This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early... Læs mere
This volume offers a comprehensive history and analysis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the tumultuous period of 1997 - 2001. The author examines the most recent events in this turbulent region, offering a contemporary account that is both extensive and detailed.
This volume engages the concept and related notions of cultural hegemony, cultural erosion, cultural hybridity and cultural survival by considering whether... Læs mere
This book is about the role that ideas, institutions, and actors play in structuring how we govern cities and, more... Læs mere
This book systematically explores the trade and environment interests of developing countries from a Southern perspective. The... Læs mere
In a series of paradigmatic readings of René Girard, Peter Sloterdijk, Michael Haneke, Anselm Kiefer, Michel Houellebecq, Elfriede Jelinek, Giorgio Agamben, Naqvi examines the current fascination with victimhood and the desire for victim status.
Radical Pedagogy articulates a new theory of identity based on recent research in psychoanalysis, social psychology and cognitive... Læs mere
This book is a complete reworking and update of Marga Cottino-Jones' popular A Student's Guide to Italian Film (1983, 1993) . This guide retains earlier editions' interest... Læs mere
This book traces the evolution of the Faust myth from the Sixteenth century to modern times. The authors studied include Marlowe, Calderon, Milton, Goethe, Byron, Dostoevsky, Wilde, Thomas Mann, and Salman Rushdie.
The essays in this volume explore the Mediterranean both as a physical and cultural space, and as a conceptual notion that challenges... Læs mere
This study makes northeast Asia the focus of analysis on how the nuclear crisis in... Læs mere
Japanese leaders and often the media too have substituted symbols for strategy in dealing with Asia. This comprehensive review of four periods over twenty years... Læs mere