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Avventure della scrittura : Documenti dal Mediterraneo orientale antico

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ll volume raccoglie 11 contributi che da diverse ottiche disciplinari e metodologiche affrontano il tema dell’uso che della scrittura è stato fatto in diverse società e diversi momenti del mondo antico – in particolare nel Mediterraneo orientale – dalla comparsa dei primi documenti cuneiformi, e del complesso problema del rapporto tra lingua, scrittura e immagini, alla diffusione degli alfabeti classici. Che la scrittura, nelle sue diverse manifestazioni, dalle monumentali iscrizioni ‘ufficiali’ alle sue più modeste espressioni quali i graffiti sia uno strumento privilegiato di informazione e conoscenza, è dato più che acquisito. Come si evince dal titolo il focus del volume è posto piuttosto sulla molteplicità dei piani di lettura riconoscibili in ogni tipo di testo considerato in relazione al supporto, e più in generale al contesto di produzione e di uso nelle sue numerose articolazioni, di strumento amministrativo, contabile, politico, propagandistico, la cui efficacia spesso va al di là della stessa comprensione immediata dei testi. Si propongono quindi riflessioni sul rapporto tra segni, lingue e immagini, tra scrittura lingua e identità, tra scrittura, lingua e controllo politico, come spunti per ulteriori riflessioni e approfondimenti. Le livre rassemble 11 contributions issues de différentes optiques méthodologiques et disciplinaires qui traitent de l'utilisation de l'écriture dans différentes sociétés et différentes époques du monde antique – en particulier de la Méditerranée orientale – de l'apparition des premiers documents cunéiformes et du problème complexe de la relation entre langue, écriture et images, à la diffusion des alphabets classiques. C’est un fait acquis que l’écriture, dans ses diverses manifestations, depuis les inscriptions « officielles » monumentales jusqu’à ses expressions plus modestes telles que les graffiti, est un instrument privilégié d’information et de connaissance. Comme le montre le titre, le livre met…


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Communities of style : portable luxury arts, identity and collective memory in the Iron Age Levant
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ISBN: 022616442X 9780226164427 9780226105611 022610561X Year: 2014 Publisher: Chicago University Of Chicago Press

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Communities of Style examines the production and circulation of portable luxury goods throughout the Levant in the early Iron Age (1200-600 BCE). In particular it focuses on how societies in flux came together around the material effects of art and style, and their role in collective memory.


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The iron cage of liberalism
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ISBN: 0191755966 0191632988 9780191632983 9780191755965 9780199658329 0199658323 Year: 2014 Publisher: Oxford, UK

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Over the last forty years the world has witnessed the emergence and proliferation of a new political phenomenon - unarmed revolution. On virtually every continent, citizens have ousted their authoritarian leaders by employing nonviolent tactics such as strikes, demonstrations, boycotts, and civil disobedience against them. At the same time however, similar movements elsewhere have been brutally crushed by autocrats determined to cling to power. In this book, Daniel Ritter seeks to understand unarmed revolutions by posing two interrelated questions: Why do nonviolent revolutionary movements in

The Storm-God in the Ancient Near East
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ISBN: 1575065371 9781575065373 1575060698 9781575060699 Year: 2021 Publisher: University Park, PA

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In this comprehensive study of a common deity found in the ancient Near East as well as many other cultures, Green brings together evidence from the worlds of myth, iconography, and literature in an attempt to arrive at a new synthesis regarding the place of the Storm-god. He finds that the Storm-god was the force primarily responsible for three major areas of human concern: (1) religious power because he was the ever-dominant environmental force upon which peoples depended for their very lives; (2) centralized political power; and (3) continuously evolving sociocultural processes, which typically were projected through the Storm-god's attendants. Green traces these motifs through the Mesopotamian, Anatolian, Syrian, and Levantine regions; with regard to the latter, he argues that Yahweh of the Bible can be identified as a storm-god, though certain unique characteristics came to be associated with him: he was the Creator of all that is created and the self-existing god who needs no other.


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« In partibus fidelium ». Missions du Levant et connaissance de l’Orient chrétien (XIXe-XXIe siècles)

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En quoi les missions chrétiennes du Levant ont-elles été des lieux de production de savoirs « orientaux » ? Comment ces connaissances ont-elles circulé de part et d’autre de la Méditerranée ? Comment ont-elles été reformulées et réappropriées localement ? Cet ouvrage se penche sur l’assimilation en Europe de connaissances relatives aux cultures chrétiennes-orientales et sur le rôle que les missions ont joué dans ce processus. Collectés et élaborés dans les grandes bibliothèques et universités européennes, puis intégrés par les structures de gouvernance des Églises, ces nouveaux savoirs ont aussi été réappropriés dans l’espace d’où ils étaient issus. Ils ont donné lieu à des prises de conscience patrimoniales à côté des expériences tragiques de la fin de l’Empire ottoman et de l’établissement de nouveaux États. Ce travail éclaire ainsi la dimension intellectuelle des dynamiques d’arabisation des Églises locales, de reformulation des frontières confessionnelles et de construction d’identités communautaires et nationales au Moyen-Orient. Il montre enfin comment les missions contribuent à la mise en valeur du patrimoine culturel oriental, et comment le domaine du savoir participe d’une évolution de la notion de mission depuis la période ottomane. In what ways were the Christian missions in the Levant places of production of 'oriental' knowledge? Many late nineteenth and early twentieth-century academics utilised knowledge production from Christian missions, notably by way of scholarly Orientalism. However, the history of this knowledge is also a history of representations: while missionary knowledge helped showcase the cultural and religious traditions of Eastern Christianity, what were the underlying motives and especially the consequences? This book examines the formulation and circulation of Eastern Christian knowledge on either side of the Mediterranean, the study of which is sometimes rooted in non-Anglophone academic traditions. The aim is to shed light on how…


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La famille dans le Proche-Orient ancien: réalités, symbolismes et images
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ISBN: 1575062542 9781575062549 9781575068886 1575068885 Year: 2021 Publisher: University Park, PA

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In July, 2009, the International Association for Assyriology met in Paris, France, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “La famille dans le Proche-Orient.” This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 53 of the papers read at the 55th annual Rencontre, including primarily papers directly connected with the theme and some on areas of related interest. The papers covered every period of Mesopotamian history, from the third millennium through the end of the first millennium B.C.E. The photo on the back cover shows only a representative portion of the attendees, who were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the Collège de France.

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Families -- Middle East -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses. --- Middle East -- Antiquities -- Congresses. --- Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622 -- Congresses. --- Middle East -- Social life and customs -- Congresses. --- Social archaeology -- Middle East -- Congresses. --- Families --- Social archaeology --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Middle East --- History --- Antiquities. --- Civilization. --- Families. --- Manners and customs. --- Social archaeology. --- To 1500. --- Middle East. --- Antiquities --- Civilization --- Social life and customs --- Famille --- Droit antique --- Archaeology --- Family --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Methodology --- Social aspects --- Social conditions --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- Droit antique. --- Sozialarchäologie --- Familie --- Conference proceedings. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- POLITICAL SCIENCE --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Archaeological specimens --- Artefacts (Antiquities) --- Artifacts (Antiquities) --- Specimens, Archaeological --- Material culture --- Barbarism --- Civilisation --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Culture --- World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997 --- Ceremonies --- Customs, Social --- Folkways --- Social customs --- Traditions --- Usages --- Ethnology --- Etiquette --- Rites and ceremonies --- Convention proceedings --- Meeting proceedings --- Proceedings of conferences --- Congresses and conventions --- Popular Culture. --- Anthropology --- Cultural. --- Public Policy --- Cultural Policy. --- Naher Osten --- Familien --- Ehe --- Lineage --- Archäologie --- Eastern Mediterranean Region --- South West --- Asia --- Naher Orient --- Vorderasien --- Vorderer Orient --- Südwestasien --- Asien --- Nahost --- Moyen-Orient --- Westasien --- Levante --- Alter Orient --- Südwestasien --- Archäologie

Rural development in Eurasia and the Middle East
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ISBN: 0295999756 9780295999753 0295980478 9780295980478 Year: 2001 Publisher: Seattle

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"The ties that bind Central Asia to the Middle East have increased dramatically in recent years, as political emancipation from Soviet rule has spurred the restoration of material culture shared by Turkic and Iranian peoples. Political institutions and farming practices, however, are still based on the Soviet model, with centralised large-scale agricultural production serving Russian rather than local needs. The contributors to this volume examine land reform and agricultural development in Russia, Central Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Their studies bring into question the evolutionary view of agricultural development, from small-scale subsistence to large-scale commercialised agricultural systems, and emphasise the need to understand the specific political, historical, and geographic contexts of rural development and land reform. This volume is a must for regional specialists, historians, economists, and those working on rural development issues throughout Eurasia."

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Rural development --- Community development, Rural --- Development, Rural --- Integrated rural development --- Regional development --- Rehabilitation, Rural --- Rural community development --- Rural economic development --- Agriculture and state --- Community development --- Economic development --- Regional planning --- Citizen participation --- Social aspects --- Landhervormingen. --- Grondbezit. --- Agrarische ontwikkeling. --- Plattelandsontwikkeling. --- Aufsatzsammlung --- Ländliche Entwicklung --- Rural development. --- HISTORY --- POLITICAL SCIENCE --- Developpement rural --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Eastern. --- Public Policy --- City Planning & Urban Development. --- Russland. --- Russland --- Naher Osten --- Mittelasien --- Russia (Federation) --- Middle East. --- Central Asia. --- North Africa. --- Barbary States --- Maghreb --- Maghrib --- North Africa --- Asia --- Central Asia --- Soviet Central Asia --- Tūrān --- Turkestan --- West Turkestan --- Orient --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Russian Federation --- Rossiyskaya Federatsiya --- Rossiya (Federation) --- Rossii︠a︡ (Federation) --- Российская Федерация --- Rossiĭskai︠a︡ Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Rosiĭsʹka Federat︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Російська Федерація --- Federazione della Russia --- Russische Föderation --- RF --- Federation of Russia --- Urysye Federat︠s︡ie --- Pravitelʹstvo Rossii --- Правительство России --- Pravitelʹstvo Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii --- Правительство Российской Федерации --- Правительство РФ --- Pravitelʹstvo RF --- Rosja (Federation) --- Eluosi (Federation) --- O-lo-ssu (Federation) --- 俄罗斯 (Federation) --- Roshia Renpō --- Federazione russa --- OKhU --- Orosyn Kholboony Uls --- Integrierte ländliche Entwicklung --- Ländlicher Raum --- Ländliche Regionalentwicklung --- Regionalentwicklung --- Entwicklungsmodell --- Beiträge --- Einzelbeiträge --- Sammelwerk --- Entwicklung --- Africa, North --- Asia, Central --- Eastern Mediterranean Region --- Middle East --- South West --- Sowjet-Mittelasien --- Russisch-Mittelasien --- Westturkestan --- Russisch-Turkestan --- Zentralasien --- Große Tatarei --- Asien --- Naher Orient --- Vorderasien --- Vorderer Orient --- Südwestasien --- Nahost --- Moyen-Orient --- Westasien --- Levante --- Alter Orient --- Rußland --- Krievija --- Federazione Russa --- Großrussland --- Großrußland --- Russia --- Rossijskaja Imperija --- Russie --- Empire de Russie --- Federacja Rosyjska --- Rosja --- Rossija --- Rossijskaja Federacija --- Russische Föderation --- Russisches Reich --- РФ --- Российская Империя --- Russische SFSR --- -1917 --- 25.12.1991 --- -Landhervormingen. --- -Developpement rural

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