DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2023.200105 Author: Michiel Leezenberg Affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Dept. of Philosophy, Oude Turfmarkt 141, 1012 GC, Amsterdam, Netherlands Email: M.M.Leezenberg@uva.nl Language: English Issue: 1/2023 (20) Pages: 115–127 (13 pages) Keywords: Kurds, history, culture, politics, literate civilization, nationalism, self-determination, liberation movements, Cold War, Middle East Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Kurds,…
DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190201 Author: Tom Flanagan Affiliation: Professor Emeritus of Political Science, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada Email: tflanaga@ucalgary.ca Language: English Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 3–14 (12 pages) Keywords: Canadian First Nations, Indians, Intergenerational Trauma, Historical Trauma, Methodological Weaknesses in Research Abstract Canadian First Nations (Indians) are said…
Reparations for Historical Injustice and Intergenerational Trauma DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190201cs Author: Tom Flanagan Affiliation: Professor Emeritus of Political Science, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada Email: tflanaga@ucalgary.ca Language: English / Czech version Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 15-26 (12 pages) Keywords: Canadian First Nations, Indians, Intergenerational Trauma, Historical Trauma, Methodological…
Kawaii: Analyzing Cuteness in Japanese Culture and Society DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190202 Author: Igor Pruša Affiliation: Vysoká škola Ambis (Katedra ekonomie a managementu), Lindnerova 575/1, 180 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic Email: igorprusa@googlemail.com Language: Czech Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 27–47 (21 pages) Keywords: cuteness, kawaii, Japan, Japanese aesthetics, history of cuteness Abstract The main objective of this…
Ethnic and Social Groups of Samarkand and Their Visual Representations in the Era of the Russian Empire DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190203 Author: Azim Malikov / Азим Маликов Address: Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University Olomouc, Tr. Svobody 26, 77180, Olomouc, Czech Republic Email: azimmal2018@gmail.com Author: Tereza Hejzlarová / Тереза Гейзларова Address: Department of Asian…
DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190204 Author: J. Otto Pohl Affiliation: Independent researcher Email: j.ottopohl@gmail.com Language: English Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 78–92 (15 pages) Keywords: Kurds, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, NKVD, special settlers Abstract Soviet policy towards its Kurdish minority shifted from supporting their cultural development during the 1920s and early 1930s to a more repressive policy from 1937–1956 and then…
Soviet Nationality Policy Towards Kurds, 1917–1956 DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190204cs Author: J. Otto Pohl Affiliation: Independent researcher Email: j.ottopohl@gmail.com Language: English / Czech version Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 93–106 (14 pages) Keywords: Kurds, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, NKVD, special settlers Abstract Soviet policy towards its Kurdish minority shifted from supporting their cultural development during the 1920s and early 1930s…
DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190205 Author: Jakub Kovář Affiliation: Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, Pennsylvania, United States Email: kovar42@seznam.cz Language: English Issue: 2/2022 (19) Pages: 107-133 (27 pages) Keywords: metaphor, generative metaphor, patterns of speech, categorization, euphemism, language, conflict Abstract This paper explores the ways in which metaphors and other distinctive patterns of speech influence our…
Islam: Seeking a way forwards DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180101cs Author: Luboš Kropáček Affiliation: Univerzita Karlova, Husitská teologická fakulta, Katedra religionistiky, Pacovská 350/4, 140 21 Praha 4 Email: Lubos.Kropacek@ff.cuni.cz Language: English / Czech version Issue: 1/2022 (18) Pages: 3–17 (15 pages) Keywords: Organization of Islamic conference / cooperation (OIC); Islamic-Christian relations; so-called Islamic state (Da’ish); Islamism; Meccan Charter;…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180101en Author: Luboš Kropáček Affiliation: Charles University, Hussite Theological Faculty, Department of Religious Studies, Pacovská 350/4, 140 21 Praha 4 Email: Lubos.Kropacek@ff.cuni.cz Language: English / Czech version Issue: 1/2022 (18) Pages: 18–33 (16 pages) Keywords: Organization of Islamic conference / cooperation (OIC); Islamic-Christian relations; so-called Islamic state (Da’ish); Islamism; Meccan Charter; recent developments in…