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The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics
ABSTRACT How should we theorize Sufi ethics when the practice of zikr (remembrance) that leads to spiritual enlightenment (tazkiyya) might also bring one to the brink of majzubiyat (madness)? What forms of regulation or restraint are imagined or enacted by practitioners to prevent spiritual boundlessness from perverting into its underside of paralysis (
Muhammad Osama Imran
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Breaking Barriers: The History of Women's Education and the Training of Female Surgeons
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Medicine and surgery have been practised by women since the earliest of times, but as these activities became professionalised, they became excluded by various barriers. The aims of this review are to identify these obstacles and how they were overcome.
John P. Collins
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Is Pierre Michon's <i>The Eleven</i> a political novel? [PDF]
Ivić N.
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Physical Activity Profile of School‐Aged Children Born Very Preterm and Its Association With Sleep
ABSTRACT Aim To describe the association between different physical activity and sleep parameters in school‐aged children born very preterm. Methods A cross‐sectional analysis was done in a cohort of 6‐ to 10‐year‐old children born at < 32 weeks' gestation at the Department of Neonatology, University of Tübingen, Germany.
Maham Hassan +9 more
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The impact of cognitive schema on learning transfer ability and stability of classical Chinese poetry. [PDF]
Liu D, He P, Yan H.
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The History from the Poetic Image
El presente ensayo procura explorar los vínculos existentes entre el discurso de la Literatura y el de la Historia; dentro de este contexto, se busca plantear a partir de la imagen poética reflejada en los textos: Canto General de Pablo Neruda (1950) y Santiago de León de Caracas de Ramón Palomares (1967), una lectura plurivisionaria que resulta ser ...
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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The effects of Chinese Buddhist meditation tradition: the impact of nature observation and literary creation. [PDF]
Liang T, Sun M, Goto S.
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