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Promoted ContentLiterature & Literary StudiesMarch 2021
Thomas Heywood and the classical tradition
by Tania Demetriou, Janice Valls-Russell
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Trusted PartnerHumanities & Social SciencesApril 2022
Chinese 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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Trusted PartnerThe ArtsDecember 2015
Classical Hollywood cinema
Point of view and communication
by James Zborowski
This book offers a new approach to filmic point of view by combining close analyses informed by the tools of narratology and philosophy with concepts derived from communication studies. Each chapter stages a conversation between two masterpieces of classical Hollywood cinema and one critical concept that can enrich our understanding of them: Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Frank Capra, 1936) are interpreted in relation to point of view; Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford, 1962) are considered with reference to the concept of distance; and Letter from an Unknown Woman (Max Ophuls, 1948) and Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939) are explored through the lens of communication. Each encounter reveals new, exciting and mutually illuminating ways of appreciating not only these case studies, but also the critical concepts at stake. ;
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Zum Tao erwachen
Meditationen, Parabeln und Reflexionen über die Verwirklichung des Tao im Alltag - ein Kompendium taoistischer Weisheit
by Liu, I-ming / Herausgegeben von Cleary, Thomas; Übersetzt von Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid
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Das Tao der Musik
Die geheime Macht der Musik - wie man sie kreativ einsetzen und nutzen kann
by Oritz, John M / Übersetzt von Weltzien, Diane von
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Trusted PartnerJune 2001
Das Tao der Musik
Die geheime Macht der Musik - wie man sie kreativ einsetzen und nutzenkann
by Ortiz, John M
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Trusted PartnerMarch 2008
Das Tao der Kreativität
Schöpferische Improvisation in Leben und Kunst
by Nachmanovitch, Stephen / Deutsch Richter, Dan
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Trusted PartnerJanuary 1984
Das Tao der Selbstheilung
Die chinesische Kunst der Meditation in der Bewegung als Weg der Selbsthilfe und Heilung
by Zöller, Josephine
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Trusted PartnerJanuary 1991
Das Tao der Politik
Leitlinien für eine neue politische Kultur - das klassische Lehrbuch aus dem alten China
by Herausgegeben von Cleary, Thomas; Übersetzt von Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid
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Trusted PartnerSeptember 1999
Das Tao des Atmens
Atem als Weg zu Gesundheit und innerem Wachstum
by Lewis, Dennis / Deutsch Mertens-Feldbausch, Erica
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Das Tao der Liebe
Unterweisungen in altchinesischer Liebeskunst
by Chang, Jolan / Deutsch Tannenbaum, Lilith
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Trusted PartnerMay 2009
Das Tao der Liebe
Unterweisungen in altchinesischer Liebeskunst
by Chang, Jolan / Vorwort von Needham, Joseph; Übersetzt von Tannenbaum, Lilith; Nachwort von Needham, Joseph
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