The Political Novel in the Age of its Impotence: On Recent German Right‐Wing Fiction
Abstract While scholars have increasingly studied the German right's publishing strategies and literary politics, less attention has been paid to the literary texts as such. They are worth examining in detail, I argue here, because they reflect in exaggerated form a problem that troubles political novels more generally: the dwindling role of the novel ...
Sophie Salvo
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Introduction: Western Learned Magic as an Entangled Tradition
The introduction to this special issue outlines the concept of Western learned magic and suggests to analyse it as an entangled tradition, thus calling for an interdisciplinary, transcultural and transreligious perspective on its history.
Bernd-Christian Otto
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Alkimia Operativa and Alkimia Speculativa. Some Modern Controversies on the Historiography of Alchemy [PDF]
The accent on scientific and empirical character of alchemy, especially from the field of the history of science, promotes the idea that one can understand the cryptic and metaphorical language of alchemy mainly through the laboratory chemical practice ...
Calian, Florin George
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Synagogue paintings as indicating a!developing conception of national redemption [PDF]
. Orgad Zvi, Synagogue paintings as indicating a developing conception of national redemption. “Images” vol. XXV, no. 34. Poznań 2019. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. Pp. 15–27. ISSN 1731-450X. DOI 10.14746/i.2019.34.01.
Orgad, Zvi
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Enhancing the Evidence for Care in Underserved Bleeding Disorders Communities
ABSTRACT Background Major advances in haemophilia care have not translated equitably across all populations. Individuals with rare bleeding disorders (RBDs), people living in low‐ and lower‐middle‐income countries (LMICs) and women and girls with inherited bleeding disorders (WGWBD) continue to face significant diagnostic, therapeutic and research ...
Johnny Mahlangu
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The Place of History in British Criminology: 20th‐Century Developments
ABSTRACT While the relevance of historical research and analysis for the development of a critical criminology in the United States in the 1970s has recently received some attention by historical criminologists, the place of history in British criminology—and British critical criminology in particular—remains a largely unexplored area of academic ...
Roberto Catello
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A Preliminary Genealogy of Yoga in Italy: Between Religion and Contemporary Spirituality
In this article, we design a preliminary genealogy of yoga in Italy, showing its positioning within the growing field of “contemporary spiritualities”, their premodern, esoteric and theosophical roots and Catholicism.
Matteo Di Placido, Stefania Palmisano
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Race and Redemption: Racial and Ethnic Evolution in Rudolf Steiner\u27s Anthroposophy [PDF]
With its origins in modern Theosophy, Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy is built around a racial view of human nature arranged in a hierarchical framework. This article examines the details of the Anthroposophical theory of cosmic and individual redemption ...
Staudenmaier, Peter
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Know Your Lanes: Unpacking Theoretical Plurality Across Studies of Professions
Abstract Professions continue to be central to understanding organizing in the 21st century. The literature on professions is segmented into theoretical conversations that offer different conceptualizations of professions and theoretical concerns. Through an analysis of the literature, we unpack four lanes – teleological, institutional, ecological, and
Ruthanne Huising, Pauli Pakarinen
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Astral Karate as a Phenomenon of Late-Soviet Esoteric Underground
The article concentrates on the history of Astral Karate, its doctrine and sources. Astral Karate was a late-Soviet eclectic spiritual movement based on esoteric interpretations of martial arts and yoga.
Panin Stanislav
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