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Science and Society in the Sanskrit World contains seventeen essays that cover a kaleidoscopic array of classical Sanskrit scientific disciplines, such as the astral sciences, grammar, jurisprudence, theology, and hermeneutics.

This volume presents fourteen case studies in digital humanities and digital archaeology applied to the research of the written sources and the material culture of the Ancient Near East and in the Biblical studies.

Narrating the pilgrimage to Mecca discusses how being situated in a specific cultural and historical context informs the meanings that pilgrims attribute to their experiences in Mecca. The book provides unique insights in Islam's rich and evolving tradition of hajj storytelling.

In Russia in the Context of Global Transformations (Capitalism and Communism, Culture and Revolution), the authors address the dramatic changes in the Russian socio-economic system over the past century from a Critical Marxist viewpoint.

The author explores thought and behavior from the perspective of cognitive science, developing a distinctive view of the forces that cause behavior and applying it to questions about the science of the self and the mind's relation to the environment.

Taking its cue from Irene de Jong's groundbreaking narratological analyses of classical texts, this volume studies emotions in a wide range of ancient genres, focusing on emotions as they are described within narratives and on ways in which narratives trigger the emotions of their readers.

Composed of original articles from academics and policy notes from practitioners, this book constitutes an opportunity to assess the state of multilateralism through the UN model and identify potential ways to address its challenges and shortcomings.

Jesuit libraries, which date from the foundation of the order, helped build a global culture as part their evangelization. Although few ties to the original libraries remain today, Jesuit librarianship left an intellectual legacy which still informs library science today.

This edition contains quaestiones 1-5 of book III of the commentary on the Sentences, by Marsilius of Inghen (+1396), the founding rector and first doctor of theology of the University of Heidelberg. These questions are devoted to the Christology, Mariology, and Trinitology, and deal with the issue of the Incarnation of Christ, with quaestiones 1-3 considering it in relation to the individual Persons of the Trinity, and quaestiones 4-5 in relation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In all questions, Marsilius advocates the via media of sound faith, even above any school traditions.

This volume discusses origin, structure and levels of existence of the created world and the place of human beings in it, according to the major Sufi thinkers of all times.

A reassessment of the political and religious aspects of Philip of Spain's reign in England and of the kingdom's integration into the Spanish Monarchy.

This volume studies the marvellous stories of early Rome transmitted by ancient historians, to explore the porous boundaries and the hybrid borrowings between myth, history and historiography.

This book explores the key notion of effortlessness in the early Dzogchen tradition of Tibet, focusing on a set of hitherto unstudied commentaries by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe (10th century).

This volume explores the vast influence of Marx and Marxisms on France's intellectual and political life. It examines the many ways his thought has been disseminated, studied and used as a reference point, by both left-wing forces and their opponents.

Volume 39 of the Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs publishes scholarly articles and essays on international and transnational law, as well as compiles official documents on the state practice of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in 2021.

The essays in this volume present the first comprehensive account of Fichte's reception and influence in America, highlighting philosophical issues central to thinkers in the U.S., Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.

What impact did the idea of world revolution and international solidarity have on the Bolshevik rank and file and on early Soviet society at large? This book offers a first social history of early Soviet internationalism based on contemporary sources.

When ancient philosophers meet mediaeval poetry and cinema, you are sure to get a unique perspective on a culture. Encounter Armenia through the Lens of Time for new insights into art, history, literature, language, and religion, penned by leading scholars of all ages.

Ovid's Fasti comments on Augustan religion by means of ambivalent aetiologies, elegiac jokes and subtle allusions to the religious self-fashioning of the imperial family. Darja Sterbenc Erker carefully reconstructs Ovid's subtle unmasking of religious fundaments of Augustus' principate.

Ibn Ibrāhīm al-Dukkālī's Historical Chronicle edited and translated by Norman Cigar is a rare contemporary source from mid-eighteenth-century Morocco, with information on politics and society, especially on the city of Fes.

This book illustrates and demonstrates an array of challenges and opportunities that human genome editing offers. It provides arguments and proposals for transformative regulatory interventions as a way to promote technology development while protecting fundamental rights.

This volume presents a critical discussion that brings contemporary academic debate about 'southern theory' to Global Citizenship Education (GCE). It situates the discussion on GCE in the Global South within a post-colonial paradigm informed by critical pedagogy ingrained in social justice.

This volume presents a critical discussion that brings contemporary academic debate about 'southern theory' to Global Citizenship Education (GCE). It situates the discussion on GCE in the Global South within a post-colonial paradigm informed by critical pedagogy ingrained in social justice.

The presidency of the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump, impacted many sectors of society. One of these was comedy, which became obsessed with Trump, who was himself a comedic figure. This book looks at this impact, called the Trump Effect, on American comedy--an effect that has changed its historical forms drastically.

This Festschrift presents original research and new lines of inquiry on subjects related to Hellenistic philosophical texts and traditions, as well as early Christian literature and its cultural and intellectual environment.

Media narratives are the "reflection" of current beliefs and ideas. The case studies in this volume represent an exceptional field of research on dominant mythologies; examples from several countries reveal that media narratives express a dominant consumer storytelling.

One century after Gustav Landauer's death, in a time marked by a deep doubt concerning modern politics, the volume proposes a fascinating overview of the articulation between skepsis and antipolitics in his multifaceted unconventional anarchism.