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The Contemporary Freudian Tradition Past and Present

The Contemporary Freudian Tradition Past and Present

This is the first book dedicated to the Contemporary Freudian Tradition. In its introduction and through its selection of papers it describes the development and rich diversity of this tradition over recent decades showing how theory and practice are inseparable in the psychoanalytic treatment of children adolescents and adults. The book is organized around four major concerns in the Contemporary Freudian Tradition: the nature of the Unconscious and the ways that it manifests itself; the extension of Freud’s theories of development through the work of Anna Freud and later theorists; the body and psychosexuality including the centrality of bodily experience as it is elaborated over time in the life of the individual; and aggression. It also illustrates how within the Tradition different exponents have been influenced by psychoanalytic thinking outside it whether from the Kleinian and Independent Groups or from French Freudian thinking. Throughout the book there is strong emphasis on the clinical setting in for example the value of the Tradition’s approach to the complex interrelationship of body and mind in promoting a deeper understanding of somatic symptoms and illnesses and working with them. There are four papers on the subject of dreams within the Contemporary Freudian Tradition illustrating the continuing importance accorded to dreams and dreaming in psychoanalytic treatment. This is the only book that describes in detail the family resemblances shared by those working psychoanalytically within the richly diverse Contemporary Freudian Tradition. It should appeal to anyone from student onwards who is interested in the living tradition of Freud’s work as understood by one of the three major groups within British psychoanalysis. | The Contemporary Freudian Tradition Past and Present

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Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music

Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music

Dhrupad is believed to be the oldest style of classical vocal music performed today in North India. This detailed study of the genre considers the relationship between the oral tradition its transmission from generation to generation and its re-creation in performance. There is an overview of the historical development of the dhrupad tradition and its performance style from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries and of the musical lineages that carried it forward into the twentieth century followed by analyses of performance techniques processes and styles. The authors examine the relationship between the structures provided by tradition and their realization by the performer to throw light on the nature of tradition and creativity in Indian music; and the book ends with an account of the ‘revival’ movement of the late twentieth century that re-established the genre in new contexts. Augmented with an analytical transcription of a complete dhrupad performance this is the first book-length study of an Indian vocal genre to be co-authored by an Indian practitioner and a Western musicologist. | Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music

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The Arabic Linguistic Tradition

The Arabic Linguistic Tradition

The importance and richness of the Arabic linguistic tradition largely neglected by Western literature is amply demonstrated by this book first published in 1990. Written by three experts in the field it provides us with a comprehensive survey of the historical constitution and theoretical structure of the Arabic linguistic tradition from its beginnings in the eighth century to its mature state around the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Besides grammar the book covers such fields as rhetoric grammatical semantics and methodological issues and pays particular attention to the most representative works of the classical period. It also has the unique benefit of containing the historical background.

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Cross-Tradition Engagement in Philosophy A Constructive-Engagement Account

Cross-Tradition Engagement in Philosophy A Constructive-Engagement Account

This book presents a systematic unifying-pluralist account—a constructive-engagement account—of how cross-tradition engagement in philosophy is possible. The goal of this constructive-engagement account is by way of reflective criticism argumentation and methodological guiding principles to inquire into how distinct approaches from different philosophical traditions can talk to and learn from each other for the sake of making joint contributions to the contemporary development of philosophy. In Part I of the book Bo Mou explores a range of fundamental theoretic and methodological issues in cross-tradition philosophical engagement and philosophical interpretation. In Part II he analyzes several representative case studies that demonstrate how relevant resources in the Western and Chinese philosophical traditions can constructively engage with each other. These studies cover issues in philosophical methodology metaphysics epistemology philosophy of language and logic and ethics. The book’s theoretical and practical approaches expand the vision coverage and agenda of doing philosophy comparatively and promote worldwide joint efforts of cross-tradition philosophical inquiries. Cross-Tradition Engagement in Philosophy will be of interest to graduate students and scholars interested in comparative philosophy and the intersection of Chinese and Western philosophy. It will also appeal to those who are interested in the ways in which cross-tradition philosophical engagement can enhance contemporary philosophical debates in metaphysics epistemology philosophy of language and logic and ethics. | Cross-Tradition Engagement in Philosophy A Constructive-Engagement Account

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The Sámi Narrative Tradition Cosmopolitans on the Arctic Tundra

The Sámi Narrative Tradition Cosmopolitans on the Arctic Tundra

This book sets out to document and analyse the Sámi narrative tradition. It considers the worldviews inherent in the narratives and links them to traditional cosmology and other cultural expressions (such as joik and duodji). The chapters address a variety of issues including care for children the perception of nature disputes over land and natural resources local justice the spiritual world of everyday life and Læstadianism. Sketching Sámi history and the cultural context of storytelling Nergård also considers the modern challenge for the narrative tradition. Drawing on long-term fieldwork and research the volume is valuable reading for Indigenous studies and disciplines such as anthropology. | The Sámi Narrative Tradition Cosmopolitans on the Arctic Tundra

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The History and Tradition of Accounting in Italy

The History and Tradition of Accounting in Italy

Italian accounting has a long and honourable tradition of theoretical and applied analysis of the accounting and reporting function perceived and defined much more broadly than in the Anglo-Saxon tradition. The high point of this perhaps is the creation of what is known as Economia Aziendale (EA). The antecedents genesis and later developments are presented here in detail by highly knowledgeable specialists in the field. EA takes as a prerequisite the necessity of the business (entity/azienda) to ensure its own long-run survival. This requires that the necessary resources are retained and preserved so operating capital maintenance by definition future-oriented is essential. It requires a focus on the particular business organization entity-specific and consistent with today's notion of the business model. Entity-specific information relevant to current and future cash flows is a necessary pre-requisite for ensuring long-run survival which historical cost accounting or fair value (being market-specific not entity-specific) satisfactorily achieve. Flexibility of valuation and of reporting always relevant to the specific asset at the specific time in the specific place is a necessary condition for effective management. This is exactly the focus of EA and its analysis and tradition. Scholars and advanced students of international regulation and accounting as well as accounting history will find this an invaluable guide to a vibrant scholarly tradition of great practical relevance today. | The History and Tradition of Accounting in Italy

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The Italian Legal Tradition

The Italian Legal Tradition

First published in 1997 this volume provides the reader from a common law background with an introduction to the Legal System and basic private law institutions of contemporary Italy. It aims to afford a basic understanding rather than a detailed presentation of Italian law through an appreciation of its historical development within the civil law tradition and its place in that family of legal systems descended from Roman law. Having described Italy’s place in European legal history and identified the main features of civil law systems generally it examines the structure of the modern Italian State its legislative process. Constitution legal professions and systems of civil criminal and administrative justice. The last third is devoted to private law in particular the law relating to the family property contracts and civil wrongs particular attention being paid to differences between the civil and common law approaches to these subjects. It is a readable lucid and systematic account of its subject. | The Italian Legal Tradition

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Mysticism in the French Tradition Eruptions from France

Mysticism in the French Tradition Eruptions from France

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries secular French scholars started re-engaging with religious ideas particularly mystical ones. Mysticism in the French Tradition introduces key philosophical undercurrents and trajectories in French thought that underpin and arise from this engagement as well as considering earlier French contributions to the development of mysticism. Filling a gap in the literature the book offers critical reflections on French scholarship in terms of its engagement with its mystical and apophatic dimensions. A multiplicity of factors converge to shape these encounters with mystical theology: feminist devotional and philosophical treatments as well as literary historical and artistic approaches. The essays draw these into conversation. Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary range of contributions from both new and established scholars this book provides access to the melting pot out of which the mystical tradition in France erupted in the twenty-first century and from which it continues to challenge theology today. | Mysticism in the French Tradition Eruptions from France

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Chinese Demon Tales Meanings and Parallels in Oral Tradition

Chinese Demon Tales Meanings and Parallels in Oral Tradition

This book first published in 1990 is a thematic analysis of five tales of early vernacular Chinese literature. Interest in vernacular stories is increasing in the study of Chinese literature as their importance is being recognised as a key part of the oral traditional narrative. From the analysis of the five Chinese tales in light of literary historical philological sources and folkloristic methodologies we may see to what extent tales of an intrinsically religious nature can offer meanings in the oral tradition. | Chinese Demon Tales Meanings and Parallels in Oral Tradition

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Writing for the Masses Dorothy L. Sayers and the Victorian Literary Tradition

Writing for the Masses Dorothy L. Sayers and the Victorian Literary Tradition

In Writing for the Masses: Dorothy L. Sayers and the Victorian Literary Tradition Dr. Christine A. Colón explores how Sayers carefully negotiates the complexities of early twentieth century literary culture by embracing a specifically Victorian literary tradition of writing to engage a wide audience. Using a variety of examples from Sayers’s detective fiction essays and religious drama Dr. Colón charts Sayers’s development as a writer whose intense desire to connect with her audience eventually compels her to embrace the role of a Victorian sage for her own age. Ultimately the Victorian literary tradition not only provides her with an empowering model for her own work as she struggles as a writer of detective fiction to balance her integrity as an artist with her desire to reach a mass audience but also facilitates her growth as a public intellectual as she strives to help her nation recover from the devastation of World War II. | Writing for the Masses Dorothy L. Sayers and the Victorian Literary Tradition

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Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice Renewing the Contemplative Tradition

Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice Renewing the Contemplative Tradition

In Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice several leading scholars explore key themes within the Christian mystical tradition contemporary and historical. The overall aim of the book is to demonstrate the relevance of mystical theology to contemporary spiritual practice. Attention is given to the works of Baron von Hugel Vladimir Lossky Margery Kempe Ludwig Wittgenstein Thomas Merton and Francisco de Osuna as well as to a wide range of spiritual practices including pilgrimage spiritual direction contemplative prayer and the quotidian spirituality of the New Monasticism. Christian mystical theology is shown to be a living tradition which has vibrant and creative new expressions in contemporary spiritual practice. It is argued that mystical theology affirms something both ordinary and extraordinary which is fundamental to the Christian experience of prayer. | Mystical Theology and Contemporary Spiritual Practice Renewing the Contemplative Tradition

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The French Revolution and the Russian Anti-Democratic Tradition A Case of False Consciousness

The French Revolution and the Russian Anti-Democratic Tradition A Case of False Consciousness

The political uncertainty following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rejection of the revolutionary model has brought Russian political thought full circle as democratic forces contend with authoritarian nationalism. This volume is essential to understanding the antidemocratic tradition in Russia and the persistent danger of totalitarianism. | The French Revolution and the Russian Anti-Democratic Tradition A Case of False Consciousness

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Classical Recording A Practical Guide in the Decca Tradition

Classical Recording A Practical Guide in the Decca Tradition

Classical Recording: A Practical Guide in the Decca Tradition is the authoritative guide to all aspects of recording acoustic classical music. Offering detailed descriptions diagrams and photographs of fundamental recording techniques such as the Decca tree this book offers a comprehensive overview of the essential skills involved in successfully producing a classical recording. Written by engineers with years of experience working for Decca and Abbey Road Studios and as freelancers Classical Recording equips the student the interested amateur and the practising professional with the required knowledge and confidence to tackle everything from solo piano to opera. | Classical Recording A Practical Guide in the Decca Tradition

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The Brahma Kumaris as a ‘Reflexive Tradition’ Responding to Late Modernity

The Brahma Kumaris as a ‘Reflexive Tradition’ Responding to Late Modernity

This title was first published in 2002. Drawing on primary research on the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University a millenarian New Religious Movement of Indian origin this book examines the status of tradition in the contemporary world through a critical engagement with the recent social theory of Anthony Giddens on the emergence of a post-traditional society. Wallis examines both the ways in which forms of tradition not only persist but also flourish in the contemporary world and also the manner in which such traditions are drawn on and (re)created by individuals in their ongoing construction of self-identity. Illuminating some of the difficulties encountered when social theory is applied to 'the real world' this book also offers a way of theorising about the status of contemporary religiosity that does not refer directly to the notion of secularisation. | The Brahma Kumaris as a ‘Reflexive Tradition’ Responding to Late Modernity

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Ancient African Christianity An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition

Ancient African Christianity An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition

Christianity spread across North Africa early and it remained there as a powerful force much longer than anticipated. While this African form of Christianity largely shared the Latin language and Roman culture of the wider empire it also represented a unique tradition that was shaped by its context. Ancient African Christianity attempts to tell the story of Christianity in Africa from its inception to its eventual disappearance. Well-known writers such as Tertullian Cyprian and Augustine are studied in light of their African identity and this tradition is explored in all its various expressions. This book is ideal for all students of African Christianity and also a key introduction for anyone wanting to know more about the history religion and philosophy of these early influential Christians whose impact has extended far beyond the African landscape. | Ancient African Christianity An Introduction to a Unique Context and Tradition

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Defending the Durkheimian Tradition Religion Emotion and Morality

Defending the Durkheimian Tradition Religion Emotion and Morality

This book provides an exciting accessible and wide-ranging guide to the development of classical and contemporary Durkheimian thought. Jonathan Fish offers a re-reading of the writings of Emile Durkheim and Talcott Parsons on religion. He aims to move beyond rationalistic readings which have neglected the key significance of collective human emotion in Durkheim's accounts of the link between society religion and morality. He goes on to look at the development of these ideas in the work of Parsons and more recent Durkheimian thinkers. Making an important contribution both to studies of Durkheim and the Durkheimian tradition and to the sociology of emotion the book is distinctive in arguing that religion is an essential backdrop for understanding emotion. In making this claim the author provides a key to re-establishing links between the sociology of religion and the wider discipline of sociology. | Defending the Durkheimian Tradition Religion Emotion and Morality

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Reading the Sacred Scriptures From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and their Reception

Reading the Sacred Scriptures From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and their Reception

Reading the Sacred Scriptures: From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and their Reception examines how the scriptures came to be written and how their authority has been constructed and reinforced over time. Highlighting the measures taken to safeguard the stability of oral accounts this book demonstrates the care of religious communities to maintain with reverence their assembled parchments and scrolls. Written by leading experts in their fields this collection chronicles the development of the scriptures from oral tradition to written documents and their reception. It features notable essays on the scriptures of Hinduism Judaism Buddhism Zoroastrianism Confucianism Daoism Christianity Islam Sikhism Shinto and Baha'i. This book will fascinate anyone interested in the belief systems of the featured religions. It offers an ideal starting point from which undergraduate and postgraduate religious studies students teachers and lecturers can explore religious traditions from their historical beginnings. | Reading the Sacred Scriptures From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and their Reception

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Theological Radicalism and Tradition The Limits of Radicalism' with Appendices

Theological Radicalism and Tradition The Limits of Radicalism' with Appendices

‘The limits of radicalism are those which end not in chaos but in the breaking of fresh ground. ’Howard E. RootPreviously unpublished––and only recently rediscovered by Dr Christopher R. Brewer in an uncatalogued box in the archives of Lambeth Palace Library––Canon Howard E. Root’s 1972 Bampton Lectures ‘The Limits of Radicalism’ have to do with nothing less than ‘what theology is’ a topic no less relevant today than it was in 1972. Against the radical reductionism of his time Root defended the integrity of theology and ‘theological truth’. Advocating a ‘backward-looking’ radicalism he thought that tradition should display ‘recognisable continuity’ and yet at the same time––against reductionistic tendencies––that it might be enriched and enlarged via a wide variety of ‘additive imagery’ including though not limited to poetry and pop art music and even television. We must ‘begin where we are’ said Root for we cannot in the manner of Leonard Hodgson ‘think ourselves into the minds and feelings of men 2000 years ago. ’ In this volume which begins with a substantial mostly biographical introduction Dr Brewer argues that Root––a backward-looking radical who defended metaphysics and natural theology and insisted that theologians look to the arts as theological resources––anticipates the work of David Brown and others concerned with tradition and imagination relevance and truth. A fascinating glimpse into the recent history of British Christianity Root’s lectures as well as the related appendices are essential reading for theologians interested in the dynamics of a developing tradition and the theme of openness as well as those with a particular interest in 1960s Cambridge radicalism and the British reception of the Second Vatican Council. | Theological Radicalism and Tradition The Limits of Radicalism' with Appendices

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The Jewish Origins of Israeli Foreign Policy A Study in Tradition and Survival

The Jewish Origins of Israeli Foreign Policy A Study in Tradition and Survival

The conventional understanding of Israeli foreign policy has been that it is a relatively new phenomenon with some claiming that the ‘Jewish People’ is an invention by mid-19th century Jewish historians or simply an ‘imagined community’. This book disputes these claims by demonstrating that the Jews have a tradition of foreign relations based on an historical political tradition that goes back thousands of years and that this tradition has been carried over to the State of Israel. The Jewish political tradition in foreign policy has always been defensive-oriented whether under sovereignty or in the Diaspora. Power has generally been only a means for achieving survival rather than a goal in itself whereas Jewish national identity has always been related to historical Zion. In order to explore the question of whether it is possible to identify patterns of international behaviour in the foreign policy of the Jews the book begins with the Bible and continues through the period of the First and Second Temples then looks at the long generations when the Jewish people were stateless and ultimately concludes with an examination of the sovereign Jewish state of Israel. The underlying assumption is that an understanding of these characteristics will allow us to derive a better understanding of the Jewish origins of Israel’s foreign policy which should in turn help to eliminate many of the harshest criticisms of Israel’s foreign policy. By presenting a nuanced and intricate examination of longstanding Jewish foreign policy principles this book will appeal to students and scholars of Jewish Studies Israeli Studies International Relations and anyone with an interest in the relationship between religion and foreign policy. | The Jewish Origins of Israeli Foreign Policy A Study in Tradition and Survival

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Inclusive Leadership Perspectives from Tradition and Modernity

Inclusive Leadership Perspectives from Tradition and Modernity

This book reflects on the models of leadership espoused by ancient Indic traditions in particular the Advaita Vedanta tradition. Focusing primarily on the Rajarshi – ‘the philosopher king’ – the essays in this volume showcase how using these models in contemporary society could lead to the creation of self-aware and empathic leaders and an inclusive society. The book explores examples of the Brahmarshi or the wise scholar; Rajarshi or the wise ruler; and Devarshi or the visionary to bring together all the ideal virtues of inclusive leadership in the current cultural and political space. The essays in the volume adopt a critical sociological philosophical and management lens to analyse Indic traditions and dharmic concepts. The volume uses concepts such as dharma karma and yoga along with organisational psychology technology and management to arrive at the concept of transcendental leadership. It theorises new definitions of the Rajarshi ideal which can be used towards public service social transformation and self-discovery. The volume will be useful for scholars and academics interested in Indic philosophies of leadership and governance sociology and social and political inclusivity. It will also be useful for readers in public administration business and management. | Inclusive Leadership Perspectives from Tradition and Modernity

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Thomas Aquinas and the Civil Economy Tradition The Mediterranean Spirit of Capitalism

Thomas Aquinas and the Civil Economy Tradition The Mediterranean Spirit of Capitalism

Delving into the history of economic thought this book presents a picture of the Mediterranean spirit of capitalism a tradition that has its protagonists in Thomas Aquinas and the eighteenth-century civil economy and seeks to understand its presence and relevance for contemporary societies. The book argues that it is reductive to attribute to the ‘Protestant ethic’ the different formations of capitalism in the Western world. Instead it is vital to acknowledge the differences in the ways in which the market is lived enterprises are created and conducted and civic life in general is understood in different regions. This thought-provoking study demonstrates that in Southern Europe the legacy of Aquinas and the civil economy adds different terms to those recurring in classical and neo-classical economy: common good reciprocity virtue public trust mutual assistance and public happiness. It is these ideas of a market as a place for mutual assistance which can be said to characterize the Mediterranean spirit of capitalism. Thomas Aquinas and the Civil Economy Tradition will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in the history of economic thought economic philosophy Christian ethics and moral theology. | Thomas Aquinas and the Civil Economy Tradition The Mediterranean Spirit of Capitalism

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Orthodox Christianity and Gender Dynamics of Tradition Culture and Lived Practice

Orthodox Christianity and Gender Dynamics of Tradition Culture and Lived Practice

The Orthodox Christian tradition has all too often been sidelined in conversations around contemporary religion. Despite being distinct from Protestantism and Catholicism in both theology and practice it remains an underused setting for academic inquiry into current lived religious practice. This collection therefore seeks to redress this imbalance by investigating modern manifestations of Orthodox Christianity through an explicitly gender-sensitive gaze. By addressing attitudes to gender in this context it fills major gaps in the literature on both religion and gender. Starting with the traditional teachings and discourses around gender in the Orthodox Church the book moves on to demonstrate the diversity of responses to those narratives that can be found among Orthodox populations in Europe and North America. Using case studies from several countries with both large and small Orthodox populations contributors use an interdisciplinary approach to address how gender and religion interact in contexts such as iconography conversion social activism and ecumenical relations among others. From Greece and Russia to Finland and the USA this volume sheds new light on the myriad ways in which gender is manifested performed and engaged within contemporary Orthodoxy. Furthermore it also demonstrates that employing the analytical lens of gender enables new insights into Orthodox Christianity as a lived tradition. It will therefore be of great interest to scholars of both Religious Studies and Gender Studies. | Orthodox Christianity and Gender Dynamics of Tradition Culture and Lived Practice

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