Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"Empires are not an under-researched topic. Recently, there has been a veritable surge in comparative and conceptual studies, not least of pre-modern empires. The distant past can tell us much about the fates of empires that may still be relevant today, and contemporary historians as well as the general public are generally aware of that. Tracing the general development of an empire, we can discern a kind imperial dynamic which follows the momentum of expansion, relies on the structures and achievements of the formative period for a while, and tends to be caught in a downward spiral at some point. Yet single cases differ so much that a general model is hardly ever sufficient.There is in fact little consensus about what exactly constitutes an empire, and it has become standard in publications about empires to note the profusion of definitions.Some refer to size-for instance, 'greater than a million square kilometers', as Peter Turchin suggested. Apart from that, many scholars offer more or less extensive lists of qualitative criteria. Some of these criteria reflect the imperial dynamic, for instance, the imposition of some kind of unity through 'an imperial project', which allows moving broad populations 'from coercion through co-optation to cooperation and identification'"--

Imperialism --- Civilization, Medieval. --- Middle Ages. --- Ethnicity --- East and West. --- History --- History --- Islamic Empire --- History.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"This is a story of the collision of cultures as the American author teaches group therapy to Chinese therapists over 10 years. Foundational assumptions of the two cultures are visible when clashes in understanding human experience and human relationships become the focus of attention. The author conducted experiential groups and group therapy supervision intensively in China and learned about the need for cultural humility in trying to narrate both her own experience and the experiences of her students. Unique to this book are examinations of deep psychological encounters between people with radically different worldviews. In China, many people thought of the author as "a good witch." When her approach to therapy was profoundly healing for many, she seemed to them a magical being who is a source of wisdom. Her effort to teach her theories and techniques, not at all magical to her, revealed cultural differences that are both subtle and pervasive. This book tells the story of how she learned what it means to deeply encounter people of a very different culture, what it taught her about herself and her indelibly Western mind - and also about what is universally human"--

Group psychotherapy --- Psychotherapists --- East and West --- Psychiatry, Transcultural --- Study and teaching --- Supervision of --- Psychological aspects

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Eastern and Western Synergies and Imaginations: Texts and Histories is a product of east-west studies crossed with adaptation studies: it goes beyond evaluation of cultural interactions and discussion of forms and manners of adaptation. This volume brings together critical discourses from various cultural locales which have developed from and thrived on the notion of “East meets West” or “West meets East”. The 10 chapters trace and investigate cross-, trans- or multi-cultural interpretations of fictional and non-fictional narratives that feature people and events in cities and regions which thrive, or have thrived, as East-West hubs, thereby expounding multiple layers of relationship between source texts and new texts. An allegorical play, The Three Ladies of Macao , premièred in December 2016, is now published as appendix in this volume.

History. --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Literature and globalization. --- East and West in literature. --- Globalization and literature --- Globalization

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book explores Cold War journalism and journalists as threat, representing 'enemy' systems and ideologies. The book also examines Cold War aspirations of forging transnational journalistic connections across the Iron Curtain as well as finding common journalistic ground within the East and West blocs. The book shines a critical light on overly idealistic visions for that journalistic common ground, drawing on primary archival source material to investigate journalists and reporting work, journalistic content and journalistic venues during the Cold War era. This is not a book about traditional war correspondence - rather, it is about the rhetorical battles and the ideological fronts that have shaped and continue to shape our world. By fully understanding how journalism and journalists have intersected with hostile barriers and divisions in the past, we can have a more nuanced understanding of the current global media environment.

Journalism --- journalisten --- Cold War --- Government and the press. --- East and West. --- Press coverage. --- Political aspects. --- Social aspects. --- History

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Culture and globalization --- East and West. --- Motion pictures and globalization --- Motion pictures --- Motion pictures --- Motion pictures --- Motion pictures, American --- Appreciation --- Social aspects --- Appreciation