulfig Lebenswelt und Reflexion. Anhang: Lebenswelt als Fundament der Wissenschaft 55 Gerhard Preyer Hintergrundwissen: Kritik eines Begriffs 81 Hubert A. Knoblauch Soziologie als strenge Wissenschaft? Phänomenologie, kommunikative Lebenswelt und soziologische Methodologie 93 LEBENSWELT – BEGRÜNDUNG – WISSENSCHAFT Jürgen Mittelstraß Das lebensweltliche Apriori 106 Peter Janich Die Rationalität der Naturwissenschaften 133 Jürgen Mittelstraß Rationalität und Reproduzierbarkeit 152 Elisabeth Ströker Lebenswelt durch Wissenschaft: Zum Strukturwandel von Welt- und Selbsterfahrung 163 Paul Janssen Lebenswelt, Wissen und Wissenschaft – Möglichkeiten ihrer Konstellation 184 Richard T. Murphy E. Husserl's Phenomenology of Reason 202 LEBENSWELT / LEBENSFORM – SPRACHE Pierre Kerszberg Lifeworld and Language 216 John F.M. Hunter The Motley Forms of Life in the Later Wittgenstein 228 Peter A. French Why did Wittgenstein read Tagore to the Vienna Circle? 241 Georg Peter Die Nebenbeschäftigung der Symbole: Zu Wahrheit und Funktion der Metapher 251 SYSTEM – SOZIALSYSTEM – GESELLSCHAFT Niklas Luhmann Die Lebenswelt nach Rücksprache mit Phänomenologen 268 Niklas Luhmann Observing Re-entries 290 Gerhard Preyer System-, Medien- und Evolutionstheorie. Zu Niklas Luhmanns Ansatz 302 Richard Münch Autopoesis per Definition 347 Hans Zitko Codierungen der Kunst: Zur Kunstsoziologie Niklas Luhmanns 357 James Bohman The Completeness of Macro-Sociological Explanations: System and Lifeworld 370 Göran Ahrne Outline of an Organisational Theory of Society 382 Anhang: Karl Otto Hondrich Zu Göran Ahrnes Ansatz 390