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Pathways to an inner Islam

Massignon, Corbin, Guénon, and Schuon

Pathways to an Inner Islam provides an introduction to the esoteric or spiritual #inner Islam# presented by Western thinkers Louis Massignon, Henry Corbin, René Guénon, and Frithjof Schuon. Particularly interested in Sufism#the mystical tradition of Islam#these four twentieth-century authors who wrote in French ...

A Valley in La Rioja

the Najerilla Project

The Najerilla flows from the mountains of the Sierra de la Demanda to the River Ebro in the western part of the province of La Rioja in northern Spain. Here fieldwork and excavations from 2000-2003 examined the varied landscapes of the valley and focused on ...

Graeco-Roman slave markets

fact or fiction?

This book critically examines the existence and identification of purpose-built slave markets in the Graeco-Roman world from a cross- cultural perspective. It investigates whether certain ancient monuments were designed specifically for use as slave markets and whether they required special equipment and safety precautions, allowing ...

Cult in context

reconsidering ritual in archaeology

Eds. David A. Barrowclough, Caroline Malone. Gods, deities, symbolism, deposition, cosmology and intentionality are all features of the study of early ritual and cult. Archaeology has great difficulties in providing satisfactory interpretation or recognition of these elusive but important parts of ancient society, and methodologies ...

Pioneers to the past

american archaeologists in the Middle East 1919-1920

Ed. Geoff Emberling. CONTENTS: 1 Introduction by Geoff Emberling 2 Archaeology in the Middle East before 1920 : political contexts, historical results by Geoff Emberling 3 The Middle East breasted encountered, 1919-1920 by James L. Gelvin 4 The first expedition of the Oriental Institute, 1919-1920 by ...

Celtic from the West

alternative perspectives from archaeology, genetics, and literature

Eds. Barry Cuniliffe, John T. Koch. This book is an exploration of the new idea that the Celtic languages originated in the Atlantic Zone during the Bronze Age, approached from various perspectives pro and con, archaeology, genetics, and philology. This Celtic Atlantic Bronze Age theory ...

Divination and interpretation of signs in the Ancient World

The concept of sign, a portent observed in the physical world, which indicates future events, is found in all ancient cultures, but was first developed in ancient Mesopotamian texts. This branch of Babylonian scientific knowledge extensively influenced other parts of the world, and similar texts ...

Régimen jurídico de la gestión del agua

aspectos hidrológicos, organizativos, tributarios, de contratación pública y de responsabilidad ambiental

El derecho urbanístico desmesurado de muchos municipios españoles, en su mayor parte situados en la costa y en el entorno de las grandes ciudades ha suscitado una doble preocupación ligada a la disponibilidad de recursos hidráulicos. La previsible disminución en España de esta recurso a ...

The green investing handbook

a detailed investment guide to the technologies and companies involved in the sustainability revolution

Make money not carbon dioxide. The world faces unprecedented challenges in tackling climate change but this is also creating huge opportunities for investors in the energy and environmental sectors as companies and countries all over the globe move towards a low-carbon future. "The Green Investor ...

Envejecimiento, adaptación y cambio social

(Revista Panorama Social, Nº11, año 2010)

Global think tanks

policy networks and governance

"Global Think Tanks" provides a clear description of and context for the global proliferation of think tanks. Whilst these institutions are still relatively new players in global and national politics, they are becoming a significant source of strength in an increasingly transnational and less Western-led ...

An unlikely prince

the life and times of Machiavelli

Acclaimed scholar Niccolo Capponi - a direct descendant of Machiavelli - analyses the famous political theorist in the context of his own times, revealing the many sides of the man behind the political genius and explaining his inability to capitalise on his own theories. In his compelling ...

Faith misplaced

the broken promise of U.S-Arab relations: 1820-2001

This is a controversial and dramatic portrait of a defining choice in US foreign policy that sacrificed years of carefully built good relations with the Arab world, from a leading Lebanese American scholar recently honored by the Carnegie Corporation for his work enriching the discourse ...

Constitutional and administrative Law

Hilaire Barnett's respected and ever-popular textbook helps to provide students with an understanding of the constitution's past, present and future by analysing and illustrating the political and socio-historical contexts which have shaped the constitution, the current major rules and principles of public law ...

Modern intellectual property Law

"Modern Intellectual Property Law" combines coverage of each intellectual property right granted for creations of the mind into a thoughtful, unified textbook. Deconstructing the fundamental topics into short, clear sections separated by subheadings throughout, Colston and Galloway's text is the ideal student companion to ...

Insurance theory and practice

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theory, functioning, management and legal background of the insurance industry. Written in accessible, non-technical style, Insurance Theory and Practice begins with an examination of the insurance concept, its guiding principles and legal rules before moving on to ...

Economics and development studies

Development studies textbooks and courses have sometimes tended to avoid significant economic content. However, without an understanding of the economic aspects of international development many of the more complex issues cannot be fully comprehended. "Economics and Development Studies" makes the economic dimension of discourse around ...

Asociacionismo y participación social en Andalucía

El asociacionismo y la participación social en las sociedades modernas resultan una pieza clave para comprender la vitalidad y el desarrollo social, político e incluso económico de un territorio. La finalidad de este trabajo es presentar de manera descriptiva la situación y dimensiones de estos ...

The right to life and conflicting interest

The right to life is a core human right which has not yet received the detailed legal analysis that it requires. This book provides detailed, critical analysis of the controversial human right to life and, in particular, assesses the weight of conflicting interests which could ...

Poética. Libro I

Anónimos sobre la comedia

Edición bilingüe, introducción y notas de Paloma Ortiz García. ÍNDICE: Introducción. Primera parte. La historia del texto: Habent sua fata libelli.-La composición de la Poética.- Poesía y pintura, artes imitativas.- La poesía, ¿educadora?- Poesía y purificación emocional. # La Poética y las téchnai.- ¿Don natural ...