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Narrative, Film, and Identity : How Cinema Impacts the Meaning of Life /
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Our identities are shaped by narratives, and cinema contributes to that process. While there is substantial scholarship on both narrative identity and film narrative, there is very little investigation of the intersection between them. This book provides that, with particular attention to how the interaction between film narratives and life narratives affect the meaning of life. Traditional issues like spectator activity and realism appear in a different light when viewed through this interaction. It also reveals how film can both help and hinder the meaning of our lives by sustaining oppressive narratives or promoting new narrative possibilities. See Less
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1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004711082
Jewish Latin American Artists : Perspectives from the Global South /
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Jewish visual artists living and working in Latin America during the 20th and 21st centuries broaden an appreciation of the art of the Americas. The anthology addresses an often underacknowledged Jewish presence as part of the aesthetic of the global south providing the general public and scholars with in-depth insights. The artists' dynamic prints, sculptures, paintings, and photographs explore aspects of modernist abstraction, and at times, indigenous materials, sardonic commentary on consumerism, and utopian ideals in their works of art. The anthology begins to fill a void of the contribution of Jewish Latin American artists born in Europe who immigrated to Latin America and others born there.
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1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004736108
Southern Perspectives : Being a Southeast Asian Doctoral Student in Foreign Lands /
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This volume is a collection of the stories of eight international students from Southeast Asia who journeyed to undertake doctoral studies in an Australian university. Each author shares the academic and cultural challenges of living and studying in a foreign country and adjusting to different cultural and social contexts, including the drivers, motivators, personal and familial expectations of undertaking doctoral studies in a foreign land, their changing sense of self and identity on their journey, and the impact of being separated from family, friends, and familiar supports. Insights are gained into the social, cultural and familial experiences that challenge doctoral students and their family members. Contributors are: M. Maksud Ali, Elizabeth Allotta, Brent Bradford, Danwei Gao, Huan Yik Lee, Yifie Liang, Muhammad Ali Musofer, Garth Stahl, Aaron Teo and Preeti Vayada.
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1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004746923
Contemporary Muslim Qurʾānic Hermeneutics : Translations and Perspectives /
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This book brings together leading Muslim thinkers-from Egypt to Tunisia, Morocco, Iran, Turkey, to Indonesia-offering bold, diverse perspectives on how to interpret the Qurʾān in a changing world. From gender justice and interfaith relations to critiques of tradition and modernity, these essays tackle urgent questions facing Muslim communities. Many appear here in English for the first time. Whether defending classical methods or proposing reformist approaches, each author engages deeply with the Qurʾān's meaning and relevance. A unique resource for students, scholars, and all who seek to understand contemporary Qurʾānic hermeneutics from within the Muslim tradition.
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1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004750692
Comparative Space Law : The Space Frontier from a Private Law Perspective /
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This book approaches space law from the angle of legal comparison. In a new phase of exploration and exploitation of outer space characterised by an increasing presence and role of commercial entities, problems inherent in systems of private law arise in a special context and require specific legal answers. Through a comparative method, this book systematises the complex legal spacescape concerning some fundamental concepts rooted in the various national systems of private law: natural and legal persons, property rights, liability, contracts, and securities. These analyses form a handbook of private law in the context of outer space.
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1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004724051
Ancient manuscripts in digital culture : visualisation, data mining, communication /
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Ancient Manuscripts in Digital Culture presents an overview of the digital turn in Ancient Jewish and Christian manuscripts visualisation, data mining and communication. Edited by David Hamidović, Claire Clivaz and Sarah Bowen Savant, it gathers together the contributions of seventeen scholars involved in Biblical, Early Jewish and Christian studies. The volume attests to the spreading of digital humanities in these fields and presents fundamental analysis of the rise of visual culture as well as specific test-cases concerning ancient manuscripts. Sophisticated visualisation tools, stylometric analysis, teaching and visual data, epigraphy and visualisation belong notably to the varied overview presented in the volume.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004399297 :
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Corona Phenomenon: Philosophical and Political Questions /
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This book is the outcome of one of the most extensive international academic projects on the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of humanities and social sciences. It includes the reflections of scholars from 25 universities, in Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia, the US, and the UK, on 60 important philosophical and political questions. This paradigmatic volume is unique in the history of the humanities and social sciences in dealing with pandemics and should be considered as a starting point for more coherent and synergistic academic cooperation in preparation for similar future phenomena.
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In the face of the corona phenomenon, this volume includes the reflections of scholars on 60 important philosophical and political questions, together and interconnected. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004512924
9789004512917
Corona Phenomenon: Philosophical and Political Questions /
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This book is the outcome of one of the most extensive international academic projects on the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of humanities and social sciences. It includes the reflections of scholars from 25 universities, in Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia, the US, and the UK, on 60 important philosophical and political questions. This paradigmatic volume is unique in the history of the humanities and social sciences in dealing with pandemics and should be considered as a starting point for more coherent and synergistic academic cooperation in preparation for similar future phenomena.
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In the face of the corona phenomenon, this volume includes the reflections of scholars on 60 important philosophical and political questions, together and interconnected. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004512924
9789004512917
Key Concepts in the Study of Religions in Contact /
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There is no religion lest there are two religions. Therefore, it is only possible to examine the history of religions by taking the crucial situations of contact into account. Contact needs concepts. Not only scholars but also participants in situations of contact are forced to conceptualize themselves and the other. Taking its point of departure from the contact-based approach to the study of religion, the present volume examines and reassesses a selection of concepts and models (attraction, dynamics and stability, tradition, transcendence/immanence, senses, secret, space) used to come to terms with the phenomenon of contact as the dynamizing element of the history of religions.
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1 online resource (544 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004714908
Thinking with Marx Today, Volume 2 : "Man?" /
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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.
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1 online resource (604 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004300408
Policies of exchange : political systems and modes of interaction in the Aegean and the Near East in the 2nd millenium B.C.E : proceedings of the International Syposium at the Univ...
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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. :
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9783700176619
Ethics of Alaska Travel Writing since 1959 : An Ecocritical Study /
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This book digs into environmental themes in Alaska travel writing since U.S. statehood in 1959, drawing on the works of six authors including Barry Lopez, Jonathan Raban, Tom Lowenstein and others. Each work, though disparate in style, advocates for the empowerment of the Alaska Native people by connecting not only with diverse perspectives but with the lived realities in the geographical spaces that have formed them. In analyzing how these authors have succeeded in depicting the realities of alterities, and where they have perhaps fallen short by more recent standards, we may begin to carve out a system of ethics. This is important as fresh waves of travel writers search for their own place in the environmental conversations surrounding the ever-evolving, 21st century Arctic and its place on the front lines of a changing climate.
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1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004734807
The Church of England and the Second World War : Ethical Traditions in Anglican Public Theology /
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In The Church of England and the Second World War , John D. Alexander analyses how historic Christian ethical traditions influenced the Church of England's contributions to British pre-war and wartime public policy debates. These traditions include just war, holy war, pacifism, and Christian realism as deployed by such diverse Anglican figures as Cosmo Gordon Lang, William Temple, Herbert Hensley Henson, George Bell, Cyril Forster Garbett, Charles Raven, Percy Hartill, Evelyn Underhill, Vera Brittain, and James Parkes. Additional themes include war as divine judgement, humanitarian intervention, and Church of England responses to the Holocaust. As a case study in the application of Christian ethical traditions, this book makes vital connections between Anglican studies, international relations theory, and the diplomatic, military, and humanitarian challenges of the mid-twentieth century.
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1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004737655
Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Mental Health : Challenges and Culturally Sensitive Practice /
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This innovative book provides a thorough and compassionate examination of the lives of Syrian refugees in Jordan, as well as their families. It will equip mental health professionals with the necessary skills to effectively intervene when working with this vulnerable population. What distinguishes this book is its emphasis on the unique challenges that arise from the relationship between Jordanian locals and Syrian refugees, as well as how mental health practitioners can navigate these complexities. It sheds light on the obstacles that such practitioners face in their work and offers valuable insights into how to overcome them.
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1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004703025
The construction of value in the ancient world
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Signifcant stones, signifcant places : monumentality and landscapes in neolithic Western Europe / Chris Scarre
The negotiation of place-value in the landscape / John Chapman
Spare values : the decision not to destroy / Susan E. Alcock
Emplacing value, cultivating order : places of conversion and practices of subordination throughout early Inka state formation (Cusco, Peru) / Steve Kosiba
The revaluation of landscapes in the Inca empire as Peircean replication / Charles Stanish
Objectifying the body : the increased value of the ancient Egyptian mummy during the socioeconomic crisis of dynasty / Kathlyn M. Cooney
From value to meaning, from things to persons : the grave circles of Mycenae reconsidered / Sofia Voutsaki
Dressing the body in splendor : expression of value by the Moche of ancient Peru / Christopher B. Donnan
Interpreting the Paracas body and its value in ancient Peru / Lisa DeLeonardis
The value of chorality in ancient Greece / Leslie Kurke
Bodies and their values in the early medieval West / Patrick J. Geary. Systems of value among material things : the nexus of fungibility and measure / Colin Renfrew
Money, art, and the construction of value in the ancient Mediterranean / John K. Papadopolous
The construction of values during the Peruvian formative / Richard L. Burger
Bronze, jade, gold, and ivory : valuable objects in ancient Sichuan / Rowan Flad
The value of aesthetic value / James I Porter
Light and the precious object, or value in the eyes of the Byzantines / Ioli Kalavrezou
Figurine fashions in formative Mesoamerica / Richard G. Lesure
From rational to relational : re-configuring value in the Inca empire / Tamara L. Bray : Competing and commensurate values in colonial conditions : how they are expressed and registered in the sixteenth-century Andes / Tom Cummins
Equivalency values and the command economy of the Ur III period in Mesopotamia / Robert K. Englund
Constructing value with instruments versus constructing equivalence with mathematics : measuring grains according to early chinese mathematical sources / Karine Chemla
Recording values in the Inka empire / Gary Urton
The varieties of ancient Maya numeration and value / David Stuart
Calculative objects : sustaining symbolic systems in the ancient Mediterranean / Melissa A. Bailey
Middle Kingdom Palace Culture and Its Echoes in the Provinces : Regional Perspectives and Realities /
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"Middle Kingdom Palace Culture and Its Echoes in the Provinces addresses the significant gaps that remain in scholarly understanding about the origins and development of Egypt's "Classical Age". The essays in this volume are the end result of a conference held at the University of Jaén in Spain to study history, archaeology, art, and language of the Middle Kingdom. Special attention is paid to provincial culture, perspectives, and historical realities. The distinguished group of Egyptologists from around the world gathered to consider the degree of influence that provincial developments played in reshaping the Egyptian state and its culture during the period. This volume aims to take a step towards a better understanding of the cultural renaissance, including the ideological transformations and social reorganization that produced the Middle Kingdom"--
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This collection of essays is the result of a conference dedicated to the study of Palace Culture and its Echoes in the Provinces in Middle Kingdom Egypt, held at the University of Jaén in Spain on June 2-3, 2016--Introduction. :
1 online resource. :
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9789004442825
9789004442818
From the delta to the cataract : studies dedicated to Mohamed el-Bialy /
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"This volume in honour of Mohamed el-Bialy offers 22 contributions by his friends and colleagues in appreciation for many years of true cooperation during his long career in Egyptian archaeology. The articles deal with a wide range of topics and cover a time span from prehistory to the Byzantine Era. Unpublished objects and texts as well as results of most recent field research are presented by leading scholars in archaeology, Egyptology, architectural history and religious studies. The focus on the regions of Aswan and ancient Thebes reflects the particular research interests of the honoree and his constant efforts to protect the archaeological heritage at these two centers of ancient Egyptian civilization"--Provided by publisher.
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xv, 294 pages ; 24 cm. :
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9789004293441
9004293442
The Problem of Evil : An Intercultural Exploration /
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This book is an intercultural exploration of the full scope of evil. The problems of evil have beset humanity throughout the ages and continue to trouble us. The studies here examine evil in Asian thought, in Western theory, in the cosmic order, in human psychology, and in social practice. Insights are added to the philosophical discussions from religion, culture, history, law, technology, and literature.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004459038
9789042004795
From the delta to the cataract : studies dedicated to Mohamed el-Bialy /
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This volume in honour of Mohamed el-Bialy offers 22 contributions by his friends and colleagues in appreciation for many years of true cooperation during his long career in Egyptian Archaeology. The articles deal with a wide range of topics and cover a time span from prehistory to the Byzantine Era. Unpublished objects and texts as well as results of most recent field research are presented by leading scholars in archaeology, Egyptology, architectural history and religious studies. The focus on the regions of Aswan and Ancient Thebes reflects the particular research interests of the honoree and his constant efforts to protect the archaeological heritage at these two centers of Ancient Egyptian civilization.
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1 online resource (xviii, 294 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004293458 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.