"This book developed from the proceedings of the First International Academic Conference "The Peace of Passarowitz 1718" held on 14-15 November 2008, on the occasion of the 290th Anniversary, in Pozarevac, Serbia"--Pref.
The studies presented in the collected volume are intended as an addition to scholarship in (comparative) cultural studies. More specifically, the articles... Læs mere
Based on extensive oral history and archival research, this sheds new... Læs mere
Provides translations of essays that deal with the Austrian idea and with the distinctive position of German-speaking... Læs mere
Addresses Jesus in the context of Judaism. By emphasising his Jewishness, the authors challenge today’s Jews to reclaim the Nazarene as a proto-rebel... Læs mere
Scholars tend to call them 'rites of passage'. Most people prefer to speak of them as life cycle events or milestones. This volume offers fresh insights into rituals as old as the Hebrew Bible in contexts as familiar as the American Midwest and as exotic as Karaism.
A historical-textual study about transformations of the aesthetics of the sublime - the literary and aesthetic quality of greatness under duress - from early English Romanticism to the New Poetry Movement in twentieth-century China.
Berlin, Budapest, Prague, and Warsaw are cities indelibly marked by more than forty years of Soviet influence. This title explores the ways in which these major urban centres have redefined their identities over the years.
A guide to identifying trees in Indiana and surrounding states. It explains how to identify various species in different seasons and color photographs show important characteristics.
Discusses aspects of terror with regard to human rights events across the globe, but especially in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. This title... Læs mere