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Handbook of Rituals in Contemporary Studies of Religion: Exploring Ritual Creativity in the Footsteps of Anne-Christine Hornborg
This book brings together leading international scholars with the aim of exploring ritual perspectives in the study of contemporary religions. It combines significant theoretical …
Philosophy in the Islamic World: Volume 2/1: 11th-12th Centuries: Central and Eastern Regions
Philosophy in the Islamic World is a comprehensive and unprecedented four-volume reference work devoted to the history of philosophy in the realms of Islam, from its beginnings in …
Monarchy, the Court, and the Provincial Elite in Early Modern Europe
A team of experts view the relationship between rulers and their leading subjects across Europe and further afield. If God-derived authority legitimized a monarch's rule, it did …
Islands of Extreme Exclusion: Studies on Global Practices of Isolation, Punishment, and Education of the Unwanted
The island has historically played a special role in the cultural imagination - sometimes as a place of promise of tranquillity; at other times the remoteness has seemed attractive …
The Meaning and Uses of βασιλεία In the Gospel of Matthew: Semantic Monosemy and Pragmatic Modulation
Contrary to the prevailing view that βασιλεία is a verbal noun signifying God's rule, this study demonstrates how the term's pragmatic range in Matthew's Gospel covers both five …
The Dragon and the Rainbow: Man's Oldest Story
Modernization and conversion to world religions are threatening the survival of traditional belief systems, leaving behind only mysterious traces of their existence. This book, …
Esotericism and Deviance
The concept of deviance has been central to the academic study of (Western) esotericism since its inception. This book, being the proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the …
Alienation. Recuperating the Classical Discussion of Marx Et Al.
Nowadays alienation is naturally discussed as an existential condition of human beings, but in the 20th century, a strong Marxist current claimed alienation to be implied by …
Anglo-Swedish Commercial Connections and Diplomatic Relations in the Seventeenth Century
This is the first study to analyse the relationship between England and Sweden across the entire seventeenth century. It emphasises the importance of commerce and diplomacy working …
Friedrich Pollock: The Éminence Grise of the Frankfurt School
The son of an industrialist who wanted to abolish private property. A Jew who didn't want anything to do with Judaism. A professor who published little. An economist who squandered …
From a Marxist Feminist Point of View: Essays on Freedom, Rationality and Human Nature
This book shows the fruitfulness of approaching key philosophical and political questions from a Marxist-feminist point of view. The idea is that different modes of production like …
The Legacy of Birgitta of Sweden: Women, Politics, and Reform in Renaissance Italy
Saint Birgitta of Sweden (d. 1373), one of the most famous visionary women of the late Middle Ages, lived in Rome for the last 23 years of her life. Much of her extensive literary …