Four Cultures Of The West

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The workings of Western intelligence in our day--whether in politics or the arts, in the humanities or the church--are as troubling as they are mysterious, leading to the questions: Where are we going? What in the world were we thinking? By exploring the history of four "cultures" so deeply embedded in Western history that we rarely see their instrumental role in politics, religion, education, and the arts, this timely book provides a broad framework for addressing these questions in a fresh way.

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Genre : Religion
Author : John OMALLEY
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Release : 2009-06-30
File : 272 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780674041691


Cultures Of The World Central Europe

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Publisher : Remedia Publications
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File : 40 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1596396385


The Re Enchantment Of The West Vol 2

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The Re-Enchantment of the West challenges those theories that predict widespread secularization beyond traditional institutional religiosity. Spiritualities are emerging that are not only quite different from the those forms of religion that are in decline, but are often defined over against them and articulated and passed on in ways quite different from those of traditional religion. In particular, it is argued that such contemporary Western spirituality is fed by a constantly replenished reservoir of ideas, practices, and methodologies, which is here termed 'occulture'. Moreover, such occultural ideas both feed into and are resourced by popular culture. Indeed, popular occulture is a key feature of the re-enchantment of the West. Demonstrating the significance and ubiquity of these ideas, this book examines, for example, healthcare and nursing, contemporary environmentalism, psychedelia and drug use, the Internet and cyberspirituality, belief in UFOs and extraterrestrial life, demonology and the contemporary fascination with the figure of Satan, the heavy metal subculture, popular apocalypticism, and millennial violence.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Christopher Partridge
Publisher : A&C Black
Release : 2006-04-20
File : 481 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780567552716


Globalisation Volume 2

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In the course of three years, the Globalisation Project has gathered experts from a variety of disciplines to reflect together on globalisation, its origins, its manifestations and consequences, particularly for the Christian religion and for Christian churches today. This second volume on this theme in the Beyers Naud‚ Series, also represents a selection of papers that were presented at consultations of the Joint Project, in this case during those held at Stellenbosch and Emden, Germany, in 2009.

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Genre : Religion
Author : Allan Boesak
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Release : 2010-09-01
File : 264 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781920338398


The Cultures Of The American New West

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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Genre : Arts, American
Author : Neil Campbell
Publisher : Psychology Press
Release : 2000
File : 200 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1579582885


Cultures Of Transnationality In European Migration

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Transnational mobility in the EU has become a key factor for supranational integration, equal life chances and socioeconomic prosperity. This book explores the cultural and social patterns that shape people’s migration, the historical and contemporary patterns of their movement, and the manifold consequences of their migration for themselves and their families. Exploring the links between social and spatial mobility, the book draws attention to the complexity of moving and staying, as ways in which social inequalities are shaped and reinforced. Grounded in research conducted in Germany and Poland, the book develops the concept of "cultures of transnationality" to analytically frame the variety of expectations involved in migration, and how they shape migration dispositions, opportunities, and outcomes. Cultures of Transnationality in European Migration will be of broad interest to scholars and students of transnational migration, European development, cultural sociology, intersectionality and subjectivity. Specifically, it will appeal to scholars interested in the cultural ramifications of moving and staying as well as those interested in the interplay of gender, ethnicity and class, in the making of social inequality.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Karolina Barglowski
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2019-06-05
File : 338 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781351365413


Logoteunison Literary Easternization In Orhan Pamuk S Works

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This book explores the enduring European and American interest in literary works portraying Eastern themes and perspectives. It examines how literary Easternization, termed “Logoteunison”, manifests in Western literary works that reflect, embody, or deploy Eastern values or concepts; or else ape, mimic, parody, or pay homage to various Eastern and especially Persian masterpieces. Such repurposing or appropriation is frequently powered by features from the postmodern toolkit: intertextuality, metafiction, fragmentation. The novelist Orhan Pamuk has been influenced (arguably unwittingly) by literary Easternization. In his Western-style works, Pamuk channels Eastern values, creating texts nevertheless in the Western mold and primarily aimed at Western readers. Pamuk uses Istanbul—the writer’s birthplace, a city between two worlds, a halfway land binding together Asia and Europe—both as a physical setting and to symbolically mediate Eastern and Western worldviews. This title has a threefold purpose: by establishing a theoretical and contextual background for Eastern masterpieces and forming a distinctive review of Eastern culture as filtered through Pamuk’s works, it suggests a new theory in literary criticism, one which aims to adopt a novel philosophical approach to the study of literary Easternization. Students of comparative and Turkish literature will find in this volume detailed background information about Turkish, Persian, and Arabic masterpieces, as well as their significant cultural correspondences and affinities, especially regarding their employment of Sufi themes. Any student or scholar interested in the postmodern cross-fertilization of Middle Eastern and Western literature will find this work fascinating and rewarding.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Saman Hashemipour
Publisher : Vernon Press
Release : 2019-10-31
File : 157 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781622738151


Ancient Cultures Of The Asiatic Eskimos

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Genre : Cemeteries
Author : Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich Aruti︠u︡nov
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Release : 2006
File : 266 Pages
ISBN-13 : MINN:31951P00946535V


The Cultures Of Ancient Xinjiang Western China Crossroads Of The Silk Roads

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One of the least known but culturally rich and complex regions located at the heart of Asia, Xinjiang was a hub for the Silk Roads, serving international links between cultures to the west, east, north and south. Trade, artefacts, foods, technologies, ideas, beliefs, animals and people traversed the glacier covered mountain and desert boundaries.

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Genre : History
Author : Alison Betts
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release : 2019-12-19
File : 218 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781789694079


The Megalithic Culture Of Melanesia

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Genre : Megalithic monuments
Author : Alphonse Riesenfeld
Publisher : Brill Archive
Release : 1950
File : 776 Pages
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