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Individuals seek ways to repress the sense of violence within themselves and often resort to medial channels. The hunger of the individual for violence is a trigger for the generation of violent content by media, owners of political power, owners of religious power, etc. However, this content is produced considering the individual’s sensitivities. Thus, violence is aestheticized. Aesthetics of violence appear in different fields and in different forms. In order to analyze it, an interdisciplinary perspective is required. The Handbook of Research on Aestheticization of Violence, Horror, and Power brings together two different concepts that seem incompatible—aesthetics and violence—and f...
Arabic grammatical thinking provides one of the richest and most significant contributions of medieval Islamic sciences to the history of human civilization. For the first time, this book traces down its formation during the second century of Islam (eighth century A.D.)
Dieter Bohlen wollte im November 2018 in der RTL-Castingshow "Das Supertalent" der fünfjährigen Melissa nicht glauben, dass sie und ihre Eltern aus Herne kommen ... Journalisten kritisierten Bohlens Verhalten, denn durch die Fragen nach der Herkunft werde man schon als Kind "fremdgemacht". Dieses Phänomen nennt sich "Othering" und ist eine Abgrenzungspraxis, die die "Anderen" in Differenz zu den "Eigenen" konstruiert. Betroffene empfinden das oft als Rassismus. Der Begriff "Heimat" spielt hier eine große Rolle. In diesem Kontext hat in den vergangenen Monaten ein Buch die Diskussionen in Deutschland geprägt: "Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum", das das Thema aus verschiedenen Perspektiven beleuchtet. Heimat als Traum oder Albtraum? Diese Ausgabe des "Journal" geht dem Begriff in seinen verschiedenen Facetten und aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven auf den Grund.
BABA TARİH ÖABT - IV. BÖLÜM - ÇAĞDAŞ TÜRK VE DÜNYA TARİHİ
This volume chronicles the history of the Islamic state in the years A. H. 74-81 (A. D. 693-701), after the final defeat of Ibn al-Zubayr in Mecca put an end to twelve years of civil war and reunited the empire under the rule of the Marwānid caliph 'Abd al-Malik. Syria and the Hijaz enjoyed a period of relative peace during this time, and stability and consolidation were furthered by such basic administrative reforms as the institution of an official Islamic coinage. Pacification of Iraq, where Khārijite rebel bands still roamed and mutiny was spreading among the government forces, was entrusted by 'Abd al-Malik to the victorious general al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf. Al-Ṭabarī i gives a deta...
The interaction between Eurasian pastoral nomads and the surrounding sedentary societies is a major theme in world history. This volume explores the mulitfarious nature of nomadic society and its relations with China, Russia and the Middle East from antiquity into the contemporary world with emphasis on the Mongol and Turkish peoples.