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‘This book opens up new horizons in the sociological study of memory. It is not only a theoretical adventure, trying to push a critical approach to memory studies, going beyond Habermas, but also an empirical study full of insights into the workings and transformations of the collective memories we live with and the claims to know the lessons from the past which arise from them. It is required reading for everybody looking to make sense of the dynamics of everyday discourse and political discourse in present-day societies about their pasts.’ – Klaus Eder, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany ‘It has almost become cliché to claim to have ‘learnt from history’ in commemorative rhetoric. But what does this mean? Which lessons are to be taken? And how do these lessons vary when referring to Our or Their past wrongdoing? In this erudite and provocative book, Forchtner outlines and analyses four rhetorics of learning – each of which, whilst presenting history as a teacher, are characterised by different narrative grammars. Lessons from the Past? is vital reading for anyone interested in Memory Studies and the politics of commemoration.’ – John E. Richardson, Loughborough University, UK This book reconstructs how claims to know ‘the lessons’ from past wrongdoings are made useful in the present. These claims are powerful tools in contemporary debates over who we are, who we want to be and what we should do. Drawing on a wide range of spoken and written texts from Austria, Denmark, Germany and the United States, this book proposes an abstract framework through which such claims can be understood. It does so by conceptualising four rhetorics of learning and how each of them links memories of past wrongdoings to opposition to present and future wrongdoings. Drawing extensively on narrative theory, Lessons from the Past? reconstructs how links between past, present and future can be narrativised, thus helping to understand the subjectivities and feelings that these stories facilitate. The book closes by considering if and how such rhetorics might live up to their promise to know ‘the lessons’ and to enable learning, offering a revised theory of collective learning processes.

Culture --- Cultural heritage. --- Historiography. --- Civilization --- Cultural and Media Studies. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Memory Studies. --- Cultural History. --- Study and teaching. --- History. --- Memory (Philosophy) --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Truth. --- Memory --- Sociological aspects. --- Sociology of memory --- Conviction --- Narrative (Rhetoric) --- Narrative writing --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- Philosophy --- Sociology --- Belief and doubt --- Skepticism --- Certainty --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Pragmatism --- Civilization-History. --- Historical criticism --- History --- Authorship --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Criticism --- Historiography --- Civilization—History.

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The LNCS Transactions on Foundations for Mastering Change, FoMaC, aims to establish a forum for formal-methods-based research, dealing with the nature of today’s agile system development, which is characterized by unclear premises, unforeseen change, and the need for fast reaction, in a context of hard-to-control frame conditions, such as third-party components, network problems, and attacks. Submissions are evaluated according to these goals. This book, the first volume in the series, contains contributions by the members of the editorial board. These contributions indicate the envisioned style and range of papers of topics covered by the transactions series. They cross-cut various traditional research directions and are characterized by a clear focus on change. .

Computer science. --- Computer programming. --- Software engineering. --- Programming languages (Electronic computers). --- Computer logic. --- Computer simulation. --- Management information systems. --- Computer Science. --- Software Engineering. --- Logics and Meanings of Programs. --- Management of Computing and Information Systems. --- Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Programming Techniques. --- Computer-based information systems --- EIS (Information systems) --- Executive information systems --- MIS (Information systems) --- Computer modeling --- Computer models --- Modeling, Computer --- Models, Computer --- Simulation, Computer --- Computer science logic --- Computer languages --- Computer program languages --- Computer programming languages --- Machine language --- Computer software engineering --- Computers --- Electronic computer programming --- Electronic data processing --- Electronic digital computers --- Programming (Electronic computers) --- Informatics --- Programming --- Sociotechnical systems --- Information resources management --- Management --- Electromechanical analogies --- Mathematical models --- Simulation methods --- Model-integrated computing --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Languages, Artificial --- Engineering --- Coding theory --- Science --- Communication systems --- Logic design. --- Information Systems. --- Design, Logic --- Design of logic systems --- Digital electronics --- Electronic circuit design --- Logic circuits --- Machine theory --- Switching theory --- Computer software --- Development. --- Development of computer software --- Software development

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This textbook discusses the most fundamental and puzzling questions about the foundations of computing. In 23 lecture-sized chapters it provides an exciting tour through the most important results in the field of computability and time complexity, including the Halting Problem, Rice's Theorem, Kleene's Recursion Theorem, the Church-Turing Thesis, Hierarchy Theorems, and Cook-Levin's Theorem. Each chapter contains classroom-tested material, including examples and exercises. Links between adjacent chapters provide a coherent narrative. Fundamental results are explained lucidly by means of programs written in a simple, high-level imperative programming language, which only requires basic mathematical knowledge. Throughout the book, the impact of the presented results on the entire field of computer science is emphasised. Examples range from program analysis to networking, from database programming to popular games and puzzles. Numerous biographical footnotes about the famous scientists who developed the subject are also included. "Limits of Computation" offers a thorough, yet accessible, introduction to computability and complexity for the computer science student of the 21st century.

Computer Science --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer software. --- Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity. --- Mathematics of Algorithmic Complexity. --- Software, Computer --- Computer systems --- Computer programming. --- Algorithms. --- Algorism --- Algebra --- Arithmetic --- Foundations

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English literature --- Sea in literature. --- Sea stories, English --- Ocean in literature --- History and criticism. --- Art et science navals dans la littérature. --- English literature. --- LITERARY CRITICISM --- Littérature anglaise --- Marins dans la littérature. --- Mer dans la littérature. --- Naval art and science in literature. --- Récits de mer anglais --- Sailors in literature. --- Sea stories, English. --- Seafaring life in literature. --- Seafaring life --- Seafaring life. --- Vie en mer dans la littérature. --- Vie en mer --- European --- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. --- Histoire et critique. --- History --- Histoire --- Great Britain.

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Today, the East African state of Tanzania is renowned for wildlife preserves such as the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Selous Game Reserve. Yet few know that most of these initiatives emerged from decades of German colonial rule. This book gives the first full account of Tanzanian wildlife conservation up until World War I, focusing upon elephant hunting and the ivory trade as vital factors in a shift from exploitation to preservation that increasingly excluded indigenous Africans. Analyzing the formative interactions between colonial governance and the natural world, The Nature of German Imperialism situates East African wildlife policies within the global emergence of conservationist sensibilities around 1900. --

Artenschutz. --- Faune --- Kolonialismus. --- Naturschutz. --- Wildlife conservation --- Wildlife conservation. --- Wildlife management --- Wildlife management. --- Wildtiere. --- Protection --- Aspect politique --- Histoire --- History --- Political aspects --- Political aspects. --- BMBF-Statusseminar. --- 1800-1999. --- Geschichte 1885-2012. --- Deutsch-Ostafrika. --- Germany. --- Tansania. --- Tanzania.