The Nazi 1933 Civil Service Law and the 1935 Nuremberg Laws are often considered the first anti-Jewish decrees in interwar Europe. Mária M. Kovács convincingly argues that Hungary’s numerus clausus ...law of 1920, which introduced a Jewish quota at Hungary’s institutions of higher learning, was, in fact, interwar Europe’s first antisemitic law. By defining—and discriminating against—Jews as a separate “racial” or “national” group, it abrogated the principle of equal rights that had been enshrined into law; as such, it marked an abrupt reversal of Jewish emancipation in Hungary. Moreover, the numerus clausus law set the stage for subsequent “Jewish Laws” (in the late 1930s and early 1940s) that sought to solve Hungary’s “Jewish Question” by means of extraordinary legal measures that targeted Jews alone. This book examines the origins and implementation of the numerus clausus, as well as the attempts to dampen its impact on Hungary’s international reputation, focusing on the debates surrounding it promulgation (1920), its modification (1928) and its eventual application to other areas of Jewish life (1938–45).
A Gombocz-legendáriumhoz Kiss, Jenő
Magyar nyelv,
11/2023, Letnik:
119, Številka:
3
Journal Article
Rövid összeállításomat kiegészítésnek szánom a híres magyar nyelvészről, Gombocz Zoltánról szóló legendákhoz, anekdotákhoz. Forrásai a szóbeli hagyomány, valamint szépirodalmi művek voltak. ...Nyelvtudományi forrásokat figyelmen kívül hagytam, ezek ugyanis a nyelvészek számára hozzáférhetők.
This monograph examines the theological paradigms within Buddhism, a religion that interacts with the world without narratives of genesis and eschatology. This book argues that there is a need to ...study and understand this interdependent relation between the religious and the secular political world.
Too Strong to Be Broken explores the dynamic life of
Edward J. Driving Hawk, a Vietnam and Korean War veteran, chairman
of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, former president of the National
Congress of ...American Indians, husband, father, recovered alcoholic,
and convicted felon. Driving Hawk's story begins with his childhood
on the rural plains of South Dakota, then follows him as he travels
back and forth to Asia for two wars and journeys across the Midwest
and Southwest. In his positions of leadership back in the United
States, Driving Hawk acted in the best interest of his community,
even when sparring with South Dakota governor Bill Janklow and the
FBI. After retiring from public service, he started a construction
business and helped create the United States Reservation Bank and
Trust. Unfortunately, a key participant in the bank embezzled
millions and fled, leaving Driving Hawk to take the blame. Rather
than plead guilty to a crime he did not commit, the
seventy-four-year-old grandfather went to prison for a year and a
day, even as he suffered the debilitating effects of Agent Orange.
Driving Hawk fully believes that the spirits of his departed
ancestors watched out for him during his twenty-year career in the
U.S. Air Force, including his exposure to Agent Orange, and
throughout his life as he survived surgeries, strokes, a tornado, a
plane crash, and alcoholism. With the help of his sister, Virginia
Driving Hawk Sneve, Driving Hawk recounts his life's story
alongside his wife, Carmen, and their five children.
This is a story of a girl's construction of her identity, and of her family’s search for a place in the world, for the Heimat that is so resonant for those of German background. We follow Helga ...through an adventurous childhood in Iran, whose vast open spaces her mother called 'my spiritual home’. Her engineer father worked on a grand scale, designing and laying roads and railways, and tunnelling through mountain ranges. Then came the invasions of World War II, and the family, half-German, half-Austrian, found themselves on a long voyage to Australia, designated enemy aliens. They were interned for nearly five years in the dusty Victorian countryside. On their release at the end of the War, stranded in Melbourne, they sought another home. The children were dispatched to convents, and at the Academy of Mary Immaculate, Helga found a temporary homeland, in faith. Everyday life in the Australia of the late 1940s and early 1950s is freshly seen by this feisty, loving migrant family. Through their eyes, we encounter a strange place, Australia, as if for the first time. Helga’s development from a thoughtful, sensitive child to a self-possessed young woman, wrestling with her faith and with how to live a decent life, is vividly recounted.
Tibet in Agony Li, Jianglin; Wilf, Susan
2016, 2016-10-10
eBook
Jianglin Li provides the first clear historical account of the Chinese crackdown in Lhasa in 1959. Sifting facts from the distortions of propaganda and partisan politics, she reconstructs a ...chronology of events that answers lingering questions and tells a gripping story of a crisis whose aftershocks continue to rattle the region today.
One of the most frequently performed contemporary composers, Arvo Pärt has become a phenomenon whose unusual reach is felt well beyond the concert hall. This ground-breaking collection of essays ...investigates both the causes and the effects of this success. Beyond the rhetoric of 'holy minimalism' that has accompanied the composer's reception since the mid-1980s, each chapter takes a fresh approach toward understanding how Pärt's music has occupied social landscapes. The result is a dynamic conversation among filmgoers (who explore issues of empathy and resemblance), concertgoers (commerce and art), listeners (embodiment, healing and the role of technology), activists (legacies of resistance) and performers (performance practice). Collectively, these studies offer a bold and thoughtful engagement with Pärt as a major cultural figure and reflect on the unprecedented impact of his music.
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