Activating the Past
History and Memory in the Black Atlantic World
Activating the Past explores how memories of the slave trade in the Black Atlantic retreat into ritual. Though rarely acknowledged, these repressed histories are activated during public festivals and spirit possession in West Africa and the Americas.
Activating the Past explores how memories of the slave trade in the Black Atlantic retreat into ritual. Though rarely acknowledged, these repressed histories are activated during public festivals and spirit possession in West Africa and the Americas.
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Ali Mazrui synthesizes Africa’s political and social thought in this original interpretation of timeless relevance. It covers themes from liberation movements to the convergence of African, Islamic, and Western thought, and the role of religion in politics.
Ali Mazrui synthesizes Africa’s political and social thought in this original interpretation of timeless relevance. It covers themes from liberation movements to the convergence of African, Islamic, and Western thought, and the role of religion in politics.
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Writing Out of Limbo
International Childhoods, Global Nomads and Third Culture Kids
They are Third Culture Kids. While their global lifestyle offers an expanded worldview, it brings recurring losses. In this collection, writers from around the world explore the search for identity, belonging, and a place to call “home.”
They are Third Culture Kids. While their global lifestyle offers an expanded worldview, it brings recurring losses. In this collection, writers from around the world explore the search for identity, belonging, and a place to call “home.”
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The Holocaust and World War II
In History and In Memory
This interdisciplinary volume explores the connection between World War II and the Holocaust in history and memory. Nineteen articles from prominent scholars, including acclaimed historian Gerhard L. Weinberg, examine presidential decisions, racial hatred, and more.
This interdisciplinary volume explores the connection between World War II and the Holocaust in history and memory. Nineteen articles from prominent scholars, including acclaimed historian Gerhard L. Weinberg, examine presidential decisions, racial hatred, and more.
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This volume is a political, social, and economic history of Zimbabwe from 1890 to 2008. Including topics such as women’s and human rights, this study brings the history of Zimbabwe almost up to the present day, superseding older volumes.
This volume is a political, social, and economic history of Zimbabwe from 1890 to 2008. Including topics such as women’s and human rights, this study brings the history of Zimbabwe almost up to the present day, superseding older volumes.
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This book is both an introductory synthesis of Modern Portugal and a collection of studies on state formation. It creates a narrative of a country struggling for modernization, making the Portuguese case a useful tool for wider debates on modernity.
This book is both an introductory synthesis of Modern Portugal and a collection of studies on state formation. It creates a narrative of a country struggling for modernization, making the Portuguese case a useful tool for wider debates on modernity.
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‘Christ’s Sinful Flesh’
Edward Irving's Christological Theology within the Context of his Life and Times
This book shows that 19th-century preacher Edward Irving's theological views formed a coherent system focused on his doctrine of Christ. Irving believed Christ took on a fully human nature, including the propensity to sin, to become the true reconciler of God and humanity.
This book shows that 19th-century preacher Edward Irving’s theological views formed a coherent system focused on his doctrine of Christ. Irving believed Christ took on a fully human nature, including the propensity to sin, to become the true reconciler of God and humanity.
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What would a piece of clay say if it could speak? This book revisits the enigma of the Phaistos Disc, exploring archaeological excavations, archaic languages, and myths to uncover new information and allow “The Stones to Speak.”
What would a piece of clay say if it could speak? This book revisits the enigma of the Phaistos Disc, exploring archaeological excavations, archaic languages, and myths to uncover new information and allow “The Stones to Speak.”
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Resistance is a historical constant, not simply irrational behaviour. Fifteen authors from diverse disciplines, including physics, biology, and political science, explore concepts of ‘resistance’ and examine the potential of a general ‘resistology’.
Resistance is a historical constant, not simply irrational behaviour. Fifteen authors from diverse disciplines, including physics, biology, and political science, explore concepts of ‘resistance’ and examine the potential of a general ‘resistology’.
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Networks of Global Governance
International Organisations and European Integration in a Historical Perspective
This book analyses the relationship between the United Nations and European integration from 1945 to the present. It describes how the dynamic evolved: from UN bodies shaping the integration process to the EU impacting the UN, to today's complex partnership.
This book analyses the relationship between the United Nations and European integration from 1945 to the present. It describes how the dynamic evolved: from UN bodies shaping the integration process to the EU impacting the UN, to today’s complex partnership.
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The Archbishops of Cyprus in the Modern Age
The Changing Role of the Archbishop-Ethnarch, their Identities and Politics
Cypriot archbishops have long wielded political power. Most remember the nationalist politician and first President, Archbishop Makarios III. But were they all like him? This unique study explores the role of the archbishop-ethnarch.
Cypriot archbishops have long wielded political power. Most remember the nationalist politician and first President, Archbishop Makarios III. But were they all like him? This unique study explores the role of the archbishop-ethnarch.
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Legacies of the U.S. Occupation of Japan
Appraisals after Sixty Years
The consequences of the US occupation of Japan transcended its formal duration. Rich with fresh analyses on mutual influence, memory, and international perspectives, this book provides a greater understanding of the lasting legacies of this crucial 20th-century event.
The consequences of the US occupation of Japan transcended its formal duration. Rich with fresh analyses on mutual influence, memory, and international perspectives, this book provides a greater understanding of the lasting legacies of this crucial 20th-century event.
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This collection of essays provides insights into the culturally conditioned structure of Asian societies, questioning Eurocentric views of modernity that assume that Confucianism would have to be abandoned if East Asia wanted to develop a dynamic, modern society.
This collection of essays provides insights into the culturally conditioned structure of Asian societies, questioning Eurocentric views of modernity that assume that Confucianism would have to be abandoned if East Asia wanted to develop a dynamic, modern society.
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Cold War Perceptions
Romania’s Policy Change towards the Soviet Union, 1960-1964
This book investigates Romania’s early 1960s policy change towards the Soviet Union. Drawing on declassified archives, it argues the change was triggered by leaders’ perceptions of Soviet threats, focusing on CMEA reform and the Sino-Soviet dispute.
This book investigates Romania’s early 1960s policy change towards the Soviet Union. Drawing on declassified archives, it argues the change was triggered by leaders’ perceptions of Soviet threats, focusing on CMEA reform and the Sino-Soviet dispute.
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Conscience the Path to Holiness
Walking with Newman
Against the contemporary view of conscience as self-will, this book reclaims Cardinal Newman's richer presentation. Ten scholars show how faithfulness to conscience is an ennobling path to holiness, drawing us closer to God’s image and likeness.
Against the contemporary view of conscience as self-will, this book reclaims Cardinal Newman’s richer presentation. Ten scholars show how faithfulness to conscience is an ennobling path to holiness, drawing us closer to God’s image and likeness.
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Crossed Correspondences
Writers as Readers and Critics of their Peers
This collection of essays analyses letters between literary peers in which writers comment not only on the production of their correspondent, but also on their own artistic approach and their own work while it is still in progress or not yet published.
This collection of essays analyses letters between literary peers in which writers comment not only on the production of their correspondent, but also on their own artistic approach and their own work while it is still in progress or not yet published.
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This volume tackles the concept of fear in a range of time periods in cultural and literary history, from the Archaic Period and Greco-Roman Classical Antiquity to the modern and postmodern periods.
This volume tackles the concept of fear in a range of time periods in cultural and literary history, from the Archaic Period and Greco-Roman Classical Antiquity to the modern and postmodern periods.
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The Foreignness of Foreigners
Cultural Representations of the Other in the British Isles (17th-20th Centuries)
This collection examines Britain's encounters with the Other through literature, art, and politics. It explores how figures of the foreigner were imagined and fabricated, revealing the crucial role Otherness played in fashioning Britain’s national identity.
This collection examines Britain’s encounters with the Other through literature, art, and politics. It explores how figures of the foreigner were imagined and fabricated, revealing the crucial role Otherness played in fashioning Britain’s national identity.
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Uses and Abuses of Culture
Greece 1974-2010
This monograph investigates the impact of the European crisis on perceptions of Greek identity and cultural memory, focusing on the contradictions between intrinsic components of Greek cultural and national identities and the country’s adopted European identity.
This monograph investigates the impact of the European crisis on perceptions of Greek identity and cultural memory, focusing on the contradictions between intrinsic components of Greek cultural and national identities and the country’s adopted European identity.
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This volume brings together, for the first time, essays authored by the influential British existential philosopher Colin Wilson on seventeen other philosophers from across the globe, including some of those he met personally to discuss their ideas.
This volume brings together, for the first time, essays authored by the influential British existential philosopher Colin Wilson on seventeen other philosophers from across the globe, including some of those he met personally to discuss their ideas.
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