Bücher von Frank Jacob

This book discusses the role of human capital and a global mindset for a successful intercultural management of the Society of Jesus in the geographical contexts of Japan and Peru during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Historical data for more than 200 Jesuits has been evaluated and analyzed according to modern management theory. The work is, therefore, an interdisciplinary study related to the history of religious orders, European expansion, and trans- or intercultural management and shows how the Jesuit missionaries in Japan and Peru were able to achieve and stimulate a successful expansion of their order's influence in these regions of the world. While analyzing a historical topic, the book is also of interest to modern day managers and those who are interested in creating a successful strategy for intercultural management.

This volume offers an introduction about theoretical concepts, forms, and the impact of genocidal violence. It thereby intends to serve as a source of texts that can be used in a variety of introductory courses on genocide and the violence that occurs during genocidal events in particular. It will consequently also offer a survey on debates and recent research about the history, sociology and psychology of violence.

Nationalism was declared to be dead too early. A postnational age was announced, and liberalism claimed to have been victorious by the end of the Cold War. At the same time postnational order was proclaimed in which transnational alliances like the European Union were supposed to become more important in international relations. But we witnessed the rise a strong nationalism during the early 21st century instead, and right wing parties are able to gain more and more votes in elections that are often characterized by nationalist agendas. This volume shows how nationalist dreams and fears alike determine politics in an age that was supposed to witness a rather peaceful coexistence by those who consider transnational ideas more valuable than national demands. It will deal with different case studies to show why and how nationalism made its way back to the common consciousness and which elements stimulated the re-establishment of the aggressive nation state. The volume will therefore look at the continuities of empire, actual and imagined, the role of "foreign-" and "otherness" for nationalist narratives, and try to explain how globalization stimulated the rise of 21st century nationalisms as well.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Jews from Central and Eastern Europe arrived in New York City, where they did not only find a new home, but far away from their shtetl origin, the new members of the American society also began to politically radicalize. There has been a discussion in the literature related to the field, where, how, and why the Jewish population radicalized. This study analyses two waves of radicalization: one related to the American environment that is responsible for the described process at the end of the 19th century; one, related to the developments in Eastern Europe during the early decades of the 20th century. For both radicalization processes this book compares the reasons, elements, and aims of those who join radical movements to show that there is a transatlantic perspective that links both processes to each other.

This book shows that education does not only prepare war, but defines its character for future generations. Pointing out the intricate interconnetion with the various practices of education this volume offers in-depth studies of war and education in several chronological and geographical contexts. Tying in with the latest state of the art the authors offer examples for education for war, education in war and education for reconciliation in the aftermath of wars from a global perspective.

Emma Goldman war eine der bekanntesten Anarchistinnen des späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Sie war aber weit mehr als das und vereinte in sich ganz unterschiedliche Identitäten, die sich ergänzten, aber bisweilen auch widersprachen. Sie war eben nicht nur Anarchistin, sondern gleichfalls Jüdin, Feministin, Publizistin, Antifaschistin, Revolutionärin sowie eine erbitterte Gegnerin des Kapitalismus und jedweder Form der mit diesem einhergehenden Unterdrückung. Frank Jacob widmet sich dem ereignisreichen Leben Emma Goldmans, wobei er keine stringente biographische Beschreibung desselben vorlegt, sondern sich den einzelnen Identitäten der bekannten Anarchistin annähert, um zu zeigen, wie diese das Leben dieser starken und bedeutenden Frau beeinflusst und bestimmt haben.

Kurt Eisner (1867-1919) wurde posthum wegen seiner Rolle während der Novemberrevolution 1918 angefeindet, dabei glaubte der erste Bayerische Ministerpräsident eigentlich nur an zwei Dinge: die Notwendigkeit einer wahrhaften Politik und die Bedeutung einer Aufklärung der Menschen im Sinne eines revolutionären Sozialismus. Für beides setzte er sich Zeit seines Lebens ein und forderte als Journalist und Revolutionär immer wieder diese Grundbedingungen einer "neuen Welt" ein. Trotz antisemitischer sowie innerparteilicher Hetze gab Eisner seinen Traum niemals auf. Sein Leben, das in der vorliegenden Miniatur in seinen ganz unterschiedlichen Facetten vorgestellt wird, blieb durch seine Ermordung in vielerlei Hinsicht unvollendet. Dennoch gewährt die Auseinandersetzung mit Eisners Leben und Wirken einen nicht zu unterschätzenden Erkenntnisgewinn mit Blick auf die Geschichte des deutschen Kaiserreichs, der Sozialdemokratie sowie die Konflikte und Spaltung der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung.

Die Geschichte des Sozialismus und des Kommunismus in Deutschland ist untrennbar mit ihrem Namen verbunden: Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919). Die jüdische Polin fiel seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts als Verteidigerin eines Sozialismus Marx'scher Prägung innerhalb der Sozialdemokratie auf und widmete ihr Leben und ihre Schriften immer wieder der Frage der Revolution. Ungeachtet vieler Rückschläge sowie ihres gewaltsamen Todes im Januar 1919 wird dabei deutlich, dass Luxemburg stets eine Revolutionärin geblieben ist, die nach einem demokratischen Sozialismus strebte. Diese Einführung in Rosa Luxemburgs Wirken rückt vor allem ihr Denken und Handeln mit Blick auf die theoretischen Diskussionen und revolutionären Ereignisse ihrer Zeit in den Vordergrund.

The present book provides a comparative ten-step model for revolutions and will show that these must be considered a global phenomenon of modernity.

For many the postcard may seem trivial, little more than a mundane souvenir or a way to keep in touch with friends and relatives while on vacation. But if we look carefully, postcards offer valuable insights into the time periods in which they were created and the mentalities of those who bought or sent them. Frank Marhefka, while serving in the U.S. Army Motor Transportation Corps during the First World War, amassed a collection of more than 150 postcards and photographs while in France, and bound them into a souvenir album. Marhefka's collection provides a diverse and vivid look into a period of history that - in many soldiers' accounts - is not usually visualized with all its cruelties. Emphasizing the pictorial turn of the Great War, this album offers personal insight into a conflict that caused so much death and destruction. The book begins with an introduction providing a history of postcards and their extensive use by soldiers during the Great War. Then, after a biography of Marhefka, his postcard collection is presented in its entirety. Accompanying the images are brief texts that place them into historical context, as well as suggestions for further reading.As a visual artifact of the First World War and the perspective of one U.S. soldier, this book is aimed at students, scholars, postcard collectors, and general readers alike who have an interest in military history and popular culture.

We know all kinds of monsters. Vampires who suck human blood, werewolves who harass tourists in London or Paris, zombies who long to feast on our brains, or Godzilla, who is famous in and outside of Japan for destroying whole cities at once. Regardless of their monstrosity, all of these creatures are figments of the human mind and as real as they may seem, monsters are and always have been constructed by human beings. In other words, they are imagined. How they are imagined, however, depends on many different aspects and changes throughout history. The present volume provides an insight into the construction of monstrosity in different kinds of media, including literature, film, and TV series. It will show how and by whom monsters are really created, how time changes the perception of monsters and what characterizes specific monstrosities in their specific historical contexts. The book will provide valuable insights for scholars in different fields, whose interest focuses on either media studies or history.

A challenging examination of Japanese war crimes during World War II offers a fresh perspective on the Pacific War-and a better understanding of reasons for the wartime use of extreme mass violence.The 1937 Rape of Nanjing has become a symbol of Japanese violence during the Second World War, but it was not the only event during which the Japanese used extreme force. This thought-provoking book analyzes Japan's actions during the war, without blaming Japan, helping readers understand what led to those eruptions. In fact, the author specifically disputes the idea that the forms of extreme violence used in the Pacific War were particularly Japanese.The volume starts by examining the Rape of Nanjing, then goes on to address Japan's acts of individual and collective violence throughout the conflict. Unlike other works on the subject, it combines historical, sociological, and psychological perspectives on violence with a specific study of the Japanese army, seeking to define the reasons for the use of extreme violence in each particular case. Both a historical survey and an explanation of Japanese warfare, the book scrutinizes incidents of violence perpetrated by the Japanese vis-à-vis theories that explore the use of violence as part of human nature. In doing so, it provides far-reaching insights into the use of collective violence and torture in war overall, as well as motivations for committing atrocities. Finally, the author discusses current political implications stemming from Japan's continued refusal to acknowledge its war-time actions as war crimes.

For many the postcard may seem trivial, little more than a mundane souvenir or a way to keep in touch with friends and relatives while on vacation. But if we look carefully, postcards offer valuable insights into the time periods in which they were created and the mentalities of those who bought or sent them. Frank Marhefka, while serving in the U.S. Army Motor Transportation Corps during the First World War, amassed a collection of more than 150 postcards and photographs while in France, and bound them into a souvenir album. Marhefka's collection provides a diverse and vivid look into a period of history that - in many soldiers' accounts - is not usually visualized with all its cruelties. Emphasizing the pictorial turn of the Great War, this album offers personal insight into a conflict that caused so much death and destruction. The book begins with an introduction providing a history of postcards and their extensive use by soldiers during the Great War. Then, after a biography of Marhefka, his postcard collection is presented in its entirety. Accompanying the images are brief texts that place them into historical context, as well as suggestions for further reading.As a visual artifact of the First World War and the perspective of one U.S. soldier, this book is aimed at students, scholars, postcard collectors, and general readers alike who have an interest in military history and popular culture.