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Brazilian Crops in the Global Market : The Emergence of Brazil As a World Agribusiness Exporter Since 1950 / / Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna
| Brazilian Crops in the Global Market : The Emergence of Brazil As a World Agribusiness Exporter Since 1950 / / Herbert S. Klein and Francisco Vidal Luna |
| Autore | Klein Herbert S. |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (487 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.1 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Economic History Series |
| Soggetto topico | Agricultural industries |
| ISBN | 3-031-38589-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. The Modernization of Brazilian Agriculture Since 1950 -- 3. The changing structure of Brazilian Agriculture 1920-2017 -- 4. Soybeans -- 5. Maize -- 6. Cotton -- 7. Orange Juice -- 8. Sugar and Ethanol -- 9. Coffee -- 10. Cellulose Industry -- 11. Cattle -- 12. Chickens and Swine -- 13. Sustainability -- 14. Conclusion. |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creativity -- a New Vocabulary / / Vlad Petre Glaveanu, Lene Tanggaard, and Charlotte Wegener, editors
| Creativity -- a New Vocabulary / / Vlad Petre Glaveanu, Lene Tanggaard, and Charlotte Wegener, editors |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 pages) |
| Disciplina | 153.3/5 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Creative ability
Philosophy |
| ISBN | 3-031-41907-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Why Do We Need a Newer Vocabulary for Creativity? -- The Second Edition -- On Creativity and Breaks -- Things We Do with Words -- Consolidation -- Creative Limitation -- Can We Move Beyond Consolidation and Creative Limitation? -- A Few Notes on Concepts and Categories -- Reading This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Affordance -- Affordances, a Debated Concept -- Beyond Conventional Uses of Objects -- Creativity (Re)Defined -- References -- Chapter 3: Body -- Opening the Black Box of the Body -- Sketching the [Creative] Body -- Hands for Handling -- Legs for Locomotion -- Senses for Sensitizing -- Heart for Hope and Affection -- Gut for Guessing -- Towards an Embodied Future -- References -- Chapter 4: Business as Usual -- Towards Business as Usual -- The Managers' Perspective -- A Horizontal View on Creating Something New -- A Vertical View on Creating Something New -- Too Much Like Business as Usual -- Epilogue -- References -- Chapter 5: Craft -- From Creativity in Craft to Creativity as Craft -- What About Routines and Mindless Repetition? -- From Creative Thinking to Creative Making -- References -- Chapter 6: Difference -- Difference Between Self and Other -- Difference Between Sign and Object -- Difference Between What Was, Is, and Will Be -- Difference Between the Possible and Impossible -- Difference Between Would and Should -- What Difference Makes a Difference for Creativity? -- References -- Chapter 7: Digital -- Introduction -- Revisiting the Classic Four-P Model of Creativity -- Person -- Process -- Press -- Product -- Toward a Sociotechnical Understanding of Creativity -- References -- Chapter 8: Fear -- Imagination, Signs and Self-Regulation -- Fear, Imagination and Creativity: Some Examples -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Language.
The Language of Creativity -- Creativity at the Origin of Language -- Language at the Origin of Creativity -- Dialogue at the Root of Language and Creativity -- Order and Spontaneity, in Dialogue -- References -- Chapter 10: Lostness -- Prologue -- Lost -- Knot-Working and Not-Knowing -- Why am I Here? -- Concluding Remarks on the Epistemological Struggle -- References -- Chapter 11: Memory -- The Street Artist: Delinquent or Creative Genius? -- The Creative Memories of a Revolution -- Creativity and Memory, Reunited -- References -- Chapter 12: Mess -- On Why We Might Have Ignored Mess -- What Is Mess, and What Is Its Relationship with Creativity? -- So Why Use Methods? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: No -- The Culture of Yes -- The Creativity of No -- The Power of No -- Concluding Theoretical Postscript -- References -- Chapter 14: Pathways -- Pathways as a Term -- The Methodology of Creative Pathways -- Reflecting Pathways: Where to Go Next? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Perspective -- Perspectives and Positions -- Moving Between Perspectives: The Creative Meta-Position -- Perspectives We Take, Perspectives We Silence -- References -- Chapter 16: Power -- The Two Faces of Power: Suppressive and Productive -- The Relation Between Power and Creativity -- Power and the Unstable Hierarchies of Modern Organisations -- Surrender Your Power-and Increase Your Power in the Process -- Implications for Organisational Theory and Practice -- References -- Chapter 17: Reflexivity -- 'Je suis Charlie' -- Reflecting on Charlie -- After Charlie -- References -- Chapter 18: Rhythm -- Regularity -- The Manners of Tasting Matcha Tea -- Uniqueness -- Emergence -- From Rhythm to Style -- References -- Chapter 19: Rules -- The Intricate Relationship Between Rules and Creativity. Time to Be Playful and Serious: The Delicate Balance Between Freedom and Structure -- Socio-Materiality, Rules, and Creativity Research: A Triadic Interplay -- Picking Up the Camera: A Nostalgic Return to the Analogue Era -- Playing By or Breaking the Rules of Photography -- Dogmas, Chastity Vows, and Obstructions -- The Master of Clay -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 20: Silence -- Silence Is Ambiguous -- 'There Is No Such Thing As Silence' -- Towards Negative Decibels -- The Longing for Silence -- A Silence As Never Before, Spring 2020 -- A Vibrant Silence -- References -- Chapter 21: Space -- Filling the Void with Meaning -- Poem on the Wall -- Extended Mind and Dwelling in the World of Poems and Plastic Jars -- The Staatsbibliothek Experiment -- Creative Spaces and Their Discontents -- References -- Chapter 22: Stumbling -- How Can We Stumble Creatively? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 23: Things -- The Thing Itself -- Objects and Conventions -- The Openness of Artefacts -- Materiality and Creativity -- References -- Chapter 24: Translation -- Translating Words -- Translating Images -- 'Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote' -- References -- Chapter 25: Upcycling -- A Three-Course Dinner at the Auto Repair Garage -- From Cradle to Cradle and 'Designing for Abundance' -- Socio-Material Upcycling -- Ideas as Modules -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 26: World-Making -- World-Making -- Celebrating -- Meandering -- Betraying -- Translating -- Concluding -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799206603321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2016] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and Foreign Policy in Turkey : Rethinking Interconnectedness in a Multipolar World / / Mustafa Kutlay and H. Emrah Karaoguz
| Development and Foreign Policy in Turkey : Rethinking Interconnectedness in a Multipolar World / / Mustafa Kutlay and H. Emrah Karaoguz |
| Autore | Kutlay Mustafa |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.9561 |
| Collana | International Political Economy Series |
| Soggetto topico | Economic development - Turkey |
| ISBN | 3-031-12116-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Economy and Foreign Policy in A Multipolar World -- Development and Foreign Policy in Turkey: A Case of Mutual Neglect -- The Argument -- Research Design -- Plan of the Book -- References -- 2 The Development-Foreign Policy Nexus: A Regime Coherence Framework -- Introduction -- Economy and Foreign Policy: How Are They Related? -- The Economic Arrow in the Foreign Policy Quiver: The Regime Coherence Framework -- Economic Governance -- State-Business Cooperation -- Financial Statecraft -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Development and Foreign Policy: State of the Art -- Development-Oriented Foreign Policy: A Work in Progress -- State Capitalism: Foreign Policy as the Missing Link? -- The Political Economy of Turkish Foreign Policy -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Economic Governance -- Turkey's Economic Governance: A Historical Perspective -- Turkey's Economic Governance Post-2002 -- Economic Governance and Foreign Policy in the 2000s -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 State-Business Relations -- Path Dependencies in State-Business Relations -- Transformation: Economic Interdependence Redux (2002-2011) -- Muddling Through: The Limits of Interconnectedness (2012-2021) -- Diplomatic Support to the Business Community -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Financial Statecraft -- Macroeconomic Environment -- Micro-Support Mechanisms for Exporters -- Türk Eximbank: Export Credit Bank of Turkey -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Conclusion: Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk -- References -- Appendix 1: Foreign Trade By Geographical Country Groups and Countries -- Appendix 2: Turkey's Foreign Trade By Regions and Countries -- Index. |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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European Political Leaders and the Social Representation of the Covid-19 Crisis : Leading the Pandemic / / Flaminia Saccà and Donatella Selva
| European Political Leaders and the Social Representation of the Covid-19 Crisis : Leading the Pandemic / / Flaminia Saccà and Donatella Selva |
| Autore | Saccà Flaminia |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Disciplina | 362.19624144 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology Series |
| Soggetto topico |
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Communication in politics - Europe - History - 21st century Communication in public health - Europe - History - 21st century Political leadership - History - 21st century |
| ISBN | 3-031-38380-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Introducing women leaders: Merkel and Solberg -- Chapter 3: Angela Merkel’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 4: Erna Solberg’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 5: Introducing techno-populist leaders and their alternative: Conte and Macron faced to Sánchez -- Chapter 6: Giuseppe Conte’s approach to the pandemic Chapter 7: Emmanuel Macron’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 8: Pedro Sánchez’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 9: The Pandemic Turn: Populist government leaders facing the virus Chapter 10: Boris Johnson’s approach to the pandemic Chapter 11: Viktor Orbán’s approach to the pandemic -- Chapter 12: Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910736025203321 |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The government of disasters : state formation and disaster management in South Africa / / Lydie Cabane
| The government of disasters : state formation and disaster management in South Africa / / Lydie Cabane |
| Autore | Cabane Lydie |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 363.346 |
| Soggetto topico | Hazard mitigation - South Africa |
| ISBN | 3-031-25502-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Disasters and the state in South Africa -- Chapter 2. Of Bombs and Natural Risks: Inventing Disasters in Colonial and Apartheid South Africa -- Chapter 3. Disaster Connections: Knowledge, Democracy and Policy Change -- Chapter 4. Reforming the State: The Institutionalisation of Disaster Management -- Chapter 5. Disciplining Disasters: Science and the Government of Disasters -- Chapter 6. Protecting the ‘Most Vulnerable’? The Management of a Disaster and the Making/Unmaking of Victims after Xenophobic Violence in 2008 in South Africa -- Chapter 7. Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910746283903321 |
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Cabane Lydie
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interest groups in U.S. local politics / / Sarah Anzia, editor
| Interest groups in U.S. local politics / / Sarah Anzia, editor |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 133 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 320.80973 |
| Soggetto topico | Pressure groups - United States |
| ISBN | 3-031-37626-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Interest groups in US local politics: Introduction to the special issue -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The engagement and influence of local interest groups-and the constraints they face -- Ideology and the structure of politics: How local politics is different -- Conclusion -- References -- Developing a pro-housing movement? Public distrust of developers, fractured coalitions, and the challenges of measuring political power -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Anti-growth politics and the power of developers -- Perceptions of developers -- Community vs. profit meeting dynamics -- Local leaders and developers -- Barriers to coalition-building -- The challenge of evaluating developer power -- Developers at public meetings -- Developers in political campaigns -- Conclusion -- References -- Politics, power, and precarity: how tenant organizations transform local political life -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Housing, power, and local politics -- Tenant organizations: a hybrid political formation -- Research process and method -- The origins of tenant organizations -- Personal experience as a catalyst for tenant organizing -- Political ideas as a catalyst for organizing -- The structure of tenant organizations -- Funding mechanisms and organizational autonomy -- Decision making processes -- How tenant organizations engage local politics -- Withdrawal: stepping into people power -- Integration: taking over the rent board -- Oppositional engagement: shutting down court -- Conclusion and future directions -- References -- Teachers' unions and school board elections: a reassessment -- Abstract -- Why local education politics still matter -- Relevant literature -- A new study -- Data and sample construction -- Results -- Multivariate analysis -- Robustness tests -- Do union endorsements really make the difference?.
Conclusion and discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Interest groups, local politics, and police unions -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Interest groups, local politics, and policing -- Police unions as interest groups -- Government costs and police behavior -- Looking ahead -- References -- PACs rule everything around me: how political action committees shape elections and policy in the local context -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Local PACs: learning from parties and interest groups -- PACs: borrowing from political parties -- Durham, NC: an overview -- Durham PACs as parties -- 2017: Meet the candidates -- Data and methods -- PACs and organizational influence -- PACs rule everything around me -- References -- The age of urban advocacy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Barriers to entry -- Mobilization and citizen participation -- The politics of place -- Next stages -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910746069803321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Minzu as technology : ethnic identity and social media in post 2000s China / / Lei Hao
| Minzu as technology : ethnic identity and social media in post 2000s China / / Lei Hao |
| Autore | Hao Lei <1976-> |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 226 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 302.231 |
| Soggetto topico |
Digital media - Social aspects
Ethnicity in mass media Mass media - China |
| ISBN | 981-9954-02-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1 Understanding the Pursuit of Ethnic Identity in China -- Minzu as Technology -- What Is Minzu -- Cultural Studies Approach to Minzu Subject Formation -- A Postcolonial Analysis of Minzu -- Why Sibe -- Sibe's Historical Evolution and Its Significance in Understanding Minzu -- Sibe Demographic Landscape -- Chapter Summaries -- References -- 2 A Genealogy of Minzu in China -- Introduction -- Late Qing Dynasty-Emergence of Minzu -- Republic of China-Reinvention and Transformation -- People's Republic of China-The Stalin-Inspired Interpretation of Minzu -- The Minzu Practice in Context -- The Construction of the Concept of Ethnic Minorities in PRC -- Uncovering Agency Through New Media Technology -- Social Media and Minzu -- Minzu as a Technology in Ethnic Subject Formation -- Shifting Power Dynamics in the Network Society -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Evolution of Minzu Among the Sibe -- Introduction -- Dissecting State Historiography: Tracing the Evolution of Minzu -- Marxist-Leninist Theories: A Lens Shaping the Sibe Historical Narrative -- Reinterpretation of Stalin's Four Requirements and the Influence of Local Cosmopolitanism on Sibe History -- History of Sibe Migration -- Relationship with Manchu -- Involvement of the Sibe in the Formation of the Chinese Nation -- Unpacking the Transformations of Minzu from Print to Social Media -- Analyzing Discursive Practices of Text Production and Consumption in the Sibe Community -- Online Debate on the Meaning of Westward Migration -- The Discursive Strategies in the Transformation of Minzu -- Keeping the Tradition of the Northeast of China -- Unpacking the Transformation of Minzu in Sibe Society -- Social Sharing Practices on Westward Migration.
Societal Context Shape Sibe's Self-Directed Ethnogenesis Strategies -- Impact of Media Technicity on Minzu -- Media Technicity and Minzu Subject Interpellation -- WeChat's Technicity Impact on Discursive Spaces -- Social Media Technicity's Impact on Depicting Sibe Ethnic Origins -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Reconceptualizing Minzu in Computer-Mediated Communication -- Introduction -- Transliterated Sibe Language and Identity in Social Media -- The Adoption of Transliterated Sibe -- A Genealogy of Sibe Language -- Impact of Minzu on the Selection of Transliterated Sibe in Social Media -- Statements on the Relationship Between Sibe Language and the Manchu Language -- T8 -- H -- S -- The Discourse of Minzu Influenced the Adoption Transliterated Sibe -- K -- T7 -- Z2 -- A -- H2 -- W -- A2 -- Online Debate on Spoken Versus Literary Language -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Networked Ethnicity in Post-2000s China -- Introduction -- Ethnogenesis in the Digital Age -- Digital Articulation of Ethnicity -- Networked Ethnicity -- Conclusion -- References -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Glossary of Sibe Terms -- References -- Index. |
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| Singapore : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Teaching Humanity : An Alternative Introduction to Islam / / Vernon James Schubel
| Teaching Humanity : An Alternative Introduction to Islam / / Vernon James Schubel |
| Autore | Schubel Vernon James <1953-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Disciplina | 297 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - Middle East
Islam - History Islam - Study and teaching Qur'an Qur'an - Hermeneutics |
| ISBN |
9783031223624
9783031223617 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction: Teaching Humanity—Islam as a Humanistic Tradition -- Islam as a Humanistic Tradition -- Defining Humanism and the Humanities -- Orientalism and the Study of Islam -- Islam as a Legalistic Tradition -- Three Men and an Elephant: Describing Islam -- Islam: The Straight Path, or Is It? -- Islam or Islam(s)?: Accounting for Islamic Diversity -- Talal Asad: Islam as a Discursive Tradition -- Shahab Ahmed and the Critique of Asad -- The “Pre-Text” -- The “Con-Text”: The Product of Engagement -- Islam as an Affective Tradition -- Challenging Textual Essentialism -- Moving Beyond the Text: There Is a Reason They Call It Folk Wisdom Teaching Humanity: An Alternative Introduction to Islam -- Questions for Discussion -- 2 Islam’s Diverse Paths, Part One: Patterns of Belief -- Defining Islam -- Islam’s Diverse Paths -- Islam: A Man and A Book -- Islam: Unity in Diversity -- Usul al-Din: The Roots of Religion -- Tawhid: The Unity of God -- Mansur Al-Hallaj: The Secret of Ana al-Haqq -- Nubuwwa: Belief in Prophets -- A Brief Outline of the Life of the Historical Muhammad -- Following Muhammad: The Prophet as a Model for Later Generations Qiyama: Belief in the Day of Judgment -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 3 Islam’s Diverse Paths, Part Two: Patterns of Practice and Identity -- The Path of “Law”: The Shariʿa -- ʿIbadat and Muʿamalat: Shariʿa as Ritual and Social Practice -- Muʿamalat: Shariʿa as Social Practice -- Shariʿa: Islamic Law? -- The Path of Morality and Etiquette: Akhlaq and Adab -- Paths of Love: Mahabba and ʿIshq -- Walking the Path of Love: The Story of Layla and Majnun -- Islam’s Diverse Communities: Shiʿa, Sunni, and Sufi -- The Force of History: From Saqifa to Karbala -- A Man and a Book: Accounting for Sunni and Shiʿi Islam -- Shiʿi Islam: The Path of Devotional Allegiance -- Shiʿi Islam’s Diverse Paths -- Sunni Islam: The Islam of the Sunna and the Community -- Belief in the Awliyaʾ Allah: The Sufi Tradition -- Wahdat al-Wujud and the Sufi Tradition -- Conclusion: Islam as a Humanistic Tradition -- Questions for Discussion -- 4 Teaching Humanity: The Human Being as the Object and Means of Revelation in Islamic Piety -- Approaching the Qurʾan -- The Qurʾan as Sacred Presence -- The Form and Content of the Qurʾan -- Qurʾanic Verses: Affirmations of Tawhid and Qiyama -- Qurʾanic Verses: Practice and Ethics -- Qurʾanic Verses: Narratives -- Interpreting the Qurʾan -- Muhkamat and Mutashabihat Verses -- Teachers of Humanity: Prophets, Imams, and Awliyaʾ -- Adam in the Qurʾan -- Iblis and Adam in the Qurʾan -- Mansur al-Hallaj and the Creation of Adam -- The Alevi Understanding of the Adam and Iblis Story -- The Narrative of Khidr and Musa -- Conclusion: Humanity in the Qurʾan -- Questions for Discussion -- 5 Patterns of Devotional Allegiance: God’s Friends (Awliyaʾ Allah) and Perfected Persons (al-Insan al-Kamil) -- Devotional Allegiance to the Prophet Muhammad -- Love and Devotional Allegiance to the Prophet Muhammad -- Love and Devotion for ʿAli b. Abu Talib -- Karbala: Shiʿi Islam’s Spiritual Fulcrum -- Karbala as a Meme -- Karbala as a Root Paradigm -- Victor Turner on Human Nature: Communitas and Structure -- Etic and Emic -- Devotional Allegiance in the Sufi Tradition -- The Story of Baba Farid Shakr Ganj and Mullah Sahab -- Interpretation -- Ahmet Yesevi in the Vilayetname -- The Proclamation of the Praiseworthy Qualities of Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Hezretleri Analysis -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 6 My Qibla Is a Man: Islam Beyond the Shariʿa -- Defining Alevilik -- The Nature of Alevi Religion -- Alevilik as Shiʿi Piety -- Alevilik as a Sufi Tradition -- The Cem -- The Origin of the Cem in the Miraç of the Prophet -- Contemporary Alevilik -- Urban Cems and Cem Evis -- Alevi Music and Performance -- The Saz and the Minaret -- Contemporary Alevi Literature -- Narratives from the Vilayetname -- The Narrative of the Lineage and Birth of Hacı Bektaş in the Vilayetname -- The Vilayetname as an Islamic Text -- The Narrative of Güvenç Abdal -- My Qibla is a Man: Islam Beyond the Law -- Questions for Discussion -- 7 Conclusion: Not an Excess of Religion, But a Lack of Humanity—In Search of “Mainstream Islam” -- Radical Muslims and Muslim Extremists -- How to Write About Muslims -- Islam and Humanity -- The “Reformers” and Their Legacy -- In Search of “Mainstream” Islam -- “I Created Everything for You and You for Me:” An Alternative View of Islam -- Creating Insan al-Kamil: The End of Humanity -- “Mainstream Islam” and Shari‘a -- “Mainstream Islam” and Modernity -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- Glossary -- Bibliography. |
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Schubel Vernon James <1953->
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Towards an Ubuntu University : African Higher Education Reimagined / / Yusef Waghid [and five others]
| Towards an Ubuntu University : African Higher Education Reimagined / / Yusef Waghid [and five others] |
| Autore | Waghid Yusef |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XX, 197 p.) |
| Disciplina | 378.00967 |
| Soggetto topico |
Comparative education
Education, Higher International education Social justice Educació superior Educació internacional Justícia social |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-031-06454-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. The University in the Context of Global and Local Knowledge Interests -- Chapter 2. On the Transformation of the Public University in South Africa: Towards a Rupturing of Higher Education -- Chapter 3. Ubuntu as an African Ethic for Higher Educational Transformation or Not? -- Chapter 4. Ubuntu as an Act of Collaborative Engagement and Co-belonging: Implications for the Public University -- Chapter 5. Towards an African University of Objective Reason, Conscience and Humility -- Chapter 6. (Re)-imagining the Indaba Concept: In Quest for a Communal African University of Deliberation, Freedom of Expression and Equality -- Chapter 7. Communality, Responsibility and Public Good for Social Justice in University Education: Some Critical Reflections on an African University -- Chapter 8. An African University and Claims of Democratic Citizenship Education -- Chapter 9. Teaching and Learning as Transformative Acts of Comparative Education -- Chapter 10. Teaching and Learning as Critique, Taking Risks and Disruption -- Chapter 11. An African University, Caring with Humanity and Decolonisation -- Chapter 12. Towards an Ubuntu University of Technology./. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910717416603321 |
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Waghid Yusef
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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