Author : Alexander Studholme
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 30,63 MB
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791453896
Sets out a history of the famous Buddhist mantra, Om Manipadme Hum, and offers new insights on its meaning.
Author : Donald Kagan
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 19,18 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0385423756
A brilliant and vitally important history of why states go to war, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Peloponnesian War. War has been a fact of life for centuries. By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome and Carthage with the two calamitous World Wars of the twentieth century, renowned historian Donald Kagan reveals new and surprising insights into the nature of war and peace. Vivid, incisive, and accessible, Kagan's powerful narrative warns against complacency and urgently reminds us of the importance of preparedness in times of peace.
Author : R. Blake Michael
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 20,99 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Hindu sects
ISBN : 9788120806986
Author : Eric Mielants
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 2008-08-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1592135773
The origins of capitalism can be found in the Middle Ages.
Author : Lanxin Xiang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 17,93 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1136865896
This is the first book to provide a panoramic view of the origins of the Boxer War. Comprehensively examining this historical conundrum of the 20th century from a detached perspective, the book is based on ten years of exhaustive research of both unpublished and published materials from all nine countries involved. Analysing the misunderstanding between the Chinese and foreign governments of the day, Lanxin Xiang debunks the traditional view that the anti-foreign Empress Dowager of the Chinese Empire was chiefly responsible for this catastrophic episode which altered the course of 20th century China's relationship with the west.
Author : Erich Frauwallner
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 28,3 MB
Release : 1996-01-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1438403275
This is a translation of Frauwallner's Abhidharmastudien. It analyzes the literary traditions, doctrinal tendencies, and structural methods of the Buddhist Abhidarma canon in order to expose the beginnings of systematic philosophical thought in Buddhism. Frauwallner's insights illuminate the path of meditation toward liberation, the development of Buddhist psychology, and the evolution of the Buddhist view of causality and the problem of time. He provides a clear explanation of the gradual development of Buddhist thought from its early doctrinal beginning to some of the most complex and remarkable philosophical edifices in history.
Author : Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 32,57 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9401140588
Understanding life through its origins reveals the groundwork underlying the differentiations of its autonomous generative matrixes. Following the primogenital matrix of generation, the three generative matrixes of the specifically human sense of life establish humanness within the creative human condition as the existential sphere of sharing-in-life.
Author : Erik H. Erikson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 30,42 MB
Release : 1993-04-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393347362
In this study of Mahatma Gandhi, psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson explores how Gandhi succeeded in mobilizing the Indian people both spiritually and politically as he became the revolutionary innovator of militant non-violence and India became the motherland of large-scale civil disobedience.
Author : Ko Unoki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 39,56 MB
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1137572027
International Relations and the Origins of the Pacific War takes the unique approach of examining the history of the relationship between Japan and the United States by using the framework of international relations theories to search for the origins of the Pacific War, that erupted with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941.
Author : John Withington
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 2024-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1789149746
Bursting with images from across time, a sparkling chronicle of rockets, pinwheels, and more. This book illuminates the glittering history of fireworks, from their mysterious beginnings to the dazzling big-budget displays of today. It describes how they enthralled the world’s royal courts and became a sensation across the British Empire. There are stories of innovations like “living fireworks,” fiercely fought international competitions, and the technology behind modern showpieces viewed by millions. Practitioners say fireworks are an art, and they have inspired artists from Shakespeare, Handel, Dickens, and Whistler to Katy Perry. But John Withington also covers fireworks’ practical uses—rescues at sea, attempts to control the weather—while not ignoring their dangers, accidents, or efforts to make them safer.
