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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140504203321

Titolo

(Re)Figuring human enslavement : images of power, violence and resistance / / Ulrich Pallua, Adrian Knapp and Andreas Exenberger (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Innsbruck : , : Innsbruck University Press, , c2009

©2009

ISBN

9783902719096 (ebook)

3902719095 (ebook)

Edizione

[first edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Edition Weltordnung, Religion, Gewalt ; ; volume 5

Soggetti

Slavery

Slavery - History

Slavery in literature

Slavery in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"The publications of the interdisciplinary and internationally networked Research Platform “World Order – Religion – Violence” seek to improve our understanding of the relationship between religion, politics and violence. It therefore deals especially with the return of religious themes and symbols into politics, with the analysis of the link between political theory and religion, and finally with the critical discussion of the secularization thesis. At the centre of the research are questions concerning the causes of violent conflict, the possibilities for a just world order and the conditions for peaceful coexistence on a local, regional, national and international/worldwide scale between communities in the face of divergent religious and ideological convictions. Its task is to initiate and coordinate thematically related research-efforts from various disciplinary backgrounds at the University of Innsbruck. It creates a network between departments, research-teams and single researchers working on topics of religion, politics and violence. The overall aim of the research platform World



Order-Religion-Violence is to promote excellence in social and human science research on religion and politics at the University of Innsbruck and to guarantee the diffusion of this particular competence on a national and international level."

"Band 5 der Edition Weltordnung – Religion – Gewalt widmet sich dem Thema Sklaverei, stellt es in Zusammenhang mit Macht, Gewalt und Widerstand. Die Aufsätze des Sammelbandes untersuchen bislang weitgehend unerforschte literarische, künstlerische, historische und pädagogische Ansätze und zeichnen ein erschütterndes Bild der Sklaverei in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. "