Religions and trade: religious formation, transformation and cross-cul…
by Wick, Peter, Rabens, Volker, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Conférence "Trading religions: religious formation, transformation and cross-cultural exchange between East and West", Bochum, Allemagne)
fromDynamics in the history of religions
Religions and Trade carves new pathways into the world of religious dynamics. In this array of essays a number of international scholars investigate the ways in which eastern and western religions were formed andtransformed from the perspective of "trade."
In the everyday but unspoken give-and-take of human relationships, the silent language plays a vitally important role. Here, a leading American anthropologist has analyzed the many ways in which people talk to one another without the use of works. The pecking order in a chicken …
Réflexion sur les difficultés actuelles de l'intégration des immigrés en termes de culture. L'auteur critique l'idée du républicanisme français, mais considère pourtant qu'elle est seule capable de résoudre les problèmes d'intégration.
Hoofdstukken over de geschiedenis van Japan na de Tweede Wereldoorlog - periode ca. 1945-1952 -, de periode waarin Japan door de Amerikaanse "bezetting" genoodzaakt was, culturele, politieke en sociale veranderingen door te voeren.
Discusses how the defeat and American military occupation of Japan after World War II affected each level of Japanese society.
"Drawing on a vast range of Japanese sources, Dower's new study illuminates how shattering defeat, followed by over six years of American military occupation, affected every level of Japanese society."--Publisher's description
Drawing on a range of Japanese sources and illustrated with documentary photographs, this book is a history of the more than six years of American occupation which affected the various levels of Japanese society, often in ways neither side could anticipate. The author provides a…