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Prognostic Dreams, Otherworldly Saints, and Caliphal Ghosts: Hoca Saʿdeddīn Efendi’s (d. 1599) "Selimname" comprises a critical edition, English translation, and a facsimile of his hagiographic work on controversial Ottoman sultan Selim I (“the Grim”).
Tanrı, âlem, Tanrı-âlem ilişkisi, insanın Tanrı ve âlemle olan münasebeti gibi konular geçmişten günümüze hem felsefenin hem de ilahiyatın yoğun bir şekilde üzerinde durduğu hususlar olmuştur. Bu bağlamda Tanrı-âlem ilişkisinde öne çıkan Tanrı tasavvurlarının, din felsefesinin ele aldığı temel problem alanlarından birisi olduğunu vurgulamak gerekir. Günümüz dünyasında öne çıkan ve üzerinde önemli tartışmaların yapıldığı Tanrı tasavvurlarından birisi de deizmdir. Deizmin âleme müdahale etmeyen ulûhiyet anlayışı insanları, hayata yansıması olmayan kuru bir inanca mahkûm etmekte ve insanlar bu mahkûmiyeti ironik bir şekilde özg...
The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethicsilluminates Aristotle’s ethics for both academics andstudents new to the work, with sixteen newly commissioned essays bydistinguished international scholars. The structure of the book mirrors the organization of theNichomachean Ethics itself. Discusses the human good, the general nature of virtue, thedistinctive characteristics of particular virtues, voluntariness,self-control, and pleasure.
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Love is just fear I suppose. Masquerading as a fever. Then you explore each other and suddenly you have licence to become totally pedestrian. And ultimately abusive. Militancy in the Suffragette Movement is at its height. Thousands of women of all classes serve time in Holloway Prison in their fight to gain the vote. Amongst them is Lady Celia Cain who feels trapped by both the policies of the day and the shackles of a frustrating marriage. Inside, she meets a young seamstress, Eve Douglas, and her life spirals into an erotic but dangerous chaos. London 1913. A crucial moment when, with emancipation almost in sight, women refuse to let the establishment stand in their way. Rebecca Lenkiewicz's Her Naked Skin premiered at the National Theatre, London, in July 2008.
Modern Diplomacy provides a comprehensive exploration of the evolution and concepts of the institution of diplomacy. This book equips students with a detailed analysis of important international issues that impact upon diplomacy and its relationship with international politics. The subject is bought ‘to life’ through the use of case studies and examples which highlight the working of contemporary diplomacy within the international political arena. Organised around five broad topic areas, including the nature of diplomacy, diplomatic methods and negotiation, the operation of diplomacy in specific areas and natural disasters and international conflict, the book covers all major topic areas of contemporary diplomacy.
The Second Formation of Islamic Law offers a new periodization of Islamic legal history in the eastern Islamic lands.
This book offers an innovative collaborative approach to the study of a particular region of the Ottoman empire, the southwestern Peloponnese (or Morea), Greece.