Author: Indira Viswanathan Peterson File Type: pdf Composed by three poet-saints between the sixth and eighth centuries A.D., the Tevaram hymns are the primary scripture of the Tamil Saivism, one of the first popular large-scale devotional movements within Hinduism. Indira Peterson eloquently renders into English a substantial portion of these hymns, which provide vivid and moving portraits of the images, myths, rites, and adoration of Siva and which continue to be loved and sung by the millions of followers of the Tamil Saiva tradition. Her introduction and annotations illuminate the works literary, religious, and cultural contexts, making this anthology a rich sourcebook for the study of South Indian popular religion.Indira Peterson highlights the Tevaram as a seminal text in Tamil cultural history, a synthesis of pan-Indian and Tamil civilization, as well as a distinctly Tamil expression of the love of song, sacred landscape, and ceremonial religion. Her discussion of this work draws on her pioneering research into the performance of the hymns and their relation to the art and ritual of the South Indian temple.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.**

Author: David Wilson File Type: pdf Since its foundation in 1951, the French film journal Cahiers du Cinema - perhaps, the most influential and probably the most interesting film journal ever published - has been a major source of ideas and controversy within film criticism and film-making. The fourth volume in this influential series of anthologies covers the vibrant and turbulent period from 1973 to 1978, in which the editorial make-up and policy of the journal changed radically, and issues of theory, history and politics dominated critical debate.The anthology combines essays by critics such as Pascal Bonitzer, Serge Daney and These Giraud round-table discussions reviews of contemporary films from Star Wars and King Kong to Padre Padrone and Jeanne Dielman and interviews with leading theorists including Marc Ferro and Michel Foucault, presenting a rich sampler of Cahiers provocative and indispensable contribution to debates in film and cultural politics.ull*ll*lul**ReviewHailed as director of the decade by the likes of Cahiers du Cinema, the cineastes bible, Kiarostami has been able to transcend the political and religious unrest within his country....*Vancouver Sun*Language NotesText English (translation)Original Language French

Author: Louis Begley File Type: epub Extraordinary...Rich in irony and regret...[the] people and settings are vividly realized and his prose [is] compelling in its simplicity. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL As the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, young Macieks once closetted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, Maciek escapes with his aunt Tania. Together they endure the war, running, hiding, changing their names, forging documents to secure their temporary livesas the insistent drum of the Nazi march moves ever closer to them and to their secret wartime lies. BONUS This edition includes an excerpt from Louis Begleys Memories of a Marriage.

Author: Kenneth J. Long File Type: pdf Contemporary Anti-Muslim Politics provides a succinct but potent critique of the policies of Western nations toward Muslims, particularly the aggressive foreign policies of the United States and the exclusionary domestic policies of Europe. These policies have already claimed millions of Muslim lives. For decades, policies that rely on war, exclusion, and ghettoization have triggered conflict escalation. The actions of groups such as the Islamic State and Boko Haram are reactions to this history. Their tactics exacerbate negative stereotyping of Muslims generally and Western military strategies cause many Muslims to pursue survivalist politics that enable and strengthen such groups. Anti-Muslim politics in Western nations takes many forms beyond war and exclusion, including racialization, stereotyping, sacrilegious cultural assaults, mass media scapegoating, and even tolerance, which implies something unpalatable in need of toleration. The gridlock brought by pluralism and constitutionalism, both in Europe and the United States, serves few people well, but it has locked Muslims into an especially abusive status quo. **ReviewKenneth Long provides a particularly timely and badly needed treatment of the sources and consequences of anti-Muslim attitudes and politics in contemporary times. His compact and yet wide-ranging and well-argued book focuses not on Islamophobia, but rather on what he convincingly shows is the enemy-ization of Muslims more generallythose who are, are considered to be, or are thought to be Muslim. (Michael Clancy, University of Hartford) Ken Longs new book is most timely. A thoughtful intervention in the debate about Islamophobia today, it offers poignant contrasts with the Anti-Semitism that swept across Europe under Nazism. Highlighting the pernicious role of stereotypes in prejudicial thinking, it should give us all pause about emerging threats to universalism, multiculturalism and liberal democracy. Reading this book fortifies us against the challenges that are emerging now. (Sanford Schram, Hunter College) Thought-provoking and passionate, Longs book is a welcome contribution from the perspective of political science to the study of anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies in the United States and in Europe. (Jonas Svensson, Linnaeus University) About the Author Kenneth J. Long is professor of history and political science at the University of Saint Joseph.