Abstract Religions use linguistic and non-linguistic codes of meaning to express their contents: natural tongues, music, sculpture, poetry, rituals, practices... Also, religions provide the semantic context rules produce, validate, interpret expressions: as such, can be considered languages. The Sophia Special Issue ‘Religions Languages: A Polyphony Faiths’ explores multifaceted relationships w...

A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE: CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ’S POETRY AND ITS FIRST RECEPTION In the criticism and studies of Czesław Miłosz’s work, cycles “The world (naive poem)” “Voices poor people”, from book Rescue (1945) occupy a place enormous importance because it opens two lines postwar Polish poetry, initiates so-called polyphony author establishes links with other literary traditions, especially Anglo-Sa...

The initial outburst of the pandemic, in early 2020, forced China and rest world into seclusion, anxiety, social alienation. In Sinosphere, a human response to aporia isolation is lyrical production, prosperous literary activity through which individual gives shape collective consciousness.
 present paper examines collection Sinophone verses sprung from Covid-19 threat dismay, as psychic n...

The cost overrun phenomenon plagues capital projects worldwide. While policymakers and practitioners are aware of the potential for overruns to occur while procuring their projects, they have struggled mitigate them. This article takes stock research suggests two major periods stand out. First, it focuses on period from 1960 2002 briefly reviews studies examining issues influencing estimation a...

For four hundred years, the zikir ritual has been performed weekly in Kadirîhâne Istanbul. Sufi rituals are believed to have compiled by founder (pîr) of order. The conductor (şeyh, postnişin) symbolizes founder. form consists chanting (dhikr) several divine names (esmâ). While participants perform with drone-like melodic repetitions or guttural rhythmic ostinatos, musicians songs, recitations,...

Abstract This article argues that the concept of migrant literature, developed in postcolonial studies, is a useful tool for analysing Greek literature Early Roman Empire (27 BC-AD 68). The city Rome attracted huge numbers migrants from across Mediterranean. Among them were many writers Hellenized provinces like Egypt, Syria and Asia, who wrote Greek. Leaving their native regions travelling to ...