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HarperCollins Publishers Inc We Have Been Harmonized
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HarperCollins Lost at Sea
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Cornerstone The Coming Collapse Of China
Book SynopsisFully revised and updated edition covering China''s new membership of the WTO and with a new introduction. ''Damning data and persuasive arguments that should set some Communist knees a-knocking.'' Kirkus Reviews''A compelling account of the rot in China''s institutions and the forces at work to end the Communist Party''s monopoly on power.'' James A. Dorn, Cato Institute, Washington D. C., Co-Editor of China''s future: Constructive Partner or Emerging Threat? ''Quite simply the best book I know about China''s future. Gordon Chang writes marvellously and knows China well. I hope everyone concerned with that country will pay careful consideration to what he sees ahead.'' Arthur Waldron, Director of Asian Studies, American Enterprise Institute; Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania.''A tour de force not to be missed.'' Willy Wo-Lap, Senior China Analyst at CNN''s Hong Kong office and author of The Era of Jiang Zemin.''When he warns that China''s two Trade ReviewDamning data and persuasive arguments that should set some Communist knees a-knocking * Kirkus *
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Penguin Books Ltd Dogs and Demons The Fall of Modern Japan
Book SynopsisThe decades of Western adulation for the Japanese ''economic miracle'' failed to notice a key point: that in the pursuit of this miracle the Japanese had turned their country into a degraded, concrete shambles - a wilderness of bad planning, corruption and crowding. Now that the miracle is at an end and Japan seems set to remain in the economic doldrums it must become apparent to everyone that one of the world''s greatest cultures has ruined itself almost beyond repair. Alex Kerr''s wonderful book conveys vividly and furiously both the dazzling nature of Japanese culture and how the bureaucrats of a country he loves have poisoned and ruined it.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Origins of Creativity
Book Synopsis''An intellectual hero ... A superb celebrator of science in all its manifestations'' Ian McEwan''Darwin''s great successor'' Jeffrey SachsThe legendary biologist Edward O. Wilson offers his most philosophically probing work to date''Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,'' begins Edward Wilson''s sweeping examination of the humanities and their relationship to the sciences. By studying fields as diverse as paleontology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience, Wilson demonstrates that human creativity began not 10,000 years ago, as we have long assumed, but over 100,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age. Chronicling the evolution of creativity from primates to humans, Wilson shows how the humanities, in large part spurred on by the invention of language, have played a previously unexamined role in defining our species. Exploring a surprising range of creative endeavors - the instinct to create gTrade ReviewA meditation on how our genetic and cultural nature shapes our experience of the world, and how that in turn influences the form and content of our creative output ... A stimulating ride -- Dan Jones * Nature *From our senior statesman of Science comes this fascinating, eloquent, and important reflection on the vital kinship between the Humanities and the Sciences, the well of creativity fueling them both, and our need as a species to combine their truths to deal with today's demanding problems. It's a message that couldn't be more timely -- Diane Ackerman, author of 'The Zookeeper's Wife'An intellectual hero ... A superb celebrator of science in all its manifestations -- Ian McEwanDarwin's great successor ... One of humanity's greatest and most intrepid explorers -- Jeffrey SachsWilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all -- Oliver SacksAs always, Wilson tosses off astonishing insights with charming ease (he's a master of the lyrically short sentence). These profoundly humane meditations on nature, creativity, and our primal yearnings will delight his longtime fans and provide newcomers with the perfect introduction to the career and ideas of one of our most distinguished living scientists--whose high-school nickname, I was enchanted to learn, was 'Snake Wilson -- Jim Holt, author of 'Why Does the World Exist?'With his trademark boundless intellect and elegant writing, Wilson argues that we need both the sciences and the humanities in order to understand the deep origins of what makes us human -- Alan Paige Lightman, physicist, novelist, and Professor of the Practice of the Humanities at MIT
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Way to the Spring
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Penguin Putnam Inc Unfree Speech
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OUP USA World Regional Geography
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a well-written introduction to world regional geography. While some books focus slavishly on the recurring themes for each chapter, this book offers a personal touch by highlighting topics that are foundational to Dr. Short's teaching. World Regional Geography addresses the key gaps in the world regional market today. * Seth Dixon, Rhode Island College *This book is compellingly written, concise, and critical. It presents both the uniqueness and interconnectedness of world regions with a dynamism that will be engaging for U.S. students. * Trushna Parekh, Texas Southern University *
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Oxford University Press Inc Japan and the Shackles of the Past
Book SynopsisJapan is one of the world''s wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains one of the most remarkable stories in modern world history. Yet it has not been an easy path; military catastrophe, political atrophy, and economic upheavals have made regular appearances from the feudal era to the present. Today, Japan is seen as a has-been with a sluggish economy, an aging population, dysfunctional politics, and a business landscape dominated by yesterday''s champions. Though it is supposed to be America''s strongest ally in the Asia-Pacific region, it has almost entirely disappeared from the American radar screen. In Japan and the Shackles of the Past, R. Taggart Murphy places the current troubles of Japan in a sweeping historical context, moving deftly from early feudal times to the modern age that began with the Meiji Restoration. Combining fascinating analyses of Japanese culture and society over the centuries with hardTrade Review"Murphy is very persuasive in building a case for his solutions for bringing real change to Japanese politics and foreign relations ... The most fundamental of his prescriptions, though, is undeniably necessary: the Japanese government and people must, for their own sake "confront what put their country in the hands of those who destroyed its independence and made it a byword abroad for brutal, inhuman fanaticism. Trying to bury accounts of what actually happened with fables of a pure and virtuous land, as Abe seeks to do, is simply a way of making it more likely that something similar will happen again soon"." -- Morgan Giles, Times Literary Supplement "Without doubt, this is the most important book on Japan by a non-Japanese writer to have appeared in the last two decades. It should be required reading for anyone professing to know Japan or wishing to teach others about it." -- BCCJ Acumen, Ian de Stains OBE "[An] insightful analysis of what ails Japan." - Economist "Taggart Murphy knows his Japanese history. His theories about Japan's political economy shed interesting light on the country." -- David Pilling, Financial Times "Japan and the Shackles of the Past is an excellent -- and engagingly written -- introduction to Japan, and a thought-provoking work of political and economic analysis (with quite a few lessons for America and other nations, too)." -- Complete Review "Murphy sheds much light on Japans current dependence upon the U.S. for maintenance of its political system and its future prospects, closing with an in-depth analysis of the current administration." -- Publishers Weekly "Taggart Murphy has crafted a precise and highly critical analysis of Japan's problems." -- Satyajit Das, Naked CapitalismTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Does Japan Still Matter? Part One: Past Chapter One: Japan Before the Edo Period Chapter Two: The Incubation of the Modern Japanese State Chapter Three: Restoration to Occupation Chapter Four: The Miracle Chapter Five: The Institutions of High-speed Growth Chapter Six: Consequences (Intended and Otherwise) Part Two: Present Chapter Seven: Economy and Finance Chapter Eight: Business Chapter Nine: Social and Cultural Change Chapter Ten: Politics Chapter Eleven: Japan and the World Suggestions for Further Reading Notes
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Oxford University Press The Caliph and the Imam
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Oxford University Press, USA Cold War in the Islamic World
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Oxford University Press African History
Book SynopsisEssential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa''s past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa''s history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewA very well informed and sharply stated historiography... should be in every historiography student's kitbag. A tour de force... it made me think a great deal. * Terence Ranger, The Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *You will finish this book better informed, with a better understanding of Africa and a clearer idea of the questions. * Robert Giddings, Tribune *This small book is a smart and stimulating essay exploring issues of history, sources and methods, Africa in the world, colonialism and postcolonialism, and the past in the present as a means of introducing students and others to academic thinking about African history. * Tom Spear, Journal of African History *Table of Contents1. The idea of Africa ; 2. Africans: diversity and unity ; 3. Africa's past: historical sources ; 4. Africa in the world ; 5. Colonialism in Africa ; 6. Imagining the future, rebuilding the past ; 7. Memory and forgetting, past and present
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Oxford University Press, USA Mercy Mercy Me AfricanAmerican Culture and the American Sixties Race and American Culture
Book SynopsisThis study argues that American artistry in the 1960s can be understood as one of the most vital and compelling interrogations of modernity. The author posits that the legacy of slavery has made African-Americans among the most incisive critics and celebrants of the "Enlightenment inheritance".Trade ReviewThe Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts movement are celebrated as critical moments of racial nationalism and cultural awakening. Questioning the critical consensus about this narrative, however, James Hall reframe[s] these two literary periods in light of transnational and anti-modernist paradigms ... provocative [study] disturbing to our common sense about these seminal eras. * American Literature *Hall deftly restores a fuller voice to sixties artists too often straightjacketed within an obligatory hermeneutics of racial protest. * American Literature *James C. Hall invites us to revise our thinking about the 1960s in this thoughtful and generative study of the extraordinary efflorescence of poetry, fiction, autobiography, music, and painting that emerged out of that decade's African American freedom movement ... thoughtful, subtle, and persuasive. * The Journal of American History *
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Oxford University Press Ojibwe Singers Hymns Grief and a Native Culture in Motion Religion in America
Book SynopsisMissionaries taught the Ojibwe to sing hymns translated into their language, both as a means of worship and to eradicate their "Indianness". This study examines how a native American people has drawn on the resources of ritual to negotiate identity and survival within the structures of colonialism.Trade ReviewA deeply researched, intelligent, and clear-eyed explication of an important facet of Indian history and contemporary life * The Journal of American History *An impressive book ... cross-cultural, multidisciplinary, thoughtful, and heartfelt * The Journal of American History *
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Oxford University Press The Mythology of South America
Book SynopsisBierhorst traces the principle myths from tribe to tribe in seven carefully mapped regions of South America. This book includes samples from mythological stories and some chapters are devoted to special topics such as myth and politics. Bierhorst introduces readers to the female creators of the northern Andes, the male gods of the Ancient Incas, and the shameless tricksters Sun and Moon.The book includes notes, a pronunciation guide, index, maps, and photos. The new afterword focuses on the durability of Indian mythology and the abundant material increasingly available since the mid 80s. Bierhorst offers new information on previously obscure tribes on the mythological map.Trade Review"One of the finest popular works in anthropology and science....The concepts are profound, yet accessible."--The New York Times Book Review "An intriguing, complex tapestry of living folklore."--Booklist "A well-organized, coherent overview."--Kirkus Reviews
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Oxford University Press Inc Ocean of Reasoning
Book SynopsisTsong khapa (14th-century) is arguably the most important and influential philosopher in Tibetan history. An Ocean of Reasoning is the most extensive and perhaps the deepest extant commentary on Nagarjuna''s Mulamadhyamakakarika (Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way), and it can be argued that it is impossible to discuss Nagarjuna''s work in an informed way without consulting it. It discusses alternative readings of the text and prior commentaries and provides a detailed exegesis, constituting a systematic presentation of Madhyamaka Buddhist philosophy. Despite its central importance, however, of Tsong khapa''s three most important texts, only An Ocean of Reasoning remains untranslated, perhaps because it is both philosophically and linguistically challenging, demanding a rare combination of abilities on the part of a translator. Jay Garfield and Ngawang Samten bring the requisite skills to this difficult task, combining between them expertise in Western and Indian philosophy, and fluency in Tibetan, Sanskrit, and English. The resulting translation of this important text will not only be a landmark contribution to the scholarship of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, but will serve as a valuable companion volume to Jay Garfield''s highly successful translation of The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way.
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Oxford University Press Inc Ocean of Reasoning
Book SynopsisTsong khapa (14th-century) is arguably the most important and influential philosopher in Tibetan history. This work is a commentary on Nagarjuna's "Mulamadhyamakakarika" ("Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way"). It discusses alternative readings of the text and prior commentaries and provides a detailed exegesis.Trade Review..accuracy cannot be achieved without elegance, and the translators' awareness of this fact is evident throughout. * TLS *Geshe Ngawang Samten and Jay Garfield have succeeded in making available an invaluable resource for the study of Nagarjuna's Root Verses of the Middle Way and the subsequent development of his philosophy by South Asian and Tibetan thinkers. * Felix Holmgren, TLS *
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Oxford University Press Was Hinduism Invented
Book SynopsisThe appearance of religion as a category describing a set of practices and beliefs allegedly an aspect of all cultures dates only from the modern period, emerging as Europe expanded trade abroad and established its first colonial relations in the 17th and 18th centuries. The invention of Hinduism can be seen in the encounter between modernity''s greatest colonial power, Britain, and the jewel of her imperial crown, India. This encounter was deeply shaded by the articulation and development of the concept of religion, and it produced the now common idea that Hinduism is a religion. The Bengal Presidency, home of Calcutta - the capital of colonial India and center of economic gravity in the eastern hemisphere - emerged as the locus of ongoing and direct contact between Indians and colonial officials, journalists, and missionaries. Drawing on a large body of previously untapped literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, Brian Pennington offeTrade ReviewPennington gives us an insightful, creative, judicious, critical, and honest book that goes a long way to restoring some balance into the discussion about colonialism and Hinduism. I cannot recommend this book enough. * Carl Olson, International Journal of Hindu Studies *
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Oxford University Press Germany Europe and the Politics of Constraint
Book SynopsisThe process of European integration is marked both by continued deepening and widening, and by growing evidence of domestic disquiet and dissent. Against this background, this volume examines three key themes: the challenge to the power of member states - as subjects of European integration - to determine the course of the integrationist project and to shape European public policies; the increasing constraints in the domestic political arena experienced by member states as objects of European integration; and the contestation over both the ''constitutive politics of the EU'' and specific policy choices. These three themes - power, constraint and contestation - and their interdependence are explored with specific reference to contemporary Germany.The main findings call for a revision of the ''conventional wisdom'' about Germany''s Europeanization experience. First, while Germany continues to engage intensively in all aspects of the integration process, its power to ''upload'' - ''hard''Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the updating and re-evaluation of literature on the EU and the German political system. * Perspectives on Political Science *Table of ContentsLiving with Europe: Power, Constraint, and Contestation ; Europeanization in Context; Concept and Theory ; The Federal Executive: Bureaucratic Fusion versus Governmental Bifurcation ; The Bundestag: Institutional Incrementalism Behavioural Reticence ; ; The German Lander: From Milieu-Shaping to Territorial Politics ; Public Law: Towards a Post-National Model ; The Party System: Structure, Policy and Europeanization ; Interest Groups: Opportunity Structures and Organizational Capacity ; The Media Agenda: The Marginalization and Domestication of Europe ; Economic Policies: From Pace-Setter to Beleaguered Player ; ; Competition Policy: From Centrality to Muddling Through? ; Electricity and Telecommunications: Fit for the European Union? ; Social Policy: Transforming Pensions, Challenging Health Care? ; Environmental Policy: A Leader State under Pressure? ; Justice and Home Affairs: Europeanization as a Government-Controlled Process ; Foreign and Security Policy: On the Cusp Between Transformation and Accomodation ; Europeanization Compared: The Shrinking Core and the Decline of 'Soft' Power
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OUP India Unfulfilled Aspirations Middle Power Politics in
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Oxford University Press Inc The Gulag
Book SynopsisA vast system of prisons, camps, and exile settlements, the Gulag was one of the defining attributes of the Stalinist Soviet Union and one of the most heinous examples of mass incarceration in the twentieth century, combining the functions of a standard prison system with the goal of isolating and punishing alleged enemies of the Soviet regime. It stretched throughout the Soviet Union, from central Moscow to the farthest reaches of Siberia. From its creation in 1930 to its partial dismantling in the mid-1950s, approximately 25 million people passed through the Gulag. Prisoners and exiles were forced to work in brutal conditions, and millions perished. Although the majority of prisoners and exiles were released after Stalin''s death, this was not an end to their struggles. Survivors attempted to reintegrate themselves into a Soviet political, social, and economic system that was hardly welcoming. Although some former prisoners wrote or spoke about their experiences in the years and deca
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Oxford University Press, USA The Son King Reform and Repression in Saudi
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OUP India In Search of Lost Glory Sindhi Nationalism in
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OUP India Syria The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State
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OUP India From Sheikhs to Sultanism Statecraft and
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OUP India Venizelos The Making of a Greek Statesman
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Oxford University Press Inc Pilgrimage Landscape and Identity Reconstucting
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPilgrimage, Landscape, and Identity provides a welcome international perspective on pilgrimage in Norway, one of the few monographs on this topic published in English. Grau's circumambulation, combined with attention to international geopolitical and social issues, is commendable in its perspective on economic and ecological factors, as well as for including the voices of minorities in the discussions about the developments of pilgrimage networks. * Hannah Kristine Lunde, Folklore *In this impeccably researched and engagingly-written book, Marion Grau introduces readers to a Norwegian 'pilgrimage network' and its ritualizations of text, landscape, practices, and narratives. Grau brings an ecumenical perspective and a cross-disciplinary approach to bear on this rich study of reconstructed medieval pilgrimages, both at their inceptions and today as they continue to play a formative role in personal, national, and religious identity. Grau is an academic, pilgrim, and guide as she maps these paths for the reader in this important contribution to the ever-growing field of pilgrimage studies. * Kathryn R. Barush, Associate Professor and Thomas E. Bertelsen Jr. Chair of Art History and Religion, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley / Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University *There has been a remarkable revival of pilgrimage shrines and routes in post-Reformation countries across Northern Europe. Marion Grau has made an impressive contribution to the growing, inter-disciplinary study of this revival. She guides us gently along the routes to the St. Olav shrine in Trondheim and sets this particular example within the wider context of a changing nation. * John Eade, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Roehampton, London *Interweaving 'circumambulatory field work,' theological reflection, and historical analysis, Grau has produced a richly textured tapestry of various narratives and vividly present landscapes and bodies. This is an impressive exploration of important issues concerning migration, nationalism, sacred and secular rituals, and climate change within the context of a Norwegian pilgrimage. * Sarah M. Pike, author of For the Wild: Ritual and Commitment in Radical Eco-Activism *It is indeed a fine and novel study of pilgrimage in Norway, with interesting nuances and rich source materials. The book is written in an engaging language free of theological jargon, and it is both thought-provoking and interesting. It's well worth the read. * Peder AnkerGallatin, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Reconstructing Sacred Geographies: Narrating Routes and Landscapes Chapter 2 Vikings, Saints and Pilgrimage Chapter 3 Mapping The Pilgrimage Network Chapter 4 Encountering Pilgrims Chapter 5 Ocean Pilgrimage and Ocean Plastics: Coastal Activism and the Reopening of the Marine Pilgrim Route Chapter 6 Cathedral and Town: Movable Feasts and Adaptable Spaces Chapter 7 Reconstructing Rituls: Pilgrimage and Sainthood in Contemporary Norway Epilogue Works Cited Notes
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Oxford University Press Governing in the Shadows
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OUP India Political Conflict in Pakistan
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OUP India The Islamic State in Africa
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OUP India Reinventing the Sheikhdom
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OUP India Hindu Nationalism in India
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OUP India All Roads Lead North
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OUP India The Taliban at War
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OUP India Charlatans Spirits and Rebels in Africa
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OUP India Blooming in the Ruins
Book SynopsisWhen we think of philosophy that can guide us in our everyday lives, we are more likely to think of Ancient Greece or Rome than we are 20th-century Mexico. But Mexican philosophy, which came into focus in the last century, following the Mexican Revolution, is a rich and wide-ranging tradition with much to offer readers today. Emerging in defiance of the Western philosophy bound up with colonial power--first brought to Mexico with the Augustinians in the 16th century, and, like so much else, imposed on Mexicans for centuries after that--it boasts a range of powerful ideas and advice for modern-day life. A tradition deeply tied to Mexico''s history of colonization, revolution, resistance, and persistence through hardship, this philosophy has much to teach us.Mexican philosophers had to grapple with questions particular to Mexico that have implications that anyone can and should learn from. Given the way we all must contend with life''s unexpected twists and turns, how can we preserve a sense of ourselves, and a coherent way of thinking about the world? If history is really a sequence of accidents, each affecting the next, how can we think about what we should be doing in our lives? How can we understand who we are, if we are the product of such accidents of history? How can we deal with emotions that conflict with one another? How can we keep our spirits up when we feel like we are always on our way to a far-off goal? Mexican philosophy offers a specific, historically- and culturally-rooted way to think about these universal questions. We can appreciate the way its ideas followed from the accidents of history that created modern-day Mexico, while also appreciating that they are as universally profound as those passed down in the Western tradition. Mexican philosophy also offers an array of fascinating concepts and directives, from recommending cultivating a rival as a source of motivation to teaching how to deal with trouble-makers and reminding us to respect other people on their own terms. Mexican philosophy is a varied, dynamic, and deeply modern resource for meaningful, distinctive wisdom to guide us through our lives. Incorporating stories from his family''s and his ancestors'' Mexican and Mexican-American experiences, Carlos Alberto Sánchez provides an intriguing guide for readers of all backgrounds, including those who will be learning about philosophy (or Mexico) for the first time.
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Oxford University Press The Nineteenth Century
Book SynopsisThe complete Short Oxford History of Europe (series editor, Professor TCW Blanning) will cover the history of Europe from Classical Greece to the present in eleven volumes. In each, experts write to their strengths tackling the key issues including society, economy, religion, politics, and culture head-on in chapters that will be at once wide-ranging surveys and searching analyses. Each book is specifically designed with the non-specialist reader in mind; but the authority of the contributors and the vigour of the interpretations will make them necessary and challenging reading for fellow academics across a range of disciplines. Europe changed more rapidly and more radically during the nineteenth century than during any prior period. A population explosion, a communications revolution, mass literacy, secularisation, urbanisation, Imperialism - these were just a few of the many ways in which the lives of Europeans of every class were dramatically changed. It was the century when most of the ideologies of the modern world - liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, socialism, and racism - came of age. Yet in some respects, especially international relations, there was a surprising degree of continuity and harmony. In six pithy chapters experts on the political, international, social, economic, cultural, and imperial history of the period address and answer the big questions of the period.Trade Review...this volume in the Short Oxford History of Europe provides an expert and entertaining overview of the principal developments...for a readable history written by specialists The Nineteenth Century is hard to beat. * Miles Taylor, King's College London *Table of ContentsList of Contributors ; Introduction: The End of the Old Regime ; Politics ; Society ; The European Economy, 1815-1914 ; Culture ; International Politics, Peace, and War, 1815-1914 ; Overseas Expansion, Imperialism, and Empire, 1815-1914 ; Conclusion ; Further Reading ; Chronology ; Maps ; Index
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Oxford University Press Budgeting for the Military Sector in Africa The Processes and Mechanisms of Control SIPRI Monographs
Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive study, 12 experts describe and analyse the military budgetary processes and degree of oversight and control in eight African countries-Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and South Africa-spanning the continent''s sub-regions. Each country study addresses a wide range of questions, such as the roles of the finance and defence ministries, budget offices, audit departments and external actors in the military budgetary processes; the extent of compliance with standard public expenditure management procedures; and how well official military expenditure figures reflect the true economic resources devoted to military activities in these countries.The framework for the country studies is provided by a detailed model for good practice in budgeting for the military sector. The individual studies are tied together by a synthesis chapter, which provides a comparative analysis of the studies, classifies the eight countries according to their adhereTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. A model for good practice in budgeting for the military sector ; 3. Ethiopia ; 4. Ghana ; 5. Kenya ; 6. Mali ; 7. Mozambique ; 8. Nigeria ; 9. Sierra Leone ; 10. South Africa ; 11. A synthesis of the country studies ; 12. Recommendations
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Oxford University Press African Development Report 2005 Public Sector Management in Africa
Book SynopsisThe African Development Report 2005 is the seventeenth annual survey of economic and social progress in Africa. The Report provides comprehensive analysis of the state of the African economy, examining development policy issues affecting the economic prospects of the continent.The African Development Bank Group is a regional multilateral development finance institution the members of which are all of the 53 countries in Africa and 25 countries from Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North and South America. The purpose of the Bank is to further the economic development and social progress of African countries individually and collectively. To this end, the Bank promotes the investment of public and private capital for development, primarily by providing loans and grants for projects and programs that contribute to poverty reduction and broad-based sustainable development in Africa.The non-concessional operations of the Bank are financed from its ordinary capital resources. In addition, the
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Oxford University Press Inc India in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisIndia is fast overtaking China to become the most populous country on Earth. By mid-century, its 1.7 billion people will live in what is projected to become the world''s second-largest economy after China. While a democracy and an open society compared to China, assertive Hindu nationalism is posing new challenges to India''s democratic freedoms and institutions at a time when illiberal democracies and autocratic leaders are on the rise worldwide. How India''s destiny plays out in the coming decades will matter deeply to a world where the West''s influence in shaping the 21st century will decline as that of these two Asian giants and other emerging economies in Africa and Latin America rise. In India in the 21st Century, Mira Kamdar, a former member of the New York Times Editorial Board and an award-winning author, offers readers an introduction to India today in all its complexity. In a concise question-and-answer format, Kamdar addresses India''s history, including its ancient civilization and kingdoms; its religious plurality; its colonial legacy and independence movement; the political and social structures in place today; its rapidly growing economy and financial system; India''s place in the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century; the challenge to India posed by climate change and dwindling global resources; wealth concentration and stark social inequalities; the rise of big data and robotics; the role of social media and more. She explores India''s contradictions and complications, while celebrating the merging of India''s multicultural landscape and deep artistic and intellectual heritage with the Information Age and the expansion of mass media. With clarity and balance, Kamdar brings her in-depth knowledge of India and eloquent writing style to bear in this focused and incisive addition to Oxford''s highly successful What Everyone Needs to Know series.Trade ReviewIndia in the 21st century is at a crossroads--and the path it decides to take will have an impact far beyond its own borders. With a book as ambitious as the country it covers, Mira Kamdar does us all an important service by writing this excellent volume * Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia group and author of Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism *Table of ContentsIntroduction: India: Past and Future Present ; Part One: How India Got to the 21st Century ; Section I: India's Civilizational Legacy ; Section II: India and Western Expansion ; Section III: India's Independence Movement ; Section IV: A New Republic ; Section V: The 1990s and early 2000s: Setting the Stage for the 21st Century ; Part Two: Will the 21st Century be India's Century? ; Section I: Economy ; Section II: Geopolitics ; Section III: Society ; Section IV: Environment ; Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Islamic Philosophy and Theology
Book SynopsisEvents are making clear to ever-widening circles of readers the need for something more than a superficial knowledge of non-European cultures. In particular, the blossoming into independence of numerous African states, many of which are largely Muslim or have a Muslim head of state, has made clear the growing political importance of the Islamic world, and, as a result, the desirability of extending and deepening the understanding and appreciation of this great segment of mankind.Islamic philosophy and theology are looked at together in a chronological framework in this volume. From a modern standpoint, this juxtaposition of the two disciplines is important for the understanding of both; but it should be realized at the outset that it is a reversal of the traditional Islamic procedure. Not merely were the disciplines different, but in the earlier centuries the exponents were two different sets of persons, trained in two different educational traditions, each with its own separTable of ContentsOne: The Umayyad Period; 1: The Beginnings of Sectarianism; 2: The Kh?rijites; 3: The Shi‘ites; 4: The Murji’ites And Other Moderates; Two: The First Wave of Hellenism 750-950; 5: The Translators and the First Philosophers; 6: The Expansion of Sh?‘ism; 7: The Mu‘tazilites; 8: The Consolidation of Sunnism; 9: Al-Ash‘ari; Three: The Second Wave of Hellenism 950-1258; 10: The Flowering of Philosophy; 11: The Vicissitudes of Sh?‘ism; 12: The Progress of Sunnite Theology; 13: Al-Ghaz?Li; 14: Sunnite Theology From 1100 to 1250; 15: Theology and Philosophy in the Islamic West; Four: The Period of Darkness 1250-1900; 16: The Sclerosis of Philosophical Theology; 17: The Vitality of the ?anbalites; 18: The Transformation Of Sh?‘ism; Five: The New Dawn; 19: The Prospect for Theology
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The University of Chicago Press PanAfrican Nation Oil and the Spectacle of
Book SynopsisWhen Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom.Trade Review"This is an important book on an important topic. In The Pan-African Nation, Andrew Apter exposes FESTAC '77 as a foundational cultural moment. Here, FESTAC becomes both a way of thinking about nation-building and also a way of linking specific cultural forms to the political economy of oil. This is a provocative interrogation of the question of culture and its relation to the nation." - Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley"
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The University of Chicago Press The PanAfrican Nation Oil and the Spectacle of
Book SynopsisWhen Nigeria hosted the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, it celebrated a global vision of black nationhood and citizenship animated by the exuberance of its recent oil boom.Trade Review"This is an important book on an important topic. In The Pan-African Nation, Andrew Apter exposes FESTAC '77 as a foundational cultural moment. Here, FESTAC becomes both a way of thinking about nation-building and also a way of linking specific cultural forms to the political economy of oil. This is a provocative interrogation of the question of culture and its relation to the nation." - Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley"
£28.50
The University of Chicago Press Reinventing Khomeini The Struggle for Reform in
Book SynopsisThis study offers an interpretation of the political battles that paved the way for reform in Iran. The author argues that the struggle for a more democratic Iran can be traced back to the revolution itself, and to the contradictory agendas of the revolution's founding father, Ayatollah Khomeini.
£26.60
The University of Chicago Press Habitations of Modernity Essays in the Wake of
Book SynopsisIn Habitations of modernity Dipesh Chakrabarty explores the complexities of modernism in India and seeks principles of humaneness grounded in everyday life that may elude grand political theories. These issues are pursued in a series of closely linked cultural essays.Trade Review"Habltations of Modernity forms at once an original look at daily life practices in India and a stringent critique of colonial and postcolonial history. Chakrabarty refuses to map the paradoxes of modern India according to coordinates of the modern and the traditional, the public and the private, or the secular and the religious. The result is a richly poetic work that raises numerous and compelling questions for practical politics." - David Lloyd, coeditor of The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Civil Society the Political Imagination in
Book SynopsisThese essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era.
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Civil Society and the Political Imagination in
Book SynopsisThese essays explore the diverse, unexpected and controversial ways in which the idea of civil society has entered into populist politics and public debate throughout Africa. It shows how struggles over civil society reveal much about larger historical forces in the post-Cold War era.
£28.50
The University of Chicago Press Black Visions
Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of the complex relationship of black political thought to black political identity and behaviour. The book identifies which political ideologies are supported by blacks, then traces their historical roots and examines their effects on black public opinion.
£76.00
