The Islamic Treatises against Imitation (Tašabbuh): A Bibliographical History

Arabica ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 597-639
Author(s):  
Youshaa Patel
Keyword(s):  
Formative Period ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
First Time ◽  
Historical Origins

Abstract This bibliographical essay documents for the first time the treatises written on the Sunni Islamic doctrine of tašabbuh—the reprehensible imitation of others, especially non-Muslims. Since the formative period of Islam, tašabbuh has played an important role in shaping both Islamic orthodoxy and Muslim inter-religious relations. But due to a focus on the doctrine’s historical origins, existing scholarship has yet to identify the Islamic literary genre that I call “the treatises against imitation,” which was a post-formative development. To fill this scholarly lacuna, this study traces the genre’s historical evolution by creating an archive of available treatises against imitation, pre-modern and modern. Chronologically arranged and periodized, the bibliographical entries include descriptive summaries of each treatise, with references to published and/or manuscript editions and existing scholarship on the text and its author.

scholarly journals Writing letters and chronography in parallel: the case of Michael Glykas’ letter collection and Biblos Chronike in the 12th century

2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 837-852
Author(s):  
Eirini-Sophia Kiapidou
Keyword(s):  
Literary Genre ◽  
Literary Production ◽  
12Th Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
Letter Collection

AbstractThis paper focuses on the 12th-century Byzantine scholar Michael Glykas and the two main pillars of his multifarious literary production, Biblos Chronike and Letters, thoroughly exploring for the first time the nature of their interconnection. In addition to the primary goal, i. e. clarifying as far as possible the conditions in which these two works were written, taking into account their intertextuality, it extends the discussion to the mixture of features in texts of different literary genre, written in parallel, by the same author, based on the same material. By presenting the evidence drawn from the case of Michael Glykas, the paper attempts to stress the need to abandon the strictly applied taxonomical logic in approaching Byzantine Literature, as it ultimately prevents us from constitute the full mark of each author in the history of Byzantine culture.

From Historicism to Historical Sociology: An Examination of Nikolai Aleksandrovich Rozhkov’s Nomothetic Scheme of Historical Evolution

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-115
Author(s):  
John Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Social Evolution ◽  
Historical Sociology ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Nomothetic Approach ◽  
First Time ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Cross Fertilization

This article takes as its point of departure Thaden’s claim that the paradigm shift from historicism to historical sociology in Russian historiography at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century was an abortive one. It demonstrates that Nikolai Aleksandrovich Rozhkov (1868-1927) not only created the first post-Kliuchevskian historical sociology but that he did so using a Comtean nomothetic approach to social evolution. This is the first time that the theoretical underpinnings of Rozhkov’s interpretation of history as encapsulated in his laws of social statics have been explored in any detail. This article draws the conclusion that the positivist tradition created opportunities for cross-fertilization with other major currents of thought, including Marxism, and sheds new light on this relationship.

scholarly journals San Cataldo (Lecce, Italy): The Historical Evolution Of The Coastal Landscape

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
Ivan Ferrari ◽  
Aurora Quarta
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Coastal Landscape ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Historical Origins

San Cataldo is located on the Adriatic sea about 10 km east from Lecce (Italy). Since ancient times it was a port and the remains of a Roman pier are visible: the study illustrate the evolution of its coastal landscape from historical origins until today. The port was renovated in medieval times and also between the 19th and 20th centuries with the construction of a lighthouse, a new pier and a tramway with Lecce. During the last century emerged the tourist vocation of San Cataldo with events of overbuilding characterizing the nowadays coastal landscape.

Les anthologies surréalistes : l’élaboration collective d’un genre littéraire hybride

2016 ◽  
pp. 74-80
Author(s):  
Roberto Mannu
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Traditional Form ◽  
Textual Structure ◽  
Louis Aragon ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Literature ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
First Time

Published for the first time in 1940 the André Breton’s Anthology of black humor inaugurates the great season of surrealist anthologies, which will last until late 60s. The use of the traditional form of the modern anthology by the Surrealists, does not involve into a complete acceptance of its rules, already codified since the end of the 19th century, but rather a deformation of its textual structure and of its objectives, producing a literary genre with particular characteristics. The surrealist anthology, such as those realized by André Breton, Paul Éluard, Louis Aragon and Benjamin Péret, represent an hybrid literary object with structural elements in common with the dictionary, the glossary, the anthology and the catalogue. The surrealist literary collections represent both a different approach to the history of literature and an expression of surrealist poetics.

Historical Perspective on Suffixed Second Person Pronouns: a Corpus-Based Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Liviana Galiano
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Language Change ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Second Person ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
First Time ◽  
Underlying Processes ◽  
Detailed Picture

The present work provides a detailed picture of the forms, frequencies and functions of suffixed second person pronouns (e.g. yous) since their first occurrence in English until the 2000s. It is a corpus-based study which aims to expand and refine the already existing definitions of suffixed second person forms in the literature. For the first time in scholarly work, the paper traces the historical evolution of both the frequencies and functions of suffixed second person pronouns and identifies grammaticalisation and pragmaticalisation as the underlying processes of language change of these features.

Nhân Văn Giai Phẩm on Trial

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 188-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Zinoman
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Legal Culture ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Protest ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
Political Activist ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Archives ◽  
First Time

On January 19, 1960, the People’s Court of Hà Nội of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) staged a show-trial for five defendants accused of participating in the famous domestic political protest movement known as Nhân Văn - Giai Phẩm. The defendants included the well-known political activist Nguyễn Hữu Đang and the celebrated female writer Thụy An, both of whom were found guilty and issued fifteen-year prison sentences. Based on a lengthy report about this case authored by the judge who presided at the trial and only recently unearthed from state archives in Hà Nội, this paper illuminates for the first time the mysterious inner workings of this notorious judicial proceeding. It also sheds light on the nature of Vietnamese communist legal culture and on the relative power of the party and the state during this formative period in the history of the DRV.

Rise of the Monkey Tribe: Simian Impersonation in the British Theatre

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-373
Author(s):  
Bernard Ince
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Visual Culture ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Roll Call ◽  
Victorian Period ◽  
New Material ◽  
Early Origin ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

In this article Bernard Ince surveys and critically examines for the first time the bizarre phenomenon known as the ‘Monkey Drama’ in the British theatre. A genre of early origin, pre-dating the age of Darwinism, it is to be found in all areas of entertainment, especially during the nineteenth century when the quintessential characteristics of simian mimicry were established. Commonly juxtaposed with the legitimate drama in afterpieces, ‘man-monkey’ spectacles not only blurred conventional man–beast boundaries, but also challenged prevailing conceptions of theatrical legitimacy. The genre attracted myriad performers of varied origins and specialisms, whose ability to mimic simian characteristics stemmed not only from agility and flexibility, but also from careful study of the ‘monkey tribe’ itself. While some familiar names figure among the roll-call of simian impersonators, many artists are little known. Although difficult to quantify precisely, the genre had reached its zenith before the middle of the nineteenth century, the 1820s through the 1840s being a significant formative period. After mid-century, popularity was maintained, but to a lesser degree, largely through pantomime, only to decline significantly after 1900. In a broader context, the study furnishes new material for current interdisciplinary debates regarding the relationship between performance, evolution and visual culture in the Victorian period. Bernard Ince is an independent theatre historian who has contributed earlier studies of the Victorian and Edwardian theatre to New Theatre Quarterly.

scholarly journals The essence оf the Christian dogma by Erich Fromm

2015 ◽  
pp. 116-126
Author(s):  
N. B. Buriak
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Erich Fromm ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Evolution Of Ideas ◽  
Almost All ◽  
First Time

The essence оf the Christian dogma by Erich Fromm. In the article is widely considered the dynamics of religious beliefs Erich Fromm. For the first time a comparative analysis of all Fromm’s work relating to the theme of religion. Fromm devoted to the search itself and society in faith quite a lot of time because such research is very important and requires a recess in the nature of some of the world’s religions, including Christianity. Questions and countermeasures manifestations of humanism and authoritarian Christianity, its historical evolution and ideals throw a kind of challenge to the outstanding philosopher, and forced him to work on this complex issue almost all his life. Dogma Erich Fromm developed so that initially there was an idea of the man who became God, and turned on the idea of God became man. The concept of the Old Testament prophets world extend beyond relationships between people, harmony should prevail between man and nature. Peace between man and nature is harmony between them. Erich Fromm permanently broke with Judaism in ‘26 and has since considered himself a Christian. But Christianity Fromm, his understanding of God, the role of Christ in history, the interpretation of the evolution of ideas and Savior is surprising for its boldness.

scholarly journals “The New Ways of the Word”: Theory and Methodology of Cognitive Research into Poetics of the Avant-Garde

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-228
Author(s):  
I. V. Zykova
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Specific Character ◽  
Frame Semantics ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Interpretive Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Research ◽  
New Type

The present paper aims to study the avant-grade manifesto as the manifesto of a new type and to analyze factors that establish the specificity of its poetics. The research shows that the specific character of the avant-garde manifesto’s poetics is provided by the phenomenon of avant-garde, peculiar ways of historical evolution of the manifesto as a literary genre, and pragmatic goals of the avant-garde manifesto that influence the choice of appropriate language means and artistic and linguistic devices. Special attention is paid to the theory and methodology of exploring the avant-garde manifesto’s poetics that are elaborated on the manifesto “The New Ways of the Word” written by Aleksej Kruchenykh. The methodology is complex and includes the method of frame semantics, the method of ID card of avant-garde idioms, the method of linguocultural reconstruction, and the quantitative analysis. The methodology involves a fivelevel analysis that includes: 1) the interpretive analysis of the title of the avant-garde manifesto; 2) the frame analysis of the text aimed to extract language units that are most relevant in conceptual and practical terms; 3) the study of figurative-expressive means of the text of the avant-garde manifesto; 4) quantitative analysis of idioms and phraseological units used in the text in question; 5) the study of the semantics of the avantgarde idioms and phraseological units. The results obtained let us draw the following deductions. The avant-garde idioms and phraseological units are the key constitutive elements shaping the poetics of the avant-garde manifesto. One of the basic techniques used to construct the poetics of the avant-garde manifesto is the conceptual-metaphorical collage.

scholarly journals Semantics of the egressive in the Permian languages: interlanguage differences

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 470-478
Author(s):  
G. A. Nekrasova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Empirical Base ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Printed Sources

Introduction: in modern Permian languages most of the spatial cases are the legacy of the Proto-Permian language. In the course of the historical evolution of languages, the morphological and functional-semantic characteristics of common Permian cases have changed, so it is important to identify similarities and differences in their use. Objective: to identify differences in the use of the egressive in the Komi-Zyryan, Komi-Permian and Udmurt languages. Research materials: the empirical base of the study was made up of original texts in the Komi-Zyryan, Komi-Permian and Udmurt languages from printed sources and electronic corpora. Results and novelty of the research: for the first time, a comparative study of the semantic structure of the egressive of the Permian languages is undertaken. It is revealed that in each of the Permian languages, the egressive has specific functional and semantic features. In the Komi languages, the egressive has meanings, which in the Udmurt language are expressed by the ablative. The meanings that are inherent for the egressive only in the Komi-Permian language, in the Komi-Zyryan language are included in the semantic zone of the elative, in the Udmurt language – in the semantic zone of the ablative. In the Udmurt language, the egressive can express meanings that in the Komi languages are expressed by the inessive or the postposition vylyn ‘on’. Based on the analysis of the semantics of the case, it is concluded that there are different sources of the formation of egressive suffixes in the Komi and Udmurt languages. New data are introduced into scientific circulation, which can be used in comparative-historical and typological studies of cases

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