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Original Sanskrit Texts On The Origin And History Of The People Of India, Their Religion And Institutions - The Vedas: Opinions... Original Sanskrit Texts On The Origin And History Of The People Of India, Their Religion And Institutions - The Vedas: Opinions Of Their Authors And Of Later Indian Writers On Their Origin, Inspiration, And Authority. 1868 (Hardcover)
John Muir
R919 Discovery Miles 9 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan - Historical Perspectives and New Horizons (Hardcover): Patrick W. Galbraith, Thiam Huat... Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan - Historical Perspectives and New Horizons (Hardcover)
Patrick W. Galbraith, Thiam Huat Kam, Bjoern-Ole Kamm
R4,633 Discovery Miles 46 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With the spread of manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese cartoons) around the world, many have adopted the Japanese term 'otaku' to identify fans of such media. The connection to manga and anime may seem straightforward, but, when taken for granted, often serves to obscure the debates within and around media fandom in Japan since the term 'otaku' appeared in the niche publication Manga Burikko in 1983. Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan disrupts the naturalization and trivialization of 'otaku' by examining the historical contingency of the term as a way to identify and contain problematic youth, consumers and fan cultures in Japan. Its chapters, many translated from Japanese and available in English for the first time - and with a foreword by Otsuka Eiji, former editor of Manga Burikko - explore key moments in the evolving discourse of 'otaku' in Japan. Rather than presenting a smooth, triumphant narrative of the transition of a subculture to the mainstream, the edited volume repositions 'otaku' in specific historical, social and economic contexts, providing new insights into the significance of the 'otaku' phenomenon in Japan and the world. By going back to original Japanese documents, translating key contributions by Japanese scholars and offering sustained analysis of these documents and scholars, Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan provides alternative histories of and approaches to 'otaku'. For all students and scholars of contemporary Japan and the history of Japanese fan and consumer cultures, this volume will be a foundation for understanding how 'otaku', at different places and times and to different people, is meaningful.

The Paradox of Populism - The Indira Gandhi Years, 1966-1977 (Hardcover): Suhit K. Sen The Paradox of Populism - The Indira Gandhi Years, 1966-1977 (Hardcover)
Suhit K. Sen
R1,200 Discovery Miles 12 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Peoples of Northeast Asia through Time - Precolonial Ethnic and Cultural Processes along the Coast between Hokkaido and the... The Peoples of Northeast Asia through Time - Precolonial Ethnic and Cultural Processes along the Coast between Hokkaido and the Bering Strait (Hardcover)
Richard Zgusta
R6,182 Discovery Miles 61 820 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The focus of Richard Zgusta's The Peoples of Northeast Asia through Time is the formation of indigenous and cultural groups of coastal northeast Asia, including the Ainu, the "Paleoasiatic" peoples, and the Asiatic Eskimo. Most chapters begin with a summary of each culture at the beginning of the colonial era, which is followed by an interdisciplinary reconstruction of prehistoric cultures that have direct ancestor-descendant relationships with the modern ones. An additional chapter presents a comparative discussion of the ethnographic data, including subsistence patterns, material culture, social organization, and religious beliefs, from a diachronic viewpoint. Each chapter includes maps and extensive references.

Bridge to the Gods - Tales from Kyushu (Hardcover): Andrew Peter Thomson Bridge to the Gods - Tales from Kyushu (Hardcover)
Andrew Peter Thomson; Edited by Graeme James Ryan; Designed by Luke Kenneth Harris
R1,245 Discovery Miles 12 450 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Religious Transformation in Modern Asia - A Transnational Movement (Hardcover): David Kim Religious Transformation in Modern Asia - A Transnational Movement (Hardcover)
David Kim
R5,217 Discovery Miles 52 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume explores the religious transformation of each nation in modern Asia. When the Asian people, who were not only diverse in culture and history, but also active in performing local traditions and religions, experienced a socio-political change under the wave of Western colonialism, the religious climate was also altered from a transnational perspective. Part One explores the nationals of China (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, focusing on the manifestations of Japanese religion, Chinese foreign policy, the British educational system in Hong Kong in relation to Tibetan Buddhism, the Korean women of Catholicism, and the Scottish impact in late nineteenth century Korea. Part Two approaches South Asia through the topics of astrology, the works of a Gujarati saint, and Himalayan Buddhism. The third part is focused on the conflicts between 'indigenous religions and colonialism,' 'Buddhism and Christianity,' 'Islam and imperialism,' and 'Hinduism and Christianity' in Southeast Asia.

Watching the Flag Come Down - An Englishwoman in Hong Kong, 1987-97 (Paperback): Susanna Hoe Watching the Flag Come Down - An Englishwoman in Hong Kong, 1987-97 (Paperback)
Susanna Hoe
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

At midnight on 30 June 1997, Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty after 150 years of British rule. The moment when the British flag came down was dramatic enough but the ten years leading up to it were full of surprising incident and change. These 'Letters from Hong Kong', written by an Englishwoman who was involved in those events from 1987, are both an unusual historical record and a heartwarming account of women's domestic, intellectual and political activity. This epilogue brings Hong Kong up to date ten years after the Handover.

Chinese Cookery in the Home Kitchen (Hardcover): Jessie Louise Nolton Chinese Cookery in the Home Kitchen (Hardcover)
Jessie Louise Nolton
R768 Discovery Miles 7 680 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Insistent Life - Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition (Paperback): Brianne Donaldson, Ana Bajzelj Insistent Life - Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition (Paperback)
Brianne Donaldson, Ana Bajzelj
R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Jainism, perhaps more so than any other South Asian tradition, focuses strongly on the ethics of birth, life, and death, with regard to both humans and other living beings. Insistent Life is the first full-length interdisciplinary examination of the foundational principles of bioethics within Jain doctrine and the application of those principles in the contemporary sphere. Brianne Donaldson and Ana Bajzelj analyze a diverse range of Jain texts and contemporary sources to identify Jain perspectives on bioethical issues while highlighting the complexity of their personal, professional, and public dimensions. The book also features extensive original data based on an international survey the authors conducted with Jain medical professionals in India and diaspora communities of North America, Europe, and Africa.

The Medieval Reception of the Shahnama as a Mirror for Princes (English, Persian, Hardcover): Nasrin Askari The Medieval Reception of the Shahnama as a Mirror for Princes (English, Persian, Hardcover)
Nasrin Askari
R5,904 Discovery Miles 59 040 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Nasrin Askari explores the medieval reception of Firdausi's Shahnama, or Book of Kings (completed in 1010 CE) as a mirror for princes. Through her examination of a wide range of medieval sources, Askari demonstrates that Firdausi's oeuvre was primarily understood as a book of wisdom and advice for kings and courtly elites. In order to illustrate the ways in which the Shahnama functions as a mirror for princes, Askari analyses the account about Ardashir, the founder of the Sasanian dynasty, as an ideal king in the Shahnama. Within this context, she explains why the idea of the union of kingship and religion, a major topic in almost all medieval Persian mirrors for princes, has often been attributed to Ardashir.

With Our Army in Palestine (Hardcover): Antony Bluett With Our Army in Palestine (Hardcover)
Antony Bluett
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in Disguise - With Historical Notices of the Kurdish Tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan... To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in Disguise - With Historical Notices of the Kurdish Tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan (Hardcover)
Ely Banister 1881-1923 Soane
R1,013 Discovery Miles 10 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos - During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860; v.1 (Hardcover):... Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos - During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860; v.1 (Hardcover)
Henri 1826-1861 Mouhot, Charles Mouhot
R918 Discovery Miles 9 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions (Hardcover): Wail S. Hassan The Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions (Hardcover)
Wail S. Hassan
R4,171 Discovery Miles 41 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions is the most comprehensive treatment of the subject to date. In scope, the book encompasses the genesis of the Arabic novel in the second half of the nineteenth century and its development to the present in every Arabic-speaking country and in Arab immigrant destinations on six continents. Editor Wail S. Hassan and his contributors describe a novelistic phenomenon which has pre-modern roots, stretching centuries back within the Arabic cultural tradition, and branching outward geographically and linguistically to every Arab country and to Arab writing in many languages around the world. The first of three innovative dimensions of this Handbook consists of examining the ways in which the Arabic novel emerged out of a syncretic merger between Arabic and European forms and techniques, rather than being a simple importation of the latter and rejection of the former, as early critics of the Arabic novel claimed. The second involves mapping the novel geographically as it took root in every Arab country, developing into often distinct though overlapping and interconnected local traditions. Finally, the Handbook concerns the multilingual character of the novel in the Arab world and by Arab immigrants and their descendants around the world, both in Arabic and in at least a dozen other languages. The Oxford Handbook of Arab Novelistic Traditions reflects the current status of research in the broad field of Arab novelistic traditions and signals toward new directions of inquiry.

The Ottoman Suryani from 1908 to 1914 (Hardcover): Benjamin Trigona-Harany The Ottoman Suryani from 1908 to 1914 (Hardcover)
Benjamin Trigona-Harany
R3,317 Discovery Miles 33 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work explores the misconceptions about the Ottoman Suryani community of the pre-World War I era, using a critique of the present day historiography as the context for the discussion. The works of three early twentieth century journalists, provide the material for the study. The author contends that this group cannot be considered as Assyrian nationalists, the traditional argument, that they saw the future of the Suryani people as best secured by the continuation of the Ottoman Empire, in which they sought a greater presence for their community.

The Archaeology of Iron and Social Change in Early South India (Hardcover): Om Prakash Singh The Archaeology of Iron and Social Change in Early South India (Hardcover)
Om Prakash Singh
R1,398 Discovery Miles 13 980 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Politics and Social Change - Orissa in 1959 (Hardcover): F.G. Bailey Politics and Social Change - Orissa in 1959 (Hardcover)
F.G. Bailey
R2,364 Discovery Miles 23 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.

The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora - Representations of Place and Transnational Identity (Hardcover): Jumana Bayeh The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora - Representations of Place and Transnational Identity (Hardcover)
Jumana Bayeh
R4,631 Discovery Miles 46 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Lebanese civil war, which spanned the years of 1975 to 1990,caused the migration of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese citizens, many of whom are still writing of their experiences. Jumana Bayeh presents an important and major study of the literature of the Lebanese diaspora. Focusing on novels and writings produced in the aftermath of Lebanon's protracted civil war, Bayeh explores the complex relationships between place, displacement and belonging, and illuminates the ways in which these writings have shaped a global Lebanese identity. Combining history with sociology, Bayeh examines how the literature borne out of this expatriate community reflects a Lebanese diasporic imaginary that is sensitive to the entangled associations of place and identity. Paving the way for new approaches to understanding diasporic literature and identity, this book will be vital for researchers of migration studies and Middle Eastern literature, as well as those interested in the cultures, history and politics of the Middle East.

The Amur River - Between Russia and China (Paperback): Colin Thubron The Amur River - Between Russia and China (Paperback)
Colin Thubron
R444 R412 Discovery Miles 4 120 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
In Pursuit of Peace in Israel and Palestine (Hardcover): Gershon Baskin In Pursuit of Peace in Israel and Palestine (Hardcover)
Gershon Baskin
R882 R666 Discovery Miles 6 660 Save R216 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gershon Baskin's memoir of thirty-eight years of intensive pursuit of peace begins with a childhood on Long Island and a bar mitzvah trip to Israel with his family. Baskin joined Young Judaea back in the States, then later lived on a kibbutz in Israel, where he announced to his parents that he had decided to make aliya, immigrate to Israel. They persuaded him to return to study at NYU, after which he finally immigrated under the auspices of Interns for Peace. In Israel he spent a pivotal two years living with Arabs in the village of Kufr Qara. Despite the atmosphere of fear, Baskin found that he could talk with both Jews and Palestinians, and that very few others were engaged in efforts at mutual understanding. At his initiative, the Ministry of Education and the office of right-wing Prime Minister Menachem Begin created the Institute for Education for Jewish-Arab Coexistence with Baskin himself as director. Eight years later he founded and codirected the only joint Israeli-Palestinian public policy think-and-do tank in the world, the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information. For decades he continued to cross borders, often with a kaffiyeh (Arab headdress) on his dashboard to protect his car in Palestinian neighborhoods. Airport passport control became Kafkaesque as Israeli agents routinely identified him as a security threat. During the many cycles of peace negotiations, Baskin has served both as an outside agitator for peace and as an advisor on the inside of secret talks-for example, during the prime ministership of Yitzhak Rabin and during the initiative led by Secretary of State John Kerry. Baskin ends the book with his own proposal, which includes establishing a peace education program and cabinet-level Ministries of Peace in both countries, in order to foster a culture of peace.

A Street Divided (Hardcover): Dion Nissenbaum A Street Divided (Hardcover)
Dion Nissenbaum
R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It has been the home to priests and prostitutes, poets and spies. It has been the stage for an improbable flirtation between an Israeli girl and a Palestinian boy living on opposite sides of the barbed wire that separated enemy nations. It has even been the scene of an unsolved international murder. This one-time shepherd's path between Jerusalem and Bethlehem has been a dividing line for decades. Arab families called it "al Mantiqa Haram." Jewish residents knew it as "shetach hefker." In both languages it meant the same thing: "the Forbidden Area." Peacekeepers that monitored the steep fault line dubbed it "Barbed Wire Alley." To folks on either side of the border, it was the same thing: A dangerous no-man's land separating warring nations and feuding cultures. The barbed wire came down in 1967. But it was soon supplanted by evermore formidable cultural, emotional and political barriers separating Arab and Jew. For nearly two decades, coils of barbed wire ran right down the middle of what became Assael Street, marking the fissure between Israeli-controlled West Jerusalem and Jordanian-controlled East Jerusalem. In a beautiful narrative, A Street Divided offers a more intimate look at one road at the heart of the conflict, where inches really do matter.

Seventy-two Specimens of Castes in India (Hardcover): Anonymous Seventy-two Specimens of Castes in India (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R735 Discovery Miles 7 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
History of the Hebrews - Their Political, Social and Religious Development, and Their Contribution to World Betterment... History of the Hebrews - Their Political, Social and Religious Development, and Their Contribution to World Betterment (Hardcover)
Frank Knight 1861-1933 Sanders
R922 Discovery Miles 9 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Armenia through the Lens of Time - Multidisciplinary Studies in Honour of Theo Maarten van Lint (Hardcover): Federico Alpi,... Armenia through the Lens of Time - Multidisciplinary Studies in Honour of Theo Maarten van Lint (Hardcover)
Federico Alpi, Robin Meyer, Irene Tinti, David Zakarian
R2,878 Discovery Miles 28 780 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. From pilgrimage sites in the far west of Europe to the Persian court; from mystic visions to a gruesome contemporary “dance”; from a mundane poem on wine to staggering religious art: thus far in space and time extends the world of the Armenians. A glimpse of the vast and still largely unexplored threads that connect it to the wider world is offered by the papers assembled here in homage to one of the most versatile contemporary armenologists, Theo Maarten van Lint. This collection offers original insights through a multifaceted lens, showing how much Armenology can offer to Art History, History, Linguistics, Philology, Literature, and Religious Studies. Scholars will find new inspirations and connections, while the general reader will open a window to a world that is just as wide as it is often unseen.

Being Muslim in Central Asia - Practices, Politics, and Identities (Hardcover): Marlene Laruelle Being Muslim in Central Asia - Practices, Politics, and Identities (Hardcover)
Marlene Laruelle
R4,241 Discovery Miles 42 410 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume explores the changing place of Islam in contemporary Central Asia, understanding religion as a "societal shaper" - a roadmap for navigating quickly evolving social and cultural values. Islam can take on multiple colors and identities, from a purely transcendental faith in God to a cauldron of ideological ferment for political ideology, via diverse culture-, community-, and history-based phenomena. The volumes discusses what it means to be a Muslim in today's Central Asia by looking at both historical and sociological features, investigates the relationship between Islam, politics and the state, the changing role of Islam in terms of societal values, and the issue of female attire as a public debate. Contributors include: Aurelie Biard, Tim Epkenhans, Nurgul Esenamanova, Azamat Junisbai, Barbara Junisbai, Marlene Laruelle, Marintha Miles, Emil Nasritdinov, Shahnoza Nozimova, Yaacov Ro'i, Wendell Schwab, Manja Stephan-Emmrich, Rano Turaeva, Alon Wainer, Alexander Wolters, Galina M. Yemelianova, Baurzhan Zhussupov

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