Publications
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Songs of the Royal Zhōu and the Royal Shào
(2022)
The songs of the Royal Zhōu (“Zhōu Nán” 周南) and of the Royal Shào (“Shào Nán” 召南) have formed a conceptual unit since at least the late Spring and Autumn period (771–453 BC). With this book Meyer and Schwartz provide a ...
Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia
(2020)
Constructed around seven extensively contextualized case studies, Trajectories of State Formation across Fifteenth-Century Islamic West-Asia offers a critical trans-dynastic understanding of the socio-political histories ...
Qarakhanid Roads to China
(2022)
Qarakhanid Roads to China takes readers on a large-scale adventure with envoys and merchants, monks and artists, men and women along the Silk Roads and beyond.
Administration, Prosopography and Appointment Policies in the Roman Empire
(2001)
Readership: All those interested in Roman history (also at the local level in communities in the Roman Empire), the history of ancient Greek and Roman religions, the representation of power of Roman emperors, and the ...
Bima Swarga in Balinese Wayang
(1981)
The aim of the author's research was to study 1) the thematic elements and the composition of the plays (lelampahan wayang), and 2) their religious and cultural background. She concentrates on one particular play: the story ...
The Eudaimonist Ethics of al-Fārābī and Avicenna
(2022)
Al-Fārābī and Avicenna are the two most influential authors of the classical period of Arabic philosophy, yet their ethical thought has been largely overlooked by scholars. In this book, Janne Mattila provides the first ...
Seeking Justice at the Court of the Khans of Khiva
(2020)
In Seeking Justice at the Court of the Khans of Khiva, Sartori and Abdurasulov show that in Khorezm prior to Sovietization the dispensation of justice according to Islamic law depended mostly on a group of officials ...
Poetische Gerechtigkeit als kognitives Prinzip der Rezeption
(2024)
The concept of poetic justice is reinterpreted within the framework of cognitive literary theory and is understood as the reader's interpretation. This reinterpretation of the concept is demonstrated through Arthur ...
Sinn für Gespenster
(2022)
In Late Medieval Europe, apparitions were often interpreted as manifestations of restless souls from purgatory, seeking the help of the bereaved. Induced by a complex set of theological re-interpretations, Protestant ...
Sacrifice in Modernity
(2020)
Sacrifice seems to belong to a religious context of the past. In Sacrifice in Modernity: Community, Ritual, Identity it is demonstrated how sacrificial themes remain an essential element in our post-modern society. The ...