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When one encounters the works of Polish artist, Miroslaw Balka, one almost certainly feels perplexed by his highly minimalist-looking and individuated forms. Apparently, his body of work is a metaphorical language that correlates his art... more
When one encounters the works of Polish artist, Miroslaw Balka, one almost certainly feels perplexed by his highly minimalist-looking and individuated forms. Apparently, his body of work is a metaphorical language that correlates his art and sensibility with works by the hugely influential precedent set by the late German artist Joseph Beuys in terms of using simple and specific materials with transcendental and metaphysical properties. In this regard, he fuses his work with personal memories of growing up in post-war Warsaw. He allusively suggests a vision of hell and humanity on Polish land in the past. Hence, Balka's work is probably not art that holds one’s attention through visual impact but rather art that murmurs his story...
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Jewish Studies, Late Antiquity, Judaism, Synagogue, Jews, and 3 moreChristians, Montanism, and Pagansedit
The memory and remembrance of Jasenovac is instrumental in building a lasting peace and friendship amongst the nations and states of the Balkans. Lessons learned come at the steepest price of all, the loss, in abundance, of innocent... more
The memory and remembrance of Jasenovac is instrumental in building a lasting peace and friendship amongst the nations and states of the Balkans. Lessons learned come at the steepest price of all, the loss, in abundance, of innocent human life. Any sort of prejudice and/or belief of religious superiority are, unfortunately, ingredients that may lead to genocide. Education and upbringing, with the values of humanity and tolerance, are a must to shield future generations. Remembrance of Jasenovac is an obligation and stands as a shining beacon to all humanity. We still have a long way to go but progress is evident
Mircea Eliade, evreii și antisemitismul. Prezențe și absențe (postfață la: Postlegomena la felix culpa. Mircea Eliade, evreii şi antisemitismul, vol. 2, culegere de texte de Liviu Bordaş, ediţie îngrijită de Mihaela Gligor şi Liviu Bordaş, Presa Universitară Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 2013, pp. 523-544)more
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Religion, Jewish Studies, Romanian History, History of Religion, Religion and Politics, and 24 moreSouth East European Studies, Balkan Studies, Antisemitism (Prejudice), Eastern European and Russian Jewish History, East European studies, Jewish-Romanian Literature, Jewish History, Study of Religions, Romanian Literature, Romanian Studies, History of Religions, Jewish - Christian Relations, Antisemitism/Racisms, Southeastern Europe, Modern Jewish History, Religious Studies, Romania, Balkans, Mircea Eliade, Antisemitism, Eliade, Jews, History of Southeastern Europe, and Jews In Romaniaedit
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Oppression, exclusion, and alliance are themes common in frontier zones like Suriname where cultures come into contact, collide, and connect. This article shows how Suriname functioned as a frontier not only between European empires but... more
Oppression, exclusion, and alliance are themes common in frontier zones like Suriname where cultures come into contact, collide, and connect. This article shows how Suriname functioned as a frontier not only between European empires but also between
cultures and peoples. The meetings, clashes, and exchanges between Jews and Amerindians are a lens through which to analyze this zone of encounter. This relationship also illustrates the dynamics at play on the frontiers of nation and empire. These are places where peoples who are “in between” such as the Portuguese Jews and
Amerindians broker between two cultures and two worldviews.
cultures and peoples. The meetings, clashes, and exchanges between Jews and Amerindians are a lens through which to analyze this zone of encounter. This relationship also illustrates the dynamics at play on the frontiers of nation and empire. These are places where peoples who are “in between” such as the Portuguese Jews and
Amerindians broker between two cultures and two worldviews.
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Eastern European Studies, Literacy, Intercultural Communication, Jewish Studies, Eastern Europe, and 23 moreMedieval History, Medieval Studies, Eastern European and Russian Jewish History, Jewish - Christian Relations, History of the Jews, Old Rus', Judaism, Intercultural, Hebrew, Christian Hebraism, Middle Ages, Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Jewish, Jews, Multilingual, Church Slavonic, Anglo Norman and Angevin England, Alphabet, Cultural Contacts, Slavia Orthodoxa, Rus, Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, and Medieval History, Legal History, Anglo-Saxon Studies (History), Anglo-Norman history, Anglo-Saxon archaeology, Insular Latin language and literature, Old English Literature, Old English Language, Anglo-Saxon Studies, and Anglo Norman and Angevin Englandedit