Far from offering another study that bemoans Arab women's repression and veiling, Anxiety of Erasure looks at Arab women writers living in the diaspora who have translated their experiences into a productive and creative force.
Drawing upon a wide range of narrative and archival sources, Rubin explores the famous yet understudied criminal trial of the alleged murder of the former sultan Abdülaziz and its representations in contemporary public discourse and subsequent historiography.
With detailed analysis and thorough research, this challenges the central idea of Hegel’s philosophy of history – progress. In also... Læs mere
Tells the story of the intercollegiate gridiron sport in the years immediately after World War I when the game underwent... Læs mere
A collection of essays that chronicles the author's long campaign against the orthodoxies of psychiatry. From ""Medicine to Magic"" to ""Medicine as... Læs mere
Beginning with Buber's seminal essay on mysticism, this book offers texts down the centuries from oriental, pagan, Gnostic, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Jewish... Læs mere