Cultures en couleurs/Cultures in Colours

L'héritage des Empires Ottoman et Austro-Hongrois en Orient et en Occident/The Heritage of the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in the Orient and the Occident. Edited by Valeria Heuberger, Geneviève Humbert-Knitel et Elisabeth Vyslonzil.

Six English and four French contributions explore the historical, political and cultural impact of this legacy and provide comparative approaches to Balkan and Ottoman studies. Issues discussed are: minority rights, the role of women in society, "droit à la différence" and the media's influence on politics in both empires. Contents: A.-G. Maa Bared: Introduction. - F. Abdallah: Les Empires dans l'histoire de la Syrie et le Proche-Orient. Aperçu général. - A. Hamm: The French Concepts of "laïcité" and "droit à la différence". Their Present Day Status and Relevance. - D. Mallet: ... La plupart de ceux qui, en islam, ont transmis la science sont des non-Arabes ... ou cultures en couleur. - V. Heuberger: "Imagined Orient". The Perception of Islam and of Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Multi-Religious Habsburg Empire, 1878-1918. - A.-N. Isstaif: Partnership in the Realm of Knowledge. - J. Chehayed: L'image de l'Autre dans le roman arabe moderne. - M. Pittioni: Economic Relations between the Orient and the Occident in the 19th and 20th Centuries. - M. Yuva: The Disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. Nationalities and Women. - K. Kazmieh: The Attitude of "AL-MUQTATAF" towards Western Civilization at the End of the Ottoman Period. - G. Humbert-Knitel: De l'égalité des nationalités au droit des minorités nationales. Quelques réflexions sur l'Autriche actuelle. 97 Seiten, broschiert (Peter Lang Verlag 2001) Mängelexemplar/near mint