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Engines of Order: A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Building on the philosophy of Gilbert Simondon and the cultural techniques tradition, this book examines the constructive and cumulative... Læs mere
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The Thousand and One Nights and Orientalism in the Dutch Republic, 1700-1800: Antoine Galland, Ghisbert Cuper and Gilbert de Flines (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book explores the reception of the 1001 Nights in eighteenth-century Dutch literature and scholarship, and the bibliographic history of its French-language editions and Dutch retranslations.
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Theoterrorism v. Freedom of Speech: From Incident to Precedent (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book aims to understand the motives of religious fanatics' and their extreme reactions to religious satire and criticism by means of the concept of theoterrorism: terrorism grounded in religious zealotry.
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Transoceanic Animals as Spectacle in Early Modern Spain (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In presenting and analyzing the stories of five previously unnamed animals, Beusterien enriches our understanding of the role of animals in the development of commercial theater in Spain and in the modern bullfight.
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Beijing Garbage: A City Besieged by Waste (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Most citizens of Beijing are well aware of the fact that their city is besieged by waste. Yet instead of taking individual action, they sit and wait for the governments at various levels to tell them what to do.
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Arguments Against the Christian Religion in Amsterdam by Saul Levi Morteira, Spinoza's Rabbi (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This is the first book to offer a translation into English-as well as a critical study-of a Spanish treatise written around 1650 by Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira.
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Bede: Part 2 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This newest volume in a long-running work of mapping the sources of Anglo-Saxon literary culture in England from 500 to 1100 CE takes up one of the most important authors of the period, the eighth-century monk-scholar known as the Venerable Bede.
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The ABC of Modern Biography (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book gives an informed and compelling insight into the modern biography, exploring its history and different components such as genre, points of view, the lives of famous biographers themselves, and other aspects through an alphabetical structure.
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Border Communities at the Edge of the Roman Empire: Processes of Change in the Civitas Cananefatium (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This study is the first synthesis of the community of the Cananefates, who lived in the most... Læs mere
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Structure and Features of Anna Komnene’s Alexiad: Emergence of a Personal History (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book introduces new methods of research for studying the Alexiad, aiming primarily at analysing Anna Komnene's literary expression.
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Chivalry, Reading, and Women's Culture in Early Modern Spain: From Amadis de Gaula to Don Quixote (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book analyses many versions of the romance from Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and England and tells a new story of the life, death, and influences of Amadís.
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Writing Japan's War in New Guinea: The Diary of Tamura Yoshikazu (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Tamura Yoshikazu is destined to die on the alien shores of the New Guinea warzone. Profoundly unsettled by all that appears to be at odds... Læs mere
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