The Novel and the Nation: Studies in the New Irish Fiction By Gerry Smyth
1997 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 0745312209 | PDF | 52 MB
This study makes a detailed examination of the new novelists and themes emerging in Irish literature, as well as covering the foundations of contemporary Irish fiction. The book focuses on the work of Irish writers including Roddy Doyle, Glenn Patterson, Emma Donoghue and Patrick McCabe.

Nicholas Bayne, Stephen Woolcock, "The New Economic Diplomacy: Decision-Making and Negotiation in International Economic Relations"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1472483197 | PDF | pages: 915 | 4.8 mb
The New Economic Diplomacy explains how states conduct their external economic relations in the 21st century: how they make decisions domestically, how they negotiate internationally and how these processes interact. Although the previous edition, published in 2011, was able to reflect the impact of the financial crisis and the immediate reaction to it, a lot has happened since then, and the atmosphere of economic diplomacy has darkened.

Eliphas Levi, "The Mysteries of the Qabalah: or Occult Agreement of the Two Testaments"
English | 2000 | ISBN: 0877289409 | PDF | pages: 144 | 4.1 mb
Lévi links the Old and New Testaments by comparing the qabalistic imagery and concepts inherent in both "The Prophecy of Ezekiel" and "The Apocalypse of St. John." Includes Lévi's illuminating commentary on Ezekiel. He explains how the description of Solomon's temple, the great sanctuary of the true God, represents the Qabalistic or traditional theology of the Hebrew seven the measurements are symbolic and refer to sacred numbers.

Victor Buchli, "The Material Culture Reader"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 1859735541, 1859735592 | PDF | pages: 287 | 390.2 mb
Material culture has finally earned a central place within anthropology. Emerging from the pioneering work done at University College London, this reader brings together for the first time seminal articles that have helped shape the anthropological study of material culture. With topics ranging from the anthropology of art to architecture, landscape studies, archaeology, consumption studies and heritage management, this key text reflects the breadth of material culture studies today. The authors, who discuss field sites as distant as Vanuatu, New Ireland, Trinidad and Soviet Russia, show how material culture provides a new lens for viewing the world around us and effectively bridges the gap between theory and data. Providing the first-ever synthesis of these ground-breaking essays in an easily accessible volume, this book will serve as a comprehensive introduction to the subject and a valuable reference guide for anyone interested in material culture, anthropology, art and museum studies.

The Man Who Saved Kabuki: Faubion Bowers and Theatre Censorship in Occupied Japan By Shiro Okamoto; Samuel L. Leiter
2001 | 210 Pages | ISBN: 0824824415 | PDF | 16 MB
As part of its program to promote democracy in Japan after World War II, the American Occupation, headed by General Douglas MacArthur, undertook to enforce rigid censorship policies aimed at eliminating all traces of feudal thought in media and entertainment, including kabuki. Faubion Bowers (1917-1999), who served as personal aide and interpreter to MacArthur during the Occupation, was appalled by the censorship policies and anticipated the extinction of a great theatrical art. He used his position in the Occupation administration and his knowledge of Japanese theatre in his tireless campaign to save kabuki. Largely through Bowers's efforts, censorship of kabuki had for the most part been eliminated by the time he left Japan in 1948.Although Bowers is at the center of the story, this lively and skillfully adapted translation from the original Japanese treats a critical period in the long history of kabuki as it was affected by a single individual who had a commanding influence over it. It offers fascinating and little-known details about Occupation censorship politics and kabuki performance while providing yet another perspective on the history of an enduring Japanese art form.Read Bowers' impressions of Gen. MacArthur on the Japanese-American Veterans' Association website.

The Making of the Good Person; Self-Help, Ethics and Philosophy
by Nora Hämäläinen
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032390107 | 267 pages | True PDF | 7.98 MB

Wandusim, "The Lord's Prayer in the Ghanaian Context: A Reception-Historical Study "
English | ISBN: 3110735369 | 2021 | 275 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The series Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) publishes monographs and collected volumes which explore the reception history of the Bible in a wide variety of academic and cultural contexts. Closely linked to the multi-volume project Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR), this book series is a publication platform for works which cover the broad field of reception history of the Bible in various religious traditions, historical periods, and cultural fields. Volumes in this series aim to present the material of reception processes or to develop methodological discussions in more detail, enabling authors and readers to more deeply engage and understand the dynamics of biblical reception in a wide variety of academic fields.

The Kiso Road: The Life and Times of Shimazaki Toson By William E. Naff; J. Thomas Rimer
2011 | 664 Pages | ISBN: 0824832183 | PDF | 5 MB
William E. Naff, the distinguished scholar of Japanese literature widely known and highly regarded for his eloquent translations of the writings of Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943), spent the last years of his life writing a full-length biography of Toson. Virtually completed at the time of his death, The Kiso Road provides a rich and colorful account of this canonic novelist who, along with Natsume Soseki and Mori Ogai, formed the triumvirate of writers regarded as giants in Meiji Japan, all three of whom helped establish the parameters of modern Japanese literature. Professor Naff's biography skillfully places Toson in the context of his times and discusses every aspect of his career and personal life, as well as introducing in detail a number of his important but as yet untranslated works.Toson's long life, his many connections with other important Japanese artists and intellectuals, his sojourn in France during World War I, and his later visit to South America, permit a biography of depth and detail that serves as a kind of cultural history of Japan during an often turbulent period. The Kiso Road, as approachable and exciting as any novel, with Toson himself as its complex protagonist, is arguably the most thorough account of any modern Japanese writer presently available in English.

Molly Emma Aitken, "The Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0300142293 | PDF | pages: 351 | 52.0 mb
The genre of Rajput painting flourished between the 16th and 19th centuries in the kingdoms that ruled what is now the Indian state of Rajasthan (place of rajas). Rajput paintings depicted the nobility and court spectacle as well as scenes from Krishna's life, the Hindu epics, and court poetry. Many Rajput kingdoms developed distinct styles, though they shared common conventions. This importantbook surveys the overall tradition of Indian Rajput painting, while developing new methods to ask unprecedented questions about meaning.

Joseph A. Cannataci, "The Individual and Privacy: Volume I"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1409447170 | PDF | pages: 541 | 35.8 mb
The essays selected for this volume reflect the many paths followed to develop a new, more robust methodology (idMAPPING) for investigating privacy. Each article deals with the three dimensions of time, space and place by addressing a number of questions such as: who? Which individual? When? How? Is privacy viewed from the perspective of legal theory, or of information science? Or from the viewpoint of sociology, social psychology, philosophy, information ethics or data protection law? The reader is offered a multi-disciplinary overview of the subject, a mosaic made up of several snapshots taken at different times by different scholars with different points of view. The detailed introduction increases clarity in parts of the picture where the way that the pieces fit together may not be immediately apparent, and concludes by challenging internet-era fallacies. Taken together, the articles demonstrate an innovative approach to evidence-based policy-making, and show privacy scholarship at its best.