Applying the Canon in Islam El Hadj Hamidou MaïgaArgues how the notion of "canon" is used to authorize and maintain certain types of interpretive reasoning and the social institutions that employ them. Using examples from Islamic law, Ndembu divination, and Aranda religion, this book argues how the notion of "canon" is used to authorize and maintain certain types of interpretive reasoning and the social institutions that employ them. The bulk of the book outlines how the anaf school of Islamic law
Directory of World Cinema: China presents an accessible overview of the definitive films of Hong Kong and mainland China
This is contrary to the nearly universal insistence that stratification is multidimensional
This chapter offers a comprehensive review of various topics related to the development of Robusta coffee varieties
coleopteran defoliators and hemipteran sapsuckers
Many contemporary French philosophers make incidental use of the notion of a ruse
This book offers urgent exploration of how ‘ordinary’ citizens understand and make sense of radicalisation and counter-radicalisation policy
poultry should be produced efficiently and sustainably
Schmidt develops a hermeneutic theory of language that forms the starting point for thinking through the concerns of ethical life
and Shihui Wang
Tim Summers brings his analysis of the politics of Hong Kong fully up to date and discusses the ramifications for the city of the mass demonstrations of June 2019 and the intensifying confrontational politics that has culminated in China’s new security laws effectively criminalizing dissent in the city
This situation has profound consequences for the economic and environmental sustainability of smallholder coffee production and therefore the sector as a whole
such as breed and genetic traits affecting nutrient and energy requirements
