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On 22 January 2013, the Republic of the Philippines instituted arbitral proceedings against the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) with regard to disputes between the two countries in the South China Sea. The South China Sea Arbitration is a landmark case in international…
India has a long-standing tradition of dispute resolution through arbitration, with arbitral-type regulations going back to the eighteenth century.Today, amendments to the 1996 Indian Arbitration Act, a steady evolution of case law and new arbitral institutions position India�s vibrant system once more at the forefront of international commercial dispute resolution. In this handbook, over forty…
This title introduces the theory of arc schemes in algebraic geometry and singularity theory, with special emphasis on recent developments around the Nash problem for surfaces.The main challenges are to understand the global and local structure of arc schemes, and how they relate to the nature of the singularities on the variety. Since the arc…
.Arcadia Updated delves into the concept of landscape as it is shaped by the literary tradition and material works known as pastoral. Referring to several of the tradition’s works as well as scholarly critiques, Fiskevold and Geelmuyden highlight how individual landscape perception is primarily a cultural construct: each individual may see a unique landscape based…
.Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Collection of Ancient TextsMagic, miracles, daemonology, divination, astrology, and alchemy were the arcana mundi, the “secrets of the universe,” of the ancient Greeks and Romans. In this path-breaking collection of Greek and Roman writings on magic and the occult, Georg Luck provides a comprehensive…
Jerusalem gehört zu den am besten ausgegrabenen Städten der Erde. Dennoch (und vielleicht auch gerade deswegen) sind zahlreiche Fragen offen und bedürfen einer Lösung durch archäologische Ausgrabungen. Im Südwesten der Heiligen Stadt erhebt sich einer der geschichtsträchtigsten Hügel Jerusalems – der Zionsberg. Mit diesem Ort verbinden sowohl Juden und Christen als auch Muslime bedeutende religiösen…
Archaeological Theory in Dialogue presents an innovative conversation between five scholars from different backgrounds on a range of central issues facing archaeology today. Interspersing detailed investigations of critical theoretical issues with dialogues between the authors, the book interrogates the importance of four themes at the heart of much contemporary theoretical debate: relations, ontology, posthumanism, and…
The seventh edition of ARCHAEOLOGY reflects the most recent research and changes in the field, while making core concepts easy to understand through an engaging writing style, personalized examples, and high-interest topics. This text pairs two of archaeology’s most recognized names, Robert L. Kelly and David Hurst Thomas, who together have over 75 years of…
.Geographic information systems GIS applications are viewed with increasing interest by the archaeology community and this book, with its diversity of topics and authorship, should be a useful resource. Complementing the volume “Interpreting Space” Taylor & Francis, 1990, which focused on North American archaeology, this title further develops themes within a specifically – though not…
Archaeology of Play The Re-Discovery of Platonic-Aristotelian Tripartivism in Interdisciplinary Discourses Archaeology of Play: The Re-Discovery of Platonic-Aristotelian Tripartivism in Interdisciplinary Discourses proposes that play?s antithesis is not seriousness but rather one-dimensionality.This book argues that the rediscovery of Platonic-Aristotelian tripartivism lends to a more expansive appreciation of play in terms of three rhetorical registers?namely, skhol?,…
These case studies offer new approaches to the analysis and interpretation of symbols in a variety of media and as expressed on a range of objects at different scales. This third volume in the Material Religion in Antiquity series stems from the First International Congress on the Archaeology of Symbols (ICAS I) that took place…
This new brief edition pairs two of archaeology’s most recognized names – David Hurst Thomas of the American Museum of Natural History and Robert L. Kelly of the University of Wyoming. Their well-chosen examples show how archaeologists have worked through actual problems in the field and in the lab. After using this book, readers will…
.Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past provides students with a thorough understanding of what archaeology is and how it operates and familiarizes them with fundamental archaeological concepts and methods. This volume introduces the basic components of archaeology, including sites, artifacts, ecofacts, remote sensing, and excavation. It discusses how archaeologists obtain and classify information and…
What did Zeus mean to the Greeks? And who was Hera, united with Zeus historically and archetypally as if they were a human pair? C. Kerenyi fills a gap in our knowledge of the religious history of Europe by responding to these questions. Examining the word Zeus and its Greek synonyms theos and daimon, the…
Soccio/Fiala’s ARCHETYPES OF WISDOM: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY, 10th EDITION, uses a historical approach to bring introductory philosophy to life through lively narratives, engaging illustrations and a student-friendly writing style. Using its signature conversational prose, the textbook guides students through the lives and works of history?s greatest philosophers. This edition connects the history of philosophy…
ARCHETYPES OF WISDOM: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY, 8E brings philosophy to life through lively narratives, engaging illustrations, and a student-friendly writing style. Using its signature conversational prose, the textbook guides students through the lives and works of history’s greatest philosophers, then brings it all together with helpful study materials in every chapter. Drawing from both…
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