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Title in English: Momentum. Art and Cosmopolitan Modernity. This book attempts to capture the momentum, a moment of transformation, where the complex processes related to the expansion of heterogeneous cosmopolitan modernity intersect and converge, processes that influence and change both Euro-American civilisation and the planet as a whole, and along the way transform the state, economic, cultural and social arrangement, the practises and the notions used in order to understand our existence in the world. The authors of the studies that make up this publication look at the problem from several selected aspects falling within the domains of sociology, culture and new media art, which have in common an effort to put current phenomena into more general and more profound social, political and cultural contexts. They strive to avoid presentism in order to observe the processes gathered under the umbrella of “cosmopolitan modernity” from the point of view of the longue durée.

Theory of art --- momentum --- cosmopolitan modernity --- new media art

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Democracy --- Service learning --- Social justice --- Democracy. --- Service learning. --- Social justice. --- Equality --- Justice --- Self-government --- Political science --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Civic engagement (Education) --- Community service (Education) --- Community service learning --- Engagement, Civic (Education) --- School-based community service --- Student community service --- Student service --- Experiential learning --- Social service --- Student volunteers in social service --- Sociology --- cultural cohesion --- cosmopolitan societies --- civil society --- dialogue --- recognition --- inclusion

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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.The Emergence of Modern Hinduism argues for the importance of regional, vernacular innovation in processes of Hindu modernization. Scholars usually trace the emergence of modern Hinduism to cosmopolitan reform movements, producing accounts that overemphasize the centrality of elite religion and the influence of Western ideas and models. In this study, the author considers religious change on the margins of colonialism by looking at an important local figure, the Tamil Shaiva poet and mystic Ramalinga Swami (1823-1874). Weiss narrates a history of Hindu modernization that demonstrates the transformative role of Hindu ideas, models, and institutions, making this text essential for scholarly audiences of South Asian history, religious studies, Hindu studies, and South Asian studies.

History --- Asian history --- Religion: general --- Hinduism --- Ramalinga, Swami, --- Influence. --- Religions --- Brahmanism --- centrality of elite religion. --- cosmopolitan reform movements. --- hindu modernization. --- hindu studies. --- hinduism. --- history of hindu modernization. --- important local figure. --- influence of western ideas and models. --- margin of colonialism. --- ramalinga swami. --- religious change. --- religious studies. --- south asian history. --- south asian studies. --- tamil shaiva poet and mystic.

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"The emergence of a literature in any language is an improbable and complex historical achievement. In fact, many known languages throughout history did not develop writing, let alone a literature. This book, a collectively written early history of different literary traditions across the globe and through time, presents a global, comparative account of literary origins spanning the Mediterranean, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Seventeen chapters, each written by a scholar with expertise in a particular language and literature, trace the creation of writing and its interaction with oral practices, the rise of print circulation, the passage from sacred to secular writing and reading practices, the use of cultural models, the role of translation, and related issues as they apply to the emergence of literature. The contributions explore the historical context as well as the practices, technologies, and institutions that encouraged the emergence of distinct literatures, from classical Chinese and the resultant establishment of Japanese and Korean traditions, to the advent of Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and other literatures of the Mediterranean; the birth of European vernaculars against the cosmopolitan backdrop of post-classical Latin; and the later development of African American and Latin American literatures under conditions of colonial expansion and racial oppression. The volume is designed to enable readers to better understand the similarities as well as the differences in the origins of major and enduring literatures across time"

Literature --- History and criticism --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Criticism --- Literary style --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- History and criticism. --- Apocrypha. --- Auerbach. --- Bible. --- Chanson de Roland. --- Dead Sea Scrolls. --- Koran. --- Pseudepigrapha. --- Sanskrit. --- Vico. --- cosmopolitan. --- cosmopolitanism. --- cosmopolitcan. --- criticism. --- cultural difference. --- cultural identity. --- development of writing. --- elite. --- fiction. --- globalism. --- national. --- nationalism. --- oral tradition. --- orality. --- philology. --- poetry. --- religion. --- sacred. --- script. --- secular. --- untranslatability. --- vernacular. --- written languages.

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From Christian missionary publications to the media strategies employed by today’s NGOs, this interdisciplinary collection explores the entangled histories of humanitarianism and media. It traces the emergence of humanitarian imagery in the West and investigates how the meanings of suffering and aid have been constructed in a period of evolving mass communication, demonstrating the extent to which many seemingly new phenomena in fact have long historical legacies. Ultimately, the critical histories collected here help to challenge existing asymmetries and help those who advocate a new cosmopolitan consciousness recognizing the dignity and rights of others.

Humanitarianism. --- Mass media. --- archives. --- christian missionaries. --- cosmopolitan consciousness. --- critical histories. --- entangled histories. --- existing asymmetries. --- historical legacies. --- human rights law. --- human rights. --- human suffering. --- humanitarian aid. --- humanitarian imagery. --- humanitarian. --- interdisciplinary collection. --- mass communication. --- media history. --- media manipulation. --- media studies. --- political. --- postcolonialism. --- realistic. --- religious conversion. --- religious zealot. --- spanish civil war. --- western media.