Geography

»Simavicarana«

A Pali letter on monastic boundaries by King Rama IV of Siam

13 x 21 cm, 104 p., paperback / softback
22.00 €
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“Simavicarana” presents an annotated romanized edition of a letter composed in Pali by Thera Vajiranana - that is, by King Mogkut (Rama IV) of Siam when he was a monk before he took the throne. Sent in 1844 to Thera …

»Gott liebt das Handwerk«

Moral, Identität und religiöse Legitimierung in der mittelasiatischen Handwerks-risala

17 x 24 cm, 320 p., hardback
98.00 €
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The present book is the first large-scale research on the Central Asian crafts’ risala, a pre-Soviet code of conduct, and describes the crafts spiritual and social roots by drawing on oral and written sources.

Dawn of Japan

Emperor Jimmu with his Gods and Warriors on Third-Century Bronze Mirrors

19 x 29 cm, 152 p., hardback
59.00 €
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In a richly illustrated study, the authors trace Jimmu Tenno, Japan’s legendary first emperor, on bronze mirrors of his own time.The mirrors, while steeped in mythology, tell the emperor’s historic deeds almost exactly as do the eighth-century legends in the …

Building the Sherpa’s New Present in the Age of Globalization

The construction of a novel tradtion as well as a collective Sherpa identity in a new place through the performance of Tibetan Buddhist ritual celebrations: a close look at the present revitalisation of Sherpa Buddhism, culture, and society

21 x 28 cm, 288 p., with dust jacket
39.80 €
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The central concern of this book is a detailed examination of both the strategy and the means employed whereby the Sherpas have been successfully managing the creation of a novel tradition beyond the narrow confines of their traditional particularism and, …

A Mirror Reflecting the Entire World

The Pali »Buddhapadamangala« or »Auspicius Signs on the Buddha’s Feet«. Critical Edition with English Translation

13 x 21 cm, 302 p., paperback / softback
22.00 €
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The “Buddhapadamangala” is an anonymous work in the corpus of Pali literature transmitted in Siam. Its starting point is the conventional description of the wheel mark on the soles of the feet of Buddha, following the Pali tradition which presents …

Die syrische Steppe

Mobile Viehzucht, internationale Entwicklungshilfe und globale Märkte

17 x 24 cm, 208 p., hardback
68.00 €
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Construction, Intervention and Lifelihood: Syrian Bedouin and the 'Development' of the Steppe by Government and International Organisations The study bases on the ethnological fieldwork undertaken with a Bedouin group (Haswa/ Bani Khaled) in the Syrian Steppe 2005-2007.

The focus lies …

Herausgegeben von Ute Pietruschka und Michael P. Streck in Verbindung mit Beate Eschment

Symbolische Repräsentation und Wirklichkeit nomadischen Lebens
17 x 24 cm, 216 p., hardback
68.00 €
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This essay collection brings together contributions from two research colloquia of the Collaborative Research Center “Difference and Integration. The interaction between nomadic and settled forms of life in the civilizations of the Old World”, based at the Martin Luther University …

Pastoréalismes

Anthropologie historique des processus d’intégration chez les Kirghiz du Tian Shan intérieur

17 x 24 cm, 296 p., hardback
68.00 €
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The book examines the relations between an economic phenomenon, pastoralism, and a social one, patrilineal descent-reckoning. These relations are described and analyzed on the basis of long-term fieldwork and through the investigation of the existing historical and ethnographic sources. By …

Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi-Scholar of the Fourteenth Century

The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet

17 x 24 cm, 500 p., 1 farbige Faltkarte zum Herausnehmen, cloth
98.00 €
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Red mda’ ba gZhon nu blo gros (1348-1412) played a pivotal role in the history of Tibetan Buddhists' engagement with Indian Madhyamaka, especially with regard to Candrakirti's interpretation of Nagarjuna. The lasting impact of this historical figure on the shape …

Compiled by: Wolfgang Meyn

Kulturen am Rande Mesopotamiens: von West-Kleinasien bis zum Kaspischen Meer

Katalog der Sammlung der Abteilung »Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Vorderen Orients« an der Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

21 x 29.7 cm, 280 p., hardback
78.00 €
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Seit dem Eintreffen der Sammlung am Institut für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte des Vorderen Orients 1998 wird sie wissenschaftlich erschlossen: Zunächst wurde sie inventarisiert und nach verschiedenen Kriterien dokumentiert. Diese intensive Beschäftigung mit den Objekten führte zunächst zu vergleichenden, ausführlichen Arbeiten, …

Syrien und seine Nachbarn von der Spätantike bis in die islamische Zeit
17 x 24 cm, 308 p., 92 s/w-Abb., 20 Karten und Pläne, 15 Zeichnungen, 1 Tabelle auf 54 Tafeln, hardback
98.00 €
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Der vorliegende Band enthält dreizehn Beiträge zu verschiedenen Aspekten der syrischen Architektur und Baudekoration, zu Malerei und christlichem Kult in Syrien wie auch zum Verhältnis Syriens zu Kilikien, Ägypten und Konstantinopel in byzantinischer bzw. islamischer Zeit. Das Spektrum der ausgewählten …