A r t i c l e s

KRUPA, Viktor: Structuration of Space and Time in Polynesian Languages, p. 3
FINDEISEN, Raoul David: Professor Luo. Reflections on Bertrand Russell in China, p.10
EBER, Irene: Western Literature in Chinese Translation, 1949-1979, p. 34
MÚCKA, Ján: Phan Boi Chau (1867-1940) dans le contexte de l'Extrême-Orient, p. 55
KOPCAN, Vojtech: Zur Versorgung der osmanischen Armee während des Uyvar Seferi im Jahre 1663, p. 69
GORDON, April: Class and Ethnicity in Kenya: The Otieno Case, p. 77

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ABSTRACTS

STRUCTURATION OF SPACE AND TIME IN POLYNESIAN LANGUAGES

Viktor KRUPA
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

Nonspatial uses of spatial markers are described in this paper. Space as a more concrete concept is universally used in the domain of temporal markers. Data from some Polynesian languages are analysed here.

PROFESSOR LUO <1>. REFLECTIONS ON BERTRAND RUSSELL IN CHINA

Raoul David FINDEISEN
East Asia Department, University of Zurich,
Bergstr. 4, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland

This paper expounds Bertrand Russell's philosophical views during his stay in China at the beginning of the 1920s.

For Jean-Louis B.
„When I went to China, I went to
teach; but every day that I stayed
I thought less of what I had to
Teach them and more of what I
Had to learn from them“.

WESTERN LITERATURE IN CHINESE TRANSLATION, 1949-1979

Irene EBER
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute,
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel

The aim of this article is to study world literature in Chinese translation in the People's Republic of China since its foundation in 1949 up to 1979. While translation is seen as a window on the world, views on translating and literary policy are also discussed as is the important work done in the rich 1950s, its virtual cessation during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1972) and its slow revival after this period.

PHAN BOI CHAU (1867-1940) DANS LE CONTEXTE DE L'EXTREME-ORIENT

Ján MÚCKA
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

PHAN BOI CHAU (1867-1940) IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FAR EAST
This is a study of the intellectual and literary development of Phan Boi Chau (1867-1940), modern Vietnamese philosopher, writer and historian, pointing out his attitude towards the Chinese and Japanese trends in these fields and his way to democracy.

ZUR VERSORGUNG DER OSMANISCHEN ARMEE WÄHREND DES UYVAR SEFERI IM JAHRE 1663

Vojtech KOPCAN
Institute of Oriental and African Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovakia

SUPPLY OF THE OTTOMAN ARMY DURING THE UYVAR SEFERI IN 1963
The subject of this study is the functioning of the Ottoman army during the campaign which was against the Hapsburgs in Slovakia in 1663. In the attempt to understand how the Ottomans mobilized an army to fight on the northwest border of Emôpire, kept this army fed and tried to ensure that sufficient money was available to fundthe war. Three of the elements which comprise the logistic bases of warfare are examined – manpower, food and finance.

CLASS AND ETHNICITY IN KENYA: THE OTIENO CASE

April GORDON
Department of Sociology, Winthrop University,
Rock Hill, SC 29733, U.S.A.

The 1987 court case in Kenya pitting Wambui Otieno against the Umira Kager clan of the Luo attracted considerable interest among Africans and scholars alike. The dispute concerned who had the right to bury S.M.Otieno – his wife or his clan. Issues of Kenyan politics, customary law vs. common law, ethnic vs. National identity, and patriarchy vs. women's rights were all involved in the case. This paper examines a related issue that has not been analyzed to date:the implications of the Otieno case for class formation and capitalist transformation in Kenya. My position is that the case illustrates what Robert Fatton refers to as „the crisis of hegemony“ of Kenya's bourgeoisie. Ethnicity and the related „familial mode of production“ are forces that fragment the bourgeoisie as well as the larger society and constrain class solidarity and capitalist transformation. The Otieno family are examples of the emerging but still weak capitalist classes nd capitalist interests in Kenya. Their Luo adversaries represent the still powerful forces of ethnicity and the familial mode of production. By being awarded S.M.'s body by the court, the clan (and ethnicity) appears to have won the battle. Buttheir victory may be short-lived as capitalist, „modernist“ elements increase in Kenyan society.