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Book SynopsisIn Totalitarianism in the Postmodern Age Piotr Mazurkiewicz et al. seek to answer the question whether a possible spread of pre-totalitarian attitudes among youth may in the near future pose a threat to the contemporary liberal democratic societies. The authors offer a new approach to the study of totalitarian trends in European societies significantly different from the previous one exploring mainly the historical and institutional-procedural aspects. The book not only offers interesting conclusions drawn from empirical research but also proposes an intellectually attractive theoretical model of understanding totalitarianism that can be used for further research. The impulse for this reflection was the research work performed by the authors on a cohort of contemporary youths from seven countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Contributors Introduction Miracle Collections in Their Contexts Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Jenni Kuuliala and Iona McCleery 1 Writing Miracle Collections Louise Elizabeth Wilson 2 Miracles in Monastic Culture Emilia Jamroziak 3 The Canonization of Saints in the Middle Ages Procedure, Documentation, Meanings Roberto Paciocco 4 Practical Matters Canonization Records in the Making Sari Katajala-Peltomaa and Jenni Kuuliala 5 Heretics, Hemorrhages, and Herrings Miracles and the Canonizations of Dominican Saints Donald S. Prudlo 6 Miracula and Exempla – A Complicated Relationship Jussi Hanska 7 Rituals and Spaces of Devotion in Cistercian Everyday Religion Marika Räsänen 8 Pilgrimage as a Feature of Miracles Leigh Ann Craig 9 Physical Disability and Bodily Difference Jenni Kuuliala 10 Madness, Demonic Possession, and Methods of Categorization Sari Katajala-Peltomaa 11 Death in a Birth Chamber Birth Attendants as Expert Witnesses in the Canonization Process of Bernardino of Siena Jyrki Nissi 12 Escaping Justice? The Politics of Liberation Miracles in Late Medieval Portugal Iona McCleery 13 Protection Miracles as Evidence for the Shifting Political Landscape of Fourteenth-Century Provence Nicole Archambeau 14 The Mobilization of Thought A Narratological Approach to Representations of Dream and Vision in Late Medieval Miracle Collections in the Low Countries Jonas Van Mulder 15 Miracle Types and Narratives The Case of Saint Margaret of Hungary Ildikó Csepregi Selected Bibliography Index
