1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791187603321

Autore

Mehregan Abbas

Titolo

Religion, religiosity, and democratic values : a comparative perspective of Islamic and non-Islamic societies / / by Abbas Mehregan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27446-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

International Studies in Religion and Society, , 1573-4293 ; ; Volume 23

Disciplina

201/.72

Soggetti

Islam and civil society

Islam and world politics

Islam and social problems

Islamic countries Relations

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

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Democratic Values, Islamic Principles, and Political Democracy -- Religiosity, Market Economics, Civil Society: Comparisons of 60 Societies -- The Link between Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values: Multilevel Analyses -- Appendix 1: Materials and Method -- Appendix 2: Additional Descriptive Statistics -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Does religiosity diminish democratic economic and civil tendencies? Do Islamic traditions provoke more hostility to democratic values in comparison to other religious traditions? In Religion, Religiosity, and Democratic Values , Abbas Mehregan undertakes an empirical examination of the effects of individual religiosity, historical religion, institutional democracy, and socioeconomic development on attitudes towards free market economics and confidence in traditional, modern, and post-modern civil society organizations. Using multilevel analysis, Mehregan compares 60 Islamic, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, and folk-religion societies in these regards. Furthermore, in addition to an empirical comparison of Sunni and Shia Islamic countries, a theoretical investigation of the relationship between Islam and democratic



economic and civil values provides a comprehensive insight into the topic.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955942903321

Autore

Arnold A. James

Titolo

A History of Literature in the Caribbean : Volume 3: Cross-Cultural Studies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997

ISBN

1-282-16217-9

9786612162176

90-272-9777-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Collana

Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages

Disciplina

809/.89729

Soggetti

Caribbean literature -- History and criticism

Literature - General

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THE CARIBBEAN; Editorial page; Title page; LCC Data; General preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Charting the Caribbean as a Literary Region; Preliminary Approaches; Literary Creoleness and Chaos Theory; Problematics of Literary Historiography; Literature and Popular Culture; Carnival and Carnivalization; Gender and Identity; The Caliban Complex; Genre and Postcoloniality; Cross-Cultural Currents and Conundrums; Index to Names

Sommario/riassunto

Cross-Cultural Studies is the culminating effort of a distinguished team of international scholars who have worked since the mid-1980s to create the most complete analysis of Caribbean literature ever undertaken. Conceived as a major contribution to postcolonial studies, cultural studies, cultural anthropology, and regional studies of the Caribbean and the Americas, Cross-Cultural Studies illuminates the interrelations between and among Europe, the Caribbean islands,



Africa, and the American continents from the late fifteenth century to the present. Scholars from five continents