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Afghanistan's Islam : From Conversion to the Taliban / / edited by Nile Green
| Afghanistan's Islam : From Conversion to the Taliban / / edited by Nile Green |
| Autore | Green Nile |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California, : University of California Press, 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Disciplina | 297.09581 |
| Soggetto topico |
Muslims - Afghanistan - History
Islam - Afghanistan - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
conquests conversion eastern world female sainthood feminism global history islam islamic culture islamic history islamic world middle east middle eastern muslim feminists muslim history religion religious extremists religious ideas religious studies sharia law taliban timurid empire womens issues womens studies world history |
| ISBN | 0-520-96737-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction Afghanistan's Islam / Green, Nile -- Part One. From Conversions to Institutions (Ca. 700-1500) -- Introduction -- 1 The Beginnings of Islam in Afghanistan / Azad, Arezou -- 2 Women and Religious Patronage in the Timurid Empire / Arbabzadah, Nushin -- 3 The Rise of the Khwajagan-Naqshbandiyya Sufi Order in Timurid Herat / Paul, Jürgen -- Part Two. The Infrastructure of Religious Ideas (Ca. 1500-1850) -- Introduction -- 4 Earning a Living / McChesney, R. D. -- 5 Transporting Knowledge in the Durrani Empire / Ziad, Waleed -- Part Three. New States, New Discourses (Ca. 1850-1980) -- Introduction -- 6 Islam, Shari'a, and State Building under 'Abd al-Rahman Khan / Tarzi, Amin -- 7 Competing Views of Pashtun Tribalism, Islam, and Society in the Indo-Afghan Borderlands / Haroon, Sana -- 8 Nationalism, Not Islam / Bezhan, Faridullah -- Part Four. Holy Warriors and (Im)Pious Women (1979-2014) -- Introduction -- 9 Glossy Global Leadership / Fuchs, Simon Wolfgang -- 10 Female Sainthood between Politics and Legend / Baldauf, Ingeborg -- 11 When Muslims Become Feminists / Ahsan, Sonia -- Afterword / Monsutti, Alessandro -- Notes -- Glossary of Islamic Terms -- List of Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996328039703316 |
Green Nile
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| Oakland, California, : University of California Press, 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt
| Alexander the Great and the mystery of the elephant medallions / / Frank L. Holt |
| Autore | Holt Frank Lee |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 737/.22/0938 |
| Collana | Hellenistic culture and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Coins, Ancient
Coins, Greek Elephants in numismatics |
| Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
alexander the great ancient history ancient medallions battle of the hydaspes river biographical biography conquests discussion books elephant medallions european history hellenistic culture hellenistic period hellenistic society historians historical perspective india iraq megalomania myths and legends nonfiction numismatics popular history rajah porus retrospective supernatural success theology of war war warfare |
| ISBN |
1-282-35812-X
9786612358128 0-520-93878-X 1-59734-457-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ONE. Man of Mystery -- TWO. A Treasure -- THREE. Picking a Fight -- FOUR. Whose Pachyderm, Whole or Halved? -- FIVE. Another Treasure -- SIX. A Closer Look -- SEVEN. A Dark and Stormy Night -- APPENDIX A. THE PUBLISHED ELEPHANT MEDALLIONS -- APPENDIX B. SOME POSSIBLE FORGERIES OF THE LARGE MEDALLION -- APPENDIX C. THE 1973 IRAQ HOARD -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777369003321 |
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Holt Frank Lee
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| Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Breaking ranks [[electronic resource] ] : Iraq veterans speak out against the war / / Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Anne Lutz
| Breaking ranks [[electronic resource] ] : Iraq veterans speak out against the war / / Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Anne Lutz |
| Autore | Gutmann Matthew C. <1953-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Disciplina | 956.7044/31 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LutzCatherine |
| Soggetto topico |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Protest movements - United States
Veterans - Political activity - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
activism
afghanistan al qaeda anti war veterans anti war battles boot camp canada combat missions combat corruption deployment enlisting ethics female soldier holy war in country iraq isis islam middle east military ethics military nonfiction opposition to the war politics protest rape in the military rape religious fundamentalism sexual harassment soldier soldiers experience terrorism terrorist us military veteran violence war crimes war on terror war women in combat |
| ISBN |
1-282-91791-9
9786612917912 0-520-94790-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A different kind of war story -- Innocence -- Recruiting volunteers -- Training -- First missions -- War's crucible -- Inside Iraq, on the outskirts of hell -- Face to face with Iraqi civilians -- Awakenings -- Aftermath and activism -- Homecoming traumas -- Speaking out -- Six soldiers. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Iraq veterans speak out against the war |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785343403321 |
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Gutmann Matthew C. <1953->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Development Assistance for Peacebuilding / / edited by Rachel M. Gisselquist
| Development Assistance for Peacebuilding / / edited by Rachel M. Gisselquist |
| Autore | M. Gisselquist Rachel |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 178 pages) : illustrations (black & white), charts, tables; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 327.172 |
| Collana | International Peacekeeping |
| Soggetto topico |
Peace-building - Economic aspects
Peace-building - Social aspects Economic development projects - Social aspects Postwar reconstruction |
| Soggetto non controllato |
law
peacebuilding nicaraqua liberia development assistance aid interventions timor-leste economic revitalization yemen afghanistan sierra leone somalia UNICEF World Bank |
| ISBN |
1-351-62457-1
1-315-11328-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | chapter 1 Good Aid in Hard Places: Learning from ‘Successful’ Interventions in Fragile Situations / Rachel M. Gisselquist -- chapter 2 The National Solidarity Programme: Assessing the Effects of Community-Driven Development in Afghanistan / Andrew Beath -- chapter 3 The Yemen Social Fund for Development: An Effective Community-Based Approach amid Political Instability / Lamis Al-Iryani -- chapter 4 Substantial but Uneven Achievement: Selected Success When Stars Align. Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra Leone / Sierra Leone Heidi Tavakoli -- chapter 5 ‘Embedded’ Assistance: Finn Church Aid’s Secondment in Somalia / Rauli S. Lepisto -- chapter 6 Liberia’s Gender-Sensitive Police Reform: Improving Representation and Responsiveness in a Post-Conflict Setting / Laura Bacon -- chapter 7 Impact Assessment of the Facilitadores Judiciales Programme in Nicaragua / Martin Gramatikov -- chapter 8 Education from the Bottom Up: UNICEF’s Education Programme in Somalia / James H. Williams -- chapter 9 The World Bank’s Health Projects in Timor-Leste: The Political Economy of Effective Aid / Andrew Rosser. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219863903321 |
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M. Gisselquist Rachel
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| Taylor & Francis, 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epic encounters [[electronic resource] ] : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 / / Melani McAlister
| Epic encounters [[electronic resource] ] : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 / / Melani McAlister |
| Autore | McAlister Melani <1962-> |
| Edizione | [Updated ed., with a post-9/11 chapter.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (430 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.56073/09/045 |
| Collana | American crossroads |
| Soggetto topico |
Mass media and public opinion - United States
Public opinion - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
9/11
abu ghraib afghani women afghanistan al qaeda counterterrorism cultural studies ethnic studies fireman first responders foreign policy government policy imperialism iraq war isis islam media middle east military new york nonfiction oil orientalism osama bin laden politics popular culture race religion religious extremism religious fundamentalism saddam hussein social justice sociology terrorism terrorist us foreign relations war on terror war world history world trade center |
| ISBN |
1-280-49194-9
9786613587176 0-520-93201-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface To The 2005 Edition -- Preface To The First Edition -- Introduction -- 1. "Benevolent Supremacy" -- 2. The Middle East In African American Cultural Politics, 1955-1972 -- 3. King Tut, Commodity Nationalism, And The Politics Of Oil, 1973-1979 -- 4. The Good Fight -- 5. Iran, Islam, And The Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 -- 6. Military Multiculturalism In The Gulf War And After, 1990-1999 -- Conclusion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790117403321 |
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McAlister Melani <1962->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Everyday writing in the Graeco-Roman East [[electronic resource] /] / Roger S. Bagnall
| Everyday writing in the Graeco-Roman East [[electronic resource] /] / Roger S. Bagnall |
| Autore | Bagnall Roger S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
| Disciplina | 302.2/24409394 |
| Collana | Sather classical lectures |
| Soggetto topico |
Coptic inscriptions - Egypt
Graffiti - History Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) - Egypt Ostraka Printed ephemera - History Syriac language Written communication - Egypt - History Written communication - Middle East - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
ancient world antiquity aramaic britain coptic inscriptions documents egypt ephemera graffiti greek hellenism hellenistic east history informal writing latin linguistics literacy manuscripts middle east nonfiction ostraka papyri papyrus potsherds roman egypt roman empire roman history roman near east slavery smyrna writing written communication |
| ISBN |
1-283-27769-7
9786613277695 0-520-94852-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Informal Writing in a Public Place: The Graffiti of Smyrna -- 2. The Ubiquity of Documents in the Hellenistic East -- 3. Documenting Slavery in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt -- 4. Greek and Coptic in Late Antique Egypt -- 5. Greek and Syriac in the Roman Near East -- 6. Writing on Ostraca: A Culture of Potsherds? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785697903321 |
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Bagnall Roger S
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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India and Pakistan [[electronic resource] ] : continued conflict or cooperation? / / Stanley Wolpert
| India and Pakistan [[electronic resource] ] : continued conflict or cooperation? / / Stanley Wolpert |
| Autore | Wolpert Stanley A. <1927-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
| Disciplina | 954.04 |
| Soggetto topico |
History
HISTORY / Asia / General |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1947 partition
afghanistan azaadi bangladesh british colonialism coup diplomacy empire gandhi hate hinduism history of pakistan and india history india indian parliament indo pakistani war islam jammu kashmir nonfiction nuclear conflict nuclear strikes nuclear war nuclear weapons pakistan pandits partition peace political science raj rape religion religious sects religious war revolution sikh simla summit social issues south asia south asian history suicide bombing terrorism war crimes war zia |
| ISBN |
1-283-27740-9
9786613277404 0-520-94800-9 |
| Classificazione | ML 9100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Historic roots of the problem -- The first Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir -- The second Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir -- The third Indo-Pakistani war and the birth of Bangladesh -- The Indo-Pakistani Simla summit and Zia's coup -- Afghanistan's impact on Indo-Pakistani relations -- Pakistan's proxy war and Kashmir's Azaadi revolution -- Recent attempts to resolve escalating Indo-Pakistani conflicts -- The stalled Indo-Pakistani peace process -- Potential solutions to the Kashmir conflict. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785670503321 |
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Wolpert Stanley A. <1927->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Land of the Unconquerable : The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women / / Jennifer Heath, Ashraf Zahedi
| Land of the Unconquerable : The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women / / Jennifer Heath, Ashraf Zahedi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.48/891593 |
| Soggetto topico |
Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century
Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century Women - Social conditions - 21st century - Afghanistan |
| Soggetto non controllato |
afghan women
afghan afghanistan agency al qaeda anthropology burqa community development domesticity education empowerment femininity feminism food security gender studies gender health islam justice marriage middle east muslim women nonfiction orientalism peace poetry politics prisoners prostitution religion religious fundamentalism religious women rural sex work social policy social science sociology urban war on terror war women womens studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-27805-7
9786613278050 0-520-94899-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status -- CHAPTER 2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereo types, and Afghan Women's Agency -- CHAPTER 3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience -- CHAPTER 4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women -- CHAPTER 5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube -- CHAPTER 6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? -- CHAPTER 7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts -- CHAPTER 8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison -- CHAPTER 9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul -- CHAPTER 10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences -- CHAPTER 13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades -- CHAPTER 14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security -- CHAPTER 15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health -- CHAPTER 16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women -- CHAPTER 17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy -- CHAPTER 18. Chadari Politics Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice -- CHAPTER 19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment -- CHAPTER 20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success -- CHAPTER 21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media -- CHAPTER 22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts -- CHAPTER 23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets -- CHAPTER 24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791884703321 |
| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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The language of the gods in the world of men : Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India / / Sheldon Pollock
| The language of the gods in the world of men : Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India / / Sheldon Pollock |
| Autore | Pollock Sheldon I |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 684 pages) : maps |
| Disciplina | 891.209 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sanskrit literature - To 1500 - Political aspects
Sanskrit literature - To 1500 - History and criticism Indic literature - To 1500 - History Indic literature - To 1500 - Political aspects Politics and literature - India - History Literature and society - India - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
ancient language asian studies bhasa cultural india dharmic religion dialect history of language history identity india indian philosophy indian indonesia java language latin literature linguistics literary criticism literary culture literary studies literature local dialects media studies medieval europe nation state nation nonfiction poetry politics polity roman empire sacred language sanskrit language sanskrit south asia vernacular literature vernacularism |
| ISBN |
9786612357749
1-282-35774-3 0-520-93202-1 1-60129-384-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface And Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Language Of The Gods Enters The World -- Chapter 2. Literature And The Cosmopolitan Language Of Literature -- Chapter 3. The World Conquest And Regime Of The Cosmopolitan Style -- Chapter 4. Sanskrit Culture As Courtly Practice -- Chapter 5. The Map Of Sanskrit Knowledge And The Discourse On The Ways Of Literature -- Chapter 6. Political Formations And Cultural Ethos -- Chapter 7. A European Counter cosmopolis -- Chapter 8. Beginnings, Textualization, Superposition -- Chapter 9. Creating A Regional World: The Case Of Kannada -- Chapter 10. Vernacular Poetries And Polities In Southern Asia -- Chapter 11. Europe Vernacularized -- Chapter 12. Comparative And Connective Vernacularization -- Chapter 13. Actually Existing Theory And Its Discontents -- Chapter 14. Indigenism And Other Culture-Power Concepts Of Modernity -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Publication History -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784406503321 |
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Pollock Sheldon I
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2006 | ||
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The language of the gods in the world of men : Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India / / Sheldon Pollock
| The language of the gods in the world of men : Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India / / Sheldon Pollock |
| Autore | Pollock Sheldon I |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 684 pages) : maps |
| Disciplina | 891.209 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sanskrit literature - To 1500 - Political aspects
Sanskrit literature - To 1500 - History and criticism Indic literature - To 1500 - History Indic literature - To 1500 - Political aspects Politics and literature - India - History Literature and society - India - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
afghanistan
ancient language asian studies bhasa cultural india dharmic religion dialect history of language history identity india indian philosophy indian indonesia java language latin literature linguistics literary criticism literary culture literary studies literature local dialects media studies medieval europe nation state nation nonfiction poetry politics polity roman empire sacred language sanskrit language sanskrit south asia vernacular literature vernacularism |
| ISBN |
9786612357749
1-282-35774-3 0-520-93202-1 1-60129-384-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface And Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Language Of The Gods Enters The World -- Chapter 2. Literature And The Cosmopolitan Language Of Literature -- Chapter 3. The World Conquest And Regime Of The Cosmopolitan Style -- Chapter 4. Sanskrit Culture As Courtly Practice -- Chapter 5. The Map Of Sanskrit Knowledge And The Discourse On The Ways Of Literature -- Chapter 6. Political Formations And Cultural Ethos -- Chapter 7. A European Counter cosmopolis -- Chapter 8. Beginnings, Textualization, Superposition -- Chapter 9. Creating A Regional World: The Case Of Kannada -- Chapter 10. Vernacular Poetries And Polities In Southern Asia -- Chapter 11. Europe Vernacularized -- Chapter 12. Comparative And Connective Vernacularization -- Chapter 13. Actually Existing Theory And Its Discontents -- Chapter 14. Indigenism And Other Culture-Power Concepts Of Modernity -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Publication History -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248315003316 |
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Pollock Sheldon I
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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