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Nilotic peoples --- Animism --- Fetishism --- Mana --- Religion --- Hylozoism --- Soul --- Nilote (African people) --- Nilotes --- Nilotic tribes --- Ethnology --- Religion.

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‘Mana’, a term denoting spiritual power, is found in many Pacific Islands languages. In recent decades, the term has been taken up in New Age movements and online fantasy gaming. In this book, 16 contributors examine mana through ethnographic, linguistic, and historical lenses to understand its transformations in past and present. The authors consider a range of contexts including Indigenous sovereignty movements, Christian missions and Bible translations, the commodification of cultural heritage, and the dynamics of diaspora. Their investigations move across diverse island groups - Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Hawai‘i, and French Polynesia - and into Australia, North America and even cyberspace. A key insight that the volume develops is that mana can be analysed most productively by paying close attention to its ethical and aesthetic dimensions. Since the late nineteenth century, mana has been an object of intense scholarly interest. Writers in many fields including anthropology, linguistics, history, religion, philosophy, and missiology have long debated how the term should best be understood. The authors in this volume review mana’s complex intellectual history but also describe the remarkable transformations going on in the present day as scholars, activists, church leaders, artists, and entrepreneurs take up mana in new ways.

Social & Cultural Anthropology --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Mana --- History. --- Magic --- Religion --- Witchcraft --- cultural heritage --- pacific languages --- spiritual power --- Tapu (Polynesian culture)

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In this path-breaking and multi-layered account of one of the least explored societies in the Middle East, Nelida Fuccaro examines the political and social life of the Gulf city and its coastline, as exemplified by Manama in Bahrain. Written as an ethnography of space, politics and community, it addresses the changing relationship between urban development, politics and society before and after the discovery of oil. By using a variety of local sources and oral histories, Fuccaro questions the role played by the British Empire and oil in state-making. Instead, she draws attention to urban residents, elites and institutions as active participants in state and nation building. She also examines how the city has continued to provide a source of political, social and sectarian identity since the early nineteenth century, challenging the view that the advent of oil and modernity represented a radical break in the urban past of the region.

History of Asia --- anno 1800-1999 --- Bahrain --- Port cities --- Cities and towns, Port --- City-ports --- Emporia (Port cities) --- Port towns --- Cities and towns --- Harbors --- History. --- Manama (Bahrain) --- Manāmah (Bahrain) --- Manama, Bahrein --- المنامة (Bahrain) --- Al Manāma (Bahrain) --- al-Manāmah (Bahrain) --- منامة (Bahrain) --- Горад Манама (Bahrain) --- Horad Manama (Bahrain) --- Μανάμα (Bahrain) --- Manamo (Bahrain) --- 마나마 (Bahrain) --- Манамæ (Bahrain) --- Manamæ (Bahrain) --- מנאמה (Bahrain) --- Menama (Bahrain) --- マナーマ (Bahrain) --- Manaama (Bahrain) --- Manam (Bahrain) --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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This collection of science fiction writings by Jayant V. Narlikar offers readers a unique glimpse into the world-famous Indian astrophysicist’s vivid and highly imaginative concepts and stories.   The fictional material comprises a witty short story ("The rare idol of Ganesha") that cleverly explores the possible consequences of a mirror-symmetric individual in the context of cricket test match performances, as well as the fast-paced, gripping science fiction thriller "The return of Vaman": when an alien container is unearthed by a crew of scientists, the enormous potential technological applications of its contents bring various criminal elements on the scene – but when the real danger becomes apparent it is almost too late to save humanity.   Last but not least, the book provides readers with extensive insights into the genesis and scientific background of the fictional material presented in this volume, along with an autobiographical account of the author’s life-long interest in science fiction and his contributions to the genre.   About the author:   Jayant V. Narlikar is internationally known for his work in cosmology, in particular for championing models alternative to the standard big-bang theory. He was president of the cosmology commission of the International Astronomical Union from 1994 to 1997. He has received several national and international awards and honorary doctorates - he is a Bhatnagar awardee, as well as recipient of the M.P. Birla award, the Prix Janssen of the French Astronomical Society and an Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. He is Fellow of the three Indian national science academies as well as of the Third World Academy of Sciences. Well beyond his scientific research, Prof. Narlikar is widely known as a science communicator through his books, articles, and radio/TV programs and he was honored by the UNESCO in 1996 with the Kalinga Award. He made his debut in science fiction writing in 1974, by winning the top prize in the story writing competition organized by the Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, a non-governmental organization engaged in science popularization.    .

Popular Science. --- Popular Science in Physics. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Popular Computer Science. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Science (General). --- Astronomy. --- Astronomie --- Popular works. --- Astrophysics. --- Computer science. --- Physics. --- Extraterrestrial beings --- Artificial intelligence --- Vāmana (Hindu deity) --- Hindu gods --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Informatics --- Science --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics

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Incorporating a rich series of case-studies covering a range of geographical areas, this collection of essays examines the history of modern intellectuals in the Islamic world throughout the twentieth century. The contributors reassess the typology and history of various scholars, providing significant diachronic analysis of the different forms of communication, learning, and authority. While each chapter presents a separate regional case, with an historically and geographically different background, the volume discloses commonalities, similarities and intellectual echoes through its compar

Intellectuals --- Muslims --- Intellectuels --- Musulmans --- Intellectual life --- Vie intellectuelle --- Intellectual life. --- Manār (Cairo, Egypt : 1898) --- Islamic learning and scholarship --- Intelligentsia --- Persons --- Social classes --- Specialists --- Intellectuals - Islamic countries --- Muslims - Intellectual life --- rashid --- rida --- muhammad --- 2abduh --- shakib --- arslan --- reform --- muslim --- revival --- movements --- Manar (Cairo, Egypt : 1898)