The manipulative mode : political propaganda in antiquity : a collection of case studies /
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This book deals with political propoganda in classical antiquity, exploring the contexts, strategies, and parameters of a fascinating phenomenon that has often been approached with anachronistic models (such as the centrally organized 'propaganda machines' of the 20th-century totalitarian regimes) or completely ignored. It offers case studies on the archaic period, classical Athens, the Hellenistic kingdoms, the Augustan age and the late Roman empire, and emphasizes concepts such as interaction, integration, and horizontal orientation.
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1 online resource (vi, 318 pages) : illustrations, plans. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789047414544 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Mode of Production : The Final Horizon of Practice and Theory /
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Mode of Production: The Final Horizon of Practice and Theory re-invigorates the Marxist concept 'mode of production' by showing how it continues to have a central place in understanding the broad sweep of human history, while also offering crucial resources to inform social justice activism today. Drawing on recent materialist theory and newer insights from historical and anthropological scholarship, the book discusses the three modes of production that existed, the conflicts between them, the importance of Indigenous struggles to socialism, and explicates a materialist contemporary cultural politics. The book offers a pathway for activism and theory through the wide range of contemporary hegemonies.
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1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004745223
Constructing the Divine Abode of Dizang Bodhisattva : Mount Jiuhua in Late Imperial China (14th-20th Century) /
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This book explores how Mount Jiuhua became the seat of Dizang Bodhisattva and evolved into a renowned Buddhist mountain during the late imperial period. The uncoordinated yet collective efforts of various interested parties shaped the dynamic interplay between tangible elements (mummies, masters, pilgrimage practices) and intangible factors (myths, popular literature), redefining and reinforcing the mountain's divine status. By incorporating previously overlooked sources, such as inscriptions, amulets, drama scripts, and "underworld passes," this study highlights the critical role of rank-and-file religious practitioners in the sacred place-making process.
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1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004741980
Tutankhamun : the eternal splendor of the boy pharaoh /
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"Text by T.G. H James, photographs by Araldo De Luca, edited by Valeria Manferto De Fabianis, graphic design [by] Patricia Balocco Lovisetti"--p. 8 of cover.
This edition published by arrangement with White Star S.r.l. Verecelli, Italy" :
319 p. : col. ill. ; 37 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319) and index. :
9774245865
9789774245862
Antinoé, à la vie, à la mode : visions d'élégance dans les solitudes /
: Catalog of an exhibition organized by Musée des tissus, Lyon, together with Musée du Louvre and Opéra national de Lyon, and held at the Musée des Tissus, Oct. 1-Feb. 28, 2014. : 439 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 432-439). : 9782849753118
Depeche Mode. Jacob Taubes between Politics, Philosophy, and Religion /
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Jacob Taubes is one of the most significant intellectual figures in the more recent German intellectual scene-and beyond. However, Taubes was either dismissed as a highly controversial character, or as a mere commentator of ongoing debates, or the reception was restricted to his considerations on religion and the ambivalences of secularity. This volume challenges these reductions by putting Taubes' original, albeit marginalised, texts into new, sometimes surprising contexts. Furthermore, it relates familiar topics in his oeuvre to lesser-known themes that are still highly pertinent for contemporary discussions on faith, modernity, and the limits of politics.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004505100
9789004505094
'For my descendants and myself, a nice and pleasant abode' - agency, micro-history and built...
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This volume examines how people have been making, using and transforming buildings and built environments, and how buildings have been perceived, from the Byzantine period to modern times. It also considers a diversity of built constructions - including dwellings and public buildings, sheds and manor houses, and secular and sacral structures.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789695823 (PDF ebook) :
Policies of exchange : political systems and modes of interaction in the Aegean and the Near East...
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"How and by which means did material commodities and knowledge circulate among the Great Powers, lesser independent states and vassal kingdoms of the Aegean, Anatolia, Syria, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Egypt? Where did the different raw materials and finished products come from, and under which conditions and by whom were they negotiated? Is it possible to determine regions of production and direct and indirect channels of distribution? Which rules were applied in the supra-regional exchange? Which possibilities and which obligations did the vasssal kingdoms of the Levant have towards the Great Powers of the Hittites, Assyrians and Egyptians? Which role did the Mycenaean palaces of the Aegean play within the "international" network of exchanges? Can we develop a model of political and economic interaction? During the symposium at Freiburg University archaeologists, philologists and historians discussed these issues on the basis of the current evaluation of the archaeological and written evidence within an interdisciplinary framework and developed perspectives on the specific forms of exchange (re)considering the interaction of political and economic forces"--
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357 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9783700176619
From a Marxist Feminist Point of View : Essays on Freedom, Rationality and Human Nature /
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This book shows the fruitfulness of approaching key philosophical and political questions from a Marxist-feminist point of view. The idea is that different modes of production like capitalism and feudalism have structures -- 'relations of produc
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1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004703292
Poetry for patrons : literary communication in the age of Domitian /
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A study of the phenomenon of literary patronage, both non-imperial and imperial, during the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian (81-96 A.D.). This work centres on the Epigrams of Martial and the Silvae of Statius. The book deals not only with the relationships between poets and patrons, but also with the audiences and the functions of patron-oriented poetry. It includes discussions of such topics as \'patronage\' versus \'friendship\', the poetic \'I\', the role of poetry at symposia and festivals, dedication and publication, the influence of rhetoric on poetry, and the poetic representation of imperial power. The book should prove of interest not only to specialists in Roman poetry, but also to ancient historians and to students of literary patronage in other cultures. All Latin and Greek is translated.
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Enlargement of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Leiden, 1995. :
1 online resource (xiv, 493 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-469) and index. :
9789004351141 :
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