Violent ethno-nationalist conflicts continue to mar the history of the twentieth century; yet no satisfactory answer to the question of why humans are susceptible to indoctrination by ideologies that lead to inter-group hostility has so far been found.
A collection of social anthropologist Ardener's papers concerning the Bakweri people of Mount Cameroon on the coast of... Læs mere
Since Israel is primarily a country of immigrants, the state takes on the responsibility for the settlement and integration of each new group. It therefore sees its role as benevolent and indispensable to the welfare of the immigrants. This be true to some extent.
Based on a number of case studies, this book offers analysis of the life of the new Russian-Jewish immigrants and the interaction between them and other Israeli citizens.
This is the first of two volumes of edited sermons spanning the greater part of the second half of the twentieth century, and the first major collection of sermons from a Liberal Jewish point ofview produced in Britain since Claude G. Montefiore's Truth in Religion of 1906.
In this second volume of Liberal Jewish sermons spanning the greater part of the second half ofthe twentieth century, the author again combines a radically progressive stance with Jewish commitment and seeks to understand contemporary history from a "prophetic" point of view.
The unprecedented scope and intensity of the First World War has prompted an enormous body of retrospective scholarship. However, efforts to... Læs mere
It is hard to imagine nowadays that, for many years, France and Germany considered each other as "arch enemies." And yet, for well over a century, these two countries waged verbal and ultimately violent wars against each other.
France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years between 1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina and... Læs mere
"Futurism was the state of the Fascist regime" - this is the view one encounters in most books written on Futurist art and... Læs mere
This book captures the methodological and thematic diversity and richness of current work on the history of the German working class and the political movements that emerged from it.
During the 50 years since the end of hostilities, European literary memories of the war have undergone considerable change, influenced by the personal... Læs mere