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"Monsters, ghosts, the supernatural, the fantastic, the mysterious. These are not usually considered the "stuff" of modernism. More often they are regarded as inconsequential to the study of the modern or, at best, seen as representative of traditional beliefs that are overcome …
"An interconnected history of the regions surrounding the Bay of Bengal in the 19th and 20th centuries, weaving together themes of migration, diaspora, ethnicity, religion, culture and the emergence of nationalist politics and state policies" ...
"The ultimate question is no longer "who am I" or "why am I here." These questions were answered in the earliest civilizations by philosophers and priests. Today we live in an age of such rapid advances in technology and science that the ultimate question must be rephrased: "wha…
"Åshild Kolås and Monika Thowsen have gathered an astounding array of data to quantify Tibetan cultural activities - involving Tibetan language, literature, visual arts, museums, performing arts, festivals, and religion. Their study is based on fieldwork and interviews conducted…
The Intellectual Origins of Modernity explores the long and winding road of modernity from Rousseau to Foucault and its roots, which are not to be found in a desire for enlightenment or in the idea of progress but in the Promethean passion of Western humankind. Modernity is the …
Synthèse sur l'histoire politique de l'Europe des origines à nos jours, ainsi que sur la civilisation européenne sous ses divers aspects permettant de comprendre les problématiques actuelles. ©Electre 2015.
