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L’ emergere di una letteratura con caratteristiche transnazionali e transculturali in Danimarca, Svezia, Norvegia, nei Paesi Bassi e nelle Fiandre, è un fenomeno recente. Grazie a questo le letterature nordiche e nederlandesi vengono a situarsi in un’ampia rete internazionale, in cui ci si interroga sulle cangianti identità postmoderne veicolate dalla letteratura. Nella fioritura di una letteratura della migrazione leggiamo una rinnovata attenzione del pubblico e dell’editoria per una scrittura impegnata, che ragiona su istanze identitarie, sociali e politiche attraverso i filtri della finzione e dell’ironia. La scelta che guida questo volume, che riunisce due saggi introduttivi su...
Continuously popular since it first appeared in 1977, The Incorruptibles remains the acknowledged classic on the bodies of Saints that did not undergo decomposition after death, many remaining fresh and flexible for years, or even centuries. After explaining both natural and artificial mummification, the author shows that the incorruption of the Saints bodies fits into neither category but constitutes a much greater phenomenon which is unexplained by modern science even to this day. The author presents 102 canonized Saints, Beati and Venerables, summarizing their lives, the discovery of their incorruption and investigations by Church and medical authorities. The incorruptible bodies of saints are a consoling sign of Christ's victory over death, a confirmation of the dogma of the Resurrection of the Body, a sign that the Saints are still with us in the Mystical Body of Christ, as well as a proof of the truth of the Catholic Faith for only in the Catholic Church do we find this phenomenon.
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"This book is a case study of the important Jewish community of the Italian city of Modena. It covers the seventeenth and long eighteenth centuries"--
In this book Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen address the complexities of his question "Is affirmative action morally (un)justifiable?" by analyzing the prevailing contemporary arguments both for and against affirmative action. The book applies current political philosophy to demonstrate that arguments on both sides justify different conclusions given different specific cases, though it ultimately does argue in favor of affirmative action based on the relative strength and significance of the anti-discrimination- and equality of opportunity-based positions.