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H A R Gibb ,
J H Kramers
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The Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam is an unequalled reference work of all subjects which concern, or touch on, the religion and law of Islam. As to its geographical and historical scope, the work embraces the old Arabo-Islamic states of Iran, Central Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire,... more
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Margret Schuchard
[Hardcover 2007]
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Bernhard Varenius' books influenced the history of science in such a way that Isaac Newton, Alexander von Humboldt and Tsar Peter the Great all referred to him. Varenius wrote the first comprehensive description of Japan ("Descriptio regni Japoniae," 1649) from a European perspective, exclusively based on a diversity of sources.... more
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Gill Cressey
[Hardcover 2006]
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This book explores the relationships of thirty young people with their ancestral homeland, of Pakistan or Kashmir, and with British urban life. It does so using narratives from young people about their journeys from Birmingham in Britain to visit kin in villages in rural Pakistan and Kashmir. Its particular usefulness... more
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D A Martin ,
J O Mills ,
W S F Pickering
[Hardcover 2004]
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This study brings together two disciplines, now more and more considered being conjuncted. Both sociology and theology give an account of the human condition, but the majority of sociologists and theologians have dismissed each other's views as irrelevant. Updated reprint of the book with the same title, published in 1980... more
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Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri
[Hardcover 2007]
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This study analyses how in early colonial times, the peasant society of Sri Lanka underwent fundamental changes in the land tenure system as it faced the arrival of the Dutch East India Company administration's merchant capitalism. This study investigates the structural changes in western Sri Lanka's agrarian society under the... more
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Anthony Bonner
[Hardcover 2007]
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Ramon Llull (ca. 1232-1316), mystic, missionary, philosopher, lay theologian, and one of the founding fathers of Catalan literature, was chiefly known in his own time and in subsequent generations as the inventor of a combinatorial, semi-mechanical method of demonstration, which he called his 'Art' and which he had developed to... more
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Kocku Von Stuckrad ,
Kocku Vonstuckrad
[Paperback 2007]
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The new and impressively comprehensive "Brill Dictionary of Religion" addresses religion as an element of daily life and public discourse. Richly illustrated and with more than 500 entries, the dictionary is a multi-media reference source on the many and various forms of religious commitment. It is unusual in that it... more
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Loek Halman ,
Ronald Inglehart ,
Jaime Diez Medrano
[Hardcover 2007]
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This book presents the trends in beliefs and values of people in 85 countries around the world from 1981 to 2004. It shows the cultural differences and similarities between countries and how human values are changing.... more
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Jamie Greenbaum
[Hardcover 2007]
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Chen Jiru (1558-1639) was one of the great late-Ming arbiters of culture and taste, and the impact of his innovations can still be traced in present-day China. In late Ming, when culture and taste enjoyed a social prestige beyond their usual standing, Chen's influence appears even greater than it may... more
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Margaret Rachel Kitzinger
[Hardcover 2008]
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This volume argues for a fundamental difference in the modes of expression of actor and chorus in Sophoklean tragedy. The chorus views the action and the world of the play from the perspective of dancers and singers, while the actors' understanding is shaped by the responsibility they have to make... more
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L H Roper ,
B Van Ruymbeke
[Hardcover 2007]
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The role of proprietorships or 'private' colonies in imperial development has not received the attention it deserves, notwithstanding recent scholarly emphasis on 'state-building'. The continued use of these 'private' devices, even as early modern European nation-states grew more potent, is not only interesting, but is indeed normative though invariably missing... more
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Justin Tighe ,
J R Tighe
[Hardcover 2005]
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This groundbreaking study sheds light on the mechanisms of Chinese nation and state making. Closely examining the remaking of Qing Inner Asia as Chinese provincial territory in the late Qing and Republican periods, the author focuses on the efforts of warlords and local Chinese elites in creating the new Inner... more
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N Smith ,
Sinnerbrink ,
Robert Sinnerbrink
[Hardcover 2006]
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This volume examines critical social philosophy today, furthering the dialogue between German critical theory and French post-structuralism, exploring the relationship between philosophy and social theory, and developing new approaches to theories of recognition, social hope, and modern power. What are the tasks and potentials of critical theory today? How should... more
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Doris M Srinivasan
[Hardcover 2006]
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South Asian religious art became codified during the Ku a Period (ca. beginning of the 2nd to the mid 3rd century). Yet, to date, neither the chronology nor nature of Ku a Art, marked by great diversity, is well understood. The Ku a Empire was huge, stretching from Uzbekistan through... more
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M J Clark ,
Matthew Clark
[Hardcover 2006]
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This book provides an account of the organisation, practices and history of the Da?an?m?-Sa?ny?s?s, one of the largest sects of "s?dhu"-s ('holy men') in South Asia, founded, according to tradtion, by the legendary philosopher ?a?kar?c?rya.... more
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Florian Coulmas ,
Harald Conrad ,
Annette Schad Seifert
[Hardcover 2008]
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This Handbook explores the challenges population change poses to todaya (TM)s Japan. Bringing together a roster of internationally renowned scholars, it is the first publication in English that deals with Japana (TM)s demographic crisis in a comprehensive way, addressing social, economic, political, social security and cultural aspects of Japana (TM)s... more
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Suleiman Ali Mourad
[Hardcover 2005]
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This examination of the mythification of al-?asan al-Ba?r? shows how the transformation of his historical person into a complete myth was accomplished, along with the groups responsible for making him say and do what legitimizes their own views and practices. This volume examines the process through which a historical character... more
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Kees Versteegh ,
Mushira Eid ,
Alaa Elgibali
[Hardcover 2005]
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Brill is delighted to announce the publication of a major new multi-volume reference work, the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics. A unique collaboration of over hundreds of scholars from around the world, the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics covers all relevant aspects of the study of Arabic and... more
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Jane Dammen Mc Auliffe
[Hardcover 2006]
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The Qur'?n is the primary religious text for one-sixth of the world's population. Understood by Muslims to contain God's own words, it has been an object of reverence and of intense study for centuries. The thousands of volumes that Muslim scholars have devoted to qur'?nic interpretation and to the linguistic,... more
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Abdulkarim Soroush ,
Forough Jahanbakhsh ,
Nilou Mobasser
[Hardcover 2009]
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