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In accordance to Kanun - about a common law in Albania
The first notice about the Albanian law comes from the Vatican documents of 13th C. One may find the elements of Ilirs' law in Kanun, but also sharia - the Muslim law. The similarity to a set of rules from the northern Caucasus occurs. The question occurs whether Kanun has some common origin with the Caucasus one, or whether it was borrowed? Or maybe it is the evidence for the universalism of a human's thought? The common law regulates all events of life, from birth till death. It also defines precisely the laws and obligations of particular people and establishes their status in a society. A great number of law elements were used as a motif in the Albanian peoples' literature.
Karolina Bielenin
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Many traditions, single world. An anthropological view of globalization
"Globalization lies at the heart of modern culture; cultural practices lie at the heart of globalization - John Tomlinson wrote in his book Globalization and Culture - (...) This is not a reckless claim: it is not to say that globalization is the single determinant of modern cultural experience, nor that culture alone is the conceptual key that unlocks globalization's inner dynamic. It is not, thererfore, to claim that the politics and economics of globalization yield to a cultural account which takes conceptual precedence. But it is to maintain that the huge of transformative processes of our time that globalization described cannot be properly understood until they are grasped through the conceptual vocabulary of culture". In many (may be too many) academic works about globalization we can found very famous formulations - like "McWorld" (Barber), Coca-colonization (Howes), McDonaldization (Ritzer) and even "McDisneyzation" (Ritzer and Liska) - and formulations not so famous - for example "flows", "networks", "interconnections", "informational superhighway".
Waldemar Kuligowski
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Karaims in Poland
The name Karaims determines both a religious doctrine and an ethnic group. This doctrine emerged in 8th century as a rebellion against the authority of Talmud, regarded by the Pharisees as sacred. The leader of the opposition movement was Annan ben David from Basra, who maintained that the Bible is in itself complete and that nothing should be added or removed from its teachings. The name of the doctrine is derived from Arabic qara (to read, to recite). The religion is based on the Pentateuch, particularly the Decalogue, underpinned by the principle and obligation of its free interpretation. Priests are appointed and their main task is to lead group prayers in Karaim temples, the so-called kenesach.
Katarzyna Dziacko
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The Tunka Valley - the forbidden place for udagans?
Though in almost in every village there were shamans and chadaci (that is, so called grandfathers of mountains - the older men, who are not of shamanic origin, but can pray to lords of mountains). Why is the Tunka Valley closed to udagans and their activity? In order to answer this question we have to consider several theories and facts. First of all, the academic literature dealing with Buryats' shamanism does not mention that in the Tunka area the activity of udagans is prohibited. I suppose there could be 3 ways of explanation of this fact.
Veronika Belyaeva
Many traditions, single world. An anthropological view of globalization
"Globalization lies at the heart of modern culture; cultural practices lie at the heart of globalization - John Tomlinson wrote in his book Globalization and Culture - (...) This is not a reckless claim: it is not to say that globalization is the single determinant of modern cultural experience, nor that culture alone is the conceptual key that unlocks globalization's inner dynamic. It is not, thererfore, to claim that the politics and economics of globalization yield to a cultural account which takes conceptual precedence. But it is to maintain that the huge of transformative processes of our time that globalization described cannot be properly understood until they are grasped through the conceptual vocabulary of culture". In many (may be too many) academic works about globalization we can found very famous formulations - like "McWorld" (Barber), Coca-colonization (Howes), McDonaldization (Ritzer) and even "McDisneyzation" (Ritzer and Liska) - and formulations not so famous - for example "flows", "networks", "interconnections", "informational superhighway".
Waldemar Kuligowski
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Karaims in Poland
The name Karaims determines both a religious doctrine and an ethnic group. This doctrine emerged in 8th century as a rebellion against the authority of Talmud, regarded by the Pharisees as sacred. The leader of the opposition movement was Annan ben David from Basra, who maintained that the Bible is in itself complete and that nothing should be added or removed from its teachings. The name of the doctrine is derived from Arabic qara (to read, to recite). The religion is based on the Pentateuch, particularly the Decalogue, underpinned by the principle and obligation of its free interpretation. Priests are appointed and their main task is to lead group prayers in Karaim temples, the so-called kenesach.
Katarzyna Dziacko
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The Tunka Valley - the forbidden place for udagans?
Though in almost in every village there were shamans and chadaci (that is, so called grandfathers of mountains - the older men, who are not of shamanic origin, but can pray to lords of mountains). Why is the Tunka Valley closed to udagans and their activity? In order to answer this question we have to consider several theories and facts. First of all, the academic literature dealing with Buryats' shamanism does not mention that in the Tunka area the activity of udagans is prohibited. I suppose there could be 3 ways of explanation of this fact.
Veronika Belyaeva
Karaims in Poland
The name Karaims determines both a religious doctrine and an ethnic group. This doctrine emerged in 8th century as a rebellion against the authority of Talmud, regarded by the Pharisees as sacred. The leader of the opposition movement was Annan ben David from Basra, who maintained that the Bible is in itself complete and that nothing should be added or removed from its teachings. The name of the doctrine is derived from Arabic qara (to read, to recite). The religion is based on the Pentateuch, particularly the Decalogue, underpinned by the principle and obligation of its free interpretation. Priests are appointed and their main task is to lead group prayers in Karaim temples, the so-called kenesach.
Katarzyna Dziacko
more >>
The Tunka Valley - the forbidden place for udagans?
Though in almost in every village there were shamans and chadaci (that is, so called grandfathers of mountains - the older men, who are not of shamanic origin, but can pray to lords of mountains). Why is the Tunka Valley closed to udagans and their activity? In order to answer this question we have to consider several theories and facts. First of all, the academic literature dealing with Buryats' shamanism does not mention that in the Tunka area the activity of udagans is prohibited. I suppose there could be 3 ways of explanation of this fact.
Veronika Belyaeva
