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Book SynopsisCómo explicar la conducta de Rusia? La invasión de Ucrania que acometió en 2022, su rivalidad explícita con la comunidad euroatlántica y sus estrechos vínculos con China e Irán, otras dos potencias revisionistas, hacen imprescindible responder a esa pregunta. En contraste con las tesis que interpretan el proceso de reimperialización y el revisionismo rusos desde una óptica exclusivamente ideológica, o mediante una 'putinología' según la cual la guerra es un asunto personal del presidente, Mira Milosevich sostiene que detrás de las ambiciones geopolíticas de Rusia y su deriva autoritaria está su pasado imperial zarista y comunista. Este libro analiza ese legado -la ambigüedad de la identidad nacional, la 'política de la diferencia', la persistente ambición de influir en los espacios posimperiales en 1921 y en 1991-, las causas y características del militarismo, el antioccidentalismo y el excepcionalismo rusos, y el papel de Rusia, desde las guerras napoleónicas, en el orden mundial. Vladímir Putin legitima en todo ello su delirio imperialista y su rechazo a que el país que preside se convierta en un Estado-nación democrático. En otras palabras: a pesar del destacado papel histórico de Rusia en la escena internacional, el Kremlin se obstina en destruirlo.
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Roca Editorial de Libros, S.L. Auténticas impostoras Authentic Impostors
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Almuzara El Mundo Al Reves. Todos Contra Todos
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REVOLUCION DE GENEROLA
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Editorial Sekotia (disbook) NEOMARXISMO
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Sekotia DICTADURA DE LA APATIA
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Herder Editorial FUNDAMENTOS DE LA PSICOTERAPIA INTEGRATIVA
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EUNSA. Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, S.A. La experiencia social del tiempo
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Libros de la Catarata Las miserias del sexo Coleccin Alternativas
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Obelisco LOS ELFOS SON LO PEOR
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Deshaciendo errores / The Undoing Project: A
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Springer Clashes of Knowledge: Orthodoxies and Heterodoxies in Science and Religion
Book SynopsisDo traditional distinctions between "belief" and "knowledge" still make sense? How are differences between knowledge and belief understood in different cultural contexts? This book explores conflicts between various types of knowledge, especially between orthodox and heterodox knowledge systems, ranging from religious fundamentalism to heresies within the scientific community itself. Beyond addressing many fields in the academy, the book discusses learned individuals interested in the often puzzling spatial and cultural disparities of knowledge and clashes of knowledge.Table of ContentsContents,- Introduction to the book series „Knowledge and Space':Peter Meusburger,-: Introduction to this volume Clashes of Knowledge inside, outside, and at the Threshold of Science: Edgar Wunder,- Chapter 1: Forms of Knowledge: Problems, Projects, Perspectives: Günter Abel,- Chapter 2: The Nexus of Knowledge and Space: Peter Meusburger,- Chapter 3: Cultural boundaries: Settled and unsettled: Thomas F. Gieryn,- Chapter 4: Actor’s and Analysts’ Categories in the Social Analysis of Science: Harry Collins,- Chapter 5: Science and the Limits of Knowledge: Mikael Stenmark,- Chapter 6: Science and Religion in Popular Publishing: Aileen Fyfe,- Chapter 7: Reason, Faith, and Gnosis: Potentials and Problematics of a Typological Construct: Wouter J. Hanegraaff,- Chapter 8: The Demarcation Problem of Knowledge and Faith. Questions and Answers from Theology: Michael Welker ,- Chapter 9: Types of Sacred Space and European Responses to New Religious Movements: Eileen Barker,- Chapter 10: When Faiths Collide: The Case of Fundamentalism: Roger W. Stump,- Chapter 11: The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance: State of the Science and Directions for Future Research: Peter Fischer, Dieter Frey, Claudia Peus and Andreas Kastenmüller,- Chapter 12: Turning Persuasion from Art into a Science: Robert B. Cialdini,- Abstracts of the contribution,- Addresses of the contributors,- On the Klaus Tschira Foundation
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Springer Creative Economies, Creative Cities: Asian-European Perspectives
Book SynopsisJustin O’Connor and Lily Kong The cultural and creative industries have become increasingly prominent in many policy agendas in recent years. Not only have governments identified the growing consumer potential for cultural/creative industry products in the home market, they have also seen the creative industry agenda as central to the growth of external m- kets. This agenda stresses creativity, innovation, small business growth, and access to global markets – all central to a wider agenda of moving from cheap manufacture towards high value-added products and services. The increasing importance of cultural and creative industries in national and city policy agendas is evident in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, Australia, and New Zealand, and in more nascent ways in cities such as Chongqing and Wuhan. Much of the thinking in these cities/ countries has derived from the European and North American policy landscape. Policy debate in Europe and North America has been marked by ambiguities and tensions around the connections between cultural and economic policy which the creative industry agenda posits. These become more marked because the key dr- ers of the creative economy are the larger metropolitan areas, so that cultural and economic policy also then intersect with urban planning, policy and governance.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“Creative Economies, Creative Cities, an edited collection of articles by academics from Europe, the Far East and Australia, puts Florida’s thesis in global and historical context. The book mines a rich vein of debate that began long before 2002 about the effectiveness of the Creative Economy idea. … The book is a kind of echo chamber for academics and policy-makers … .” (Matthew J. Kiefer, ArchitectureBoston, September, 2009)“One of the most valuable aspects of Creative Economies, Creative Cities is that it identifies questions from recent years about the cultural and creative industries, a sophisticated set of policy agendas regarding the development of creative economics and creative cities. … This collection should be read by policymakers interested in design and implementation of culture-led regeneration projects.” (Chang Bin Lee, International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 17 (3), June, 2011)“The book has a strong interdisciplinary approach–effectively reflecting the variety of topics and methods that characterise research in this area. … the book proves a solid contribution and some of the chapters included will become highly cited within the field. … it is the first attempt to adopt an inclusive view on the creative economy and give us a better understating of the creative economies discourses and creative city policies taking place in Asia. For this ground-breaking reason the book has to be praised.” (Roberta Comunian, Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 34, February, 2010)Table of ContentsChapter 1:Introduction: Justin O’Connor and Lily Kong.- Creative Economy Policies.- Chapter 2: Creative cities and the creative/cultural economy: a European perspective: Andy Pratt.- Chapter 3: Notions of the creative industry in Asia: the interaction of past and present industrial forms: Ted Tschang.- Creative Clusters.- Chapter 4:Spaces of culture and economy: mapping the cultural creative cluster landscape: Hans Mommaas: Chapter 5: Creative clusters: arts and cultural activities in Singapore: Lily Kong: Chapter 6: The capital complex: Beijing’s new creative clusters: Michael Keane: A Creative Class?: Chapter 7: The European creative class and regional development: How relevant is Florida’s theory for Europe?: Høgni Kalsø Hansen, Bjorn Asheim and Jan Vang Lauridsen: Chapter 8: Getting out of place: the mobile creative class takes on the local: Kate Oakley.- Chapter 9: Asian cities and limits to creative capital theory: Patrick Mok.- The Making of Creative Cities.- Chapter 10: The creative industries, governance and economic development: Calvin Taylor: Chapter 11: Shanghai’s emergence into the global creative economy: Li Wu Wei and Hua Jian.- Chapter 12: Shanghai Moderne: creative economy in a creative city?: Justin O’Connor: The Politics of the Creative City: Chapter 13: Urbanity as a political project: urban interventions and the European City: Eric Corijn: Chapter 14: Alternative politics in urban innovation: Panu Lehtovouri and Klaske Havik: References.- Index
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Onomatopee VISIONS BY Issue 4
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Amsterdam University Press The Making of the Humanities, Volume III: The
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive history of the humanities focuses on the modern period (1850-2000). The contributors, including Floris Cohen, Lorraine Daston and Ingrid Rowland, survey the rise of the humanities in interaction with the natural and social sciences, offering new perspectives on the interaction between disciplines in Europe and Asia and new insights generated by digital humanities.Trade Review"Attention is fruitfully devoted to the emergence (...) of what are recognizably the modern academic disciplines of world literature, art history, music history, and linguistics, among others.(...) [An] excellent collection. . . . Highly recommended." - Choice Magazine "The Making of the Humanities should be in every scholar’s library: beautifully and carefully produced and eschewing jargon, this volume is a lucid description of what the humanities have offered and our responsibility in taking them up." - Katherine Arens, IsisTable of ContentsPart I. The Humanities and the Sciences; Part II. The Science of Language; Part III. Writing History; Part IV. Classical Studies and Philology; Part V. Literary and Theatre Studies; Part VI. Art History and Archaeology; Part VII. Musicology; Part VIII. East and West; Part IX. Information Science and Digital Humanities; Part X. Philosophy and the Humanities; Part XI. The Humanities and the Social Sciences; Part XII. The Humanities in Society.
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Aakar Books Telangana - Andhara: Castes, Regions and Politics
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Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd Academic Excellence: The Start of the Learning
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HarperCollins India Good Night and Good Luck : A New Mum Battles
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KW Publishers Pvt Ltd Outer Space Security and Legal Challenges
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Bookwell Publications India's Voice at the United Nations
Book SynopsisA book compiling speeches by Mr E Ahamed at the UN, showcasing India's stance on global issues and influencing international perspectives.
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Bookwell Publications Ethics Among Academic Professionals
Book SynopsisEducation is a key social institution interconnected with family, economy, and more. This book explores these relationships through a sociological lens, focusing on the role of school teachers in Punjab. The author, a member of ISS and ISA, emphasizes the importance of education in shaping society.
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Good Times Books Pvt Life is a Pack of 52 Cards
Book SynopsisAuthor pledges book sale proceeds to charity, emphasizes importance of societal contributions. Book shares personal/professional experiences, life teachings. Emphasizes making wise choices, learning from failures. Life is complex, unique; book offers framework for better living.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd America in Crisis
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Missing Children of India
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Economic Determinants of India's Foreign Policy:
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Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd India's Place in the World
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Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd Parenting Mantras: 7 Steps to Worrying Less and
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Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd What Happens in Office, Stays in Office: An
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Embassy Books It's Your Life
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Springer Disaster Bioethics: Normative Issues When Nothing
Book SynopsisThis book provides an early exploration of the new field of disaster bioethics:examining the ethical issues raised by disasters. Healthcare ethics issues are addressed in the first part of this book. Large-scale casualties lead to decisions about who to treat and who to leave behind, cultural challenges, and communication ethics. The second part focuses on disaster research ethics.With the growing awareness of the need for evidence to guide disaster preparedness and response, more research is being conducted in disasters. Any research involving humans raises ethical questions and requires appropriate regulation and oversight. The authors explore how disaster research can take account of survivors? vulnerability, informed consent, the sudden onset of disasters, and other ethical issues. Both parts examine ethical challenges where seeking to do good, harm can be done. Faced with overwhelming needs and scarce resources, no good solution may be apparent. But choosing the less wrong option can have a high price. In addition, what might seem right at home may not be seen to be right elsewhere. This book provides in-depth and practical reflection on these and other challenging ethical questions arising during disasters.Scholars and practitioners who gathered at the Brocher Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland in 2011 offer their reflections to promote further dialogue so that those devastated by disasters are respected by being treated in the most ethically sound ways possible. Trade Review“This edited volume brings together an interdisciplinary array of scholars from around the world to discuss disaster bioethics. … book offers an insightful examination of some neglected topics within the larger study of disasters that warrant inquiry. … Disaster Bioethics is a much needed contribution to a field that struggles with how to carry out research in extreme situations. It should be read, at the very least, by any scholar or practitioner who wishes to conduct fieldwork in disaster research.” (Nathalie Baker, Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. 39 (6), July, 2015)“The book is comprised of 13 chapters … contributed by individual authors and divided into two sections. … It will serve to shape and focus future research and debate. … This is a volume that will be of value to those interested in exploring the acceptable ethical bounds of conduct during times of disaster. Such individuals should include not only ethicists but also public health professionals, humanitarian aid workers, and academics who might conduct research in a disaster setting.” (James D. Hearn, Bioethical Inquiry, Vol. 12, 2015)Table of ContentsChapter 1 Disaster Bioethics: An Introduction.- Chapter 2 Macro-triage in Disaster Planning.- Chapter 3 Ethics and Emergency Disaster Response. Normative Approaches and Training Needs for Humanitarian Health Care Providers.- Chapter 4 Triage in Disaster Medicine: Ethical Strategies in Various Scenarios Chapter 5 When Relief Comes from a Different Culture: Sri Lanka’s Experience of the Asian Tsunami References.- Chapter 6 Ethical Issues in Health Communications: Strategies for the (Inevitable) Next Pandemic.- Chapter 7 Evidence and Healthcare needs during Disasters.- Part II.- Chapter 8 Interests Divided: Risks to Disaster Research Subjects vs. Benefits to Future Disaster Victims.- Chapter 9 Purple Dinosaurs and Victim Consent to Research in Disasters.- Chapter 10 Setting Disaster Research Priorities Chapter 11 Studying Vulnerable Populations in the Context of Enhanced Vulnerability.- Chapter 12 Research Ethics Governance in Disaster Situations.- Chapter 13 Ethical Concerns in Disaster Research – A South African Perspective.- References.- Appendix I - Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief.- Appendix II - WMA Statement on Medical Ethics in the Event of Disasters.- Index
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Springer Sustainability Communication: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Theoretical Foundation
Book SynopsisModern and professional communication is required to realise the goal of sustainability in society. This book develops a theoretical and empirical framework, integrating interdisciplinary perspectives from communications theory, psychology, sociology, educational sciences, systems theory and constructivism. Its aim is to inform the establishment of sustainability communication. Complementing this theoretical framework, the book provides methods and concepts in a range of fields such as corporate practice, education and media. The book addresses the scientific community and students as well as communicators in all categories of sustainability communication.Table of ContentsI. Mapping Sustainability Communication 1. Sustainability Communication - An Introduction 2. Strong Sustainability as a Frame for Sustainability Communication 3. Sustainability Communication an Integrative Approach 4. Sustainable Communication as An Inter- and Transdisciplinary Discipline II. Framework of Sustainability Communication 5. Sociological Perspectives on Sustainability Communication 6. Psychological Aspects of Sustainability Communication 7. Media Theory and Sustainability Communication 8. Communication Theory and Sustainability Discourse 9. Communicating Education for Sustainable Development 10. Sustainability Communication: A Systemic-constructivist Perspective III. Practice of Sustainability Communication 11. Climate Change as an Element of Sustainability Communication 12. Biodiversity and Sustainability Communication 13. Communicating Sustainable Consumption 14. Corporate Sustainability Reporting 15. Computer Support for Cooperate Sustainability Communication 16. Participation: Empowerment for Sustainable Development Index
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Amsterdam University Press German Post-Socialist Memory Culture: Epistemic
Book SynopsisAfter German unification, former officers of the GDR state security service united with GDR professors and cultural managers to establish the East German Committee of Associations (OKV). On the basis of encompassing oral history into this complex web of interest organizations and memory clubs, Bouma argues that these activists are driven by an epistemic nostalgia: a longing for the time when their political understanding of the world was seemingly unchallenged. Far from constituting a ‘second life of the Stasi’, the main goal of OKV associations has been to validate the personal biographies of their activists, against the now prevalent view that the GDR was a ‘state of injustice’. While the OKV quickly adapted to the new legal procedures in post-socialist Germany, their staunch defence of the GDR heritage complicates their relation to SED successor party Die Linke and other radical left parties and associations, even when they share practical goals.Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Memory and Nostalgia Chapter 1: The Emotional Factor: Memory, Nostalgia and Politics Chapter 2: OKV Biographies: Shared Memories and Arguments Part II: The Ostdeutsches Kuratorium von Verbänden Chapter 3: The Ostdeutsches Kuratorium von Verbänden: Origins, Structures, Strategies Chapter 4:A Complimentary and Overlapping Web: the OKV as a Social and Political Milieu Part III: The Maintenance of Communal Continuity in Activism and Outreach Chapter 5: Legal Activism: ISOR as OKV's Major Lobby Organization Chapter 6: Left Without Its Party: OKV Attempts at Linkage IV. Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Jen Cardona G Super Spirulina Seaweed: My first superfood book
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University Press Ltd ,Bangladesh Mapping Women's Empowerment
Book SynopsisWomen in South Asia are caught between tradition and modernity, with religion playing a key role. This book explores how religion, culture, and society impact women's empowerment. Essays from a 2006 workshop in Dhaka analyze policies and interventions that have influenced women's lives, aiming to identify those that have led to greater empowerment.
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University Press Ltd ,Bangladesh Writing Feminism
Book SynopsisFeminism in South Asia explores gender in relation to various contemporary issues, featuring diverse voices from different countries in the region. The anthology emphasizes cultural and linguistic diversity, highlighting the importance of mutual understanding and tolerance through literary narratives.
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Lugemik The Voice that Remains
Book Synopsis'The Voice that Remains' is a kind of retrospective; a looking back at material, digital and archival traces left behind within the physical and situated space of PUBLICS, and in the bodies, voices and memories of those who have worked with us in the past years. Each photo, mark and word collected in these pages reflects a collective happening and the labour undertaken to bring a work of art or a piece of research into PUBLICS to be shared with others. The Voice that Remains is a snapshot of PUBLICS' present, where we, who have only recently come to be part of its making, have gathered some of the traces of its programme, keepsakes and leftovers of the last half decade or so. What's left behind as reminders, remainders or rememberings of what once was, is what we have had to work with-to learn how to be PUBLICS, to decide on how to move next, to insert ourselves into the shapeshifting of a small cultural organisation. The publication includes artworks, traces and leftovers by Marja A
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Vajra Publications Cardamom and Class: A Limbu Village and Its
Book SynopsisCardamom and Class examines economic changes in a Limbu village in Nepal due to cardamom cultivation, migration, and class formation since 1968. Despite market influence, Limbu culture persists. Ian Fitzpatrick's ethnography explores class differentiation, out-migration, and the effects of cardamom production and debt in Mamangkhe village.
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Talma Studios Vaccination: The Great Illusion
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Academic Studies Press Collected Studies: The Jews of Provence
Book SynopsisIn Collected Studies (Volume 1): The Jews of Provence, Joseph Shatzmiller, the foremost expert on Provençal Judaism, offers a comprehensive overview of the medieval history of the Jews in Provence. Through an analysis of community regulations, tax distribution, rabbinic leadership, and everyday life, Shatzmiller provides a rich and powerful mosaic of Jewish society in Provence. This masterful work sheds light on the diverse experiences of Jews in the region, from their interactions with Christian neighbors to their internal conflicts and struggles. With its insightful analysis and meticulous research, The Jews of Provence is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of Jewish communities in medieval Europe.“The collection of studies that these four volumes offer is the result of more than sixty years of commitment to scholarship. Like many colleagues, I relied in the beginning on printed material in books that dealt with law, religion, and secular literature. Then, as a disciple of George Duby, I discovered the world of archives and hand-written Latin manuscripts. The present collection relies, to a great extent, on previously unknown information discovered during years of search in the archives of Southern France, mostly on those of the county of Provence. They are situated in the cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence as well as the town of Digne. The legal registers of the High Middle Ages (1250-1350) as well as those produced by the counties’ administration introduce us to the ordinary people of the region, to their daily life and to their preoccupations; their names are spelled out, the dates are recorded and the localities in which they were active are designated. At times these documents encourage us to endorse information found in contemporary literary sources and to overcome our hesitation and excessive caution concerning their value as historical evidence.”— Joseph ShatzmillerTrade Review“Joseph Shatzmiller, the foremost expert on Provençal Judaism, has throughout the course of his career provided a rich and powerful mosaic of Jewish society in Provence. Known for his insightful analysis of historical documents and primary sources, Shatzmiller’s research consistently illuminates the significance of Provence Jewry within the larger framework of Jewish communities in the Mediterranean and western Europe during the Middle Ages. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources and intellectual history, his work is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Jewish communities in medieval Europe.”— Ram Ben-Shalom, Professor of the History of the Jewish People, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; author of The Jews of Provence and LanguedocTable of ContentsVol. One: The Jews of Provence: Introductory ObservationsAn IntroductionI Tolerance: Its Reason and Its Limits1. Les Angevins et les Juifs de leurs États: Anjou, Naples et Provence2. The Angevins of Naples and the Jews3. Saint Louis et l’usure juiveII Historical Records In Hebrew1. כרונוגראפיה פרובנסאלית 1בקונדרסו האבוד של שם טוב שאנצולו(Provencal Chronicles in the Lost Book of Shem-Tov Sancholo)2. שלמה ן׳ וירגה וגירוש יהודי אנגליה(Shlomo Ibn Verga and the Expulsion of the Jews from England)3. תקנות פרובנסאליות משנת 1313 (Provençal Ordinances of 1313)III A State Agency—The Jewish Community1. Community and Super-Community in Provence in the Middle Ages2. L’organisation communautaire et les limites du “self-government” en Provence (1250-1350)3. L’excommunication, la communauté juive et les autorités temporelles au Moyen- ge4. La Perception de la Tallia Judeorum en Provence au milieu du XIVe siècle5. Encore la Tallia Judeorum 6. La “collecta” de Perpignan (1412) IV Within the Jewish Community 1. Politics and the Myth of Origins: The Case of the Medieval Jews2. Structures communautaires juives à Marseille: autour d’un contrat de 1278 3. Documents de la communauté d’Aix-en-Provence (1336) 4. En Provence médiévale: les Juifs de Gordes (Vaucluse) 1312 5. Rabbi Isaac Ha-Cohen of Manosque and his Son Rabbi Peretz: The Rabbinate and its Professionalization in the Fourteenth Century6. Une «matriarche» juive au tournant du XIVe siècle: Rosa de Grassa V Solidarity and Its Limits1. Les limites de la solidarité: antagonismes au sein de la société juive ancienne et moderne2. La solidarité juive au moyen âge et ses limites : histoire et contre-histoire3. Au sein de la commu nauté juive : l’etranger et sa concurrence économique4. "Violence, chantage et mariage: Arles 1387VI Tumult and Uproar in the Synagogue 1. Tumultus et Rumor in Sinagoga: An Aspect of Social Life in Provençal Jews in the Middle Ages2. Tumultus et Rumor in Sinagoga: suite d’une enquête
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Academic Studies Press Collected Studies: Christian Majority - Jewish
Book SynopsisIn Collected Studies (Volume 2): Christian Majority—Jewish Minority, Joseph Shatzmiller, the preeminent scholar of the Jews in Provence, examines the complex relationship between Christians and Jews during the Middle Ages. Through a careful analysis of historical documents and primary sources, Shatzmiller sheds light on the diverse experiences of the Jewish minority in Provence, from their legal status in Christian courts to the persecution and violence they faced during times of crisis. This book provides a nuanced understanding of the relationship between Christians and Jews in medieval Western Europe, and the role of the Jewish community in shaping the social and political landscape of the region.“The collection of studies that these four volumes offer is the result of more than sixty years of commitment to scholarship. Like many colleagues, I relied in the beginning on printed material in books that dealt with law, religion, and secular literature. Then, as a disciple of George Duby, I discovered the world of archives and hand-written Latin manuscripts. The present collection relies, to a great extent, on previously unknown information discovered during years of search in the archives of Southern France, mostly on those of the county of Provence. They are situated in the cities of Marseille and Aix-en-Provence as well as the town of Digne. The legal registers of the High Middle Ages (1250-1350) as well as those produced by the counties’ administration introduce us to the ordinary people of the region, to their daily life and to their preoccupations; their names are spelled out, the dates are recorded and the localities in which they were active are designated. At times these documents encourage us to endorse information found in contemporary literary sources and to overcome our hesitation and excessive caution concerning their value as historical evidence.”— Joseph ShatzmillerTrade Review“Joseph Shatzmiller, the foremost expert on Provençal Judaism, has throughout the course of his career provided a rich and powerful mosaic of Jewish society in Provence. Known for his insightful analysis of historical documents and primary sources, Shatzmiller’s research consistently illuminates the significance of Provence Jewry within the larger framework of Jewish communities in the Mediterranean and western Europe during the Middle Ages. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources and intellectual history, his work is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Jewish communities in medieval Europe.”— Ram Ben-Shalom, Professor of the History of the Jewish People, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; author of The Jews of Provence and LanguedocTable of ContentsVol. Two: Christian Majority - Jewish MinorityI Under One Roof1. The Papal Monarchy as Viewed by Medieval Jews 2. Terminologie politique en hebreu médiéval: Jalons pour un glossaire3. L’anthroponomie dans le monde juifII Jurisprudence and Legal Practice1. Droit féodal et législation rabbinique : la cuisson du pain chez les juifs au moyen âge2. Jews in the Christian Courts of Provence in the Middle Ages (Hebrew) 3. Jews ‘Separated from the Communion of the Faithful in Christ’ in the Middle Ages 4. Christian ‘Excommunication’ of Jews : Some Further Clarifications III Quests for Holy Shrines 1. Jews, Pilgrimage, and the Christian Cult of Saints: Benjamin of Tudela and his Contemporaries2. In Search of a ‘Jewish Compostela’: Benjamin of Tudela and Petrachia of RegensburgIV Hostility and Persecutions 1. L’Inquisition et les Juifs de Provence2. Church Articles: Pawns in the Hands of Jewish Moneylenders 3. Les Juifs de Provence pendant la peste noire4. Desecrating the Holy Cross: A Rare Medieval Accusation (Hebrew)5. Profaner la Sainte-Croix : une rare accusation anti-juive au moyen âge V. Converts: Church Vs. State 1. Jewish Converts to Christianity in Medieval Europe 1200–1500 2. Converts and Judaizers in the Early Fourteenth Century 3. Paulus Christiani : Un aspect de son activité anti-juive 4. Did Nicholas Donin Promulgate the Blood Libel? (Hebrew)
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