Prostitution in the eastern Mediterranean world : the economics of sex in the late antique and medieval Middle East / / Gary Leiser

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910162791603321
• Autore: Leiser Gary <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., , 2019; [London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019
• ISBN: 1-350-98762-X; 1-78672-086-8
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 332 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: [Library of Middle East History]
• Disciplina: 306.7409394
• Soggetti: Prostitution - Middle East - History - To 1500
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Series from publisher's webpage.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-326) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This groundbreaking book challenges many stereotypical views about the historical practice of prostitution. Based on twenty years' research, and organized by region, it charts the history of sex for sale in those chief centres of the late antique and medieval East, whether in Arabia, Egypt, Syria or Anatolia. Ranging extensively from 300 CE to 1500 (or from the reign of Theodosius to the early Ottoman period), Gary Leiser meticulously examines the available sources and argues for a reappraisal of the so-called oldest profession. He suggests that it was never prohibited; that there was remarkable continuity between Christian and Muslim rule; and that prostitution was institutionalized as a 'service industry' at various times. Indicating that sex work in the East had its own distinctive character and meanings (for example, that it was taxed from the time of Caligula onwards and that prostitutes were expected to retain tax receipts), the book brings continually fresh insights to a controversial subject.

An integrative habit of mind : John Henry Newman on the path to wisdom / / Frederick D. Aquino ; Julia Fauci, design

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820500903321
• Autore: Aquino Frederick D. <1963->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: DeKalb, Illinois : , : NIU Press, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-5017-5675-3; 1-60909-053-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Disciplina: 230/.2092
• Soggetti: Knowledge, Theory of; Cognition; Education - Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Broadening horizons -- A matter of proper fit -- A connected view.
• Sommario/riassunto: Searching for better ways to inspire people to pursue wisdom, Frederick D. Aquino argues that teachers and researchers should focus less on state-of-the-art techniques and learning outcomes and instead pay more attention to the intellectual formation of their students. We should, Aquino contends, encourage the development of an integrative habit of mind, which entails cultivating the capacity to grasp how various pieces of data and areas of inquiry fit together and to understand how to apply this information to new situations.To fully explore this notion, An Integrative Habit of Mind brings the work of the great religious figure and educator John Henry Newman into fruitful conversation with recent philosophical developments in epistemology, cognition, and education. Aquino unearths some crucial but neglected themes from Newman's writings and carries them forward into the contemporary context, revealing how his ideas can help us broaden our horizons, render apt judgments, and better understand our world and how we think about it.