Illustrates how Gandhian principles of multicultural belonging and pluralism are key to resolving conflicts, not just in South Asia but across the world. Beyond Othering is a timely and relevant contribution to the discourse on conflict resolution.
Traces the poetics of ruination and resistance in select contemporary Lebanese wartime literature, cultural production, and sites of memory. Drawing upon... Læs mere
A pioneer among Palestinian artists, Sophie Halaby was the first Arab woman to study art in Paris, subsequently living independently as a professional painter... Læs mere
This book provides an informed analysis of the ideological content of Kemalism - the name given to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's party's political... Læs mere
During the quarter century between 1780 and 1806, Berlin's courtly and intellectual elites gathered in the homes of a few wealthy, cultivated Jewish women to... Læs mere
This intriguing book undercuts everything you thought you knew about psychotherapy.
Provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of change and class configuration in Iranian society. This is an examination of the effects of revolution, Islamic populism, protracted war, and economic crisis on the class nature of the workforce in Iran.
The essays in this collection entertain the question of how scholars may reconfigure ""area-based knowledge"" to respond to social sciences and globalization. The authors demonstrate that local knowledge is vital to understanding rapidly changing global patterns.
The fable has a 3000-year-old tradition in Jewish literature, going back to the Bible and the Talmud. It was not until the advent of the illustrious poet and... Læs mere
When Palestinian intellectual, Walid Masoud disappears, suspicion arises that he may have gone underground as part of a political movement. Masoud leaves behind a... Læs mere
In this book, Philip Arnold utilizes a collaborative method, derived from the ‘Two-Row Wampum’ (1613) and his 40 year relationship with the Haudenosaunee, in exploring... Læs mere