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Early Orientalism
The history of western notions about Islam is of obvious scholarly as well as popular interest today. This book investigates Christian images of the Muslim Middle East, focusing on the period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, when the nature of divine as well as human power was under particularly intense debate in the West. Ivan Kalmar explores how the controversial notion of submission to ultimate authority has in the western world been discussed with reference to Islam’s alleged recommendation to obey, unquestioningly, a merciless Allah in heaven and a despotic government on earth. He discusses how Abrahamic faiths – Christianity and Judaism as much as Islam – demand devotio...
1812 Echoes
This book commemorates the bicentenary of the landmark Spanish Constitution of 1812. Drafted by Spanish and colonial Spanish American liberals (and non-liberals) holed up in Cadiz as Napoleon’s troops occupied the surrounding hills, this war-time Constitution set out radically to redefine ‘the Spanish nation’ for a new age. In the event, it divided Spaniards and threw into sharp relief the question of Spain’s legitimacy in her American colonies. Cadiz 1812 is a defining moment in the modern history of the Spanish-speaking world. Bringing together specialists in the history, politics and culture of Spain and Latin America (the Cadiz text was a cultural and ethnic document as much as a...
Marx and Freud in Latin America
This book assesses the untimely relevance of Marx and Freud for Latin America, thinkers alien to the region who became an inspiration to its beleaguered activists, intellectuals, writers and artists during times of political and cultural oppression. Bruno Bosteels presents ten case studies arguing that art and literature—the novel, poetry, theatre, film—more than any militant tract or theoretical essay, can give us a glimpse into Marxism and psychoanalysis, not so much as sciences of history or of the unconscious, respectively, but rather as two intricately related modes of understanding the formation of subjectivity.
Modern Spain
Fulfilling the need for English-source material on contemporary Spain, this book supplies readers with an in-depth, interdisciplinary guide to the country of Spain and its intricate, diverse culture. Far from a usual reference book, Modern Spain takes the reader through the country's history, economy, and politics as well as topics that address Spain's popular culture, such as food, sports, and sexuality. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of its content, this book differs from the average typical English manuals that very rarely cover in depth the whole array of interesting issues that define Spain in the 21st century. The vast amount of information makes this book the perfect companion for any reader wishing to learn more about Spain. Packed with current facts and statistics, this book offers an unbiased view of a modern country, making it an ideal source for undergraduate students and scholars.
Diplomatarium regni Valentiae regnante iacobo i eiusdem conquistadore ex registris papyreis cancellariae deductum
In this volume, a panoramic history of medieval Valencia continues to unfold, as the noted scholar Robert Burns presents a new set of documents from the registers of Jaume the Conqueror at the Crown Archives in Barcelona. Here Burns focuses on 500 government charters covering the years 1264 to 1270, the culmination of the king's warrior fame in Christendom, and places these documents within the context of Jaumes's pan-Mediterranean military and political exploits. The most impressive archives of its kind outside the papal series, this collection is invaluable to medievalists as well as to historians interested in topics ranging from colonialism to rhetoric to economics during the Crusade per...
Justícia ciutadana. Per a una nova justícia catalana
Aquest llibre pretén reunir punts de vista diversos que permetin fonamentar una reflexió sobre l'actual concepte i capacitat de l'Administració de justícia, al mateix temps que començar a proposar idees de cara a la seva millora, reforma i transformació en benefici, sempre, dels ciutadans i de la mateixa voluntat de fer justícia i no, simplement, administrar un sistema que, en ocasions, esdevé injust, poc eficient i que no resol la imprescindible reparació de les víctimes ni la correcta reforma dels que han perjudicat algú o la societat. La pau, o la resolució dels conflictes, comença a la ment i als cors de les persones. No podem menystenir ni la capacitat de raciocini ni aquella altra capacitat emocional que fonamenta tota idea de justícia.
Diplomatarium of the Crusader Kingdom of Valencia
This work presents the first five hundred of the over 2,000 documents that Robert I. Burns will make available from the registers of Jaume the Conqueror at the Crown Archives in Barcelona--the most impressive archives of this kind outside the papal series, and the first extensive use of paper by a European government. Volume II begins the four planned volumes of documents, which, along with the introduction that makes up Volume I, will constitute a unique corpus of material on Valencia, its place in an expanding Europe, and its status, after its conquest by Jaume of Aragon-Catalonia, as a colonialist world of Christian settlers ruling a Muslim majority and a large Jewish population. Volume I...
EL LUGAR DE LOS POETAS
En las situaciones de crisis de régimen, cuando las convicciones más sólidas se erosionan, es posible ver y pensar lo que de ordinario nos resulta invisible; no es de extrañar, pues, que sea entonces cuando la filosofía cobre un papel especialmente destacado. Son estos los momentos en los que es posible ver hasta qué punto hay grandes batallas (teóricas y políticas) que se libran en ese espacio misterioso –«el lugar de los poetas»– donde se ponen las palabras a las cosas. La reflexión respecto al problema del poder que emana del nombrar ha cobrado en las últimas décadas la forma de una reflexión sobre el populismo o sobre los significantes vacíos. Sin embargo, este es ya e...
Movilización contra educación para la ciudadanía y los derechos humanos. Castilla-la Mancha, Castilla y León y Madrid
Esta Tesis Doctoral, realizada desde el enfoque de los Derechos Humanos, la perspectiva de género, la historia comparada y la teoría actual de los movimientos sociales, investiga las razones nacionales e internacionales de la creación e implementación de Educación para la Ciudadanía y los Derechos Humanos en el sistema educativo español durante el Gobierno socialista de Rodríguez Zapatero, así como las reacciones frente a la misma, ilustrándolas con las generadas en Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León y Madrid (elegidas por su condición de comunidades autónomas de signo político opuesto y de diferente nivel de religiosidad social). Se estudia la movilización de los activistas ...
The Philosopher's Index
Vols. for 1969- include a section of abstracts.
