Narrow your search

Library

UCLouvain (7)

KU Leuven (6)

KBR (3)

UGent (3)

ULB (3)

ULiège (2)

CaGeWeB (1)

EHC (1)

LUCA School of Arts (1)

Odisee (1)

More...

Resource type

book (7)


Language

English (4)

Dutch (1)

French (1)

Multiple languages (1)


Year
From To Submit

2019 (1)

2015 (2)

2006 (1)

2000 (1)

1988 (1)

More...
Listing 1 - 7 of 7
Sort by
Secrecy in religions.
Authors: ---
ISSN: 01698834 ISBN: 9004083421 9004378685 9789004083424 Year: 1987 Volume: 49 Publisher: Leiden, Boston: Brill,


Book
Unsaying God : negative theology in medieval Islam
Author:
ISBN: 9780190942458 0190942452 0190942487 0190942460 Year: 2019 Publisher: New York, NY Oxford University Press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

What cannot be said about God, and how can we speak about God by negating what we say? Travelling across prominent negators, denialists, ineffectualists, paradoxographers, naysayers, ignorance-pretenders, unknowers, I-don't-knowers, and taciturns, Unsaying God: Negative Theology in Medieval Islam delves into the negative theological movements that flourished in the first seven centuries of Islam. Kars agrues that there were multiple and often competing strategies for self-negating speech in the vast field of theology. By focusing on Arabic and Persian textual sources, the book defines four distinct yet interconnected paths of negative speech formation on the nature of God that circulated in medieval the Islamic world. Expanding its scope to Jewish intellectuals, Unsaying God also demonstrates that religious boundaries were easily transgressed as scholars from diverse sectarian or religious backgrounds could adopt similar paths of negative speech on God. This is the first book-length study of negative theology in Islam. As an introductory work, it aims to encompass vast fields of scholarship, and diverse intellectual schools and figures. Throughout, Kars demonstrates how seemingly different genres should be read in a more connected way in light of the cultural and intellectual history of Islam instead of considering them as different opposing sets of orthodoxies and heterodoxies.

Taboo or not taboo : sexuality and family in the Hebrew Bible
Author:
ISBN: 0800630858 9780800630850 Year: 2000 Publisher: Minneapolis (Minn.): Fortress

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This volume explores the positive and negative aspects of family life in ancient Israel as portrayed in the Bible. Rashkow examines the relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, and siblings, looking at the variety of conflicts that emerged: incest, rape, abuse, murder, and hatred. Ultimately, Rashkow’s analysis provides a reflection on family, which is given texture and depth through her use of psychoanalysis and literary theory. This text traces the influence of the biblical images on later Western literature and society and provides comparative discussions of other ancient Near Eastern literatures. [publisher's description]


Book
Tabou et transgressions : actes du colloque organisé par le Collège de France, Paris, les 11-12 avril 2012
Authors: --- --- ---
ISBN: 9783727817717 9783525543986 3727817712 3525543980 Year: 2015 Volume: 274 Publisher: Fribourg : Academic press.,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Ces contributions analysent la nécessité pour une société de se doter de tabous (alimentaires, sexuels, religieux, etc.) qui, inévitablement, sont accompagnés de transgressions. La problématique est centrée sur l'univers biblique (Mésopotamie, Israël ancien, Egypte ancienne) avec deux articles consacrés à la Grèce ancienne et au monde arabe médiéval. ©Electre 2016

Forbidden words: taboo and the censoring of language
Authors: ---
ISBN: 9780521819602 9780521525640 0521819601 0521525640 9780511617881 9780511335143 0511335148 9780511331923 0511331924 0511333900 9780511333903 0511334567 9780511334566 0511617887 1107159431 9781107159433 1281040215 9781281040213 9786611040215 6611040218 0511333226 9780511333224 051156192X Year: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking', 'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language. Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily conversation.

Listing 1 - 7 of 7
Sort by