The Eastern religious traditions, especially the varieties of Buddhism, were the last great passion in Thomas Merton's life. His participation in a monastic con

This book focuses on the interaction and mutual influences between the East and the West in terms of their legal systems and practices. In this regard, it highl

A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe, Volume II Part II examines the defeat of the vision of 'socialism with a human face' in 1968 and t