New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Krieg, Staat und Militär in der Ming-Zeit (1368–1644)
Auswirkungen militärischer und bewaffneter Konflikte
auf Machtpolitik und Herrschaftsapparat der Ming-Dynastie
by Kai Filipiak
The Ming Dynasty was one of the longest-lasting dynasties in the history of the
Chinese empire. This volume focuses on the mechanisms that upheld the unity
of the empire and the power of the royal house in a time of numerous internal
strife and external military conflicts. German text.
347p, 9 illus, 4 maps, 4 tbls, paperback, 9783447058520, $117.00(s),
Harrassowitz Verlag, December 2008, Opera Sinologica 22.
Kleine Schriften
by Oskar von Hinüber, edited by Harry Falk and Walter Slaje
The selected articles and reviews reprinted in this volume all serve to advance Indological studies in its central research
topics. They deal with the political and linguistic history of India, Buddhism and Buddhist monastic law, Sanskrit texts
from Central Asia, and the material and spiritual culture of India. German text.
2 vols, 1194p, hardback, 9783447058506, $267.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2009,
Veröffentlichungen der Helmuth von Glasenapp-Stiftung 47.
Mission und Ökonomie der Jesuiten in Indien
Intermediäres Handeln am Beispiel
der Malabar-Provinz im 18. Jahrhundert
by Julia Lederle
The Jesuit order played a major role in Portugal’s colonization of Asia.
From the start, the order’s methods of proselytization as well as its
economic activities roused attention and suspicion throughout Europe
and Asia, leading to its eventual ban in India in 1759. This volume
demonstrates that the actions and failure of the Society of Jesus in
southern Asia can be traced back to economic, political, cultural and
religious parameters prevalent in Europe and India. German text.
280p, hardback, 9783447059091, $87.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2009.
Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 2007–2008
Vienna Journal of South Asian Studies 2007–2008
edited by Gerhard Oberhammer, Karin Preisendanz and Chlodwig H Werba
Contents include: A Quest for Poison Trees in Indian Literature, Along with Notes on Some Plants and
Animals of the Kautiliya Arthasastra; A Pala-Period Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript Distributed
Between Five Collections; The Concepts of the Human Body and Disease in Classical Yoga and Ayurveda;
Is the Buddha Like “a Man in the Street”? Dharmakirti’s Answer; Further Remarks on the Compound
avinabhavaniyama in the Early Dharmakirti; Miszellen zur erkenntnistheoretisch-logischen Schule des
Buddhismus X: Corrigenda 2 et addenda to Dharmakirti’s Pramanaviniscaya. Chapters 1 and 2.
262p, paperback, 9783700165668, $70.00(s), Austrian Academy of Sciences, October 2009.
asian studies
Der Askesediskurs
in der Religionsgeschichte
Eine vergleichende Untersuchung
brahmanischer und frühchristlicher Texte
by Oliver Freiberger
Asceticism as an expression
of postulated
religious radicalism is
a fascinating subject
within religious studies.
This volume studies
and compares
statements regarding
the proper ascetic
life in Brahmanic
Hinduism and early
Christianity from two
sources: the Samnyasa-Upanishads and the Apophthegmata
Patrum. German text.
283p, hardback, 9783447058698, $72.00(s),
Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2009,
Studies in Oriental Religions 57.
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