Exploring the anthropology of evil as an empirical human phenomenon, this volume attempts to show the usefulness of treating evil as a descriptive reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence.
Questioning what shelter is and how we can define it, this volume brings together twenty-three essays on different forms of refugee shelter, with a... Læs mere
Delving into Pacific spaces from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and interpretations, this book looks at how the anthropological and architectural can be connected.
Drawing on his research in five Latin American countries, Steve Gudeman describes his anthropological fieldwork, bringing to life the excitement... Læs mere
Drawing on his research in five Latin American countries, Steve Gudeman describes his anthropological fieldwork, bringing to life the excitement... Læs mere
This title assesses the idea of Europe through its intellectual history. Exploring the concept of integration and the relationship between this and arguments for division and borders it reveals their interplay in the composition of the contemporary European identity.
Many people feel that the impact of technology and the pressure of the market economy on alpine communities leads to a loss of biodiversity, authenticity and cultural diversity, affecting animal husbandry, local food production, social networks and traditions.
The first edition of Hamlet – often called ‘Q1’, shorthand for ‘first quarto’ – was published in 1603. The essays in this collected volume explore the ways in which we... Læs mere
Historian Raul Hilberg produced a variety of archival research, personal essays, and other works over a career that spanned half a... Læs mere
Collective and State Violence in Turkey provides a wide range of case studies and... Læs mere
First published in 2007, The Nanking Atrocity remains an essential resource for understanding the massacre. This second edition includes an... Læs mere