A new biography of the Bengali philosopher and social reformer who sought to incorporate Christian theology within Hindu thought.
A frank reassessment of agency in the West African slave trade, exposing how local polities, not European interlopers, called the shots.
Kamrava traces the fateful odyssey of domestic Arab politics from the early 1950, through he upheavals of the Arab Spring, to the present day.
How have global and local forces thwarted eradication of polio, one of the world's most important and ambitious health campaigns?
This book conveys in vivid detail exactly whatnonviolence entailed, and the formidable difficultiesthat the pioneers of such resistance encountered in theyears 1905-19.
What are values and how do we define them? Are there specific Islamic values? Do universal core values exist? How do we pass on appropriate values to future generations? This issue of Critical Muslim tackles these questions.
A striking insight into how well-meaning outsiders have repeatedly misunderstood the conflict in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, and inadvertently exacerbated the violence.
The phenomenal growth of the countries of the Persian Gulf over the last two decades has been made possible through the labour of hundreds of thousands of migrant... Læs mere
The war in Yemen is finally coming under scrutiny as the West considers its controversial dealings with Saudi Arabia
Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India - from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj - revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India.