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"Arise Ye Wretched of the Earth": The First International in a Global Perspec…
“Arise Ye Wretched of the Earth” provides a fresh account of the International Working Men’s Association. Founded in London in 1864, the First International gathered trade unions, associations, co-operatives, and individual workers across Europe and the Americas. The IWMA struggled for the emancipation of labour. It organised solidarity with strikers. It took sides in major events, such …
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- Volume: 29
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- 978-90-04-33546-2
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Waqf in Zaydī Yemen; Legal Theory, Codification, and Local Practice
Islamic foundations ( waqf, pl. awqāf) have been an integral part of Yemeni society both for managing private wealth and as a legal frame for charity and public infrastructure. This book focuses on four socially grounded fields of legal knowledge: fiqh, codification, individual waqf cases, and everyday waqf-related knowledge. It combines textual analysis with ethnography and seeks to understan…
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- Volume: 46
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- 978-90-04-37784-4
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Grundsätze ordnungsmäßiger Bilanzierung von Kundenbeziehungen nach GoB im …
In diesem Open-Access-Buch erfolgt eine normative Auseinandersetzung mit der Bilanzierung von immateriellen Vermögensgegenständen nach HGB im Vergleich zu der Bilanzierung immaterieller Vermögenswerte nach IFRS. Der Schwerpunkt der Analyse wird auf unterschiedlich ausgestaltete Kundenbeziehungen gelegt und gleichzeitig aktuelle Sachverhalte, bspw. die bilanzielle Behandlung von Kryptowährun…
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- 978-3-658-40544-1
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- XXV, 219
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Supersapientia: Berthold of Moosburg and the Divine Science of the Platonists
This study examines the motivations and doctrinal coherence of the Commentary on the Elements of Theology of Proclus written by Berthold of Moosburg, O.P. († c. 1361/1363). It provides an overview of Berthold’s biography and intellectual contexts, his manuscript remains, and a partial edition of his annotations on Macrobius and Proclus. Through a close analysis of the three prefaces to the …
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- 978-90-04-46548-0
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Ratnakūṭa Studies
Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions produced hundreds of scriptures and treatises, only a small number of which have received serious scholarly attention. The present volume inaugurates the Buddhist Open Philology Project (BOPP) publication series, which aims to produce state-of-the-art critical editions, translations, and studies of individual works, thereby seeking to advance the comprehens…
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- 978-90-04-70680-4
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Nahj al-Balāghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of ʿAlī: A Parallel English-Ara…
Nahj al-Balāghah, the celebrated compendium of orations, letters, and sayings of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) compiled by al-Sharīf al-Raḍī (d. 406/1015), is a masterpiece of Arabic literature and Islamic wisdom studied and memorized avidly and continually for over a thousand years. Showcasing ʿAlī’s life and travails in his own words, it also transcribes his profound reflectio…
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- Volume: 15
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- 978-90-04-68260-3
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“The Turk” in the Czech Imagination (1870s-1923)
In “The Turk” in the Czech Imagination (1870s-1923), Jitka Malečková describes Czechs’ views of the Turks in the last half century of the existence of the Ottoman Empire and how they were influenced by ideas and trends in other countries, including the European fascination with the Orient, images of “the Turk,” contemporary scholarship, and racial theories. The Czechs were not free …
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- Volume: 26
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- 978-90-04-44079-1
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Ḥadīth and Ethics through the Lens of Interdisciplinarity
This volume addresses the interplay of ḥadīth and ethics and contributes to examining the emerging field of ḥadīth-based ethics. The chapters cover four different sections: noble virtues ( makārim al-akhlāq) and virtuous acts ( faḍāʾil al-aʿmāl); concepts ( adab, taḥbīb, ʿuzla); disciplines ( ḥadīth transmission, gender ethics); and individual and key traditions (the ḥad…
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- Volume: 5
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- 978-90-04-52593-1
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Heart Speaks unto Heart: On the Kinship of Spirit and Thought: John Henry New…
Both Newman and Stein present a mature response to the challenges of their eras. In like manner they reflect splendid examples of genuine persons in the grip of disrupting cultural trends. They show the primacy of individual conscience and the importance of individual integrity even at the expense of social ostracism and extermination. Newman and Stein are outstanding witnesses of individual fr…
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- Volume: 368
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- 978-90-04-46622-7
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"At the Shores of the Sky; Asian Studies for Albert Hoffstädt
Albert Hoffstädt, a classicist by training and polylingual humanist by disposition, has for 25 years been the editor chiefly responsible for the development and acquisition of manuscripts in Asian Studies for Brill. During that time he has shepherded over 700 books into print and has distinguished himself as a figure of exceptional discernment and insight in academic publishing. He has also be…
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- Volume: 151
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- 978-90-04-43820-0
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