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This book presents some twenty essays on different aspects of Islam in history and the present. These essays are grouped into eight larger sections. The first, "The Beginnings", deals with the transition from pre-Islamic understandings and reason, an essential part of the Quranic message. The next two sections deal with Islam specifically as a religion with its particular signs and symbols. The question of rules of interpretation in Islam and its structural features is discussed here. Sections four and five deal with ethics in Islam, including Muslim identity and human rights, and certain social functions of Islam. Section six introduces some 19th and 20th century reform movements, with spec...
Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.
Includes subject section, name section, and 1968-1970, technical reports.
For the last 40 years, anthropotechnology has concentrated its efforts on the study and improvement of the working and living conditions of populations throughout the world. It guides the actors of the design processes by paying attention to the “human factor”: its social, cultural and environmental components. It therefore values a conception of techniques that respect people and their ways of thinking and acting in specific contexts. This book introduces the reader to design dynamics that combine often conflicting sets of competencies, but that are always anxious to respond to the contexts of the field.
This volume provides a historical overview of the development and role of Anglo-Canadian folklore studies in Canada and their relationship to similar research conducted with respect to French Canadians, minority groups within Canada, within the wider Canadian context, and at the international level.
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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
A critical study of Louise Bourgeois's art from the 1940s to the 1980s: its departure from surrealism and its dialogue with psychoanalysis.
As a cosmopolitan, eclectic, culturally rich, networked city that is also an economic hub and a center of innovation and creativity, Montreal is, without question, unique. This guide highlights the distinctive character of the “city of a hundred bell towers” and presents its most attractive assets. Where are the best restaurants? What are the most charming streets? Where are the most beautiful decorative works by local artists? Where are the trendiest wine bars? Where to sip the best coffee? Which restaurants serve the best value for the money? Where are the most beautiful outdoor terraces? Which activities are worth a side-trip? Claire Bouchard has uncovered more than 300 finds for you to discover. Explore the city’s alleys and the most beautiful parks, meet charming characters, visit key addresses and discover for yourself the well-kept secrets that shape the identity of the “real” Montreal.
Presenting new research by leading specialists in the fields of history, literature and film studies, this stimulating volume is the very best in interdisciplinary scholarship and will define the subject for years to come. It situates the Liberation in the broadest possible context of image and event, a breadth which extends to questions of memory and analogy, and incorporates subtle layers of ambiguity.