Vol XVII Inquiries into Past and Present

Martyn Oliver
Introduction

Muriel Blaive
The Czechs and their Communism, Past and Present

Jakub Franek
Political Conditions of Philosophy According to Arendt

Izabella Main
Memory and History in the Cityscapes in Poland: The Search for Meaning

Berthold Molden
Remember the past… But how and why? Guatemala’s Post War Debates over Narrative Authority as a Case of Renegotiating Historical Responsibility and Political Rights

Maria Moser
Representations of Suffering. Confronting Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ and Rituals of Self-Flagellation and Crucifixion in the Philippines

Heidi Niederkofler
The “Women’s Movement”: Raising Questions about Meaning and Terminology

Martyn Oliver
Europe and Islam: A History of Projection

Keping Wu
Performing Charisma: Construction of Religious Experience in the Catholic Charismatic Ritual of Prayer and Worship