Eastern category: 10105 books
by Brian Schell
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Welcome to the world of Buddhism!
Americans and others in the West have certain expectations and images that come to mind when the word "Buddhist" comes up. Most people have seen the Dalai Lama on the news or in magazines, and he has almost become synonymous with Buddhism in general....
Polish Revolutionary Populism
A Study in Agrarian Socialist Thought From the 1830s to the 1850s
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1977
Polish populism, which advocated agrarian socialism by either revolutionary or reformist means, emerged first among the émigrés who had left Poland after the Russians defeated the nationalist uprising of 1830. In exile they came into contact with the ideas of French ‘Utopian’ socialists such...
Bhagavad Gita
Being a Discourse Between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being Under the Form of Krishna
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
This famous and marvellous Sanskrit poem occurs as an episode of the Mahabharata, in the sixth-or "Bhishma"-Parva of the great Hindu epic. It enjoys immense popularity and authority in India, where it is reckoned as one of the "Five Jewels," -pancharatnani- of Devanagiri literature....
The Pearl of Dari
Poetry and Personhood among Young Afghans in Iran
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
The Pearl of Dari takes us into the heart of Afghan refugee life in the Islamic Republic of Iran through a rich ethnographic portrait of the circle of poets and intellectuals who make up the "Pearl of Dari" cultural organization. Dari is the name by which the Persian language is known in Afghanistan....
Life in Relation to Death
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2000
Since its original publication in 1987, this book has fulfilled the wish of His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche that it provide brief but profound instructions on preparing for death. Because it is short and accessible, it has been read by a wide range of people, many of whom have commented that it is...
Oriental Philosophy II
Supreme God and the demigods
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2013
Eastern philosophy Philosophy Chinese philosophy Iranian philosophy Japanese philosophy Indian philosophy Korean philosophy Divine presence Revelation Divine language Will of God Divine judgment Salvation Divine providence Metaphysics Natural philosophy Bhagavad Gita Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Aldous...
Then We Were One
Fragments of Two Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Southern California in the late 1950s has the look and feel of a midsummer morning-bright and still. For two young brothers, the wide world is full of promise. Together they set out to explore it as one, ever alert to the sound of their mother’s whistle calling them home. But by late afternoon,...
Economies of Violence
Transnational Feminism, Postsocialism, and the Politics of Sex Trafficking
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Recent human rights campaigns against sex trafficking have focused on individual victims, treating trafficking as a criminal aberration in an otherwise just economic order. In Economies of Violence Jennifer Suchland directly critiques these explanations and approaches, as they obscure the reality...
by Anikó Imre
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
In TV Socialism, Anikó Imre provides an innovative history of television in socialist Europe during and after the Cold War. Rather than uniform propaganda programming, Imre finds rich evidence of hybrid aesthetic and economic practices, including frequent exchanges within the region and with Western...
Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara
An Introduction with Selected Translations
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Discover the fascinating history of a long-hidden Buddhist culture at a historic crossroads.
In the years following Alexander the Great’s conquest of the East, a series of empires rose up along the Silk Road. In what is now northern Pakistan, the civilizations in the region called Gandhara...
Imperial Spheres and the Adriatic
Byzantium, the Carolingians and the Treaty of Aachen (812)
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Although often mentioned in textbooks about the Carolingian and Byzantine empires, the Treaty of Aachen has not received much close attention. This volume attempts not just to fill the gap, but to view the episode through both micro- and macro-lenses. Introductory chapters review the state of relations...
Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad
A Comparative Study
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
This cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the largest religions in the world.
The comparative approach is descriptive and even-handed, highlighting both similarities and differences across a range...
History As Propaganda
Tibetan Exiles versus the People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2004
Despite Chinese efforts to stop foreign countries from granting him visas, the Dalai Lama has become one of the most recognizable and best loved people on the planet, drawing enormous crowds wherever he goes. By contrast, China's charismatically-challenged leaders attract crowds of protestors waving...
Cold War Crossings
International Travel and Exchange across the Soviet Bloc, 1940s-1960s
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Approaching the early decades of the “Iron Curtain” with new questions and perspectives, this important book examines the political and cultural implications of the communists’ international initiatives. Building on recent scholarship and working from new archival sources, the seven contributors...