“…The book also includes the first Western language translation of al-Shafi'i's Kitab Jima' al-'Ilm, which articulates arguments that were critical in establishing the position of the Hadith in mainstream Islam…”
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“…Se trata de una especie de "western" urbano en el que Harry Dean Stanton recorre el país en busca de su familia. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: Introduction by Steven Cohan and Ina Rae Hark - 1-"Hitler Can't Keep 'Em That Long": The road, the people by Bennet Schaber- 2-Western Meets Eastwood: Genre and gender on the road by Shari Roberts- 3-Mad Love, Mobile Homes, and Dysfunctional Dicks: On the road with Bonnie and Clyde by Ian Leong and Mike Sell and Kelly Thomas- 4-On the Run and on the Road: Fame and the outlaw couple in American cinema by Corey K. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Islamic Ethics: Azim Nanji. Part III: Western Philosophical Ethics : A Short History: 10. …”

“…Includes research by anthropologists on creativity in non-Western cultures, and research by sociologists about the situation, contexts, and networks of creative activity. …”

“…A popular fascination with fame and stardom has existed in Western culture since the late eighteenth century; a fascination that, in the twenty‐first century, reaches into almost every facet of public life. …”

“…In the light of the deepening crisis of capitalism and continued non-Western capitalist accumulation, Henry Heller re-examines the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe and elsewhere. …”

“…The essays are written by scholars from a wide array of disciplines, intellectual backgrounds, and perspectives, and address the conference’s two inter-related areas of focus: global antisemitism and the crisis of modernity currently affecting the core elements of Western society and civilization. Rather than treating antisemitism merely as an historical phenomenon, the authors place it squarely in the contemporary context. …”

“…The editors’ essay surveys the development of anthropological research from its early exotic, non-Western focus to today’s debate over increasingly engaged approaches within a globalized society. …”

“…Using the Western tradition of metaphysical and political thought as a backdrop, Critique of Sovereignty (a work in 4 volumes) re-examines the concept of sovereignty in order to better understand why our ethical values and technical capacities often seem so divorced from our lived realities. …”

“…In the past, such knowledge derived from non-western communities was largely regarded as free information. …”

“…As such, this study contributes to the explanation of the gradual convergence of many non-Western traditional legal cultures with typically continental legal structures. …”

“…Across the Western world, full membership of society is established through entitlements to space and formalized in the institutions of property and citizenship. …”

“…The first reference to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. …”

“…Understanding Japanese Saving holds key lessons for Western nations undergoing similar demographic transformations as well as developing countries looking to establish public savings institutions…”

“…British attempts to modernize the densely populated Igbo region were focused largely on intensive production of palm oil as a cash crop for export and on the assumption of male dominance within a conventional western hierarchy. This colonial agenda, however, collided with a traditional culture in which females played important social and political roles and male status was closely tied to yam cultivation. …”

“…A cougar attacks a jogger in the suburbs of a Western city. Charlie Sayers, a wildlife biologist facing retirement, is drawn into the search for the lion. …”

“…They can also be found in North-Western America and the Pacific region. This book is the first investigation of marked S-languages that treats the phenomenon on a global scale. …”