Do civilizations independently invent themselves or are they the result of cultural diffusion? The contributors to this volume do not attempt to provide a definitive answer to this contentious question, one of the most debated issues of the past century. Instead, they shift the …
Citizenship, democratization and nationalism : the challenge of gender / Barbara Einhorn -- The influence of European Union legislation on gender equality in Central and Eastern Europe / Amanda Sloat -- Public policies as vehicles of social exclusion : the case of Romani women's…
Our current world is characterized by life in cities, the existence of social inequalities, and increasing individualization. When and how did these phenomena arise? What was the social and economic background for the development of hierarchies and the first cities? The authors …
"Our current world is characterized by life in cities, the existence of social inequalities, and increasing individualization. When and how did these phenomena arise? What was the social and economic background for the development of hierarchies and the first cities? The authors…
"Our current world is characterized by life in cities, the existence of social inequalities, and increasing individualization. When and how did these phenomena arise? What was the social and economic background for the development of hierarchies and the first cities? The authors…
This book discusses erotic and magical goddesses and heroines in several ancient cultures, from the Near East and Asia, and throughout ancient Europe; in prehistoric and early historic iconography, their magical qualities are often indicated by a magical dance or stance. It is a…
by Windrow, Martin, McBride, Angus, Karasulas, Antony
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Global gifts and the material culture of diplomacy in early modern Eurasia / Zoltán Biedermann, Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello -- Portraits, turbans and cuirasses : material exchange between Mantua and the Ottomans at the end of the fifteenth century / Antonia Gatward Cevizli…
"Learning to Unlearn: Decolonial Reflections from Eurasia and the Americas is a complex, multisided rethinking of the epistemic matrix of Western modernity and coloniality from the position of border epistemology. Colonial and imperial differences are the two key concepts to und…
