1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792328203321

Autore

Pinn A

Titolo

Black Religion and Aesthetics [[electronic resource] ] : Religious Thought and Life in Africa and the African Diaspora / / by A. Pinn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-55701-7

9786612557019

0-230-62294-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PinnAnthony B

Disciplina

200.89/96

200.8996

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Ethnology—Africa

Religion

Culture—Study and teaching

African Americans

Christianity

Sociology of Religion

African Culture

Religious Studies, general

Regional and Cultural Studies

African American Culture

Africa Religion

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

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Black Labyrinth, Aesthetics, and Black Religion; Part 1 North and South America; Part 2 The Caribbean; Part 3 Europe; Part 4 Africa; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A great deal of attention has been given to the sociopolitical and theological importance of Black Religion. However, of less academic concern up to this point is the aesthetic qualities that define much of



what is said and done within the context of Black Religion. Recognizing the centrality of the black body for black religious thought and life, this book proposes a conversation concerning various dimensions of the aesthetic considerations and qualities of Black Religion as found in various parts of the world, including the the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. In this respect, Black Religion is simply meant to connote the religious orientations and arrangements of people of African descent across the globe.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777046203321

Autore

Fonte Moderata <1555-1592.>

Titolo

The worth of women [[electronic resource] ] : wherein is clearly revealed their nobility and their superiority to men / / Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) ; edited and translated by Virginia Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, c1997

ISBN

1-281-12563-6

0-226-25683-9

9786611125639

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Other voice in early modern Europe

Altri autori (Persone)

CoxVirginia

Disciplina

305.4

Soggetti

Women

Women - Social conditions

Women - History - Renaissance, 1450-1600

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

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- THE OTHER VOICE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- MODERATA FONTE AND THE WORTH OF WOMEN -- KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT -- A NOTE ON FONTE'S SOURCES -- DEDICATORY LETTER -- APPENDIX: THE THEME OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY WITH MEN IN FONTE'S FLORIDORO -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Gender equality and the responsibility of husbands and fathers: issues



that loom large today had currency in Renaissance Venice as well, as evidenced by the publication in 1600 of The Worth of Women by Moderata Fonte. Moderata Fonte was the pseudonym of Modesta Pozzo (1555-92), a Venetian woman who was something of an anomaly. Neither cloistered in a convent nor as liberated from prevailing codes of decorum as a courtesan might be, Pozzo was a respectable, married mother who produced literature in genres that were commonly considered "masculine"-the chivalric romance and the literary dialogue. This work takes the form of the latter, with Fonte creating a conversation among seven Venetian noblewomen. The dialogue explores nearly every aspect of women's experience in both theoretical and practical terms. These women, who differ in age and experience, take as their broad theme men's curious hostility toward women and possible cures for it. Through this witty and ambitious work, Fonte seeks to elevate women's status to that of men, arguing that women have the same innate abilities as men and, when similarly educated, prove their equals. Through this dialogue, Fonte provides a picture of the private and public lives of Renaissance women, ruminating on their roles in the home, in society, and in the arts. A fine example of Renaissance vernacular literature, this book is also a testament to the enduring issues that women face, including the attempt to reconcile femininity with ambition.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812573303321

Autore

Stedman Jones Gareth

Titolo

An end to poverty? : a historical debate / / Gareth Stedman Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

0-231-51079-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

362.509049

Soggetti

Poverty - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. The French Revolution -- II. The Reaction in Britain -- III. The Reaction in France -- IV. Globalisation: the 'Proletariat' and the 'Industrial Revolution' -- V. The Wealth of Midas -- VI. Resolving 'The Social Problem' -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the 1790s, for the first time, reformers proposed bringing poverty to an end. Inspired by scientific progress, the promise of an international economy, and the revolutions in France and the United States, political thinkers such as Thomas Paine and Antoine-Nicolas Condorcet argued that all citizens could be protected against the hazards of economic insecurity. In An End to Poverty? Gareth Stedman Jones revisits this founding moment in the history of social democracy and examines how it was derailed by conservative as well as leftist thinkers. By tracing the historical evolution of debates concerning poverty, Stedman Jones revives an important, but forgotten strain of progressive thought. He also demonstrates that current discussions about economic issues-downsizing, globalization, and financial regulation-were shaped by the ideological conflicts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Paine and Condorcet believed that republicanism combined with universal pensions, grants to support education, and other social programs could alleviate poverty. In tracing the inspiration for their beliefs, Stedman Jones locates an unlikely source-Adam Smith. Paine and Condorcet believed that Smith's vision of a dynamic commercial



society laid the groundwork for creating economic security and a more equal society. But these early visions of social democracy were deemed too threatening to a Europe still reeling from the traumatic aftermath of the French Revolution and increasingly anxious about a changing global economy. Paine and Condorcet were demonized by Christian and conservative thinkers such as Burke and Malthus, who used Smith's ideas to support a harsher vision of society based on individualism and laissez-faire economics. Meanwhile, as the nineteenth century wore on, thinkers on the left developed more firmly anticapitalist views and criticized Paine and Condorcet for being too "bourgeois" in their thinking. Stedman Jones however, argues that contemporary social democracy should take up the mantle of these earlier thinkers, and he suggests that the elimination of poverty need not be a utopian dream but may once again be profitably made the subject of practical, political, and social-policy debates.

4.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00380892

Autore

Radner, Karen

Titolo

Ein neuassyrisches Privatarchiv der Tempelgoldschmiede von Assur / Karen Radner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Saarbrücken, : Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, 1999

ISBN

39-308-4344-7

Descrizione fisica

XXII, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Classificazione

MES III B

Soggetti

FILOLOGIA ASSIRA - ASSUR

Lingua accadica - Testi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia