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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan
The cult of the Two Grand Elders
by Fabian Graham
In Singapore and Malaysia, the inversion of Chinese Underworld traditions has meant that Underworld demons are now amongst the most commonly venerated deities in statue form, channelled through their spirit mediums, tang-ki. The Chinese Underworld and its sub-hells are populated by a bureaucracy drawn from the Buddhist, Taoist and vernacular pantheons. Under the watchful eye of Hell's 'enforcers', the lower echelons of demon soldiers impose post-mortal punishments on the souls of the recently deceased for moral transgressions committed during their prior incarnations. Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan offers an ethnography of contemporary Chinese Underworld traditions, where night-time cemetery rituals assist the souls of the dead, exorcised spirits are imprisoned in Guinness bottles, and malicious foetus ghosts are enlisted to strengthen a temple's spirit army. Understanding the religious divergences between Singapore and Malaysia (and their counterparts in Taiwan) through an analysis of socio-political and historical events, Fabian Graham challenges common assumptions about the nature and scope of Chinese vernacular religious beliefs and practices. Graham's innovative approach to alterity allows the reader to listen to first-person dialogues between the author and channelled Underworld deities. Through its alternative methodological and narrative stance, the book intervenes in debates on the interrelation between sociocultural and spiritual worlds, and promotes the destigmatisation of spirit possession and discarnate phenomena in the future study of mystical and religious traditions.
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Literature & Literary StudiesApril 2016A Fig for Fortune by Anthony Copley
by Susannah Monta, J. B. Lethbridge, Susannah Monta
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Literature & Literary StudiesSeptember 2016A Fig for Fortune by Anthony Copley
by Susannah Monta, J. B. Lethbridge, Susannah Monta, Rebecca Mortimer
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June 2025Proxy war in Afghanistan
The politics of state-wrecking
by Abbas Farasoo
This book provides a compelling analysis of proxy warfare and its far-reaching implications for statehood, focusing on the conflict in Afghanistan. Introducing the innovative concept of "state-wrecking," it bridges theory and practice to unravel how external support for insurgent actors fuels violence, undermines territorial control and sovereignty, intensifies violence, and dismantles political legitimacy. The work shifts the discourse on proxy wars from the strategies of global powers to the procedural and structural impacts within target states. Grounded in rigorous empirical research, including interviews, archival data, and conflict analysis, the book critically examines the Pakistan-Taliban nexus and the limitations of US-led interventions. By blending a robust theoretical framework with in-depth case studies, it reveals how proxy dynamics shape conflicts, disrupt governance, and challenge international security. This is an essential resource for those seeking to understand the entanglements of modern warfare and the fragility of states under external influence.
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January 1997Cantong Qi
Das Dao der Unsterblichkeit
by Beiträge von Bertschinger, Richard; Chinesisch Bertschinger, Richard
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January 1995Qi Gong
Chinesische Gesundheitsübungen. Eine Einführung
by MacRitchie, James / Englisch Bouteville, Michael
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2024Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States
Power, identity and strategy in the Persian Gulf triangle
by Luíza Cerioli
This book offers a nuanced snapshot of the complex geopolitical dynamics in the Persian Gulf, underlining the interaction between Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the US. Examining their interwoven relations since the 1970s, Luíza Cerioli's framework reveals how changes in US-Saudi ties have ripple effects on Iran-US and Iran-Saudi relations and vice versa. Using a historical lens, she explores how enduring US-Saudi connections hinge on order expectations, delves into the cognitive factors shaping US-Iran enmity and traces the source of oscillation in the Saudi-Iran ties. Employing Neoclassical Realism, the book investigates status-seeking, national identities and leadership preferences, offering a deeper understanding of the region's multipolar system. By combining International Relations and Middle East Studies, Cerioli's work contributes to both fields, unravelling the intricate interplay between international structures, regional nuances and agency in shaping Persian Gulf geopolitics.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2026Revolutionary anxieties
Defending privilege in the wake of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
by Liina Mustonen
Revolutionary anxieties sheds light on an unexplored dimension of the 2011 Egyptian revolution: the anxieties experienced by Cairo-based liberal elite, socialites, and cultural actors who opposed the rise of the new political actors, the Muslim Brotherhood. This book provides fresh insights into the failure of the Egyptian revolution by examining the perspectives of those who had a vested interest in maintaining the status-quo. It engages with post-colonial theory and examines the elite milieu in Cairo through the lenses of gender and race. Based on over two years of ethnographic research in various elite locations such as the Cairo Opera House, an Egyptian-European film festival, and an elite sporting club in Cairo, the book illustrates how members of Egyptian liberal upper class insisted on their privilege in a moment when the country's class hierarchies were challenged. By revealing the prevalence of counter-revolutionary sentiment among Cairo's liberal and affluent elite, the book tells an untold story of the Arab Spring.
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March 2004Selbstheilung mit Qi
Das Standardwerk der Energiemedizin
by Lade, Arnie / Übersetzt von Dunkenberger, Thomas
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August 2012Massenmedien und Strafurteil.
Eine rechtsvergleichende normorientierte Forschung zum Phänomen »mediale Verurteilung«.
by Xiong, Qi
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2026The promise of violence
Collective memory and the making of revolutionaries in Iran
by Younes Saramifar
Revolutionaries in Iran choose to identify memories of the Iran-Iraq War as their 'collective' memory to mark the war era as the temporal reference in history - the time of times, or sometimes even a time beyond time. Can a sole event and its violence truly become - for some - the all-encompassing, constituting element of history and memory? This book pursues this question and follows revolutionaries in the maze of 'collective' memory to offer a temporal account of the breakdown of happenings - as well as the mending of happenings through the force of remembrance.
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October 2025A Theory of Dreaming (A Study in Drowning, Band 2)
Träume aus Schatten und Sehnsucht - Historische Fantasy über die Macht der Mythen, Träume und Literatur - Mit Farbschnitt in der 1. Auflage
by Nadine Mannchen
JEDER TRAUM HAT EIN ENDE Effy hat es geschafft: Endlich darf sie als erste Frau in Llyr Literatur studieren! Doch die Ereignisse der letzten Zeit lasten schwer auf ihr. Zumal ihre männlichen Kommilitonen sie alles andere als herzlich willkommen heißen. Einzig Preston gibt ihr Halt – der jedoch selbst zu kämpfen hat. Vor allem, als seine Träume ihn plötzlich in eine versunkene Stadt entführen. Was hat das zu bedeuten? Und wieso verfolgen ihn die Visionen sogar in der Realität? In der Fortsetzung des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers A Study in Drowning zeigt Ava Reid, welche Macht Mythen, Träume und Literatur besitzen. Dabei behandelt sie wichtige Themen wie Mental Health, Feminismus, Nationalismus und Propaganda und verwebt sie gekonnt mit einer berührenden Romantasygeschichte.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2025Diaspora diplomacy
The politics of Turkish emigration to Europe
by Ayca Arkilic
Since the early 2000s, Turkey has shown an unprecedented interest in its diaspora. This book provides the first in-depth examination of the institutionalisation of Turkey's diaspora engagement policy since the Justice and Development Party's rise to power in 2002, the Turkish diaspora's new role as an agent of diplomatic goals, and how Turkey's growing sphere of influence affects intra-diaspora politics and diplomatic relations with Europe. The book is based on fieldwork in Turkey, France and Germany, and interviews conducted with diaspora organisation leaders and policymakers. Diasporas have become transformative for relations at the state-to-state level and blur the division between the domestic and the foreign. A case study of Turkey's diasporas is significant at a time when emigrants from Turkey form the largest Muslim community in Europe and when issues of diplomacy, migration and citizenship have become more salient than ever.
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September 2023Die Kunst der Meeting-Navigation
Mehr Erfolg in analogen, hybriden und digitalen Besprechungen
by Schönborn, Tim; Sieben, Beatrix
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Humanities & Social SciencesNovember 2016Postcolonial minorities in Britain and France
by Shailja Sharma
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March 2024FamilyFlow. Ab ins Grüne!
30 x Entspannen & Entdecken in der Natur für die ganze Familie
by Mareike Gohla, Viktoria Heyn, Martina Stuhlberger
Natur erleben mit Kindern Raus ins Grüne mit der ganzen Familie! Diese hochwertige Kartenbox für Kinder ab 3 Jahren ist bis prall gefüllt mit jeder Menge Draußenzeit. Vom Regenbogensammeln in den Farben der Natur über spannende Tier- und Pflanzen-Challenges bis hin zum gemeinsamen Outdoor-Yoga: Die 30 Inspirationen für Auszeiten im Grünen lassen Groß und Klein durchatmen und die Natur in den Familienalltag einziehen. Die hochwertige Box enthält 30 stabile Karten, die sich ganz bequem überall hin mitnehmen lassen. Ein inspirierendes Produkt für gemeinsame Rituale zum Entschleunigen und Entspannen. Ab ins Grüne: 30 Ideen zum Entspannen, Entdecken und Erforschen Spiel und Spaß im Freien: 30 originelle Ideen für Familien mit Kindern ab 3 Jahren. Natur im Familienalltag: Von Outdoor-Yoga bis hin zu Tier- und Pflanzen-Challenges - die Karten bieten Spaß und Spannung für Groß und Klein. Hochwertig ausgestattet: Praktische Kartenbox mit stabilen Karten, die in jede Tasche und in jeden Rucksack passt. Beim Picknick, im Park oder im Wald: Gemeinsame Aktivitäten in der Natur bringen Familien näher zusammen. Ab in die Natur mit der praktischen Kartenbox! Die 30 stabilen Karten bieten spannende Draußen-Aktivitäten für Kinder ab 3 Jahren - vom Regenbogensammeln bis zu Outdoor-Yoga. Ein inspirierendes Produkt für entspannte Familienmomente im Grünen.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2020Creativity and resistance in a hostile world
by Sarita Malik, Churnjeet Mahn, Michael Pierse, Ben Rogaly
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2020Amino Acids in Prevention and Treatment
A selection for clinical practice
by Uwe Gröber and Prof. Dr. Klaus Kisters
In contrast to vitamins and minerals, for a long time, science paid only scant attention to amino acids, but this all changed when scientists Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1998 for their work on amino acids. Pharmacist Uwe Gröber, Head of the Academy for Micronutrient Medicine in Essen and Prof. Klaus Kisters, MD, Head of the Department of Medicine at St Anna Hospital in Herne – both experts in micronutrient medicine – have reviewed the subject and explain clearly and in practical terms: ■ The importance of individual amino acids for our health ■ How they are optimally used in combination with vitamins, minerals and trace elements ■ Which diseases can be positively influenced in this way. ■ Effects on colds and influenza, cold sores, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, ADHD as well as stress and burnout are examined in more detail. A further chapter is devoted to amino acids and their use in sportsmen and -women.
