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The legacy of Edward W. Said The legacy of Edward W. Said William V. Spanos With the untimely death of Edward W. Said in 2003, various academic and public intellectuals worldwide have begun to reassess the writings of this powerful oppositional intellectual. Figures on the n… OL15287142W
A child in Palestine A child in Palestine Nājī ʻAlī Naji al-Ali grew up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in the south Lebanese city of Sidon, where his gift for drawing was discovered by the Palestinian poet Ghassan Kanafani in the lat… OL15313413W
Political Islam, Iran, and the enlightenment Political Islam, Iran, and the enlightenment Ali Mirsepassi "Ali Mirsepassi's book argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important and disturbing currents in Western philosophy and modern Western intellectual trends"-- "Ali M… OL15489199W
Anarchism & Sexuality Anarchism & Sexuality Richard Cleminson,Jamie Heckert *Anarchism & Sexuality* aims to bring the rich and diverse traditions of anarchist thought and practice into contact with contemporary questions about the politics and lived experience of sexuality. … OL15521178W
Contemporary India Contemporary India Katharine Adeney "A broad-ranging introduction to politics and society in India, set in a historical and cultural context. Written by two expert authors it assumes no prior knowledge but aims to provide a balanced an… OL15571908W
Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit Jürgen Habermas **The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society* (German: *Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. Untersuchungen zu einer Kategorie der bürgerlichen … OL15682223W
The wounded land The wounded land Rashid Askari The book is a compendium of articles and columns which cover a wide variety of pressing themes mostly in context of contemporary Bangladesh. The subjects, among others, include unique single-topic is… OL15948447W
Love, Poverty, and Wer Love, Poverty, and Wer Christopher Hitchens Showcases America's leading polemicist's rejection of consensus and cliché, whether he's reporting from abroad in Indonesia, Kurdistan, Iraq, North Korea, or Cuba, or when his pen is targeted mercile… OL16066595W
The great Han The great Han Kevin Carrico "The Great Han is an ethnographic study of the Han Clothing movement (Hanfu yundong), a neo-traditionalist and majority racial nationalist movement that has emerged in China since 2001. Participants … OL19754183W
City in common City in common James Scorer Scope and content: "Addresses ways that cultural imaginaries point toward alternative urban futures. In this book James Scorer argues that culture remains a force for imagining inclusive urban future… OL20058078W
Degeneration and Revolution Degeneration and Revolution Robert Heynen "In Degeneration and Revolution : Radical Cultural Politics and the Body in Weimar Germany Robert Heynen explores the impact of conceptions of degeneration, exemplified by eugenics and social hygiene… OL20231602W
Fully Automated Luxury Communism Fully Automated Luxury Communism Aaron Bastani In his first book, leading political commentator Aaron Bastani conjures a new politics: a vision of a world of unimaginable hope, highlighting how we might move to energy abundance, feed a world of 9… OL20856806W
Are you entertained? Are you entertained? Simone C. Drake,Dwan K. Henderson "ARE YOU ENTERTAINED? re-examines Blackness in popular culture in the digital age. Inspired by Stuart Hall's essay "What is this 'Black' in Black popular culture?" this book contains essays and inter… OL20935618W
Who is an Indian? Who is an Indian? Maximilian Christian Forte "Who is an Indian? This is possibly the oldest question facing Indigenous peoples across the Americas, and one with significant implications for decisions relating to resource distribution, conflicts… OL22329199W
América Latina, cultura y modernidad América Latina, cultura y modernidad José Joaquín Brunner "Stimulating, somewhat dated series of essays by a preeminent sociologist 'thinking' about postmodernism in Latin America"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. OL2266629W
En esto creo En esto creo Carlos Fuentes Essays on topics such as love, friendship, God, family, education, politics, death and various authors. OL24263193W
A case of impiety A case of impiety Tim Parise If you could put Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Marcus Aurelius in the same room, what would the outcome be? In the year 180, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius gave a dinner at his winter headquarter… OL28762760W
Brazil Brazil Ronald M. Schneider "Country study intended for use in undergraduate courses on Latin American politics. Also includes chapters on economy, social problems, and culture and the arts. Lacks a unifying framework and is h… OL2958111W
Race of angels Race of angels John Waters U2's place in rock culture is already secure, but still the world celebrates them as an "Irish band." In this book, Irish journalist and friend of U2, John Waters, attempts to pinpoint the Irish cult… OL3047441W
Egypt's Culture Wars Egypt's Culture Wars Samia Mehrez "This work presents original research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the twenty-first century. It deconstructs the boundaries between "high" and "low" culture, drawing on co… OL3663376W
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