Author: Cornel Zwierlein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107166446
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
At the intersection of the history of knowledge and science, of European trade empires and the Mediterranean, this major empirical study presents a new method for understanding the history of ignorance across politics, religion, history and science during the early Enlightenment.
Imperial Unknowns
Author: Cornel Zwierlein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107166446
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
At the intersection of the history of knowledge and science, of European trade empires and the Mediterranean, this major empirical study presents a new method for understanding the history of ignorance across politics, religion, history and science during the early Enlightenment.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107166446
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
At the intersection of the history of knowledge and science, of European trade empires and the Mediterranean, this major empirical study presents a new method for understanding the history of ignorance across politics, religion, history and science during the early Enlightenment.
The Unknown Nation
Author: James Curran
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522856454
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The Unknown Nation is an illuminating history of Australia's putative 'search' for national identity. James Curran and Stuart Ward document how the receding ties of empire and Britishness posed an unprecedented dilemma as Australians lost their traditional ways of defining themselves as a people. With the sudden disappearance in the 1960s and 1970s of the familiar coordinates of the British world, Australians were cast into the realm of the unknown. The task of remodelling the national image touched every aspect of Australian life where identifiably British ideas, habits and symbols--from foreign relations to the national anthem--had grown obsolete. But how to celebrate Australia's past achievements and present aspirations became a source of public controversy as community leaders struggled to find the appropriate language and rhetoric to invoke a new era.
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522856454
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The Unknown Nation is an illuminating history of Australia's putative 'search' for national identity. James Curran and Stuart Ward document how the receding ties of empire and Britishness posed an unprecedented dilemma as Australians lost their traditional ways of defining themselves as a people. With the sudden disappearance in the 1960s and 1970s of the familiar coordinates of the British world, Australians were cast into the realm of the unknown. The task of remodelling the national image touched every aspect of Australian life where identifiably British ideas, habits and symbols--from foreign relations to the national anthem--had grown obsolete. But how to celebrate Australia's past achievements and present aspirations became a source of public controversy as community leaders struggled to find the appropriate language and rhetoric to invoke a new era.
The Unknown Enemy
Author: Christian Tripodi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108601383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Western counterinsurgency doctrine proposes that cultural intelligence is an important requirement for those forces operating amidst the unfamiliar socio-political structures often found in distant conflict zones. Yet while the determination to understand the intricate nature of alien societies may appear a rational undertaking in such circumstances, Christian Tripodi argues that these endeavours rarely help deliver success. The frictions of war and the complex human, cultural and political 'terrain' of the operating environment render such efforts highly problematic. In their attempts to generate and instrumentalize local knowledge for the purpose of exerting influence and control, western military actors are drawn into the unwelcome realm of counterinsurgency as a form of political warfare. Their operating environment now becomes a space charged with phenomena that they rarely comprehend, rarely even see and which they struggle to exert any meaningful control over. All in pursuit of a victory that might literally mean nothing.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108601383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Western counterinsurgency doctrine proposes that cultural intelligence is an important requirement for those forces operating amidst the unfamiliar socio-political structures often found in distant conflict zones. Yet while the determination to understand the intricate nature of alien societies may appear a rational undertaking in such circumstances, Christian Tripodi argues that these endeavours rarely help deliver success. The frictions of war and the complex human, cultural and political 'terrain' of the operating environment render such efforts highly problematic. In their attempts to generate and instrumentalize local knowledge for the purpose of exerting influence and control, western military actors are drawn into the unwelcome realm of counterinsurgency as a form of political warfare. Their operating environment now becomes a space charged with phenomena that they rarely comprehend, rarely even see and which they struggle to exert any meaningful control over. All in pursuit of a victory that might literally mean nothing.
Esotericism and Deviance
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004681043
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The concept of deviance has been central to the academic study of (Western) esotericism since its inception. This book, being the proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE), explores the relationship between esotericism and various forms of deviance (as concept, category, and practice) from antiquity until late modernity. The volume is the first to combine incisive conceptual explorations of the concept of deviance and how it informs and challenges the study of esotericism alongside a wide range of empirically grounded case discussions.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004681043
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The concept of deviance has been central to the academic study of (Western) esotericism since its inception. This book, being the proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE), explores the relationship between esotericism and various forms of deviance (as concept, category, and practice) from antiquity until late modernity. The volume is the first to combine incisive conceptual explorations of the concept of deviance and how it informs and challenges the study of esotericism alongside a wide range of empirically grounded case discussions.
The Unknown Tsesarevitch. Reminiscences and Considerations on V. K. Filatov’s Life and Times
Author: Oleg Filatov
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041521050
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The book is about the rescue of Tsesarevich. The central part is the reminiscences of O. Filatov. The I chapter “The Sources” gives the archive information about the course of events on 1918 in Ekaterinburg. The II chapter “Relations with Other People” is a description of the life of the family in the Urals. The III chapter “The North Star” is about the life of the family in the north of Russia. The IV chapter “The Royal Blood Must examined” is about the identification of Tsesarevich.
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041521050
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The book is about the rescue of Tsesarevich. The central part is the reminiscences of O. Filatov. The I chapter “The Sources” gives the archive information about the course of events on 1918 in Ekaterinburg. The II chapter “Relations with Other People” is a description of the life of the family in the Urals. The III chapter “The North Star” is about the life of the family in the north of Russia. The IV chapter “The Royal Blood Must examined” is about the identification of Tsesarevich.
Letters to my unknown friends. [By Sydney Warburton.] Fourth edition
Author: Sydney WARBURTON
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Votes & Proceedings
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
Men in Metal
Author: Sven Saaler
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004441514
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In his pioneering study, Men in Metal, Sven Saaler examines Japanese public statuary as a central site of historical memory from its beginnings in the Meiji period through the twenty-first century. Saaler shows how the elites of the modern Japanese nation-state went about constructing an iconography of national heroes to serve their agenda of instilling national (and nationalist) thinking into the masses. Based on a wide range of hitherto untapped primary sources, Saaler combines data-driven quantitative analysis and in-depth case studies to identify the categories and historical figures that dominated public space. Men in Metal also explores the agents behind this visualized form of the politics of memory and introduces historiographical controversies surrounding statue-building in modern Japan.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004441514
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In his pioneering study, Men in Metal, Sven Saaler examines Japanese public statuary as a central site of historical memory from its beginnings in the Meiji period through the twenty-first century. Saaler shows how the elites of the modern Japanese nation-state went about constructing an iconography of national heroes to serve their agenda of instilling national (and nationalist) thinking into the masses. Based on a wide range of hitherto untapped primary sources, Saaler combines data-driven quantitative analysis and in-depth case studies to identify the categories and historical figures that dominated public space. Men in Metal also explores the agents behind this visualized form of the politics of memory and introduces historiographical controversies surrounding statue-building in modern Japan.
The Power of the Dispersed
Author: Cornel Zwierlein
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004140727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Early modern travelers often did not form part of classic ‘diaspora’ communities: they frequently never really settled, perhaps remaining abroad for some time in one place, then traveling further; not ‘blown by the wind,’ but by changing and complex conditions that often turned out to make them unwelcome anywhere. The dispersed developed strategies of survival by keeping their distance from old and new temporary ‘homes,’ as well as by using information from and manipulating foreign representations of their former countries. This volume assembles case studies from the Mediterranean context, the Americas and Japan. They explore what kind of ‘power(s)’ and agency dispersed people had, counterintuitively, through the connections they maintained with their former homes, and through those they established abroad. Contributors: Eduardo Angione, Iordan Avramov, Marloes Cornelissen, David Do Paço, José Luis Egío, Maria-Tsampika Lampitsi, Paula Manstetten, Simon Mills, David Nelson, Adolfo Polo y La Borda, Ana M. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Cesare Santus, Stefano Saracino, and Cornel Zwierlein.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004140727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
Early modern travelers often did not form part of classic ‘diaspora’ communities: they frequently never really settled, perhaps remaining abroad for some time in one place, then traveling further; not ‘blown by the wind,’ but by changing and complex conditions that often turned out to make them unwelcome anywhere. The dispersed developed strategies of survival by keeping their distance from old and new temporary ‘homes,’ as well as by using information from and manipulating foreign representations of their former countries. This volume assembles case studies from the Mediterranean context, the Americas and Japan. They explore what kind of ‘power(s)’ and agency dispersed people had, counterintuitively, through the connections they maintained with their former homes, and through those they established abroad. Contributors: Eduardo Angione, Iordan Avramov, Marloes Cornelissen, David Do Paço, José Luis Egío, Maria-Tsampika Lampitsi, Paula Manstetten, Simon Mills, David Nelson, Adolfo Polo y La Borda, Ana M. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Cesare Santus, Stefano Saracino, and Cornel Zwierlein.
Paris Known and Unknown
Author: William Walton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description