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The studies in this volume concentrate on a complex set of socio-cultural phenomena, the cult of saints, in a variety of regions from Egypt to Poland, with a focus on Italy and Central Europe. The subjects of the contributions range in time from the fourth until the eighteenth century. The diversity of approaches adopted by the contributors-from literary analysis and historical anthropology to archaeology and art history-represents that open and multidisciplinary historical research that characterizes the work of Gábor Klaniczay to whom these essays are dedicated.

The book addresses a critical analysis of major media policies in the European Union and the Council of Europe at the period of profound changes affecting both media environments and use, as well as the logic of media policy making and reconfiguration of traditional regulatory models.

Discussing the role of intellectuals in the political transition of the late 1980s and early 1990s and their participation in the political life of the new democracies of Central Europe, this text presents essays from authors who discuss the eight countries in the region.

In an exploration of the life and customs of the Hungarian nobility, this text compares historical reality and legal literature on the example of one noble kindred: the Elefanthy of northern Hungary (present-day Slovakia).

Discusses the main issues arising from the encounter between Roma people and surrounding European society since the time of their arrival in Medieval Europe. This volume looks at the history of persecution and genocide during the Nazi era.

How does a ruler become "the Great?" Is greatness a part of authority exercised or a part of an image created? These and other questions are addressed in this volume on the life and memory of Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania. It raises a hypothesis that Vytautas was the main engineer of his image as the great ruler.

Addresses five major interrelated themes - concepts and history of comparative media research; the role of foreign media groups in post-communist regions; political parallelism in mature and new democracies; professionalization of journalism in different political cultures; and, the role of the state intervention in media systems.

Discusses how socialist ideology emerged as an option of political modernity in the Balkans in the late nineteenth. This book compares three nations sharing similar geopolitical, historical and cultural background but divided by language and cultural traditions. It also presents case studies, dealing with adaptation of three socialist paradigms.

Presents an approach to Ukrainian history which goes beyond the standard 'national narrative' schemes, predominant in the majority of post-Soviet countries after 1991, in the years of implementing 'nation-building projects'. This book offers a collection of essays in the field.

Presents the life story of a Serbian woman, preserved in memoirs, letters and mostly diaries, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of a life that takes place against the backdrop of turbulence in the Balkans. This title covers more than half a century, five wars (including the two world wars), and four ideologies.

States that Serbia's national movement of the 1980s and 1990s was not the product of an ancient, immutable, and aggressive Serbian national identity. The author argues that cultural processes are too often ignored in favor of political ones; that Serbian intellectuals did work within a historical context, but that they were not slaves to the past.

Includes excerpts from over 100 travel writings of Europe, from 16th c pilgrimage diaries through early specimens of modern tourism accounts to 20th c impressions from the other side of the Iron Curtain. This work enlarges both the documentary base and the terms of the debate over a source for discussions of identities and mentalities.

This volume provides a thorough introduction to the Cyrillic collection, and contains the detailed descriptions of the fifty-six Slavonic Cyrillic codices or fragments thereof held by the National Széchényi Library in Budapest, the vast majority of which are here described for the first time. The analysis of the codices has been done using the resources of modern technology. Written from the thirteenth to early nineteenth century, the codices were mostly produced within the confines of the historical Kingdom of Hungary. The catalogue is extensively illustrated with pictures of the most characteristic and decorative pages and a few covers of the codices.This publication is a further step towards the complete documentation of the Cyrillic manuscript heritage of Central Europe.

How wide is the gap between the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe and the most developed nations? How can it be narrowed? This text addresses these questions in a comprehensive way. It delves into the inter-relations between the major factors of developmental performance and looks at their effects on sustained societal development.

A central element in the formation of Eastern European state socialism, the collectivization of agriculture touched the lives of many more citizens than the transformations in industry. This book analyzes the campaign of collectivization in Romania, between 1949 and 1962.

The interconnections of time with historical thought and knowledge have come powerfully to the fore since the 1970s. This title addresses the matter of time and temporalities. It includes topics such as the deep antiquity, and the timeless time of eternity.

Russian historiography - at least as it is reflected in history textbooks - has been invariably focused on the central state, to the power. This title addresses the interaction between the imperial authority and local communities in the Romanov empire. It answers questions like: How did the authorities structure the space of the empire?

Kalmykia is a constituent of the Russian Federation that has been developing within Russia for several centuries. This book examines issues of interrelations between the Kalmyk people and Russia before and after the Kalmyks' accession to the Russian state. It analyzes the Soviet national policy and destiny of Kalmykia under the communist regime.

Examines the rehabilitation over the years of Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic (1881-1956), the controversial Serbian Orthodox Christian philosopher. Having been vilified by the former Yugoslav Communist authorities as a traitor, antisemite and a fascist, Velimirovic has come to be regarded in Serbian society as a saintly figure.

Describes Dan Bar-On's method of using storytelling as both a qualitative biographical research method and as an intervention, to bring people from opposite sides of an abyss to a dialogue. Such work needs slow pace and long-term commitment, with a special combination of a scientific rigorous analysis with a sensitive approach toward the people one approaches.

This work attempts to introduce the characteristics of the Mohammedan Mission, with the aspiration to be faithful to its essential purposes and to historical truth at the same time. The author thus illustrates the different ways in which people have understood the Mission and the reasons that led them to those various interpretations.

Aurel Kolnai was born in Budapest, in 1900 and died in London, in 1973. He was, according to Karl Popper and the late Bernard Williams, one of the most original, provocative, and sensitive philosophers of the twentieth century. Kolnai's moral philosophy is best described in his own words as intrinsicalist, non-naturalist, non-reductionist", which took its original impetus from Scheler's value ethics, and was developed by using a natural phenomenologist method. The unique combination of linguistic analysis and phenomenology yields highly original ideas on classical fields of moral theory, such as responsibility and free will, the meaning of right and wrong, the universalisability of ethical norms, the role of moral emotions, internalism vs externalism, to mention a few.The volume presents a selection of essays by Kolnai, including his main political theoretical work, "What is Politics About", available in English here for the first time. The second half of the book Kolnai's work is analyzed in a series of essays by eminent scholars

Deals with the period of takeover and of 'high Stalinism' in Eastern Europe (1945-1955), the years that are considered to be fundamentally characterized by institutional and ideological transfers based upon the premise of radical transformism and of cultural revolution.

A globally recognized media lawyer and communications scholar, Monroe Price was born to a Jewish family in Vienna in 1938. In 1939, his family immigrated to the US where Monroe grew up. This autobiography of Monroe focuses on the question of identity, that of a child of refugees or a 21st-century scholar and global citizen.

Includes scholarly legal texts dedicated to Tibor Varady, in honor of his seventieth birthday. Focusing on international private law and international arbitration, this title addresses the questions of constitutional law and legal philosophy. It explores the legal dimension of the European integration process.