The Art of Armenia: An Introduction - Christina Maranci

The Art of Armenia: An Introduction - Christina Maranci
Language: English | Publisher: University Press | Format: - 172 pages | ISBN-13: 978-0190269005 | 46 MB

Though immediately recognizable in public discourse as a modern state in a "hot zone," Armenia has a material and visual that reaches back to the Paleolithic . This book presents a timely and much-needed survey of the arts of Armenia from antiquity to the eighteenth century C.E. Divided chronologically, it brings into discussion a wide range of media, including , stone sculpture, works in , wood, and cloth, manuscript illumination, and ceramic arts.

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Iran between Islamic Nationalism and Secularism The Constitutional Revolution of 1906 (British Institute of Persian Studies)


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English | November 26, | ISBN: 1780766637 | 288 pages | | 2.11 Mb
With the ratification of a new constitution in 1906, Iran embarked on a great movement of systemic and institutional which, along with the introduction of new , was to be one of the most abiding legacies of the first Iranian revolution - known as the Constitutional Revolution. This uprising was significant not only for introducing secular understandings of government, but also Islamic visions of what could constitute a national assembly. The events of the Constitutional Revolution in Tehran have been much discussed, but the provinces, despite their crucial role in the revolution, have received less attention. Here, Vanessa Martin seeks to redress this imbalance. She does so firstly by analyzing the role of the Islamic debate in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and its relationship with secular ideas, and secondly by examining the ramifications of this debate in the main of Tabriz, Shiraz, Isfahan and Bushehr. By exploring the interaction between Islam and secularism during this tumultuous time, Iran between Islamic Nationalism and Secularism concludes that in each province, the Constitutional Revolution took on a character of its own.
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Dear Regime Letters to the Islamic Republic


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2007 | 71 Pages | ISBN: 0821417746 | | 1 MB
In his provocative, brave, and sometimes brutal first book of , Roger Sedarat directly addresses the possibility of in a nation that some in America consider part of "the axis of evil." Iranianon his father's side, Sedarat explores the effects of the Islamic Revolution of 1979-including censorship, execution, and pending war-on the as well as on his understanding of his own . Written in a style that is as sure-footed as it is , Dear Regime: Letters to the Islamic Republic confronts the past and current injustices of the Iranian government while retaining a sense of respect and admiration for the country itself. Woven into this collection are the author's vividdescriptions of the landscape as well as the people of Iran. Throughout, Sedarat exhibits a keen appreciation for the literary tradition of Iran, and inmaking it new, attempts to preserve the of a country he still claims as his own.ThighWith honesty of homemade butter, paddle-churned cream (eshta in Arabic, ecstasy foaming to the brim), a womanriver-bathes, sheet of -black hair breakingin rapids, cut lemon scintillatingolive skin free of tree-stumped chador, skirtswithin skirts, peal of her bell-body rungmuffled in Iran heat-a splash of white.The rhythm of pumice scraping her feet, sandbar against warm current, frothy capea bee-bubbled hive, honeyed trace curlingto her bare knees, thick transparent lather.At a Tehran bazaar endless gold-storescould never return me anywhere pure.
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Philosophical Hermeneutics and Islamic Thought


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English | ISBN: 3030927539 | | 223 pages | | 473 KB
This book investigates the methodological issues raised by the encounter between Islamic thought and contemporary philosophical hermeneutics. It features that examine why and how current Muslim thinkers refer to Continental . The contributors put the universality of the hermeneutic order to the test with three different approaches.
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