Lev Loseff (1937), der Leningrad 1976 verlassen musste und seit 1979 in Hannover, New Hampshire am Dartmouth College in den USA als Professor of Russian Language and Literature lehrt, hat u.a. Werke von E. Švarc, N. Olejnikov und M. Bulgakov herausgegeben. In seiner ersten große…
Lev Loseff (1937), der Leningrad 1976 verlassen musste und seit 1979 in Hannover, New Hampshire am Dartmouth College in den USA als Professor of Russian Language and Literature lehrt, hat u.a. Werke von E. Švarc, N. Olejnikov und M. Bulgakov herausgegeben. In seiner ersten große…
Generosity as an alternative : is giving a challenge to the market logic? -- The genealogy of Islamic and Christian ethics : from renunciation and redistribution to interdependence -- The world-historical revolution in ethics : the dismantling of interdependence and the rise of …
Based on several years of fieldwork in Egypt and Turkey, Caring for the Poor tells the stories of charity providers and volunteers. The book also places their stories within the overall development of Islamic ethics. Muslim charity, Tuğal argues, has interacted with Christian an…
"Is there a limit to the legitimate demands of morality? In particular, is there a limit to people's responsibility to promote the well-being of others, either directly or via social institutions? Utilitarianism admits no such limit and is for that reason often said to be an una…
"Is there a limit to the legitimate demands of morality? In particular, is there a limit to people's responsibility to promote the well-being of others, either directly or via social institutions? Utilitarianism admits no such limit and is for that reason often said to be an una…
"Le constat est maintenant partout : la puissance du fondamentalisme religieux, la montée des populismes de droite comme de gauche, le discrédit de la classe politique, le rejet de la construction européenne, rendent caducs les schémas anciens. En particulier l'idée que la démoc…
Going beyond the concept of financial donations, an inspirational, common-sense guide argues that the giving of kindness, ideas, advice, time, attention, skills, love, hope, touch, and other essentials can have a profound influence on and can enrich the lives, not only of the re…
