Erfgoed: De geschiedenis van een begrip
The word ‘heritage’ is nowadays mainly used in the term pair ‘cultural heritage’. Another use of the word ‘heritage’ focuses precisely on the intangible meaning of the word. This includes the spiritual legacy of a thinker or artist. In the latter sense, the term ‘heritage’ has a longer history than in the first. In Heritage. The history of a concept reconstructs and analyzes the different histories of the concept. First of all, attention is paid to the legal origin and development of the word ‘heritage’. Willem Frijhoff highlights its religious dimension. Other authors focus on related concepts, such as ‘monument’ or ‘antiquities’. Eco Haitsma Mulier pays attention to the concept of ‘testators’, made famous by the famous Erflaters publication of our civilization by Jan and Annie Romein (1938). Eric Ketelaar, Gerard Rooijakkers and others each discuss a specific field of action within the cultural heritage: archives, literature, archeology, folklore. The collection ends with a reflection by Wessel Krul on the need of some to oppose the heritage idea or even the urge to destroy heritage.
Democratie door interventie: De nieuwe White Man’s Burden?
Intervention democracy is about one of the most current and controversial aspects of contemporary international politics: meddling in the internal affairs of states to initiate, strengthen or defend democratic development. International democracy promotion is controversial. Do we have the right and the ability to meddle in the political affairs of other states on behalf of our idea of democracy? Continuing problems in countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq indicate that international intervention, even an international military presence, does not guarantee stability, let alone democratic development. In Democracy through intervention, the arguments for and against international democracy promotion (with or without the deployment of military personnel) are discussed.
De staat van informatie
In times of computerization, the functioning and character of both society and government change. Sometimes this is clearly demonstrable, but sometimes it also happens in a more insidious way. The use of ICT offers opportunities for policy areas such as health care, youth policy and immigration policy, but also poses new fundamental questions to the public administration. How to deal with risks and vulnerabilities surrounding the use of new ICT? What does ‘forget’ mean in the age of unlimited storage capacity, or is it ‘once a digital thief, always a digital thief’? How can the government take responsibility for the network of information flows from which the digital government is increasingly built? In The State of Information, authors such as Ybo Buruma, Paul de Hert, Michel van Eeten, Corien Prins and Albert Meijer address these and other questions. The bundle is an important building block for the WRR report iGovernment (2011).
De perfecte verleiding: Muzikale scènes op het Amsterdams toneel in de 17e eeuw
In the seventeenth century, almost every stage performance was accompanied by music. Music was not only played between the companies, but also in the play itself. Music served as a background and decoration and was functionally integrated in the act of drama. The accounts of the Amsterdamse Schouwburg show that they employed professional musicians; in addition, the actors sang and danced. Following on from foreign stage music studies, this book focuses extensively on seventeenth-century theater music in the Netherlands for the first time. The centerpiece is the stage poet Jan Harmensz Krul, who skillfully interweaved music into his plays and who founded the Amsterdam Musyck room in 1634 – a foundation devoted entirely to the combination of poetry and music on stage. On the basis of five characteristic musical scenes from his work (the watchman scene, prison scene, serenade, sacrificial scene and sleep scene), an image is sketched of the Amsterdam theater music practice at the time. Such musical scenes were also loved by other stage poets, at home and abroad. They had a signaling function for the audience: they were immediately recognizable situations, benchmarks in the drama, which were associated with music by default. Poets varied to their heart’s content. For the playwright and spectator, those stereotypical musical scenes were what music was for the characters in the plays: an effective means of manipulation – a perfect seduction, of eye, ear and heart.
De menselijke beslisser: Over de psychologie van keuze en gedrag
How do people choose from the many possibilities they face – every day? In this book, prominent Dutch scientists from various disciplines provide a clear overview of the most recent knowledge about human choice behavior. In doing so, they elaborate on the major influence of the environment and the role of the unconscious. In addition, the latest insights from neurobiology are discussed. This book is intended for anyone who is concerned with human choice behavior and how it can be influenced. For example, how can people be tempted into a healthier lifestyle? To energy-saving behavior? To sensible financial planning? The scientists in this collection offer new and promising perspectives for answers to these kinds of questions.
De kunst van het weldenken: Lekenfilosofie en volkstalig rationalisme in de Nederlanden (1550-1600)
During the second half of the sixteenth century, the share and importance of writings in the Dutch vernacular grew. Some of these texts proclaim a vision of life strongly based on what Coornhert calls ‘the sparking of the Godly Light’: reason in which every person participates and which enables every person to obtain true knowledge and a sincere life. These authors thus made an important contribution to an intellectual and cultural climate in which radical forms of rationalism could emerge later in the seventeenth century. Their work reflects a dynamic mixture of classical philosophy, vernacular humanism, enlightened Christianity, intellectual spiritualism and pragmatic popular piety. Their starting points are human goodness and the possibility of moral growth through reasonable knowledge. Their goal is to achieve perfect happiness.
De geesteswetenschappelijke carrousel: Een nieuwe ronde in het debat over wetenschap, cultuur en politiek
The humanities are rapidly saying goodbye to postmodernism. Philosophers, historians, sociologists and anthropologists once again face an intellectual moment. After the linguistic turn and the cultural turn, there is now an ethical turn. In many cultural sciences, attempts are made to make useful use of older traditions and concepts. The humanities carousel maps out this reorientation. This new round in the debate about the relationship between science, politics and culture is first followed at a philosophy of science level. The current political discussion about identity, tolerance and solidarity is then discussed. Establishing a credible link between morality, politics and science appears to be an exercise in intellectual equilibrium art.
De fiere nachtegaal: Het Nederlandse lied in de middeleeuwen
The Proud Nightingale covers the many facets of medieval music in the Netherlands until the year 1600. Eighteen authors discuss songs ranging from of courtly songs, including minstrels, mystics and Modern Devots, on the performance and the oral tradition of ancient songs, and on intertextuality. What is new is the use of ethnological perspective by a number of the authors. This book is a collection of songs: messages from loved ones to joyous songs sung by groups at home and in the pub, or by farmers and servants whilst weeding, mowing and harvesting. At the same time religious melodies convey their desire for God or their distaste of the world.
De beste de baas?: Verdienste, respect en solidariteit in een meritocratie
It is generally thought that all people should have equal opportunities and their social position should not be dictated by race, sex or heritage. This ideology of meritocracy has been embraced by the Dutch and other European societies. But is this something to strive for? This provocative book has a number of renowned philosophers and sociologists look at the downside of meritocracy. They show that meritocracy runs counter to other important ideals such as solidarity, respect and democracy.
Bankieren voor een betere wereld: Nanno Kleiterp in gesprek met Marijn Wiersma
In een wereld vol met grote uitdagingen als gevolg van klimaatverandering, economische ongelijkheid en migratie, biedt het boek Bankieren voor een betere wereld van Nanno Kleiterp en Marijn Wiersma een diep inzicht in de verbindende rol die ontwikkelingsbanken kunnen spelen bij duurzame ontwikkeling, welzijn en welvaart in de wereld. De publieke verontwaardiging over de financiële wereld behoort nog niet tot het verleden. Maar wat gebeurt er als banken investeren in duurzame en sociale ontwikkeling? Op een actuele en inspirerende wijze putten Kleiterp en Wiersma uit meer dan 45 jaar ervaring in ontwikkelingsbankieren en laten hun licht schijnen op de relevantie van ontwikkelingsbanken. Ze laten zien hoe ontwikkelingsbanken door een brug te slaan tussen overheid, bedrijfsleven en maatschappelijk middenveld de weg effenen voor noodzakelijke investeringen voor een betere toekomst. Lezers van het boek worden meegenomen in de ontwikkeling van FMO, de successen en de vele dilemma’s. Soms vanuit een mondiaal perspectief, soms vanuit persoonlijke ervaring. Kleiterp en Wiersma verbinden op een openhartige wijze anekdotes over ontwikkeling, het bankwezen, ervaring met klanten en duurzaamheid tot een businessmodel dat winst door impact en impact door winst mogelijk maakt. Bankieren voor een betere wereld is een belangrijk en toegankelijk boek over duurzame, sociale ontwikkeling en verplichte literatuur voor bankiers, bedrijven, beleidsmakers en het maatschappelijk middenveld. Bankieren voor een betere wereld laat zien hoe ontwikkelingsbanken, de transitie naar een betere wereld versnellen.
Aan het buitenland gehecht: Over verankering en strategie van Nederlands buitenlandbeleid
Few other countries are so interrelated with the world around us in political, economic, and social respects as the Netherlands. This means that the Dutch government needs to be alert in its response to the risks and opportunities presented by a rapidly changing world. Addressing this issue, the Scientific Council for Government Policy (wrr) offers some reflections in this report, guided by the question how the Netherlands can develop a foreign policy strategy that matches the changing power relations in the world and the radically changed character of international relations. The answer to this question is a reorientation. This means making transparent choices, making smarter use of Europe as our dominant arena, and, finally, choosing an approach that makes better use of the growing role of non-state actors. The report’s recommendations not only underline the necessity of reorientation but also show how this could be accomplished in practice.
Werkprogramma voor de derde Raadsperiode 01/01/1983-1987; deel 2
Political Science; Public Administration
Werkprogramma voor de derde Raadsperiode 01/01/1983-1987 deel 1
Political Science; Public Administration
Waarborgen voor zekerheid. Een nieuw stelsel van sociale zekerheid in hoofdlijnen
Public Administration; Social Sciences
