Religion is not a popular target for economic analysis Yet the economist s tools offer insights into how religious groups compete deliver social services and reach out to converts how religions nurture and deploy market power Sriya Iyer puts these tools to use in an expansive study of India one of the world s most religiously diverse nations
Tata is one of the world s most diversified companies selling everything from salt to software Mircea Raianu charts Tata s 150 year trajectory through the eras of imperial free trade protectionist nationalism and market liberalization and asks what the future has in store for India s leading brand and for capitalism writ large
Brian R Dott explores how the non native chile went from obscurity to ubiquity in China influencing not just cuisine but also medicine language and cultural identity The Chile Pepper in China sheds new light on the piquant cultural impact of a potent plant and raises broader questions regarding notions of authenticity in cuisine
Al leer la más extensa colección de cuentos del Japón medieval, se descubre una sorprendente sección de relatos sobre la antigua India. Estos cuentos nos transportan a un mundo fascinante y nos enseñan como se transmitieron la mitologia y las creencias de la antigua India al servicio del catecismo budista japones.
En la China antigua, el arte y el mito estuvieron estrechamente relacionados con la política. Aunque en realidad estamos bastante acostumbrados a pensar la política como un elemento crítico en la sociedad china moderna, por lo general se acepta menos que lo mismo ocurría en la China antigua. En este libro, K. C. Chang se propone hacer evidentes las relaciones del arte, el mito y la política en la China antigua a partir de un conjunto de datos derivados de la arqueología, la literatura y el arte. El autor, una de las eminencias mundiales en el tema, resume aquí lo conocido acerca de la antigua China, y examina las pruebas relativas a la transición de una sociedad recolectora a una productora de alimentos, el origen del urbanismo chino, la estructura del parentesco y los linajes, los modos de preparación de la comida y la mitología de las sociedades Shang (1766-1122 a.C.) y Zhou (1122-256 a.C.). "El objetivo de este libro -afirma su autor- es doble. En primer lugar, proporcionar una perspectiva fundamental para considerar que la naturaleza y la estructura de la civilización china antigua poseían una fuerte orientación política. En segundo lugar, demostrar que el estudio de las civilizaciones antiguas, al menos en el caso de la civilización china, puede resultar más provechoso si se pone menos énfasis en las barreras disciplinarias tradicionales."
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The definitive account of the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946 8 and the impact the settlement has had on post war China and Japan and on the wider the world right up to the present day
Diary of a Crisis explores the past tumultuous and traumatic year in Israel Palestine The eminent historian Saul Friedlander began a diary of Israeli politics in January 2023 as the country was convulsed by protests against Netanyahu s attempt to overhaul the judiciary Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against this threat to democracy But the protests said nothing about the Palestinian question the elephant in the room according to Friedlander who resumed his diary after Hamas s 7 October assault on southern Israel Israel was facing one of the worst crises in its history he observes under the worst possible internal conditions Friedlander weaves together profound reflections on a national history in which he has been an active participant He describes how Prime Minister Golda Meir once flatly declared to him There is no Palestinian people For Friedlander on the other hand the fight for democracy is inseparable from equality of treatment for Arab and Jewish citizens and an end to Israeli domination over Palestinians in the Occupied Territories He argues that despite the continuing bloodshed a two state solution remains the only long term answer to this most intractable of conflicts
