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Locating sacredness in early Islam
No full textThe article discusses the articulation of sacredness in spatial and topographical terms in the early period of Islam. It scrutinizes the memory of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina and Jerusalem and deals with the possible rationale for the location of mosques in the early period. Finally it discusses the case of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, a good case study for analyzing the rise of an Islamic sacred landscape within the timeframe of the early middle ages
The ‘Islamicness’ of some decorative patterns in the Church of Tigran Honents in Ani
No full textThe contribution examines the Church of Tigran Honents in Ani, focusing on its Islamic-derived architectural elements. It discusses the religious and political milieu of Ani in the early 13th century and the connection of this area with northern Mesopotamia. It raises questions about the perception of "Islamic" architecture in the medieval period across religious communities
Captatio Benevolentiae: Potential Risks and Benefits of Flattering the Audience in a Public Political Speech
Full text linkGiven that flattery is a form of impression management and a persuasive tool in
interpersonal communication, two experiments investigated the effect of a (fictitious)
political candidate praising the audience during a meeting. The flattery was addressed
to the social category to which participants belong (direct flattery condition) or
to another social category (observed flattery condition). The flattering message
(vs. control condition) employed in the context of a public speech induced a more
positive candidate evaluation on both the members of the flattered audience and
the observers. The effect was not mediated by degree of message scrutiny, nor
by suspicion of source ulterior motives, and it was not moderated by the level of
identification with the audience. This suggests that the compliment to the audience
leads the members of the flattered category to reciprocate liking and the observers
to transfer the source’s attitude recursively (TAR effect). Theoretical and practical
implications are discussed
Le pitture pavimentali di Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbī e l’arte tardoantica del Vicino Oriente
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