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Civic and Uncivic Values in Kosovo: History, Politics, and Value Transformation (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This volume is based on the conviction that the key to the establishment of stable liberal democracy lies in the completion of three interrelated tasks: The creation of effective political institutions, the implementation of the rule of law, and the promotion of civic values.
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Darwin's Footprint: Cultural Perspectives on Evolution in Greece (1880–1930s) (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Examines how Darwinism profoundly influenced Greek cultural and intellectual history from the late 19th to early 20th centuries,... Læs mere
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Pagans and Christians in the Late Roman Empire: New Evidence, New Approaches (4th-8th centuries) (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Do the terms 'pagan' and 'Christian,' 'transition from paganism to Christianity' still hold as explanatory devices to apply to the political, religious and cultural transformation experienced Empire-wise?
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Academic Freedom: The Global Challenge (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Academic freedom-the institutional autonomy of scientific, research and teaching institutions, and the freedom of individual scholars and researchers to pursue controversial research and publish controversial opinions-is a cornerstone of any free society.
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Writing on Water: The Sounds of Jewish Prayer (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Writing on Water grasps the phenomenon of sound in prayer, that is, a meaning in sounds and soundscapes, and a musical essence in the act of praying.
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Writing Cities: Exploring Early Modern Urban Discourse (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Only one out of ten early modern Europeans lived in cities. Yet cities were crucial nodes, joining together producers and consumers, rulers and... Læs mere
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The Prose of the Mountains: Three Tales of the Caucasus (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Contains three tales by Aleksandre Qazbegi, a prescient Georgian chronicler who provides an invaluable counterpoint to predominantly Russian narratives of the nineteenth-century Caucasus and the Georgian encounter with colonial modernity.
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Broken Masculinities: Solitude, Alienation, and Frustration in Turkish Literature after 1970 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Examines the post-dictatorial Turkish novels of the 1970s following the 1971 coup, arguing that these works constitute a coherent sub-genre characterized by images of men and women craving power amid general isolation, sexual-emotional frustration, and traumatic alienation.
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The Positive Mind: Its Development and Impact on Modernity and Postmodernity (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Provides a radical reappraisal of positivism as a major philosophical, scientific, and cultural movement, offering a more precise definition while demonstrating how positivist thinkers connected problems of knowledge and science with ethics, social philosophy, and politics.
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The Visual World of the Hungarian Angevin Legendary (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The manuscript known as the Hungarian Angevin Legendary, made for Hungarian royal patrons, is an extraordinary relic of medieval book illumination.... Læs mere
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Narratives of Exile and Identity: Soviet Deportation Memoirs from the Baltic States (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This collection of essays considers the Soviet-era gulag in the Baltic States within the broader international research on displacement and cultural memory.
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Along Ukraine's River: A Social and Environmental History of the Dnipro (Dnieper) (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The River Dnipro (formerly better known by the Russian name of Dnieper) is intimately linked to the history and identity of... Læs mere
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