Sufi Non-Conformism covers a variety of subjects surrounding the antinomian movements in the Persianate cultural areas: from gender and the role of women in Islamic mysticism to genuine versus sham piety.
This book tells the story of humanitarians working to safeguard refugee camps, agricultural colonies, trains, and harbours situated at the doors of Europe.
This book evokes the forgotten colonial tragedy of the Chinese massacre at Batavia in 1740.
Slavery and the Dutch State' shows how the modern Dutch state and its predecessors were complicit in colonial slavery.
Blending Eastern and Western viewpoints, the two travelogues that make up this book create a captivating exploration of Qajar Persia’s history, culture, and landscapes.
Automating Governance in China?' offers new insights on the deployment of automated decision-making in authoritarian governance and on its application and implementation in real-life scenarios.
From a multidisciplinary viewpoint, this book introduces fresh insights into the concept of scaling by examining scalability within security contexts.
Irrigating the Desert explores how local communities adapted to environmental and hydrological changes in the Murghab alluvial fan.
This book brings to light the pluralistic views, diverse forces, and multiple realities (re)shaping formal and informal decision-making structures, processes, and power interplay in environmental governance.
This book reveals the importance of colonial proto-tourism in creating an encompassing culture of empire that traversed national and colonial boundaries
Demonstrating the rich texture of sources discovered through non-official pathways, the ten essays in this volume ultimately reveal the timeless interconnectedness of East Asia and the complex, non-uniform worldviews of its inhabitants.