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urn:uuid:c53b0782-35f8-482c-8a59-4751ec051a0a 03 15 9789403748962 00 EB E107 10 01 01 Blessing and Cursing in Malachi A Reader-Oriented Approach 1 A01 Andy R. Espinoza 2 A32 Annelies Lips 3 A32 Guus Gijben 01 eng 00 285 03 10 REL006060 01 06 03 00 The book of Malachi is seldom referenced in Christian devotion or worship, with a rare exception being its use as an offering appeal during public worship. But is there more to Malachi than an offering appeal? Furthermore, what is the purpose of the strong curse at the end of the text that leads many Jewish people to this day to avoid ending the reading of the book with its last verse? In "Blessing and Cursing in Malachi: A Reader-Oriented Approach", the text of Malachi is explored to uncover fresh insights, particularly concerning the themes of blessing and cursing. Three consecutive and complementary steps are taken to explore the book: a syntactic analysis, revealing the organization and flow of the text; a semantic analysis, uncovering themes and their relationships; and a communication analysis, examining the interaction between the Text-Internal Author and the Text-Internal Reader. The analyses reveal that blessing and cursing, although used differently compared to other parts of the Hebrew Bible, constitute an effective means of guiding the Text-Internal Reader to a proper relationship with the divine and their community. Open Press Tilburg University 01 Open Press Tilburg University 04 01 20240624 02 WORLD 06 15 9789403748962 WORLD 09 Open Press Tilburg University 20 01 urn:uuid:c807c480-b7ed-43f6-8087-15370b4c7ab1 03 15 9789464851359 00 EB E107 10 01 01 Educational Utopias Liber Amicorum for Prof. Dr. Alkeline van Lenning 1 A01 Gerwin van der Laan 2 B01 Tessa Leesen 3 B01 Michiel Bot 4 B01 Ellens Dreezens 5 B01 Vikas Lakhani 6 B01 Martijn J. Loos 7 B01 Anna Shekiladze 8 B01 Genno Spoormans 9 B01 Tom Willems 01 eng 00 350 03 10 EDU001030 01 06 03 00 This Liber Amicorum was composed in honor of our dear colleague and former Dean of University College Tilburg, Prof. Dr. Alkeline van Lenning, who took emeritus status in March 2023 after an academic career of over forty years at Tilburg University. Alkeline van Lenning was professor of multi-disciplinary education and has expertise in the field of character education, interdisciplinary teaching in higher education, feminist theory, and gender. Close colleagues and friends were invited to share their ideas on educational utopias in higher education as a way to render Alkeline van Lenning a well-deserved tribute. Open Press Tilburg University 01 Open Press Tilburg University 04 01 20230501 02 WORLD 06 15 9789464851359 WORLD 09 Open Press Tilburg University 20 01 urn:uuid:dd97ab45-72c7-4e35-989e-ce0b9e60e0b8 03 15 9789464851281 00 EB E107 10 01 01 From Crackpot Idea to Mainstream Debate The Public Debate and Popular Support for Universal Basic Income in the Netherlands 1 A01 Erwin Gielens 01 eng 00 204 03 10 SOC026000 01 06 03 00 Over the past decade, the proposal for a Universal and Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) has become a serious alternative in policy-making circles. UBI promises replace the complex welfare bureaucracy with a single benefit – abandoning targets (such as the unemployed) and activation instruments (such as job-search requirements). This disarmingly simple idea has inspired policy experiments in many countries, the Netherlands among them. I show how UBI became a credible policy alternative in the Netherlands, with the capacity to fundamentally alter the course of the welfare state, but also atthe risk of losing the underlying revolutionary ideals. Open Press Tilburg University 01 Open Press Tilburg University 04 01 20230728 02 WORLD 06 15 9789464851281 WORLD 09 Open Press Tilburg University 20 01 urn:uuid:0e97a41b-efc9-49b9-9b64-bfb656eae683 03 15 9789403689982 00 EB E107 10 01 01 In Ordinata Concordia Het Subsidiariteitsbeginsel en de Geordende Eendracht in de Politieke Economie 1 A01 Herman Kaiser 01 dut 00 648 03 10 REL012000 01 06 03 00 Deze studie gaat over het subsidiariteitsbeginsel. Het is een onderdeel van het katholiek sociaal denken. Subsidiariteit gaat over een manier van ordenen. Over de relatie tussen de persoon en zijn omgeving. Cruciaal is de vraag naar de voorwaarden waaronder instituties invloed mogen uitoefenen op de natuurlijke sociale vrijheden en verantwoordelijkheden van de menselijke persoon en zijn sociale verbanden. De probleemstelling van dit proefschrift spitst zich toe op de vraag hoe in een tijd van globalisering, digitalisering en klimaatverandering het subsidiariteitsbeginsel functioneel kan zijn voor goed bestuur in de complexe gelaagdheid van de politieke economie. Open Press Tilburg University 01 Open Press Tilburg University 04 01 20230503 02 WORLD 06 15 9789403689982 06 15 9789403689982 WORLD 09 Open Press Tilburg University 20 01 urn:uuid:878f74f3-4d59-4900-8bc9-92fde90820d3 03 15 9789403738123 00 EB E107 10 01 01 Questions in Luke 1:5-2:52 Their Function in the Communication between the Text-internal Author and the Text-internal Reader 1 A01 Maurits J. Sinninghe Damsté 01 eng 00 410 03 10 REL006060 01 06 03 00 My dissertation studies the questions that are found in Luke 1:5–2:52. It does so in order to find out how they function in the communication between the author and the reader of the text. To analyse the text, I employ the Communication-Oriented Method. This method makes two assumptions. Firstly, it holds that the syntax of the text forms the basic structure in which all communication takes place. This means that the ‘grammar’ of the text is first scrutinised before the meaning of words and the communication itself are investigated. Secondly, this method makes a strict distinction between the text-external (or historical) author/reader, and the text-internal author/reader. The text-internal author/reader are textual constructs and, therefore, found only within the text. In my dissertation I focus only on the communication between the text-internal author and the text-internal reader. In other words, I only analyse the communication within the text, leaving the historical author/reader to other fields of research. Regarding the text-internal communication, the text-internal author can communicate with the text-internal reader directly, or indirectly (via the characters in the narrative). After having first determined the basic structure of the text, I go on to identify the questions that are found in the text. Questions can usually be identified by words such as ‘why’, ‘what’, and ‘how’. Sometimes, the meaning of the text points at questions that are not explicitly mentioned in the text. I then make a communication analysis of the text, focussing on the identified questions. My analysis leads me to the following conclusions. In the communication with the text-internal reader, the text-internal author uses questions to focus this reader’s attention on the character John, to stimulate the reader to identify with the character Mary, to emphasise the relation between the character Jesus and the temple in Jerusalem, and to prepare this reader for further misunderstandings regarding Jesus’ identity in the narrative to come. Generally, the questions found in Luke 1:5–2:52 function at the level of the characters as a communication ‘motor’, with the goal of promoting, prolonging, and intensifying the communication between the characters. At the level of the text-internal author/reader, the questions in Luke 1:5–2:52 function as a narrative ‘motor’, driving the text-internal author’s narrative by setting further action and communication in motion. Open Press Tilburg University 01 Open Press Tilburg University 04 01 20240515 02 WORLD 06 15 9789403738123 WORLD 09 Open Press Tilburg University 20 01 urn:uuid:ee52a763-fb1a-40e1-9b7b-e95174a297e3 03 15 9789403691909 00 EB E107 10 01 01 Theo Camps Liber Amicorum 1 A01 Marc Vermeulen 01 dut 00 236 03 10 BUS085000 01 06 03 00 Op 17 maart 2023 nam Prof. Dr. Theo Camps (1955) officieel afscheid als hoogleraar bij TIAS School for Business and Society en Tilburg University. Daarmee bee?indigde hij een loopbaan van meer dan veertig jaar in het publieke domein. Camps bekleedde vanaf 2000 een leerstoel Organisatiekunde & Bestuurskunde en richtte zich daarbij vooral op leiderschapsvraagstukken in maatschappelijke organisaties en in het openbaar bestuur. Camps combineerde zijn leerstoel lange tijd met het bestuursvoorzitterschap van de Berenschot Groep B.V. en met een aantal toezichthouderlijke functies in onder meer het onderwijs en de pensioenwereld. Het is een goede gewoonte dat bij het afscheid van een hoogleraar een liber amicorum samengesteld en aangeboden wordt. In dit “vriendenboek” reflecteren 34 auteurs op de betekenis (groot of klein) van Theo Camps voor organisaties in de volle breedte van het Nederlandse publieke systeem. Omdat de auteurs van deze bloemlezing vaak over de schouder van Camps heen reflecteren op meer algemene ontwikkelingen in het leiderschap in dit systeem, is de bundel ook betekenisvol voor degenen die niet het voorrecht hadden met hem te werken in de afgelopen vier decennia. Open Press Tilburg University 01 Open Press Tilburg University 04 01 20230601 02 WORLD 06 15 9789403691909 WORLD 09 Open Press Tilburg University 20 01 urn:uuid:47fa6f98-ef0b-47b9-b034-62a1cc3db401 03 15 9789403754093 00 EB E107 10 01 01 "Who are those people?" Causes and consequences of polarization in the schooled society 1 A01 Quita Muis 2 A32 Sjoerd van Leeuwen 01 eng 00 274 03 10 SOC074000 01 06 03 00 Polarization panic is omnipresent in the public as well as scientific debate in Europe. However, much is unclear about what kind of polarization is taking place, who is polarizing and why, and what the consequences of polarization are. Guided by theories regarding modernization, the schooled society, social identification, cleavage formation, a cultural backlash, and agonistic pluralism, I aim to clarify the "what", "who", "why", and "whatever" of polarization in Europe. I do so by investigating different forms of polarization between educational groups (Part I), between social identity groups and birth cohorts (Part II), and by disentangling the relationship between polarization and democracy (Part III). Grounded in six empirical chapters based on qualitative and quantitative methods, I conclude that polarization is perceived rather than actually occurring. These false perceptions are driven by a search for social recognition in an ever more individualistic society, resulting in identification with narrow social groups. Educational level is one example of such a social identity, as the schooled society has made knowledge and cognitive skills primary sources of social (mis)recognition. Stereotypical ideas about cognitive and moral superiority are strengthened by politics and social media, distorting the image we have of ourselves and others. This false polarization increases the risk of actual polarization becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy, which will strengthen distinctions between social identities in turn. Although polarization can be good for democracy, the lack of shared identity is affecting the democratic values of younger generations and conflict can erode the system when becoming too moralized. Therefore, the question "who are those people?" turns out to be a cause as well as a consequence of polarization in Europe, but it may also form the key to a solution Open Press Tilburg University 01 Open Press Tilburg University 04 01 20240927 02 WORLD 06 15 9789403754093 06 15 9789403754093 WORLD 09 Open Press Tilburg University 20 01 urn:uuid:4eb63c83-815a-4493-a5de-5f19869c43c6 03 15 9789403703954 00 EB E107 10 01 01 Why do European citizens support populism? A comparative study of demand-side and supply-side explanations 1 A01 Francesco Marolla 01 eng 00 274 03 10 POL031000 01 06 03 00 This thesis presents an in-depth exploration of the rise of populist parties in European democracies over the past two decades. Drawing from the ideational approach to populism, this study investigates the diverse factors driving citizen support for these political movements from a comparative perspective. The research explores both demand-side and supply-side factors, offering crucial insights into the cross-country variations in populist parties’ electoral performances. This integrated approach sheds light on the multifaceted dynamics underlying populist support in European democracies, enriching the scholarly understanding of populism’s complexities but also equipping policymakers with valuable knowledge to understand where support for these political actors originates from. Open Press Tilburg University 01 Open Press Tilburg University 04 01 20231103 02 WORLD 06 15 9789403703954 06 15 9789403703954 WORLD 09 Open Press Tilburg University 20 01