“…A "Pacific century" was proclaimed, in which it was predicted that Asian-Pacific countries would out pace the traditional leading powers of the West. A more careful look quickly reveals that this view is too simplistic. …”

“…W National Park lies in the border triangle of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger in West Africa. Established under French colonial rule in 1927, it was designated as the first African transborder biosphere reserve in 2002. …”

“…In the post-war period, regulated migration was widely considered in the West as a route to development and modernization. …”

“…People of this region often lack the cushion of advanced technologies or economic safety nets that the West has come to expect. The region has significant resource-development challenges, particularly for food production. …”

“…Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, to God what belongs to God: starting from the challenging interpretation of the famous passage from the Gospel of Matthew (22:21), the here presented monograph by Giovanni Tabacco goes through the stages that defined and shaped the relations between civil and religious powers in the West throughout the medieval millennium. Published for the first time in 1950 by the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Turin, the study of the great medievalist belongs to the never forgotten "classics" of Italian medieval historiography. …”

“…This book is dedicated to the poetics in the Italian language that have spread around Italy over the last thirty years, also as a consequence of the migratory waves from the South-East to the North-West of the world. After years of research, the authors have selected a sample of twelve poets, who for different reasons have adopted Italian as the language of their literary expression. …”

“…With the thirtieth anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 2019 as their catalyst, the authors reflect upon Chris Hann's lifelong fieldwork in the discipline, spanning regions as diverse as East Central Europe, Turkey, and the Chinese north-west. The collapse of the Berlin Wall naturally triggered a plethora of analysis and scholarly research. …”

“…Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor, University of Ohio This book is about the relationship between the spectators in countries of the west, and the distant sufferer on the television screen; the sufferer in Somalia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, but also from New York and Washington DC. …”
Sumario

“…Situated far away from any civilization, about 200 kilometers west of Bangkok, Wat Pa Luangta Bua is a monastery of meditation where silence, peace and harmony reign. …”

“…Meanwhile, Asia has been able to concentrate on building a better future and seizing the economic initiative from the American-dominated West, creating a new culture of hope. How will these varying emotions influence the political, social, and cultural conflicts that roil our world? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction by Robert Spillman -- West Africa: Nonfiction. Chinua Achebe (Nigeria): The African writer and the English language -- Fiction. …”

“…With the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, European cities entered into a long period of waning and deterioration. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mapping the nation : history, politics, and religion -- The Western dimension of the making of modern Ukraine / Roman Szporluk -- Cultural faultlines and political cleavages / Mykola Riabchuk -- Ukraine's road to Europe : a still controversial issue / Giulia Lami -- Finis Europae : contemporary Ukraine's conflicting inheritances from the humanistic "West" and the Byzantine "East" (A Triptych) / Oxana Pachlovska -- The status of religion in Ukraine and European standards / Andrew Sorokowski -- Missionaries and pluralism : how the law changed the religious landscape in Ukraine / Catherine Wanner -- The future of Ukraine, if values determine the course : what opinion polls disclose about public attitudes on political and economic issues / Elehie Skoczylas -- Prosecuting Soviet crimes : the case of Ukraine and the European practice / Myroslava Antonovych -- Collective memory as a device for constructing a new gender myth / Marian Rubchak -- Reflecting identities : the literary paradigm -- Mirrors, windows, and maps : the typology of cultural identification in contemporary Ukrainian literature / Maria Zubrytska -- Cultural perceptions, mirror images, and western identification in new Ukrainian drama / Larissa M.L. …”

“…Eminent anthropologist Ruth Finnegan draws together a lifetime of ethnographic case studies, reading and personal commentary to explore the roles and nature of language in cultures across the world, from West Africa to the South Pacific. By combining research and reflections, Finnegan discusses the multi-modality of language to provide an account not simply of vocabulary and grammar, but one which questions the importance of cultural settings and the essence of human communication itself…”

“…He spotlights the great philosophical and scientific traditions of the West, which did not believe in an afterlife or see the purpose of bereavement, while also casting new light on the major religious beliefs that emerged in the ancient world, particularly the centuries-long development of Christianity. …”