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Published 2009
The messiah of Shiraz : studies in early and middle Babism /

: The 19th century saw an enormous shift in the authority structure of Iranian and Iraqi Twelver Shiʿism, with the victory of a theological school (Usulism) that stressed the power of the clergy. This is well known. What is less well known is that there was a parallel development of authority in the Shaykhi school and its offshoot, the Babi sect. Here, especially in later forms of Babism, the Shiʿite claim to charismatic authority reached its limits in hyperbolic attestations of divinity. The present text is in two parts: a study of how Shaykhism bifurcated into a form close to orthodoxy next to the highly unorthodox Babi movement. Part two examines how Babism changed after the death in 1850 of its founder, the Bāb.
: Based on author's 1979 thesis. : 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references (p. [705]-732) and index. : 9789047443070 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2026
Thinking with Marx Today, Volume 2 : "Man?" /

: Instead of abstract "man," Marx argued that there is an ensemble of societal relations that underpins social formations of various kinds as well as a variety of forms of individuality. In this second volume of Thinking with Marx Today, Lucien Sève presents what he calls Marx's revolution in anthropology. He deftly analyzes the philosophical preconditions and the fundamental concepts of this anthropology. This is followed by critiques of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and contemporary primatology coupled with borrowings from Freud, Politzer, Vygotsky, and contemporary literature on biography. Sève's aim is nothing less than to outline a science of human individuality.
: 1 online resource (604 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004300408

Published 2009
Theios Sophistes : essays on Flavius Philostratus' Vita Apollonii /

: Flavius Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana (Vita Apollonii), written in the first half of the third century CE, is a key text in the cultural, literary and religious history of the Second Sophistic and of Late Antiquity. Its generic and formal diversity, its shifting cultural and historical background, as well as its protean hero, call for a multifaceted and interdisciplinary reading. Theios Sophistès is the first collection of interpretative essays on the Vita Apollonii . Leading scholars in the field and younger critics make for a combination of methodological continuity and innovation. The book is divided into two sections, one focusing on literary and philological discussions and relating the Vita to other ancient texts and genres, and one dealing with religious and philosophical aspects. The wide range of approaches and perspectives does justice to the high level of literary, historical and philosophical-religious sophistication of this text.
: 1 online resource. : Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and indexes. : 9789047424406 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2015
An introduction to the archaeology of Ancient Egypt /

: xxii, 454 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9780470673362 (pbk.)

Published 1981
Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants, Amsterdam 1-7 September, 1978 : Edited by R. Peters, with a Preface by J. Brugman /

: 1 online resource (348) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004662933

Published 1992
Prospects for automatic milking /

: 1 online resource (586 pages) : illustrations. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004684591