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A Rogue's Life
This book reveals the life of R. Clay Crawford, his dreams, his schemes, his successes and his failures, as he launched himself into many of the most turbulent episodes of 19th century United States history. Like everyone, he was born with a family history, not just genetic but also cultural determinants; this book reveals the influences on his behavior inherited from his father and his grandfathers. He likewise passed on to his children a model, not just genetic but cultural. Even so, Clay Crawford's story is not just a family affair. He was a "self-made man" living in an age when such was thought to be a national asset--and thus stands out as a warning that the worship of the "self-made man" may produce more rogues than Rockefellers.
Die Welt des Islams
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Unter dem Bodhi-Baum
Die uigurische Zivilisation, zwischen der iranischen und der fernöstlichen chinesischen Welt, erreichte ihren Höhepunkt zu Beginn des 2. Jahrtausends nach Christi. Träger dieser Hochkultur war der Mahayana-Buddhismus, dem sich dieser Band widmet. Neben der Erforschung verschiedener Aspekte der buddhistischen Zivilisation Zentralasiens wird vor allem der uigurische Buddhismus von der vorklassischen bis zur spätklassischen Zeit (10. bis Mitte 15. Jahrhundert) untersucht. Darüber hinaus edieren oder interpretieren die Autorinnen und Autoren buddhistische Texte in den Kontakt- Sprachen des Uigurischen, in Sanskrit, Chinesisch, Sogdisch und Tocharisch, und behandeln die vielfaltigen Beziehun...
Democratic Transition in the Middle East
Popular uprisings and revolts across the Arab Middle East have often resulted in a democratic faragh or void in power. How society seeks to fill that void, regardless of whether the regime falls or survives, is the common trajectory followed by the seven empirical case studies published here for the first time. This edited volume seeks to unpack the state of the democratic void in three interrelated fields: democracy, legitimacy and social relations. In doing so, the conventional treatment of democratization as a linear, formal, systemic and systematic process is challenged and the power politics of democratic transition reassessed. Through a close examination of case studies focusing on Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, this collection introduces the reader to indigenous narratives on how power is wrested and negotiated from the bottom up. It will be of interest to those seeking a fresh perspective on democratization models as well as those seeking to understand the reshaping of the Arab Middle East in the lead-up to the Arab Spring.
The Poetics of Slavdom
Between 1400 and 1878, the majority of Southern Slavic peoples endured several centuries of Ottoman rule. In the nineteenth century there was a movement among both the Croats and the Serbs to set aside regional, ethnic, religious, and cultural differences in order to work together toward the liberation of all the Southern Slavs from the Ottoman yoke. These volumes explore how the masterpieces of two leading poets among the Croats and Serbs - Ivan Mazuranić (1814-1890) and Petar II Petrović Njegos (1813-1851), who was Prince-Bishop of Montenegro from 1830-1851 - dealt with the Southern Slavs' relationship to Islam in their greatest poetic works, The Death of Smail-agha Čengić and The Mountain Wreath, respectively.
Meraner Zeitung
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