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Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements
The Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements offers a multinational study of Islam, its variants, influences, and neighbouring movements, from a multidisciplinary range of scholars. These chapters highlight the diversity of Islam, especially in its contemporary manifestations, as a religion of many communities, theologies, and ideologies. Over five sections—on Sunni, Shia, Sufi, fundamentalist…
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- 978-90-04-43554-4
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- Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
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Astrophysics, Astronomy and Space Sciences in the History of the Max Planck S…
This book provides the first comprehensive historical account of the evolution of scientific traditions in astronomy, astrophysics, and the space sciences within the Max Planck Society. Structured with in-depth archival research, interviews with protagonists, unpublished photographs, and an extensive bibliography, it follows a unique history: from the post-war relaunch of physical sciences in W…
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- Volume: 4
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- 978-90-04-52913-7
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Neoromantik der Jahrhundertwende = Transformationen eines romantischen Erzäh…
Dieses Open-Access-Buch beschreibt die rege Wiederaufnahme des Romantischen in der literarischen Landschaft um 1900. Es zeichnet die vergessene Diskursgeschichte einer sogenannten ‚Neuromantik‘ nach, um anschließend zu analysieren, was genau sich in diesen Texten im Vergleich zur historischen Romantik verändert hat. Die Neoromantik der Jahrhundertwende lässt sich damit als eine folgenrei…
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- 1
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- 9783662662892
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- XVII, 392 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- 2
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Governing the Galleys: Jurisdiction, Justice, and Trade in the Squadrons of t…
The development of the Spanish Navy in the early modern Mediterranean triggered a change in the balance of political and economic power for the coastal populations of the Hispanic Monarchy. The establishment of new permanent squadrons, endowed with very broad jurisdictional powers, was the cause of many conflicts with the local authorities and had a direct influence on the economic and producti…
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- 978-90-04-41329-0
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- 210 pp
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- Mediterranean Reconfigurations, Volume: 1
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Goethe's Faust I Outlined : Moritz Retzsch's Prints in Circulation
In a new approach to Goethe's Faust I, Evanghelia Stead extensively discusses Moritz Retzsch's twenty-six outline prints (1816) and how their spin-offs made the unfathomable play available to larger reader communities through copying and extensive distribution circuits, including bespoke gifts. The images amply transformed as they travelled throughout Europe and overseas, revealing differences …
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- 978-90-04-54301-0
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- xxx, 450 pp
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- Library of the Written Word - The Industrial World, Volume: 113
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Globalization and “Minority” Cultures : The Role of “Minor” Cultural …
Globalization and “Minority” Cultures: The Role of “Minor” Cultural Groups in Shaping Our Global Future is a collective work which brings to the forefront of global studies new perspectives on the relationship between globalization and the experiences of cultural minorities worldwide. These perspectives are crucial to the process of questioning contemporary global values and practices, …
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- 978-90-04-28208-7
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- xvi, 340 pp
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- Studies in International Minority and Group Rights, Volume: 8
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Global Agricultural Workers from the 17th to the 21st Century
Agricultural workers have long been underrepresented in labour history. This volume aims to change this by bringing together a collection of studies on the largest group of the global work force. The contributions cover the period from the early modern to the present – a period when the emergence and consolidation of capitalism has transformed rural areas all over the globe. Three questions h…
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- 978-90-04-52942-7
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- xvi, 466 pp
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- Studies in Global Social History, Volume: 50
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Georges Sorel’s Study on Vico : Translation, Edition, and Introduction
Georges Sorel’s Study on Vico is a revelatory document of the depths and stakes of French social thought at the end of the 19th century. What brought Sorel to the 18th century Neapolitan theorist of history? Acute awareness of the limitations of Marxist thought in his day, a profound concern with the material underpinnings of language, law, and culture, and the imperative to understand the po…
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- 978-90-04-41633-8
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- viii, 162pp
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- Radboud Studies in Humanities, Volume: 10
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The Formation of Japan-ROK Security Relations = Meeting the Evolving Cold War…
This open access book argues that Japan-ROK security relations were formed in the process of adjusting the threat perception gap and policy conflict between the two countries. Conventional analyses using a “cooperation or conflict” dichotomy are too limited to capture the complex coordination of interests that security relations entail. In comparison, this book focuses on how, as they inter…
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- 1
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- 9789819784790
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- XI, 216 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Secularization and China's Modernization
This open access book examines from the perspective of secularization. Since the publication of Max Weber's Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism, how to realize modernization in developing countries has become an urgent problem to be demonstrated. Secularization has becoming endogenous power for Chinese modernization procedure, especially since 1978. However, to understand the foundat…
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- 1
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- 9789819780624
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- XI, 402 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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