O presente livro pretende evidenciar até que ponto o pensamento e a acção do Embaixador José Thomaz Calvet de Magalhães (1915–2004), pioneiro da chamada diplomacia económica e um dos protagonistas da nossa adesão à Europa, foram importantes nesse processo.0Visa-se, ainda, d…
This collective book aims at examining in what terms, and to what extent, the "reception" of the Human Rights doctrine takes place in Eastern Orthodox countries, as well as in the Orthodox diaspora. A series of questions are raised regarding the resources and theological structu…
This volume begins with the assumption that "Hindu" should not be conflated with "Indian" (as in the case of Orientalist criticism of Indian theatre) and that modern Indian theatre need not have its starting point in classical Sanskrit drama (as many Indologists would assert). R…
This edited book provides a comprehensive and comparative analytical overview of parliamentary bodies and civil society in Africa, both at the regional and national level, and their role in the ongoing regionalisation processes on the African continent. Gathering contributions f…
How do actors organize after crisis? Do they "simply? return to normal? The post-crisis phase is anything but a linear process. Actors and their practices may be transformed by learning from crises and by implementing the lessons. 0In this volume, 19 contributors from 7 countrie…
The age-old practice of persecution has been recognised since the mid-20th century as a crime against humanity under international law. Even so, scores of states have continued to commit this serious human rights violation, characterised by systematic discrimination against grou…
In the face of growing needs and problems around urbanization, the sustainable development of cities does not lie only in technology, research and innovation. Sustainable local development also results from a combination of different elements related to the development of social…
The present book intends to critically examine the paths taken by the EU for cultural questions and how it integrates it into the whole of its parts. This means describing, explaining and evaluating the objectives, the nature, the extent and the impact of European interventions …
Contextualizing world literature
by Bessière, Jean, Gillespie, Gerald
fromNouvelle poetique comparatiste
This book revisits the notion of World Literature and its applications in Comparative Literature. It suggests the notion not as a means to sift out international paradigms for reading literatures, but as a set of guidelines for the construction of interlocking and/or reciprocall…
Comment le discours d'autrui pénètre-t-il mon propre discours? Comment se marque cette altérité? Quels outils la langue fournit-elle par lesquels se signifie la pluralité énonciative? Cet ouvrage apporte des réponses à ces questions en faisant travailler une notion héritée du ph…
Comment le discours d'autrui pénètre-t-il mon propre discours? Comment se marque cette altérité? Quels outils la langue fournit-elle par lesquels se signifie la pluralité énonciative? Cet ouvrage apporte des réponses à ces questions en faisant travailler une notion héritée du ph…
Comment le discours d'autrui pénètre-t-il mon propre discours? Comment se marque cette altérité? Quels outils la langue fournit-elle par lesquels se signifie la pluralité énonciative? Cet ouvrage apporte des réponses à ces questions en faisant travailler une notion héritée du ph…
This ‘Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2014’ provides a dynamic and up-to-date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies to international human rights law and to comply with commitments voluntarily assumed by the Italian Government …
The 'Italian Yearbook of Human Rights 2016' provides a dynamic and up-to-date overview of the measures Italy has taken to adapt its legislation and policies to international human rights law and to comply with commitments voluntarily assumed by the Italian Government at the inte…
The financial and economic crisis that hit Europe in 2009 brought out the precariousness of the monetary union, accentuating the economic disequilibrium among European nations and strengthening Euro-skepticism.0The crisis served as a catalyst for long-standing and unresolved pro…