Publications
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Formal Axiology and Its Critics
(2021)
Formal Axiology and Its Critics consists of two parts, both of which present criticisms of the formal theory of values developed by Robert S. Hartman, replies to these criticisms, plus a short introduction to formal ...
Walking on the Pages of the Word of God
(2019)
In Walking on the Pages of the Word of God Aron Engberg explores the religious language and identities of Zionist evangelical volunteer workers in contemporary Jerusalem, and their stories about the religious self, the ...
'Incidental' Ethnographers
(2007)
This book introduces, from an anthropological standpoint, French Catholic missionary colonial ethnographic writing from the highlands of north Vietnam and Yunnan at the turn of the 20th century, and searches for the ...
The Rights of the Child
(2023)
How can human rights for children born outside their national jurisdiction with parents deemed as terrorists be safeguarded? In what ways do children risk being discriminated in their welfare rights in Sweden when treated ...
Governing the Galleys: Jurisdiction, Justice, and Trade in the Squadrons of the Hispanic Monarchy (Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries)
(2019)
In Governing the Galleys, Manuel Lomas analyses the political, legal and economic impact of the development of the Spanish Navy in the Early Modern Mediterranean (sixteenth - seventeenth centuries). Readership: All interested ...
The Newest Sappho: P. Sapph. Obbink and P. GC inv. 105, Frs. 1-4
(2016)
In The Newest Sappho Anton Bierl and André Lardinois have edited 21 papers of world-renowned Sappho scholars dealing with the new papyrus fragments of poems by Sappho that were published in 2014. Readership: All interested ...
The Interpretation and Application of the Most-Favored-Nation Clause in Investment Arbitration
(2022)
The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. In The Interpretation and Application of the Most-Favored-Nation Clause in Investment Arbitration, Dr. ...
Power and Possibility
(2019)
Power and Possibility: Adult Education in a Diverse and Complex World explores the topic of power and possibility theoretically, historically and practically through a range of perspectives and in relation to varied areas ...
The Old-Javanese Rāmāyaṇa Kakawin
(1955)
Indonesia
Sharīʿa in Africa Today
(2020)
Sharīʿa in Africa Today. Reactions and Responses explores how Islamic law has influenced relations between Muslims and Christians, through a series of case studies by young African scholars working in four African countries: ...
Cleanliness and culture: Indonesian histories
(2011)
Recent years have shown an increase in interest in the study of cleanliness from a historical and sociological perspective. Many of such studies on bathing and washing, on keeping the body and the streets clean, and on ...
Proeve van een Bulische spraakkunst
(1951)
Indonesia
Four Kingdom Motifs before and beyond the Book of Daniel
(2020)
The four kingdoms motif enabled writers of various cultures, times, and places, to periodize history as the staged succession of empires barrelling towards an utopian age. The motif provided order to lived experiences under ...
Representing Poverty and Precarity in a Postcolonial World
(2021)
The contributions to this volume address conceptualisations of poverty and precarity from the perspective of literary and cultural studies as well as linguistics and investigate the ethics and aesthetic of representing ...
Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks (7th to 13th Centuries)
(2015)
Transfer of Buddhism across Central Asian Networks (7th to 13th Centuries), ed. Carmen Meinert, offers a transregional and transcultural vision for religious transfer processes in Central Asian history. It explores Buddhist ...
Islamic Sensory History
(2024)
Islamic Sensory History, Volume 2: 600–1500 presents a selection of texts translated into English from Arabic and Persian. These selected texts all offer illustrative engagements with issues related to the sensorium in ...
Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 9 (2000)
(2004)
The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. Readership: Academics and practitioners who deal with international ...
Mothering, Public Leadership, and Women’s Life Writing
(2017)
In Mothering, Public Leadership, and Women’s Life Writing, Claire E. Wolfteich presents a series of case studies in Christian spirituality, bringing mothers’ autobiographical writing into focus for theological reflection. ...
Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis
(2022)
Religion is never simply there. In Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis, Mattias Brand shows where and when ordinary individuals and families in Egypt practiced a Manichaean way of life. Rather than ...
Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia
(2016)
By providing various fascinating first-hand accounts of how citizens negotiate their rights in the context of weak state institutions, Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia offers a unique bottom-up perspective ...