Multidisciplinary: humanities + social sciences. Death is analysed as a cultural event. Includes creative responses to death as well as academic essays.
Based on empirical research. Combines empirical research with an analysis of wider processes of social, economic and political change. Comes out of an innovative network of scholars associated with the Human Economy Programme.
John Quincy Adams warned Americans not to search abroad for monsters to destroy, yet such figures have frequently habituated the discourses of U.S. foreign policy. This... Læs mere
Scholars in this collection show, after the demise of communism in Eastern Europe, property is... Læs mere
First comprehensive study in English of Norwegian colonial aspirations and activities Original comparison Africa and Oceania Cross-disciplinary approach to study
Volume is the product of a novel encounter of American anthropologists of France and French anthropologists of the United States. Scholars from... Læs mere
Offers a reflection on memory from an Eastern European historical perspective, one that can be measured against, or applied to, historical experience in... Læs mere
Understanding Conflicts About Wildlife unites academics and practitioners to consider the political and social dimensions of 'human-wildlife conflicts'.
Drawing on a wealth of new source material, Sisters in Arms gives a bracing account of how radical feminism was enacted by key German leftist organizations, such as the infamous Red Army Faction and June 2 Movement.
This book gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual projects have appropriated the medieval past for their own ends, grounded in an analysis of contemporary struggles over power and identity in the Eastern Alps.
The Myth of Self-Reliance provides valuable insights into refugees' experiences of repatriation to Liberia after protracted exile and their responses to the ending of refugee status for remaining refugees in Ghana.
World War I utterly transformed the lives of Jews around the world, allowing them to demonstrate patriotism,... Læs mere