Автор: Medvetz Thomas Название: Think Tanks in America ISBN: 022614366X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226143668 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 28360 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policy makers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill. This book argues that the curious ambiguity of the think tank is not an accidential feature of its existence, but the very key to its impact.
Автор: Fernandez-Armesto Felipe Название: Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States ISBN: 0393239535 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393239539 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 24940 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: An eminent scholar finds a new American history in the Hispanic past of our diverse nation.
Автор: Mufwene Salikoko S. Название: Iberian Imperialism and Language Evolution in Latin America ISBN: 022612620X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226126203 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 39710 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Exploring the many different contact points between Iberian colonialism and indigenous cultures, this title features contributors who identify the crucial parameters of language evolution that have led to today`s state of linguistic diversity in Latin America.
Название: The faces of Buddhism in America ISBN: 0520213017 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520213012 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 30630 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the several millions. But what exactly defines a `Buddhist`? This book brings together some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism`s many faces.
Автор: Osto Douglas Название: Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America ISBN: 0231177305 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231177306 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 34030 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In the 1950s and 1960s, Americans combined psychedelics with Buddhist meditation to achieve direct experience through altered states of consciousness. As some practitioners became more committed to Buddhism, they abandoned the use of psychedelics in favor of stricter mental discipline, but others carried on with the experiment, advancing a fascinating alchemy called psychedelic Buddhism. Altered States combines interviews with well-known figures in American Buddhism and psychedelic spirituality and personal stories of everyday practitioners to define a distinctly American religious phenomenon.
Автор: Howe Название: What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Hb) ISBN: 0195078942 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195078947 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 25980 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of the North American continent, weaving together political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history and religion.
Автор: Kieschnick, John, Название: The impact of Buddhism on Chinese material culture / ISBN: 0691096767 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691096766 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 49910 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From the first century, when Buddhism entered China, the foreign religion shaped Chinese philosophy, beliefs, and ritual. This study shows that Buddhism brought with it an array of objects as well as new ideas about what objects could do and how they should be treated. It examines the ambivalent relationship between Buddhism and material culture.
Автор: GERNET, Jacques Название: Buddhism in Chinese Society ISBN: 0231114117 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231114110 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 34030 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: First published in French in 1956, this classic work integrates the study of Buddhist doctrine with that of Chinese society from the fifth to the tenth centuries.
Автор: LOPEZ, Donald S. Название: Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed ISBN: 0226493199 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226493190 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 15310 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Both practitioners and admirers of Buddhism have proclaimed its compatibility with science. This book explores how and why these two seemingly disparate modes of understanding the inner and outer universe have been so persistently linked.
Автор: Wallace Vesna A. Название: Buddhism in Mongolian history, culture, and society ISBN: 0199958661 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199958665 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 38970 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Buddhism in Mongolia explores the unique historical and cultural elements of Mongolian Buddhism while challenging its stereotyped image as a mere replica of Tibetan Buddhism. The book illuminates the historical, social, and cultural contexts within which Buddhism has operated as a major social and cultural force among the Mongols.
Автор: Harvey, Peter Название: The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism ISBN: 0700703381 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780700703388 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 48770 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This analysis of early Buddhist thought discusses a perspective where no permanent idea of the "Self" is accepted. Instead, the idea of the changing and potent mental processes is developed. The text explores issues relating to the not-Self teaching.
Автор: Williams, Paul Название: Mahayana buddhism ISBN: 0415356539 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415356534 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 45360 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Offers an introduction to the field of Mahayana Buddhism. This book focuses on the religion`s diversity and richness. It includes material on China and Japan, with reference to Nepal, and for students who wish to carry their study further, a bibliography, and footnotes and cross-referencing. It is suitable for those studying this tradition.
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