Sociology and anthropology Books

Book SynopsisTaking society as its central focus, Middle Eastern and North African Societies in the Interwar Period approaches the region as one of connectivities and fluidity and investigates networks and interregional relations, stratagems adopted to shape society and social resistance to or absorption of change. From tourism to health propaganda, marriage to beauty contest, mass communication to music, this book offers a vibrant and dynamic picture of the region which goes beyond state borders. Contributors are Diana Abbani, Amit Bein, Ebru Boyar, Elizabeth Brownson, Nazan Çiçek, Kate Fleet, Ulrike Freitag, Liat Kozma, Brian L. McLaren and Emilio Spadola.Trade Review‘Due to its rich historical and interdisciplinary nature, I strongly recommend this book to students and researchers of Middle East studies who would like to deepen their understanding of not only the political but also the social and cultural dimensions of Middle East affairs.’ Mohammad Hassan Khani in Acta Via Serica 4.1 (2019), 153-156. ‘Der Sammelband gibt interessante Einblicke in die Entwicklung Südwestasiens und Nordafrikas in der Zwischenkriegszeit, die eine dynamische Region erkennen lassen, die nicht nur unter Kategorien wie Kolonialismus oder Antikolonialismus subsumierbar ist.’ Rüdiger Lohlker in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 109 (2019).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1 Approaching Societies in the Interwar Middle East and North Africa  Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet 2 State-Society Relations through the Lens of Urban Development  Ulrike Freitag 3 Beirut’s Musical Scene: A Narrative of Modernisation and Identity Struggles under the French Mandate  Diana Abbani 4 Tourism and Mobility in Italian Colonial Libya  Brian L. McLaren 5 The Call of Communication: Mass Media and Reform in Interwar Morocco  Emilio Spadola 6 Doctors Crossing Borders: The Formation of a Regional Profession in the Interwar Middle East  Liat Kozma 7 There She is, Miss Universe: Keriman Halis Goes to Egypt, 1933  Amit Bein 8 Taking Health to the Village: Early Turkish Republican Health Propaganda in the Countryside  Ebru Boyar 9 The Provision of Water to Istanbul from Terkos: Continuities and Change from Empire to Republic  Kate Fleet 10 Reforms or Restrictions? The Ottoman Muslim Family Law Code and Women’s Marital Status in Mandate Palestine  Elizabeth Brownson 11 Mapping Social Change through Matters of the Heart: Debates on Courtship, Marriage and Divorce in the Early Turkish Republican Era (1923–1950)  Nazan Çiçek Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Pathogenesis of Fear gathers together diverse conversations about cultural constructions of the monstrous. Interdisciplinary essays map the margins of monstrosity as follows: the cannibalistic paradox in Kleist’s late-Romantic Penthesilea; intersections of the monstrous-feminine and the new Victorian psycho-physiology of consciousness in George Eliot’s early novels; the monster-formed citizens of Dickensian and later dystopias; the killing of African Americans targeted as monstrous entities in US cities; the post-human anguish of a television zombie-world; the monstrous mutilations of a Spanish horror film; psychosocial aberration in Martin Millar’s werewolf fiction; the demonization of the Other on the war-torn streets of Ireland; Derridean devouring sovereignty. Discursively correlated with different categories of body and mind, monstrosity, these essays argue, persists in taking many forms. Contributors are Elizabeth Hollis Berry, Niculae Gheran, Sarah Harris, Fiona Harris-Ramsby and Mubarak Muhammad, Michaela Marková, Kimberley McMahon Coleman, Judith Rahn, Cindy Smith and Marita Vyrgioti.Trade Review“The authors demonstrate a dazzling fluency with postmodern theory and deconstructionism, further strengthening the intellectual connections between their respective contributions.” — J. G. Matthews, Washington State University, CHOICE connect 57.1 (September 2019)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction Elizabeth Hollis Berry Part 1 Subjectivity and (Ab)use of Power 1 Devotion, Divergence and Desire: Anthropophagy as a Means of Cultural Formation Judith Rahn 2 Devouring: Deconstructing Sovereignty’s Omnipotence in Jacques Derrida’s Seminar ‘The Beast and the Sovereign’ Marita Vyrgioti 3 The Monster Factory: Monsterisation of Characters in Dystopias Niculae Liviu Gheran 4 ‘She Could Devour Him If She Wanted to’: Hunger, Scopophilia, and Power in The Skin I Live In Sarah D. Harris 5 Warning! Monster Metaphors and the Urban Black Body Fiona Harris-Ramsby and Mubarak Muhammad Part 2 Agency and Selfdom 6 Victorian Psychology, Monstrous Maidens, and George Eliot Elizabeth Hollis Berry 7 (De)Construction of the Monstrous in Contemporary Northern Irish Fiction Michaela Marková 8 Adolescence as Battleground for Identity Foundation: Martin Millar’s Wolf Girl Novels 149 Kimberley McMahon-Coleman 9 In The Flesh and the Administration of Posthuman Anguish Cindy Smith

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Book SynopsisThis volume showcases a variety of innovative approaches to the study of Muslim societies and cultures, inspired by and honouring Gudrun Krämer and her role in transforming the landscape of Islamic Studies. With contributions from scholars from around the world, the articles cover an extraordinarily wide geographical scope across a broad timeline, with transdisciplinary perspectives and a historically informed focus on contemporary phenomena. The wide-ranging subjects covered include among others a “men in headscarves” campaign in Iran, an Islamic call-in radio programme in Mombassa, a refugee-related court case in Germany, the Arab revolutions and aftermath from various theoretical perspectives, Ottoman family photos, Qurʾān translation in South Asia, and words that can’t be read.Table of ContentsPreface of the Editors Dale F. Eickelman: The Underneath of Academic Life: Gudrun Krämer and Islamic Studies Today 1) Islamic Studies Inside Out Alexander Knysh: Between Europe and Asia: Arabic and Islamic Studies in Imperial Russia Reinhard Schulze: Kairo 1869 – Eine historische Collage 2) Empires, Corporations, and Nations Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk: Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā’s Reformist Project to Establish a True Caliphate: Prospects and Challenges Johann Büssow and Astrid Meier: Ottoman Corporatism, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries: Beyond the State-Society Paradigm in Middle Eastern History Elke Hartmann: Family Portraits: Visual Sources for a Social History of the Late Ottoman Empire M. Sait Özervalı: The Position of Philosophy in the Late Ottoman Educational Reforms 3) Islam, Ethics, and Languages Mutaz al Khatib: The Emerging Field of Ethics in the Context of Modern Egypt Abdou Filali-Ansary: Pratique religieuse et comportement moral Abdulkader Tayob: Religion as Discourse: Conversion and Commitment to Jihād in South Africa 4) Media Perspectives and Material Approaches Alina Kokoschka: Reading between the Lines: Arabic Script, Islamic Calligraphy, and the Question of Legibility Muhammad Qasim Zaman: Shāh Walī Allāh of Delhi, his Successors, and the Qurʾān Bettina Gräf: From the Pocket Book to Facebook: Maktabat Wahba, Publishing, and Political Ideas in Cairo since the 1940s Kai Kresse: Dimensions of “Giving Voice”: Discursive Agency and Intellectual Practice on Swahili Islamic Radio, in Mombasa 2005-2006 5) The Politics of Body and Gender Birgit Krawietz: On Coming to Grips with Turkish Oil Wrestling: Conceptualising Muscular Islam and Islamic Martial Arts Katajun Amirpur: #ItsMensTurn: Of Hashtags and Shīʿī Discourses in Iran Bettina Dennerlein: Contested Genderscapes: Islamic Languages of Women’s Rights in the Arab Region 6) Dominant Minorities and Dominant Majorities Hamit Bozarslan: Domination, Resilience, and Power: Religious Minorities in the Imperial and Post-Imperial Middle East Dorothea Schulz: Carving Out a Space for Equal Political Citizenship? Muslim Politics of Remembrance in Uganda 7) Arab Revolutions and Their Impact on Research about the Middle East Muriel Asseburg: Understanding Transformation, Elite Change, and New Social Mobilisation in the Arab World: An Actor-Centred and Policy-Oriented Research Project Cilja Harders: Understanding Politics in Egypt “From Below” 8) Muslims Inside Out Schirin Amir-Moazami: Recognition and Its Traps in Liberal Secular Conditions: The Case of Muslims in Europe Ruth Mas: The Refugee and the Dog

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Book SynopsisAleppo and its Hinterland in the Ottoman Period comprises eleven essays in English and French by leading scholars of Ottoman Syria which draw on new research in Turkish, Levantine and other archival sources. Focusing on both the city and its place in the wider region, the collection examines trade guilds and Christian settlement in Aleppo, Turkmen and Bedouin tribes in Aleppo’s interior, international trade and the establishment of an Ottoman commercial tribunal in the Tanzimat period, Aleppo and the rise of the millet system, the Belgian consular presence, Sufi networks in the province of Aleppo, the countryside of Antioch under the Egyptian occupation, and the urban revolt of 1850. With contributions from Enver Çakar, Elyse Semerdjian, Charles Wilkins, Stefan Winter, Mary Momdjian, Bruce Masters, Sylvain Cornac, Mafalda Ade, Feras Krimsti, Nicolas Jodoin, Stefan Knost.Table of ContentsPréface List of Illustrations / liste d’illustrations 1 Les Turkmènes dʾAlep à l’époque ottomane (1516–1700)  Enver Çakar 2 Armenians in the Production of Urban Space in Early Modern Judayda, Aleppo  Elyse Semerdjian 3 Patterns of Leadership in the Guilds of 17th-Century Aleppo  Charles L. Wilkins 4 Alep et l’émirat du désert (çöl beyliği) au XVIIe–XVIIIe siècle  Stefan Winter 5 Halabis and Foreigners in Aleppo’s Mediterranean Trade: The Role of Levantine Merchants in Eighteenth-Century Commercial Networks  Mary Momdjian 6 The Millet Wars in Aleppo, 1726–1821: An Ottoman perspective  Bruce Masters 7 Antioche sous l’occupation égyptienne (1832–1840) : l’émergence d’un centre de pouvoir militaire et modernisateur  Sylvain Cornac 8 L’innovation judiciaire dans l’Empire ottoman : l’établissement d’un tribunal de commerce à Alep au milieu du XIXe siècle  Mafalda Ade 9 Disciplining Disobedient Subjects: The Punishment of Aleppo’s Insurgents in 1850 as a Contentious Issue  Feras Krimsti 10 Les consuls Picciotto et Poche, intermédiaires des intérêts belges à Alep (1855–1914)  Nicolas Jodoin 11 Entre réseaux régional et transrégional : La Mawlawiyya dans la province dʾAlep au XIXe siècle  Stefan Knost Index/Indexe

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Book SynopsisIn Reading Islam Fabio Vicini offers a journey within the intimate relations, reading practices, and forms of intellectual engagement that regulate Muslim life in two enclosed religious communities in Istanbul. Combining anthropological observation with textual and genealogical analysis, he illustrates how the modes of thought and social engagement promoted by these two communities are the outcome of complex intellectual entanglements with modern discourses about science, education, the self, and Muslims’ place and responsibility in society. In this way, Reading Islam sheds light on the formation of new generations of faithful and socially active Muslims over the last thirty years and on their impact on the turn of Turkey from an assertive secularist Republic to an Islamic-oriented form of governance.Trade Review‘For the better part of a century, Turkey has been a major center of intellectual, educational, and ethical reform in modern Islam. In this vividly written and theoretically sophisticated book, Fabio Vicini takes readers through a reading of the two most foundational currents in that reform movement, and shows their deep relevance for education, ethics, and civility in the broader Muslim world. This is a must-read book for all students of Islamic affairs.’ Robert W. Hefner, Pardee School of Global Affairs, Boston University ‘Fabio Vicini’s Reading Islam is both methodologically careful and theoretically insightful, reflecting the best qualities of ethnographic writing on the social life of Islam in Turkey. Vicini describes in rich detail the forms of piety and intellectual development encouraged in religious communities active in Turkey. It is certainly refreshing to read an analysis of religious practice that takes seriously the practitioners’ orientation toward transcendence in developing religious knowledge and ethical reasoning.’ Kim Shiveley, Kutztown University ‘This perceptive study of brotherhood, ethics and self-disciplining in religious communities focused on reading Said Nursi’s Risale-i Nur draws attention to aspects of religious tradition hitherto neglected in studies of Turkish Islam. Vicini’s thoughtful analysis engages critically with a large body of contemporary social theory and provides essential new insight into the interiorizing practices of these communities and Islamic piety in general, offering a sympathetic understanding of Muslim life in modern Turkey.’ Martin van Bruinessen, Comparative Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, Utrecht UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Turkish Pronunciation Introduction: Reading Islam in Modern Times  1 Reading is Transcending  2 Accommodating Modernity  3 Thinking Islam  4 A Revival of Muslim Civility  5 Fieldwork in Two Concealed Communities  6 Before and after July 15  7 Outline of the Book 1 Outreaches of Religious Service  1 Reading the Risale  2 Reforming Society through Educational Service  3 From Hizmet to Individual Duty  4 Modernity and the Displacement of Islamic Ethics  5 The Islamic Revival, Urban Life and Community 2 Living the Brotherhood  1 Daily Life in the Houses  2 Discipline and Prayer  3 Time and Prayer  4 Living by Example  5 Brotherhood between Pedagogy and Authority  6 Brotherhood between Civility and Corporate Personality  7 Virtues of Mutuality  8 Living Sincerity 3 Reading, Reflection and the Search for Transcendence  1 Appealing to the Imagination  2 Iterative Reading  3 Reading as Cultural Practice  4 Genealogies of Reflection  5 Toward a Sufi Cosmology  6 Reflecting on Death 4 Putting Islam to Work  1 Education, the Nation and the Islamic “Ethos”  2 Accessing Quality Education  3 Modern Times, Docile Methods  4 From Jihad to Reforming Society  5 Life and Tutoring in the Gülen Housings  6 Romanticizing Prophethood  7 Learning by Example  8 Embodying Responsibility 5 Politics of Brotherhood  1 “You’ll Be of Service to This Country”  2 The Nur Self’s Spaces of Will and Freedom  3 The Relativity of the Good: On the Modern Liberal Conception of the Self  4 Being an Aware and Responsible Muslim  5 On Brotherhood and Moral Reasoning Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisOver the past seven decades—since the 1949 Revolution—every aspect of Chinese society has been profoundly transformed multiple times. No sector has experienced more tumultuous twists and turns than industry. The eight articles contained in this volume examine these twists and turns, focusing on those aspects of industrial relations that involve contention and power, that is, factory politics. They were selected among articles that have appeared in the Chinese journal Open Times (开放时代) over the past decade. Because Open Times has a well-earned reputation for publishing diverse viewpoints, it has been able to attract some of the very best scholarship in China.Trade Review"[Factory Politics in China] is fluidly translated and it fills important gaps in existing research. It applies concepts developed by theorists in China and abroad to developments in the “workshop of the world”—and then quietly tweaks those same theories. It alters our understanding of the country’s labour history in significant ways, e.g., by raising the status of the Great Leap Forward and its immediate aftermath and lowering that of the Cultural Revolution and early Reform Era. But most importantly, it introduces a thoughtful, creative, and committed group of scholars who should be followed closely by anyone concerned with social justice and worker power in China or elsewhere." -Manfred Elfstrom, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna in Pacific Affairs: Vol. 94, No. 3 (Sept. 2021)Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction 1 From Passion to Deception – Daily Life at the Grassroots under State Control of Production before and after the Great Leap Forward: an Investigation of TY Factory in Guangzhou (1956–1965)  Jia Wenjuan (贾文娟)  Translated by Shayan Momin 2 Research into the Implementation of the Staff and Workers Congress System in State-Owned Enterprises: a 60-Year Case Study of One Factory  Cai He (蔡禾) and Li Wanlian (李晚莲)  Translated by Roderick Graham Flagg 3 A Simple Control Model Analysis of Labor Relations in Industrial SOEs  Tong Xin (佟新)  Translated by Roderick Graham Flagg 4 Changes in Production Models within State-Owned Enterprises under the “Double Transformations:” the Rise of Internal Labor Subcontracting in City A’s Nanchang Factory (2001–2013)  Jia Wenjuan (贾文娟)  Translated by Shayan Momin 5 Sustaining Production: Spatial Interactions between Han and Uyghur Workers at the Kashgar Cotton Mill  Liu Ming (刘明)  Translated by Heather Mowbray 6 Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Toy Industry’s Supply Chain: an Empirical Study of Walmart Supplier Factories in China  Yu Xiaomin (余晓敏)  Translated by Shayan Momin 7 Direct Labor Union Elections: Lessons from Guangdong  Wen Xiaoyi (闻效仪)  Translated by Matthew A. Hale 8 Patterns of Collective Resistance among the New Generation of Chinese Migrant Workers: from the Politics of Production to the Politics of Life  Wang Jianhua (汪建华) and Meng Quan (孟泉)  Translated by Matthew A. Hale

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Book SynopsisThe Crisis of Citizenship in the Arab World argues that the present crisis of the Arab world has its origins in the historical, legal and political development of state-citizen relations since the beginning of modern history in the Middle East and North Africa. The anthology covers three main topics. Part I focuses on the crisis of the social pact in different Arab countries as it became manifest during the Arab Uprisings. Part II concentrates on concepts of citizenship in Islamic doctrine, Islamic movements (Muslim Brotherhood and Salafism), secular political movements and Arab thinkers. Part III looks into the practices that support the claims to equal rights as well as the factors that have obstructed full citizen rights, such as patronage and clientelism. Contributors are: Ida Almestad, Claire Beaugrand, Assia Boutaleb, Michaelle Browers, Nils Butenschøn, Anthony Gorman, Raymond Hinnebusch, Engin F. Isin, Rania Maktabi, Roel Meijer, Emin Poljarevic, Ola Rifai, James Sater, Rachel Scott, Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Robert Springborg, Stig Stenslie, Morten Valbjørn, Knut S. Vikør and Sami Zemni.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Roel Meijer and Nils Butenschøn PART I - THE ARAB SOCIAL PACT 1. Anthony Gorman, The British Legacy in the Middle East 2. Roel Meijer, Citizenship, Social Pacts, Rulings Bargains, and the Arab Uprising 3. Raymond Hinnebusch and Ola Rifai, Syria: Identity, State Formation, and Citizenship 4. Sami Zemni, The Tunisian Revolution and the Question of Citizenship 5. James Sater, Patronage and Democratic Citizenship in Morocco 6. Morten Valbjørn, Like But Not the Same As---- Arab Citizenship and the Jordanian Experience 7. Stig Stenslie and Ida Almestad, Social Contract in the Al Saud Monarchy: From Subjects to Citizens? 8. James Sater, Migration and the Marginality of Citizenship in the Arab Gulf Region: Human Security and High Modernist Tendencies 9. Nils Butenschøn, Arab Spring and the “Iron Triangle”: Regime Survival and Conditions of Citizenship in the Arab Middle East PART II - CONCEPTS OF CITIZENSHIP 10. Knut S. Vikør, Muslim Subjects and the Rights of God 11. Michaelle Browers, The Struggle for Equality and Citizenship in Arab Political Thought: Ideological Debates and Conceptual Change 12. Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Brothers and Citizens: The Second Wave of Institutional Thinking and the Concept of Citizenship 13. Emin Poljarevic, Ambiguity of Citizenship in Contemporary Salafism 14. Rachel Scott, Citizenship, Public Order and State Sovereignty: Article 3 of the Egyptian Constitution and the ‘Divinely Revealed Religions’ PART III - PRACTICES OF CITIZENSHIP 15. Robert Springborg, Effects of Patronage Systems and Clientelism on Citizenship in the Middle East 16. Rania Maktabi, Female Citizenship and the Franchise in Kuwait after 2005 17. Assia Boutaleb, Arab Youth: Evolving Participation and Acts of Citizenship 18. Claire Beaugrand, The bidun Protest Movement in Kuwait: Acts of Resistance or Acts of Citizenship? 19. Engin F. Isin, Citizenship Studies and the Middle East

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates and uncover paradoxes and ambivalences that are actualised when seeking to make the right choices in the best interests of the child. The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child established a milestone for the 20th century. Many of these ideas still stand, but time calls for new reflections, empirical descriptions and knowledge as provided in this book. Special attention is directed to the conceptualisation of children and childhood cultures, the missing voices of infants and fragile children, as well as transformations during times of globalisation and change. All chapters contribute to understand and discuss aspects of societal demands and cultural conditions for modern-day children age 0–18, accompanied by pointers to their future. Contributors are: Eli Kristin Aadland, Wenche Bjorbækmo, Jorunn Spord Borgen, Gunn Helene Engelsrud, Kristin Vindhol Evensen, Eldbjørg Fossgard, Liv Torunn Grindheim, Asle Holthe, Liisa Karlsson, Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, Jonatan Leer, Ida Marie Lyså, Elin Eriksen Ødegaard, Czarecah Tuppil Oropilla, Susanne Højlund Pedersen, Anja Maria Pesch, Karen Klitgaard Povlsen, Gro Rugseth, Pauline von Bonsdorff, Hege Wergedahl and Susanne C. Ylönen.Table of ContentsForeword  Gunn Helene Engelsrud Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Introducing Childhood Cultures in Transformation  Elin Eriksen Ødegaard and Jorunn Spord Borgen 2 In the Best Interests of the Child: From the Century of the Child to the Century of Sustainability  Liv Torunn Grindheim, Jorunn Spord Borgen and Elin Eriksen Ødegaard 3 On Equal Terms? On Implementing Infants’ Cultural Rights  Pauline von Bonsdorff 4 Children with Severe, Multiple Disabilities: Interplaying Beings, Communicative Becomings  Kristin Vindhol Evensen 5 Spaces for Transitions in Intergenerational Childhood Experiences  Czarecah Oropilla 6 Managing Risk and Balancing Minds: Transforming the Next Generation through ‘Frustration Education’  Ida Marie Lyså 7 Children’s Food Choices during Kindergarten Meals  Hege Wergedahl, Eldbjørg Fossgard, Eli Kristin Aadland and Asle Holthe 8 Children, Food and Digital Media: Questions, Challenges and Methodologies  Karen Klitgaard Povlsen, Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, Jonatan Leer and Susanne Højlund 9 ‘Children at Risk’ in Public Health Policy: What Is at Risk?  Jorunn Spord Borgen, Gro Rugseth and Wenche S. Bjorbækmo 10 ‘Childish’ beyond Age: Reconceptualising the Aesthetics of Resistance  Susanne C. Ylönen 11 Approaching Agency in Intra-Activities  Liv Torunn Grindheim 12 Studying Families’ and Teachers’ Multilingual Practices and Ideologies in Kindergartens: A Nexus Analytic Approach  Anja Maria Pesch 13 Studies of Child Perspectives in Methodology and Practice with ‘Osallisuus’ as a Finnish Approach to Children’s Reciprocal Cultural Participation  Liisa Karlsson 14 Global Paradoxes and Provocations in Education: Exploring Sustainable Futures for Children and Youth  Jorunn Spord Borgen and Elin Eriksen Ødegaard Index

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates and uncover paradoxes and ambivalences that are actualised when seeking to make the right choices in the best interests of the child. The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child established a milestone for the 20th century. Many of these ideas still stand, but time calls for new reflections, empirical descriptions and knowledge as provided in this book. Special attention is directed to the conceptualisation of children and childhood cultures, the missing voices of infants and fragile children, as well as transformations during times of globalisation and change. All chapters contribute to understand and discuss aspects of societal demands and cultural conditions for modern-day children age 0–18, accompanied by pointers to their future. Contributors are: Eli Kristin Aadland, Wenche Bjorbækmo, Jorunn Spord Borgen, Gunn Helene Engelsrud, Kristin Vindhol Evensen, Eldbjørg Fossgard, Liv Torunn Grindheim, Asle Holthe, Liisa Karlsson, Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, Jonatan Leer, Ida Marie Lyså, Elin Eriksen Ødegaard, Czarecah Tuppil Oropilla, Susanne Højlund Pedersen, Anja Maria Pesch, Karen Klitgaard Povlsen, Gro Rugseth, Pauline von Bonsdorff, Hege Wergedahl and Susanne C. Ylönen.Table of ContentsForeword  Gunn Helene Engelsrud Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors 1 Introducing Childhood Cultures in Transformation  Elin Eriksen Ødegaard and Jorunn Spord Borgen 2 In the Best Interests of the Child: From the Century of the Child to the Century of Sustainability  Liv Torunn Grindheim, Jorunn Spord Borgen and Elin Eriksen Ødegaard 3 On Equal Terms? On Implementing Infants’ Cultural Rights  Pauline von Bonsdorff 4 Children with Severe, Multiple Disabilities: Interplaying Beings, Communicative Becomings  Kristin Vindhol Evensen 5 Spaces for Transitions in Intergenerational Childhood Experiences  Czarecah Oropilla 6 Managing Risk and Balancing Minds: Transforming the Next Generation through ‘Frustration Education’  Ida Marie Lyså 7 Children’s Food Choices during Kindergarten Meals  Hege Wergedahl, Eldbjørg Fossgard, Eli Kristin Aadland and Asle Holthe 8 Children, Food and Digital Media: Questions, Challenges and Methodologies  Karen Klitgaard Povlsen, Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, Jonatan Leer and Susanne Højlund 9 ‘Children at Risk’ in Public Health Policy: What Is at Risk?  Jorunn Spord Borgen, Gro Rugseth and Wenche S. Bjorbækmo 10 ‘Childish’ beyond Age: Reconceptualising the Aesthetics of Resistance  Susanne C. Ylönen 11 Approaching Agency in Intra-Activities  Liv Torunn Grindheim 12 Studying Families’ and Teachers’ Multilingual Practices and Ideologies in Kindergartens: A Nexus Analytic Approach  Anja Maria Pesch 13 Studies of Child Perspectives in Methodology and Practice with ‘Osallisuus’ as a Finnish Approach to Children’s Reciprocal Cultural Participation  Liisa Karlsson 14 Global Paradoxes and Provocations in Education: Exploring Sustainable Futures for Children and Youth  Jorunn Spord Borgen and Elin Eriksen Ødegaard Index

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Book SynopsisChinese in Dubai offers the first book-length study of the experiences of overseas Chinese living in the most prominent global city in the Arabian Gulf and the broader Middle East region. Evolving around three themes—money, pride, and spirituality, this book delineates the changing shape of Chinese spaces in metropolitan Dubai, explicates how a frontier mentality affects intergroup relations, identity construction, and religious experiences in the Chinese diaspora. It documents how the Chinese make sense of their struggles, sufferings, prosperity, and success in relation to Dubai’s fast changing social environment. This book is a timely endeavour to gauge the implications of a rising China and the shifting patterns of the international economic and political order for the global Chinese diaspora.Trade Review"This rich and insightful book goes beyond the conventional state-centric narratives that dominate contemporary discussions on Sino-Gulf relations. It provides an in-depth look into the history of the Chinese diasporic community in Dubai, its dynamic cultural and religious life, and the “frontier mentality” it has cultivated in coping with a cosmopolitan yet alien Muslim environment. It contributes to our understanding of the human dimension underpinning China’s evolving footprint in the Middle East." Mohammed Al-Sudairi, The University of Hong Kong & King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia “Dr. Wang offers a landmark study of the Chinese community in Dubai. She gives us a clear and compelling insider's look into the lives of the Chinese in Dubai, who survive and thrive there with their "frontier mentality." This book is absolute required reading for anyone wishing to understand new Asian migration to the Global South.” Carolyn Chen, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California at Berkeley "This is a clearly conceived, well organized, painstakingly researched, and carefully written work. The author pursues ideas that are seldom treated in great depth or at book length. Her approach is sensitive to the history of its main case, yet it is also thoroughly up-to-the-minute in its implications for diplomacy, policy, and planning. The ethnographic observations transport the reader in and through the lives of the Chinese minority in Dubai. Specialists in religion will be pleased to discover not one but two analyses of spiritual striving in the Chinese community. The first discusses the yearning among some Chinese migrants for religious meaning amid conditions of cultural dislocation and economic abundance, while the second examines the strategic social position of Chinese Muslims in Dubai as non-Arab co-religionists of the host Emiratis." Kevin J. Christiano, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame “Yuting Wang’s path-breaking book enters a realm which, surprisingly, has seldom been touched upon before. China’s burgeoning engagement in the Global South is well-known, but the lived experience of those Chinese forming the human presence of that engagement has remained largely undocumented. Wang brings a radical end to this neglect. Her experience as part of the local Chinese community in Dubai adds a dimension of perception which few other academics can have. The book combines deep insight with objective and judicious assessment.” Tim Niblock, Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University & Emeritus Professor at University of Exeter Chinese in Dubai is a seminal study of the Chinese diaspora in Dubai, UAE. This book is a much-needed pioneering study that makes important contributions to global migration studies, urban sociology, and the sociology of religion. Brandon Vaidyanathan, Chair and Associate Professor of Sociology at The Catholic University of America “This is the first scholarly study of the Chinese community in Dubai. It provides fascinating stories through ethnographic observations and in-depth interviews, and aptly situates them in social, political, cultural, and global contexts. The “frontier mentality” of the modern-day Chinese migrants in this global frontier, where the Muslim Middle East, the West, the Global South, and the Global East intersect, offers an intriguing interpretation of the social and spiritual life there. Readers may find resonances of meaning-making in a place of permanent impermanence. It is very readable and highly recommended.” Fenggang Yang, Professor of Sociology & Director of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society, Purdue UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgement List of Figures and Tables Introduction: Entering the Frontier of Overseas Chinese Studies  1 Shaking Hands with the Chinese: Dubai’s Eastward Turn to China  2 Studying Overseas Chinese in Dubai: Developing a Conceptual Framework  3 Conducting Ethnography on Overseas Chinese in Dubai: Methodological Consideration  4 Structure of the Book 1 Destination Dubai: from a Fishing Village to a Global City  1 The Humble Beginning  2 Pre-Oil Economy: Pearling and Trade  3 The Discovery of Oil and the Birth of a Nation  4 The Making of a Global City: Economic Diversification and Branding Dubai  5 Dubai as a City of Migrants  6 Staying ahead of the Game: Dubai’s Answers to Regional Instability  7 Turning toward the East  8 Happiness as the Ultimate Indictor of Development  9 Conclusion 2 The Making of Chinese Spaces in Dubai: Nasser Square, Dragon Mart, and Beyond  1 Early Presence: from Pilgrims to Traders  2 Global Trade and the Formation of Chinatowns in Dubai  3 Beyond Chinatown: Economic Diversification and New Chinese Spaces in a Global City  4 Caveats in the Study of Overseas Chinese in Dubai 3 Being Chinese in Dubai: Pride, Prejudice, and the Frontier Mentality  1 Facing Stereotypes: the Good, Bad, and Ugly  2 Unpacking Stereotypes: Compounding Factors  3 Meet the Chinese in Dubai: a Diverse Community  4 Frontier Mentality: Finding Pride and Fighting Prejudice  5 Conclusion: Knocking on the Door of the Mainstream 4 Soul-Searching: Diverse Religious Experiences among Overseas Chinese in Dubai  1 Changing Religiosity among Chinese Migrants  2 Studying Chinese Religious Conversion: from Personal Bonds to Social Contexts  3 Becoming Muslim: Acculturation and Conversion  4 Choosing Christianity over Islam: Cultural and Institutional Factors  5 Making Buddhist Space in Dubai: Beyond Orthodoxy and Orthopraxy  6 Soul-Searching in the Desert: Similarities and Variations 5 Chinese Muslims in Dubai: from Middlemen Minority to Cultural Ambassador  1 The Double Marginality of Chinese Hui Muslims  2 Cultural Exchange as a Vocation: the Prototype of a Model Minority  3 Chinese Emirati: from Margin to Center  4 Being the Good Citizen in Dubai: from Middleman to Cultural Ambassador  5 Conclusion: the Making of China’s “Good Muslims” in Dubai 6 China’s “Soft Power” and the Future of the Chinese Community in Dubai  1 “Chinese Fever” and the Education Dilemma of Chinese Expatriates in Dubai  2 China’s Soft Power in the United Arab Emirates  3 Conclusion Conclusion: The Chinese in Dubai: toward a New Direction in Overseas Chinese Studies Epilogue Appendix References

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Book SynopsisIn Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the “Others” in modern Shiʿism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of modern Shiʿi identity and place in the world. Among these others, which have transformed into "enemies" in the modern period are the West, apostates, Wahhabism, Jews, Baha'is and feminism. Looking at the rhetorical themes that Shiʿi writers use, the book demonstrates the contrast between the collective positive “We” and the negative threatening "Other" as a major principle in the evolution of Shiʻism as the minority branch of Islam. It offers a complex view of Shiʿi identity combining a sense of victimhood and insecurity together with conviction of intellectual and moral superiority and long-term triumph.

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Book SynopsisSenior scholars of Islamic studies and the anthropology of Islam gather in this volume to pay tribute to one of the giants of the field, Dale F. Eickelman. In diversely arrayed, rigorous and compelling chapters, leading historians, anthropologists, and political scientists elaborate through their own original research on Dale’s unique contributions to the study of the modern Muslim world. Eickelman’s reflections on the diverse intellectual traditions of Muslim societies and the scholars and laypersons who enact them remain defining as a framework for intellectual inquiry into the modern Muslim world and the profound changes that are transpiring within it. Contributors are Jon W. Anderson, el-Sayed el-Aswad, Simeon Evstatiev, Allen James Fromherz, Harvey E. Goldberg, Gilles Kepel, Mandana Limbert, Simon O’Meara, Abdelrhani Moundib, Muhammad Khalid Masud, Nadav Samin, Susan Slyomovics, Jenny White and Muhammad Qasim Zaman.Table of ContentsPreface  Nadav Samin Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Dale Eickelman on Knowledge, Authority and Change   Allen James Fromherz PART 1 Knowledge 1 An Anthropologist’s “Day in (Rabbinical) Court” in Late Ottoman Tripoli   Harvey E. Goldberg 2 Islamic Education in Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century India   Muhammad Qasim Zaman 3 Interpretive Anthropology and Islam in Morocco: A Comparison between Geertz and Eickelman   Abdelrhani Moundib 4 Out of Sight in Morocco, or How to See the Jinn in the Modern-day Museum   Simon O’Meara PART 2 Authority 5 Rethinking New Media in the Public Sphere: Beyond the Freedom Paradox   Jon W. Anderson 6 New Moroccan Publics: Prisons, Cemeteries and Human Remains   Susan Slyomovics 7 Rethinking Knowledge and Power Hierarchy in the Muslim World   el-Sayed el-Aswad 8 Salafism as a Contested Concept   Simeon Evstatiev PART 3 Change 9 Religiosity, Men of Learning, and Oil Wealth in the Land of the Imamate   Mandana Limbert 10 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Turkish   Jenny White 11 The Radicalization of Islam in Germany   Gilles Kepel 12 Madrasas Promoting Social Harmony? Debates over the Role of Madrasa Education in Pakistan   Muhammad Khalid Masud  Dale F. Eickelman’s Publications  Index

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Book SynopsisThousands of diverse museums, including art galleries and heritage sites, exist around the world today and they draw millions of people, audiences who come to view the exhibitions and artefacts and equally importantly, to learn from them about the world and themselves. This makes museums active public educators who imagine, visualise, represent and story the past and the present with the specific aim of creating knowledge. Problematically, the visuals and narratives used to inform visitors are never neutral. Feminist cultural and adult education studies have shown that all too frequently they include epistemologies of mastery that reify the histories and deeds of ‘great men.' Despite pressures from feminist scholars and professionals, normative public museums continue to be rife with patriarchal ideologies that hide behind referential illusions of authority and impartiality to mask the many problematic ways gender is represented and interpreted, the values imbued in those representations and interpretations and their complicity in the cancellation of women’s stories in favour of conventional masculine historical accounts that shore up male superiority, entitlement, privilege, and dominance. Feminist Critique and the Museum: Educating for a Critical Consciousness problematises museums as it illustrates ways they can be become pedagogical spaces of possibility. This edited volume showcases the imaginative social critique that can be found in feminist exhibitions, and the role that women’s museums around the world are attempting to play in terms of transforming our understandings of women, gender, and the potential of museums to create inclusive narratives.Table of ContentsIntroduction  Kathy Sanford, Darlene Clover, Nancy Taber and Sarah Williamson PART 1: Stories Museums Tell: Language, Discourse and Representation 1 Toward a Racialised Gendered Museum Literacy  Lisa R. Merriweather 2 Infinitely Obscure Lives: Depictions of Women at a US Historic Site  Micki Voelkel and Shelli Henehan 3 Fashioning Women, Defrocking Patriarchy: Exhibition Stories  Darlene Clover and Kathy Sanford 4 Hacking Language: Critical Engagement with Curatorial Statements  Kathy Sanford and Darlene Clover 5 An Exploration of Discourses on Niagara Falls: Feminist Praxis in the Exhibition 1779  Ash Grover 6 Signs Images Words from 1968: From Duoethnographic Enquiry to a Dialogic Pedagogy  Laura Formenti, Silvia Luraschi and Gaia Del Negro PART 2: On War, Peace and Human Rights: Feminist Perspectivising 7 Whose (Military) Heritage? A Feminist Antimilitarist Analysis of Military Heritage Sites in Canada, England, and Europe  Nancy Taber 8 The Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace: Pedagogies of Possibility of Social and Historical Justice for “Comfort Women”  Sachiyo Tsukamoto and Sara C. Motta 9 Familiar Brushstrokes, Different Narratives: Re-Framing Embodiment and the Futurist Free-Word Aesthetic with Stories from Female Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces  Lauren Spring 10 Courage and Passion and World War Women: Interpreting Two Exhibitions on Women in Canada’s National Museums  Jennifer Thivierge 11 From Darkness to Light? Problematising Transformative Learning at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights  Monica Drenth PART 3: Illumination, Provocation, Imagination 12 ‘ArtActivistBarbie’: The A/r/tographic Re-Deployment of Barbie in Museums and Galleries as a Feminist Activist and Pedagogue  Sarah Williamson 13 The Critical Advocacies and Pedagogies of Women’s Museums  Astrid Schönweger and Darlene E. Clover 14 A Room of Her Own: Interrogating Gender in a Historic House Museum  Mary Pinkoski and Lianne McTavish 15 Cultures of Headscarves: Feminist Intercultural Adult Education through a Challenging Exhibition  Gaby Franger and Darlene E. Clover 16 The Invisibility Cloak: Unveiling the Absence of Women Artists in the Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea  Emília Ferreira, Joana d’Oliva Monteiro and Sílvia Prazeres Moreira Index

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Book SynopsisThousands of diverse museums, including art galleries and heritage sites, exist around the world today and they draw millions of people, audiences who come to view the exhibitions and artefacts and equally importantly, to learn from them about the world and themselves. This makes museums active public educators who imagine, visualise, represent and story the past and the present with the specific aim of creating knowledge. Problematically, the visuals and narratives used to inform visitors are never neutral. Feminist cultural and adult education studies have shown that all too frequently they include epistemologies of mastery that reify the histories and deeds of ‘great men.' Despite pressures from feminist scholars and professionals, normative public museums continue to be rife with patriarchal ideologies that hide behind referential illusions of authority and impartiality to mask the many problematic ways gender is represented and interpreted, the values imbued in those representations and interpretations and their complicity in the cancellation of women’s stories in favour of conventional masculine historical accounts that shore up male superiority, entitlement, privilege, and dominance. Feminist Critique and the Museum: Educating for a Critical Consciousness problematises museums as it illustrates ways they can be become pedagogical spaces of possibility. This edited volume showcases the imaginative social critique that can be found in feminist exhibitions, and the role that women’s museums around the world are attempting to play in terms of transforming our understandings of women, gender, and the potential of museums to create inclusive narratives.Table of ContentsIntroduction  Kathy Sanford, Darlene Clover, Nancy Taber and Sarah Williamson PART 1: Stories Museums Tell: Language, Discourse and Representation 1 Toward a Racialised Gendered Museum Literacy  Lisa R. Merriweather 2 Infinitely Obscure Lives: Depictions of Women at a US Historic Site  Micki Voelkel and Shelli Henehan 3 Fashioning Women, Defrocking Patriarchy: Exhibition Stories  Darlene Clover and Kathy Sanford 4 Hacking Language: Critical Engagement with Curatorial Statements  Kathy Sanford and Darlene Clover 5 An Exploration of Discourses on Niagara Falls: Feminist Praxis in the Exhibition 1779  Ash Grover 6 Signs Images Words from 1968: From Duoethnographic Enquiry to a Dialogic Pedagogy  Laura Formenti, Silvia Luraschi and Gaia Del Negro PART 2: On War, Peace and Human Rights: Feminist Perspectivising 7 Whose (Military) Heritage? A Feminist Antimilitarist Analysis of Military Heritage Sites in Canada, England, and Europe  Nancy Taber 8 The Women’s Active Museum on War and Peace: Pedagogies of Possibility of Social and Historical Justice for “Comfort Women”  Sachiyo Tsukamoto and Sara C. Motta 9 Familiar Brushstrokes, Different Narratives: Re-Framing Embodiment and the Futurist Free-Word Aesthetic with Stories from Female Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces  Lauren Spring 10 Courage and Passion and World War Women: Interpreting Two Exhibitions on Women in Canada’s National Museums  Jennifer Thivierge 11 From Darkness to Light? Problematising Transformative Learning at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights  Monica Drenth PART 3: Illumination, Provocation, Imagination 12 ‘ArtActivistBarbie’: The A/r/tographic Re-Deployment of Barbie in Museums and Galleries as a Feminist Activist and Pedagogue  Sarah Williamson 13 The Critical Advocacies and Pedagogies of Women’s Museums  Astrid Schönweger and Darlene E. Clover 14 A Room of Her Own: Interrogating Gender in a Historic House Museum  Mary Pinkoski and Lianne McTavish 15 Cultures of Headscarves: Feminist Intercultural Adult Education through a Challenging Exhibition  Gaby Franger and Darlene E. Clover 16 The Invisibility Cloak: Unveiling the Absence of Women Artists in the Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea  Emília Ferreira, Joana d’Oliva Monteiro and Sílvia Prazeres Moreira Index

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Book SynopsisInfluenced by anarchism and especially by the anarcho-syndicalist Georges Sorel, the political praxis of Peruvian activist and scholar José Carlos Mariátegui (1894–1930) deviated from the policies mandated by the Comintern. Mariátegui saw that new subjectivities would be required to bring about a revolution that would not recreate bourgeois or fascist structures. A new society, he argued, required a new culture. Thus, Mariátegui not only founded the Peruvian Socialist Party, but also created Amauta, a magazine that brought together the writings of the political and cultural avant-gardes. In the spirit of this approach, Bread and Beauty not only studies the political signifi cance of cultural habits and products; it also looks at the cultural underpinnings of the political proposals found in Mariátegui’s writings and actions.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Introduction  1 Mariátegui’s Reception in the English-Speaking World  2 Mariátegui in (Mostly) Latin America  3 On This Book 2 José Carlos Mariátegui: The Making of a Revolutionary in the Aristocratic Republic  1 Lima in the Early 1900s  2 Manuel González Prada and the Radicals  3 Colónida  4 A Sublime Dance  5 Turn Left  6 A Polemical Exile  7 Italy and Gramsci  8 Back to Peru and Death  9 After-Death and After-Life 3 Mariátegui, Sorel and Myth  1 Mariátegui and Sorel  2 The Myth in Sorel  3 Sorel in Mariátegui  4 Rational Irrationalism  5 Indigenous Cultures and the Myth  6 Conclusion 4 José Carlos Mariátegui: From Race to Culture  1 The Peruvian and International Context  2 The Discrediting of Racism  3 Mariátegui as Anti-racist  4 Conclusion 5 Mariátegui’s Cosmopolitan Nationalism  1 One World Not Three (or Two)  2 Making Peru Peruvian  3 A Brief Pre-history of Mariátegui’s Indigenismo  4 Thinking Globally, Writing Locally  5 The Nation as Myth  6 Conclusion 6 José Carlos Mariátegui and the Politics of Literature  1 Art, Revolution and Decadence  2 The Absolute in Bergson, Ibérico, and Mariátegui  3 Revolutionary Literature and Reality  4 On Chaplin  5 Literature on Trial  6 César Vallejo  7 Conclusion 7 José Carlos Mariátegui and the Culture of Politics  1 Mariátegui’s Anti-politics  2 Haya’s Impossible Candidacy  3 The New Spirit  4 The Platform of the Partido Nacionalista Libertador del Peru  5 Party Structure  6 Caudillismo or/and Fascism  7 Partido Socialista  8 Popular Fronts  9 Conclusion 8 Mariátegui and Argentina: Celebrating Buenos Aires, Criticising Communism  1 Buenos Aires and Mexico City as Cultural Meridians  2 Mestizo Argentina  3 Motley Crew  4 Defending Marxism  5 Defense of Heresy  6 Apologia pro vita sua  7 Amauta/Sur  8 Conclusion 9 Mariátegui and Che: Reflections on and around Walter Salles’s The Motorcycle Diaries  1 Hugo Pesce as Mediator  2 From Mariátegui to Che  3 The New Man  4 Mariátegui as a Founder of Discursivity  5 Conclusion: Mariátegui, Che and Borges 10 Epilogue: A Tale of Two Quijanos  1 The ‘Reencounter’  2 Mode of Production  3 Mariátegui’s Debates  4 Thirty Years Later  5 Mariátegui, Anti-Eurocentrism, and Modes of Production  6 Alternative Rationality  7 Quijano as the Paradigm  8 Conclusion: Mariátegui Unplugged Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWith Africa as its point of reference and departure, this volume examines why and how the two concepts – radicalisms and conservatisms – should not be taken as mere binaries around which to organize knowledge. It demonstrates that these concepts have multiple and diverse meanings as perceived and understood from different disciplinary vantage points, hence, the deliberate pluralization of the terms. The essays show what happens when one juxtaposes the two concepts and how they are easily intertwined when different peoples’ lived experiences of poverty, political and social alienation, education, intolerance, youth activism, social (in)justice, violence, etc. across the length and breadth of Africa are brought to bear on our understandings of these two particularisms. Contributors are: Adekunle Victor Owoyomi, Adeshina Francis Akindutire, Adewale O. Owoseni, Bright Nkrumah, Clement Chipenda, Ebenezer Babajide Ishola, Edwin Etieyibo, Israel Oberedjemurho Ugoma, Jonah Uyieh, Jonathan O. Chimakonam, Madina Tlostanova, Maduka Enyimba, Muchaparara Musemwa, Odirin Omiegbe, Obvious Katsaura, Olufunke Olufunsho Adegoke, Peter Kwaja, Philip Akporduado Edema, Tafadzwa Chevo, and Temitope Owolabi.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures, Maps and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction  Muchaparara Musemwa, Obvious Katsaura and Edwin Etieyibo PART 1: Conservatism, Radicalism and Politics 1 Beyond Conservatism and Radicalism? A Decolonial Glimpse into the Post-truth World  Madina Tlostanova 2 Moderating Conservatism and Radicalism in Post-colonial Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Objections and Clarifications through Conversational Thinking  Maduka Enyimba 3 Politics of the Countryside after Zimbabwe’s Land Reform Programme: Expectations and Demands of the Youth  Clement Chipenda 4 ‘Not Too Young to Run’ Law and Political Participation among Youths in Nigeria  Ebenezer Babajide Ishola 5 ‘Dirty-Relevance’ of Youths Culture in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic Politics: A Study of Delta and Lagos States  Jonah Uyieh 6 Political Opportunism: Populism as a New Political Tactic in South Africa  Bright Nkrumah PART 2: Social Justice and Poverty 7 Social Justice and Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria  Edwin Etieyibo 8 Poverty and Persons Living with Disabilities in Nigeria  Odirin Omiegbe 9 Poverty and Illicit Drug Use among Youths in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria  Adekunle Victor Owoyomi 10 The Politics of Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa  Jonathan O. Chimakonam 11 Informality, Marginality and the State: A Case Study of Low-Income Households in Budiriro, Harare, Zimbabwe  Tafadzwa Chevo PART 3: Marginalization, Terrorism and Intolerance 12 Intolerance: The Activities of Ethnic Militias in Nigeria  Adeshina Francis Akindutire 13 A Complementarity Reflection on Human Interest and Common Good in Africa: Examples of Nigeria’s Ghana-Must-Go and South Africa’s Xenophobia  Phillip A. Edema and Adewale O. Owoseni 14 Boko Haram Terrorism and Out-of-School Children in North East Nigeria  Temitope Owolabi PART 4: Minorities and Education 15 Academic Abuse and Violence against Students in Delta State, Nigeria and Its Impact on Their Learning Behavior  Israel Oberedjemurho Ugoma 16 Effects of Lessons on Empathic Responding and Perception on Conflict Reduction among Secondary School Adolescents  Peter Kwaja 17 Ethical Dimensions in Research: Informed Consent and Female Gender in Nigeria  Olufunke Olufunsho Adegoke Index

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Book SynopsisIn Freedom through Submission Johannes Renders explores Danish-Muslim statements on human freedom. Within a context where public talk of Islam is largely mediated by an incessant succession of controversies, the notion of freedom is weaponized both by and against a growing Muslim community. Danish Muslims take issue with liberal associations of the notion with autonomy and choice, and seek to reconfigure the public debate that pits freedom against Islam. This book brings out a sophisticated and reflective Muslim discourse, in which freedom is something individuals must simultaneously exercise, surrender, and achieve through a cultivated relinquishing of the will to Allah.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Transliteration, Translation, and Dates List of Figures Introduction  1 An Ethnography of Muslim-Talk on Freedom  2 An Anthropology of Religious Discourse 1 Is This Really Freedom?  1 Questioning  2 Resistance  3 Redefinition 2 Allah Named Himself  1 Ineffable and Perfect  2 Willing and Knowing  3 Planning and Attracting 3 Willing Submission  1 Always Surrounded  2 Willingly Surrendered  3 Already Muslim 4 Everything Is for Allah  1 Worship-Subjection  2 Spiritual Combat  3 Knowing-Belief 5 This Is Real Freedom!  1 Emancipation from Authority  2 Liberation through Authority  3 Iterative Choice Conclusion  1 Freedom as Submission  2 Freedom as Fantasy  3 Freedom as Promise Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChinese Families Upside Down offers the first systematic account of how intergenerational dependence is redefining the Chinese family. The authors make a collective effort to go beyond the conventional model of filial piety to explore the rich, nuanced, and often unexpected new intergenerational dynamics. Supported by ethnographic findings from the latest field research, novel interpretations of neo-familism address critical issues from fresh perspectives, such as the ambivalence in grandparenting, the conflicts between individual and family interests, the remaking of the moral self in the face of family crises, and the decisive influence of the Chinese state on family change. The book is an essential read for scholars and students of China studies in particular and for those who are interested in the present-day family and kinship in general.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction  The Inverted Family, Post- Patriarchal Intergenerationality and Neo-Familism 1   Yunxiang Yan 2 “We Do”  Parental Involvement in the Marriages of Urban Sons and Daughters   Deborah S. Davis 3 The “Leftover” Majority  Why Urban Men and Women Born under China’s One- Child Policy Remain Unmarried through Age 27   Vanessa L. Fong, Greene Ko, Cong Zhang, and Sung won Kim 4 United in Suffering  Rural Grandparents and the Intergenerational Contributions of Care   Erin Thomason 5 Floating Grandparents  Rethinking Family Obligation and Intergenerational Support   Xiaoying Qi 6 Families Under (Peer) Pressure  Self-Advocacy and Ambivalence among Women in Collective Dance Groups 123   Claudia Huang 7 Intimate Power  Intergenerational Cooperation and Conflicts in Childrearing among Urban Families   Suowei Xiao 8 Losing an Only Child  Parental Grief among China’s Shidu Parents   Lihong Shi 9 The Chinese Proto Neo-Family Configuration  A Historical Ethnography   William Jankowiak 10 The Statist Model of Family Policy Making   Yunxiang Yan 11 Three Discourses on Neo-Familism   Yunxiang Yan Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of critical theorizing reflects the lived experiences of racialized Asian-Canadian contributors. Grounded in theory and history, these essays illuminate pathways to better understand Asian-ness in contemporary Canada. These academics provide fresh perspectives on Asian Canadian exclusion, examine new spaces for critical resistance, and navigate the challenges of identity formation across racial, cultural, and national boundaries.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction   Rose Ann Torres, Kailan Leung and Vania Soepriatna PART 1 Theorizing Asian Canada 1 Critical Reflexivity  Re-imagining Asian Canada   Rose Ann Torres and Dionisio Nyaga 2 Mixture and Movement  Reflections on Identity, Power and Border Crossing through the Process of Currere   Kailan Leung 3 Transnational Labour Migration of Filipino Nurses to Canada  An Organized Historical, Institutional and Social Process   Valerie G. Damasco 4 Theorizing Asian Canada   Rose Ann Torres PART 2  Race, Gender, Multiculturalism, Work 5 South Asian Women Migrants Living in Canadabr/>  Prospects and Challenges in the Labor Market   Sarah Alam 6 Unmapping Diasporic Pilipina Geographies   Rose Ann Torres and Dionisio Nyaga 7 Reciprocity Policies and Institutional Practices as Exclusionary Exceptions  Filipino Nurses as Recruited and Excluded Subjects   Valerie G. Damasco 8 OutsourcEd  International Practicums as Responses to Internationalization in Canadian Teacher Education   Kailan Leung 9 Why I Don’t Talk about Being Filipino (I Think)   Wallis Caldoza (in thought with Peyton Caldoza) PART 3  Citizenship, Multiculturalism, Culture, Identity 10 The Multicultural Façade  A Colonial Performance of Diversity in Canada and Indonesia   Vania Soepriatna 11 Impact and Implications of Rap and Hip-Hop Music as a Form of Resistance   Juanna Nguyen 12 “L’Autore Ha Musicato Fin Qui, Poi è Morto”   Allison Lam 13 South Asian Representations in the Media  Repetition or Progress?   Syed Fahad Ali 14 The Fallacy of Native-Speakerism in English Language Education   Jasmine Pham PART 4 Community Resistance and Activism> 15 Feminization of Pandemics  Experiences of Filipino Women in the Health Care System   Rose Ann Torres 16 Multiculturalism  A Case for Continued Resistance for Space for Race   Tika Ram Thapa 17 Brokering Belonging, Shattering Silence and Interrogating Resistances   Grace Garlow 18 Filipina Activism from a Transnational Theoretical Framework   Rose Ann Torres 19 Framework for Developing Resilience among Filipino-Canadian Youth during the Covid-19 Pandemic   Valerie G. Damasco and Rose Ann Torres Index

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Book SynopsisCentred on the socio-economic life of Ottoman Anatolia, this volume examines aspects of production, local and international trade, consumption and the role of the state, both at a local and a central level. Based on a wide array of data and adopting a variety of approaches, chapters range from the macro to the micro, from the overview of Anatolian economic resources to the in-depth examination of the petition language of provincial economic actors. Making a Living in Ottoman Anatolia thus offers the reader an entrée into the rich and varied socio-economic life of a central region of the Ottoman empire. Contributors are Marc Aymes, Ebru Boyar, Metin Coşgel, Suraiya Faroqhi, Kate Fleet, Elena Frangakis-Syrett, Yonca Köksal, Mehmet Öz, Mehmet Polatel and Sadullah Yıldırım.Trade Review‘This volume compellingly demonstrates the capaciousness of Ottoman economic history today. The contributions it contains enrich our understanding of a field of enquiry where so much remains to be done.’ Caroline Finkel in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 85, Issue 1, February 2022, pp. 125-127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X22000362Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations and Tables Contributors 1 An Overview of Economic Life in Ottoman Anatolia  Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet 2 Agricultural Production in Central Anatolia in the Classical Ottoman Period: an Investigation into the Sancaks of Aksaray, Ankara, Bozok and Çankırı  Mehmet Öz 3 The Economic Geography of Ottoman Anatolia: People, Places, and Political Economy around 1530  Metin Coşgel and Sadullah Yıldırım 4 Turkish-Genoese Trade in Northern Anatolia c. 1300–1461  Kate Fleet 5 Production and Trade of Cotton in Ottoman Western Anatolia c. 1700–1914  Elena Frangakis-Syrett 6 Working, Marketing and Consuming Ottoman Copper – with a Special Emphasis on Female Involvement  Suraiya Faroqhi 7 The Cihanbeyli and the Sheep Trade: from Provisionism and Semi-Nomadism to Liberal Economy and Sedentarisation  Yonca Köksal and Mehmet Polatel 8 The Draw of the Lottery: Piyango, Profit and Politics in Early Twentieth-Century İzmir  Ebru Boyar 9 The Fabric of Nizam: Uncertainty and the Activation of Economic Norms in Nineteenth-Century Provincial Contexts  Marc Aymes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Histoires hafsides, Sébastien Garnier studies the ifrīqiyan historiography of the Restoration (1370-1488). He provides the translation of key-texts, then explores the polity and the discourses generated to its legitimisation. Dans Histoires hafsides, Sébastien Garnier étudie l’historiographie ifrīqiyenne de la Restauration (1370-1488). Il fournit la traduction de textes-clefs, puis examine le pouvoir politique et les discours suscités pour le légitimer.Table of ContentsRemerciements Table des Illustrations et Tableaux Introduction  1 La recherche sur l’ époque hafside : monographies et études  2 Les wulāt al-amr : faits et « gestes » Partie 1 Matériaux historiographiques 1 Les écrits d’ Ibn al-Šammāʿ  1 Les Adilla  2 Une autre Histoire d’ [Ibn] al-Šammāʿ  3 Éléments biographiques concernant [Ibn] al-Šammāʿ  4 Résumé 2 L’ historiographie hafside  1 Cadrage historique  2 Une écriture non dynastique ?  3 L’ élaboration tardive d’ une épopée officielle : la Restauration (après 772/1370)  4 Remarques méthodologiques  5 Résumé Partie 2 L’ exercice du pouvoir 3 La transmission du pouvoir  1 Introduction : éléments théoriques  2 Le temps des gouverneurs : entre est et ouest  3 Le temps des sultans : frères et fils en chiens de faïence  4 Hypothèses sur les modes de dévolution  5 Résumé 4 Les transformations du pouvoir  1 Émirat et califat : des réponses géopolitiques  2 La Restauration ou ruǧūʿ al-dawla l-ḥafṣiyya  3 La titulature hafside : éléments de réflexion  4 Résumé Partie 3 L’ écriture du pouvoir 5 Avant de lire les Adilla  1 Le titre  2 L’ avant-propos  3 L’ introduction  4 De certains aspects formels  5 Résumé 6 La légitimation  1 Un héritage : le droit du passé  2 Des actes : le droit du présent  3 L’ ennemi : les ʿarab  4 Résumé Conclusion  1 Synthèse  2 Perspectives Ibn al-Šammāʿ, al-Adilla  1 Avant-propos  2 Traduction Ibn al-Šammāʿ, Fī ʿadad  1 Traduction  2 Les apports et variantes du Fī ʿadad Un « petit » Dawlatayn  1 Avant-propos  2 Traduction Ibn al-Šammāʿ, Miscellanées  1 Les emprunts attestés des Ḥulal aux Adilla  2 Ibn al-Šammāʿ confondu avec le Dawlatayn  3 Ibn al-Šammāʿ exhumé du Ḥulal Bibliographie Index

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Book SynopsisWhy have Asian states – colonial and independent – imprisoned people on a massive scale in detention camps? How have detainees experienced the long months and years of captivity? And what does the creation of camps and the segregation of people in them mean for society as a whole? This ambitious book surveys the systems of detention camps set up in Asia from the beginning of the 20th century in The Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Malaya, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Timor, Korea and China.

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Book SynopsisAlexander Bogdanov (1873–1928) wrote the articles in this volume in the years before and during the Revolution of 1905 when he was co-leader, with V.I. Lenin, of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, and was active in the revolution and the struggle against Marxist revisionism. In these pieces, Bogdanov defends the principles of revolutionary Social-Democracy on the basis of a neutral monist philosophy (empiriomonism), the idea of the invariable regularity of nature, and the use of the principle of selection to explain social development. The articles in On the Psychology of Society (1904/06) discredit the neo-Kantian philosophy of Russia’s Marxist revisionists, rebut their critique of historical materialism, and develop the idea that labour technology determines social consciousness. New World (1905) envisions how humankind will develop under socialism, and Bogdanov’s contributions to Studies in the Realist Worldview (1904/05) defend the labour theory of value and criticise neo-Kantian sociology.Table of ContentsTranslator’s Introduction Part 1 On the Psychology of Society From the Author 1 In the Field of View 2 What Is Idealism? 3 The Development of Life in Nature and in Society 4 Authoritarian Thinking 5 A New Middle Ages: On Problems of Idealism 6 A New Middle Ages: On the Benefit of Knowledge 7 A New Middle Ages: Echoes of the Past 8 A New Middle Ages: A Philosophical Nightmare 9 Revolution and Philosophy Part 2 New World From the Author 10 The Integration of Humankind 11 Norms and Goals of Life 12 The Accursed Questions of Philosophy Part 3 Studies in the Realist Worldview Introduction to the First Edition Introduction to the Second Edition 13 Exchange and Technology 14 Legal Society and Labour Society Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMaritime spaces are socially constructed by humans and refer to seas and islands, coasts, port cities and villages, as well as ships and other human-made marine structures. Social interaction with marine environments and living beings, e.g. in a symbolic, cultural or economic manner, has led to the emergence of spatial structures which affect the knowledge, beliefs, meanings and obstinately patterns. Those structures shape mutual expectations of human beings and form the perception, imagination, or memory of inhabitants of maritime spaces. They enable or restrict human action, construct people’s everyday life, their norms and values, and are changeable. Contributors include: Jan Asmussen, Robert Bartłomiejski, Benjamin Bowles, Isabel Duarte, Eduardo Sarmento Ferreira, Rita Grácio, Marie C. Grasmeier, Karolina Izdebska, Seung Kuk Kim, Arkadiusz Kołodziej, Agnieszka Kołodziej-Durnaś, Maciej Kowalewski, Urszula Kozłowska, Ulrike Kronfeld-Goharani, Rute Muchacho, Giacomo Orsini, Włodzimierz Karol Pessel, Célia Quico, Harini Sivalingam, Joana Sousa, Frank Sowa, Nuno Cintra Torres, and Günter Warsewa.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors Thinking Maritime Spaces Sociologically: An Introduction Agnieszka Kołodziej-Durnaś, Frank Sowa, and Marie C. Grasmeier Part One: Conceptualising Maritime Sociologies 1. Maritime Sociology in the Making Arkadiusz Kołodziej and Agnieszka Kołodziej-Durnaś 2. Toward an Ocean of Hybridisation: East Asian Connections Seung Kuk Kim Part Two: Port Cities 3. Port Cities as Urban Assemblages. Bringing Actor-Network Theory to Maritime Sociology Robert Bartłomiejski and Maciej Kowalewski 4. Maritime Identities in Western Baltic Port Cities Jan Asmussen 5. Local Culture and the Postindustrial Transformation of the Port-City Günter Warsewa 6. When The Sea Comes to the City. The Case of Polish Port Elbląg Włodzimierz Karol Pessel Part Three: Sea and Culture 7. On Maritime Culture: Interpretations, Scope of Impact, and Controversies Arkadiusz Kołodziej 8. Portuguese Sea Museums and the Communication of Maritime Heritage in the 21st Century Rita Grácio, Nuno Cintra Torres, Isabel Duarte, Célia Quico, Rute Muchacho, and Eduardo Sarmento Ferreira 9. The Specificity of Maritime Culture. Monuments and Anti-monuments of Urban Spaces a Testimony to the Maritime Character of the City of Szczecin Karolina Izdebska and Urszula Kozłowska Part Four: Water as Home and Road 10. The Linear Village? Chasing “Community” amongst Boat Dwellers on the Waterways of South East England Benjamin Bowles 11. The Ship as a Postcolonial Space Marie C. Grasmeier Part Five: Ecology, Economy and Society 12. Farming Rice at the Margins in West Africa Joana Sousa 13. The Staged World of the Cruise Ship Ulrike Kronfeld‐Goharani 14. Boat Migrants: Hyper-visible and (yet) Invisible. On Security, Racism, and Maritime Migration to Canada Giacomo Orsini and Harini Sivalingam Index

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Book SynopsisYouth studies in Latin America and Spain face numerous challenges. This book delves into youth experiences in the 21st century, shaped by complex and pressing issues: the surge of youth cultures and groups, visual images of youth throughout time, and fragmented youth experiences in radically unequal societies. It analyzes young people as precarious natives in global capitalism and labor uncertainty, juvenicide, feminist discourse, social networks, intimacy and sexual affection among young people in a context of growing claims of gender equality. Also included are rural and indigenous youth as political actors, the actions of young political activists within government administrations, the experience of youth migration and empowerment, and young people dealing with the digital world. How have youth studies approached these issues in Latin America and Spain? Which were the main developments and transformations in this research field over the past years? Where is it heading? Contributors are: Jorge Benedicto, Maritza Urteaga, Dolores Rocca, José Antonio Pérez Islas, Juan Carlos Revilla, Mariano Urraco, Almudena Moreno, Óscar Aguilera, Marcela Saá, Rafael Merino, Ana Miranda, Carles Feixa, Gonzalo Saraví, Antonio Santos-Ortega, David Muñoz-Rodríguez, Arantxa Grau-Muñoz, José Manuel Valenzuela, Silvia Elizalde, Mónica Figueras, Mittzy Arciniega, Nele Hansen, Tanja Strecker, Elisa G. de Castro, Melina Vázquez, René Unda, Daniel Llanos, Sonia Páez de la Torre, Pere Soler, Daniel Calderón, and Stribor Kuric.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors  Introduction Studying Young People’s Lives, Understanding Complex and Diverse Societies   Jorge Benedicto and Maritza Urteaga part 1 Youth Studies in Latin America and Spain: Multiple Perspectives, Multiple Contexts   Jorge Benedicto 1 Game of Glances Review of Youth Research in Latin America   José Antonio Pérez Islas 2 40 Years of Youth Studies in Spain and Their Contribution to Social Images of Youth   Juan Carlos Revilla and Mariano Urraco 3 The Current Theoretical Debates in Comparative Research on Young People A European Perspective   Almudena Moreno 4 Youth Images Visual Images, Representations and Imaginaries of Young People   Óscar Aguilera and Marcela Saá part 2 The Life of Young People in Complex and Unequal Societies   Maritza Urteaga 5 Youth as Transition Theoretical and Methodological Contributions to the Youth Study Field in Latin America and Spain   Rafael Merino and Ana Miranda 6 Youth Cultures and Identities The Surfaces of the Underground   Carles Feixa 7 The Fragmentation of Youth Experience Social Inequality and Everyday Life in Urban Latin America   Gonzalo Saraví 8 Precarious Natives New Profiles of Precarious Young People in the Flexible Economies   Antonio Santos-Ortega, David Muñoz-Rodríguez and Arantxa Grau-Muñoz 9 Iuvenis Sacer The Systematic Murder of Young People in Latin America   José Manuel Valenzuela 10 Gender Relationships and Sexual Affection between Young People Reflections from the Argentine Case   Silvia Elizalde part 3 Diversity and Youth Agency: Young People as Actors in Society   Jorge Benedicto and Dolores Rocca 11 Young Women as Social Actors Participation in Cultural Groups and the Feminist Empowerment of Young People in Catalonia (Spain)   Mònica Figueras, Mittzy Arciniega, Nele Hansen and Tanja Strecker 12 Rural Youth A Political Actor of Social Movements in Brazil and its Impact on Youth Policies   Elisa Guaraná 13 Young Political Activists in Government-Supporting Organizations Argentina from a Regional Perspective   Melina Vázquez and Dolores Rocca 14 Kichwa Indigenous Youth from Ecuador Conditions and Context of their Youth Agency   René Unda and Daniel Llanos 15 Migration and Youth Empowerment The Migration Experience of Young Latin Americans to Catalonia   Sonia Páez de la Torre and Pere Soler 16 Youth in the Digital World Dispositions and Experiences of Internet Use   Daniel Calderón and Stribor Kuric   Afterword Young People and Covid-19: Some Thoughts about a Very Near Future   Jorge Benedicto, Maritza Urteaga and Dolores Rocca Index

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Book SynopsisIs there a “return to the religious” in post-Communist Eastern Europe that differs from religious trends in the West and the Middle East? Looking beyond immediate events, this book situates public talk about religion and religious practice in the longue durée of the two entangled pasts —Byzantine and Ottoman—that implicitly underpin contemporary politics. Islam, Christianity, and Secularism situates Bulgaria in its wider region, indicating ongoing Middle Eastern, Russian, and other European influences shaping patterns of religious identity. The chapters point to overlapping and complementary views of ethno-religious belonging and communal practices among Orthodox Christians and Muslims throughout the region. Contributors are Dale F. Eickelman, Simeon Evstatiev, Kristen Ghodsee, Galina Evstatieva, Ilia Iliev, Daniela Kalkandjieva, Plamen Makariev, Momchil Metodiev, Daria Oreshina, Ivan Zabaev and Angeliki Ziaka.Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration List of Figures Notes on Contributors  Introduction On the Eastern Edge of Europe: Christianity, Islam, and the Bulgarian Political Imagination   Dale F. Eickelman and Simeon Evstatiev part 1 Secularism in Bulgaria and Its Region 1 Byzantine and Ottoman Pasts, Modern Politics Religious Belongings and Balkan Secularities   Simeon Evstatiev and Dale F. Eickelman 2 Regulating Religious Freedoms in the 21st Century Nationality, Religion, and Symphonic Secularism   Kristen Ghodsee 3 Salafism Is Coming “Balkan” versus “Arab” Islam in Bulgaria under Milletic Secularism   Simeon Evstatiev part 2 Christian and Muslim Men and Women under State Atheism and Postsocialist Secularism 4 Symbols and Identity in Bulgaria Parallels between Communist Atheism and Western Secularism   Momchil Metodiev 5 Caesar and God in the Public Sphere Religious and Secular Discourse in Post-Atheist Bulgaria   Daniela Kalkandjieva 6 The Hijab in Contemporary Bulgaria Muslim Views on Veiling   Galina Evstatieva 7 Fasting and Aging in a Bulgarian Muslim Community   Ilia Iliev part 3 Religion, Publicity, and Concealment in Orthodox-Majority Societies 8 Parallel Paths Christian-Muslim Symbiosis and Religious Education in Greece   Angeliki Ziaka 9 The Russian Orthodox Church Federal Visibility Versus Local-Level Concealment   Ivan Zabaev and Daria Oreshina 10 Religion and the Challenges of Public Legitimization The Bulgarian Orthodox Church   Plamen Makariev Index

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Book SynopsisDynamics of Islam in the Modern World scrutinizes and analyzes Islam in context. It posits Muslims not as independent and autonomous, but as relational and interactive agents of change and continuity who interplay with Islamic(ate) sources of self and society as well as with resources from other traditions. Representing multiple disciplinary approaches, the contributors to this volume discuss a broad range of issues, such as secularization, colonialism, globalization, radicalism, human rights, migration, hermeneutics, mysticism, religious normativity and pluralism, while paying special attention to three geographical settings of South Asia, the Middle East and Euro-America.Trade Review‘The multiple engagements of Islam—Muslim actors and texts, collectivities and institutions—within the folds of modernity are boldly charted in this book. It is a volume that all will welcome.’ Bruce B. Lawrence, Duke University ‘This collection of essays is an important and welcome contribution to scholarship on the dynamic forces that shape the ways in which contemporary Muslim communities interpret and engage with Islam. Multidisciplinary in its approaches, it examines, through case studies from South Asia, the Middle East and Euro-America, the impact of Western hegemony as well as ideologies such as secularism, scientism and nationalism on modern Muslim thought, practices and institutions.’ Ali S. Asani, Harvard University ‘This volume treats us to a kaleidoscopic prism refracting the tensions and richness through which Muslim life and Islamic ideas are weaved into the fabric of global society. Offering us multiple windows into the intellectual legacy of Jamal Malik, it diagnoses multiple historical aporias inherited by the global age we are living through, squeezed between the unrelenting surges of Western normative hubris and the epistemic fragility of dialogic openings.’ Armando Salvatore, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Transliteration List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Dynamics of Islam in the Modern World, Ali Altaf Mian Part 1: Islam, Modernity and Science 1. Islam and the Global History of Secularity, Reinhard Schulze 2. Negotiating Modernity Through Constructions of History in Modern Muslim Religious Thought, Armina Omerika 3. Between Science and Mysticism: Sabir Multani and the Reform of Humoral Medicine in Pakistan, Stefan Reichmuth Part 2: Islamic Activism and Radicalism 4. Peaceful and Militant Interpretations of Jihad: A Comparative Study of Contemporary South Asian Exegetes, Tariq Rahman 5. The Word of God for the Indian Muslim of Today: Abul Kalam Azad’s Tarjuman al-Qurʾan, Jan-Peter Hartung 6. Post-Migrant Dynamics of Islam: Muslim Youth and Salafism in Germany, David Yuzva Clement Part 3: Islamic Normativity and Shariʿa 7. Islam and Human Rights: Breaks and Continuity in a Complex Debate, Mouez Khalfaoui 8. Islamic Law: The Struggle Against Time, Reik Kirchhof 9. Negotiating Everyday Lived Islam: A Case Study of Pakistani Diaspora in Canada, Syed FurrukhZad Part 4: Islamic Mysticism and Globalization 10. Prophetic Descent in the Early Modern Tariqa Muhammadiyya Khalisa, Soraya Khodamoradi 11. Dynamics of Mystical Islam in the American Space: Ahmed Abdur Rashid’s “Applied Sufism”, Michael E. Asbury and Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh 12. “Transplanted” Sufism: Complications of a Category, Marcia Hermansen Part 5: Islamic Pluralism and Dialogue 13. Discourses of Tolerance and Dialogue in Contemporary Islam, Itzchak Weismann 14. Religious Pluralism and Religious Plurality in Pakistan, Hasnain Bokhari Afterword: Dynamics of Islam in Context, Pnina Werbner Honoring Jamal Malik Tabula Gratulatoria Jamal Malik’s Publication List Index

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Book SynopsisThe Eastern Himalaya holds perhaps the highest levels of ethnolinguistic diversity in all Eurasia, with over 300 languages spoken by as many distinct cultural groups. What factors can explain such diversity? How did it evolve, and what can its analysis teach us about the prehistory of its wider region? This pioneering interdisciplinary volume brings together a diverse group of linguists and anthropologists, all of whom seek to reconstruct aspects of Eastern Himalayan ethnolinguistic prehistory from an empirical standpoint, on the basis of primary fieldwork-derived data from a diverse range of Himalayan Indigenous languages and cultural practices. Contributors are: David Bradley, Scott DeLancey, Toni Huber, Gwendolyn Hyslop, Linda Konnerth, Ismael Lieberherr, Yankee Modi, Stephen Morey, Mark W. Post, Uta Reinöhl, Alban Stockhausen, Amos Teo, and Marion Wettstein .Table of ContentsList of Tables, Figures and Maps Introduction: Ethno-linguistic Prehistory of the Eastern Himalaya: Diversity and Its Sources  Mark W. Post, Stephen Morey and Toni Huber Part 1 Cultural Practice and Prehistory 2 Reconsidering Zomia from an Eastern Himalayan Perspective  Mark W. Post 3 The Prehistory of Tangsa as Recorded in Traditional Songs and Stories  Stephen Morey 4 Ethnographic Comparison and Pre-history? A Comparison of Chamdam Status Rituals among the Dumi Rai of Eastern Nepal and the Feasts of Merit among the Ao Naga of Northeast India  Marion Wettstein and Alban Stockhausen 5 Principles of Naming in the Eastern Himalaya: What Can They Tell Us about Prehistory?  Yankee Modi 6 Puroik Sago Terminology  Ismael Lieberherr Part 2 Language and Prehistory 7 Phylogeny of Tibeto-Burman from Plants and Animals  David Bradley 8 Pre-modern Language Contact in Nagaland  Amos Teo 9 Locating Kera’a (Idu Mishmi) in Its Linguistic Neighbourhood: Evidence from Dialectology  Uta Reinoehl 10 First Person Pronominals in Kuki-Naga  Scott DeLancey 11 Sound Changes from Proto-South-Central (“Proto-Kuki-Chin”) to Monsang and Their Implications for the Classification of the Northwestern Languages within the South-Central Branch  Linda Konnerth 12 Kurtöp Verbal Morphology in the East Bodish Context: A Case Study in Ethnohistorical Morphosyntax?  Gwendolyn Hyslop

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Book SynopsisIn Reading Islam Fabio Vicini offers a journey within the intimate relations, reading practices, and forms of intellectual engagement that regulate Muslim life in two enclosed religious communities in Istanbul. Combining anthropological observation with textual and genealogical analysis, he illustrates how the modes of thought and social engagement promoted by these two communities are the outcome of complex intellectual entanglements with modern discourses about science, education, the self, and Muslims’ place and responsibility in society. In this way, Reading Islam sheds light on the formation of new generations of faithful and socially active Muslims over the last thirty years and on their impact on the turn of Turkey from an assertive secularist Republic to an Islamic-oriented form of governance.Trade Review‘For the better part of a century, Turkey has been a major center of intellectual, educational, and ethical reform in modern Islam. In this vividly written and theoretically sophisticated book, Fabio Vicini takes readers through a reading of the two most foundational currents in that reform movement, and shows their deep relevance for education, ethics, and civility in the broader Muslim world. This is a must-read book for all students of Islamic affairs.’ Robert W. Hefner, Pardee School of Global Affairs, Boston University ‘Fabio Vicini’s Reading Islam is both methodologically careful and theoretically insightful, reflecting the best qualities of ethnographic writing on the social life of Islam in Turkey. Vicini describes in rich detail the forms of piety and intellectual development encouraged in religious communities active in Turkey. It is certainly refreshing to read an analysis of religious practice that takes seriously the practitioners’ orientation toward transcendence in developing religious knowledge and ethical reasoning.’ Kim Shiveley, Kutztown University ‘This perceptive study of brotherhood, ethics and self-disciplining in religious communities focused on reading Said Nursi’s Risale-i Nur draws attention to aspects of religious tradition hitherto neglected in studies of Turkish Islam. Vicini’s thoughtful analysis engages critically with a large body of contemporary social theory and provides essential new insight into the interiorizing practices of these communities and Islamic piety in general, offering a sympathetic understanding of Muslim life in modern Turkey.’ Martin van Bruinessen, Comparative Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, Utrecht UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Turkish Pronunciation Introduction: Reading Islam in Modern Times  1 Reading is Transcending  2 Accommodating Modernity  3 Thinking Islam  4 A Revival of Muslim Civility  5 Fieldwork in Two Concealed Communities  6 Before and after July 15  7 Outline of the Book 1 Outreaches of Religious Service  1 Reading the Risale  2 Reforming Society through Educational Service  3 From Hizmet to Individual Duty  4 Modernity and the Displacement of Islamic Ethics  5 The Islamic Revival, Urban Life and Community 2 Living the Brotherhood  1 Daily Life in the Houses  2 Discipline and Prayer  3 Time and Prayer  4 Living by Example  5 Brotherhood between Pedagogy and Authority  6 Brotherhood between Civility and Corporate Personality  7 Virtues of Mutuality  8 Living Sincerity 3 Reading, Reflection and the Search for Transcendence  1 Appealing to the Imagination  2 Iterative Reading  3 Reading as Cultural Practice  4 Genealogies of Reflection  5 Toward a Sufi Cosmology  6 Reflecting on Death 4 Putting Islam to Work  1 Education, the Nation and the Islamic “Ethos”  2 Accessing Quality Education  3 Modern Times, Docile Methods  4 From Jihad to Reforming Society  5 Life and Tutoring in the Gülen Housings  6 Romanticizing Prophethood  7 Learning by Example  8 Embodying Responsibility 5 Politics of Brotherhood  1 “You’ll Be of Service to This Country”  2 The Nur Self’s Spaces of Will and Freedom  3 The Relativity of the Good: On the Modern Liberal Conception of the Self  4 Being an Aware and Responsible Muslim  5 On Brotherhood and Moral Reasoning Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis first English-language biography of Mikhail Tomsky reveals his central role in all the key developments in early Soviet history, including the stormy debates over the role of unions in the self-proclaimed workers’ state. Charters Wynn’s compelling account illuminates how the charismatic Tomsky rose from an impoverished working-class background and years of tsarist prison and Siberian exile to become both a Politburo member and the head of the trade unions, where he helped shape Soviet domestic and foreign policy along generally moderate lines throughout the 1920s. His failed attempt to block Stalin’s catastrophic adoption of forced collectivization would tragically make Tomsky a prime target in the Great Purges.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction  1 Note on Transliteration 1 The Making of a Moderate Working-Class Bolshevik Leader 2 Balancing Act: Tomsky during War Communism and the Trade-Union Debate 3 Detour East: From Disgraced Exile in Tashkent to Redemption inside the Kremlin 4 Getting Together Then Falling Apart: Tomsky and British Trade Unionists 5 Tomsky during NEP: Trade Unions and the Intra-Party Struggle 6 NEP’s Last Stand: The Eighth Trade-Union Congress 7 Tomsky Outcast: Tormenting a ‘Right Deviationist’ Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSabrina Ardizzoni’s book is an in-depth analysis of Hakka women in tulou villages in Southeast China. Based on fieldwork, data acquired through local documents, diverse material and symbolic culture elements, this study adopts an original approach that includes historical-textual investigation and socio-anthropological enquiry. Having interviewed local Hakka women and participated in rural village events, public and private, in west Fujian’s Hakka tulou area, the author provides a comprehensive overview of the historical threads and cultural processes that lead to the construction of the ideal Hakka woman, as well as an insightful analysis of the multifaceted Hakka society in which rural women reinvent their social subjectivity and negotiate their position between traditional constructs and modern dynamics.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Acronyms Introduction   The Theoretical Framework in the Research    Rural/Urban Dialectics in Twentieth-Century China    The Han/Non-Han Dichotomy and the Nation-Building Process in Modern China    The Hakka Ethnicity/Cultural Issue   Existing Relevant Studies   The Yongding Area, the Tulou Issue, and Modern Approaches   Contemporary Studies on Hakka Women in Rural Villages in Fujian   The Legacy of Gender Studies on Rural Chinese Women    Methodology   The Villages   The Informants   The Present Book 1 Into the Minxi Countryside  1.1 From Collectivization to the Individual  1.2 Demographic Changes: The Gender Perspective  1.3 Out of the Countryside  1.4 School and Girls’ Education  1.5 Female Employment  1.6 New Jobs  1.7 New Ethics: The “Wise Wife and Good Mother” in Contemporary Terms  1.8 Conclusions 2 Hakka Culture  2.1 The Hakkas: A Definition   2.1.1 Migration: Historical Narrations and Social Group Construction   2.1.2 The “Hakka Spirit”  2.2 Hakka Family Culture   2.2.1 Confucian Values in the Traditional Hakka Family   2.2.2 Family as an Agent for Education   2.2.3 Hakka jiapus and zupus  2.3 Conclusions 3 The Tulou as a Material Body and a Theoretical Body  3.1 Introduction  3.2 The Functions of the Hakka Minxi tulou   3.2.1 Defensive Function: The Fortress   3.2.2 Ecology: Harmony with the Environment   3.2.3 Ethics: Perpetuating Family Cohesion  3.3 Fengshui  3.4 Myths and Legends  3.5 A Tulou’s Walls Embody Hakka Lineage Culture  3.6 Conclusions 4 Contemporary Ritual Practices in Fujianese Hakka Villages  4.1 Introduction  4.2 Ancestor Worship  4.3 Popular Rituals and Beliefs  4.4 Female Deities   4.4.1 Mazu: An Independent Female Deity   4.4.2 Guanyin: a Powerful Protector   4.4.3 Potai: The Woman Ancestor  4.5 A Private Ritual: The Manyue Ceremony   4.5.1 The First Manyue   4.5.2 The Second Manyue  4.6 Conclusions 5 “Woman” as an Ethical Model in Confucian Traditions  5.1 Introduction  5.2 Zhongnan qingnü Culture and the Tradition of Rites  5.3 The Nüjie Tradition  5.4 Must-Reads for Women: Nüzi mengxue  5.5 Conclusions 6 Women in Hakka Tradition  6.1 Introduction  6.2 The “Strong Woman” Narrative  6.3 The “Virtuous Woman” Narrative  6.4 Traditional Marriage  6.5 Folk Wisdom and Wen Education: A “Snowball” Effect   6.5.1 “Zengguang xianwen” (The Expanded Writings of Wisdom)   6.5.2 An Artistic Vehicle for Expressing Emotion: Shan ge   6.5.3 The Ballad of the Hakka Woman  6.6 Gender Inequality from a Historical Perspective   6.6.1 Hakka Women in the Taiping Rebellion  6.7 Conclusions 7 The Twentieth Century: From the Tulou to the Modern World  7.1 Introduction  7.2 The Central Soviet and the Political Shift  7.3 A Matter of Education  7.4 Heroines in Revolutionary Times  7.5 Conclusions 8 The Image of the Hakka Woman  8.1 Representations of Hakka Women in Contemporary Minxi   8.1.1 Yongding Fulian   8.1.2 Homepage  8.2 A Twenty-First Century Model of a Twentieth-Century Hakka Woman: Jiang Yue’e  8.3 Global Inspirational Models  8.4 Conclusions 9 Conclusions References Appendix: Chinese Place Names Index

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Book SynopsisOn a global scale, more than 40 million people make their living working directly at sea as fishers, seafarers, in aquaculture or seabed-mining, or related occupations such as dockworkers, shipbuilding, logistics, maritime administration, secondary branches of shipping, marine tourism and other maritime professions. The study of maritime labour and occupations is still under-represented in the social sciences and humanities. With the present volume, we attempt to fill this gap by representing recent research on maritime professions from a sociological perspective drawing on a wide variety of disciplinary approaches and subject matters.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Introduction: Maritime Professions as a Field of Social Research  Marie C. Grasmeier, Agnieszka Kolodziej-Durnas and Frank Sowa Part 1: Macro-Sociological and Organizational Approaches 1 Seafarers and Dockworkers: Implications for Industrial Sociology  Shaun Ruggunan 2 “Making a Ship”: Maritime Labour Regime(s) and Alienation in Norwegian Offshore Production  Camilla Mevik 3 Boundary-work, Occupational Identities and Class-experiences of Global Seafarers  Marie C. Grasmeier and Linda Beck Part 2: Gender Issues 4 The Role of Discursive Contexts in Constructing the Identity of Women at Sea: Towards Informal Dimensions of Maritime Adult Education  Iwona Królikowska and Astrid Meczkowska-Christiansen 5 Strategies and Struggle of Women Fishers for the Rescue and Conservation of a Coastal Lagoon System: “Mujeres Pescadoras del Manglar”  Nuria Jimenez Garcia 6 The Fishing Profession in Quebec: Structure, Origins and Development of a “Typically Male” Sector  Marco Alberio Part 3: Micro-Sociological Approaches 7 “Team Play”: Seafarers’ Strategies for Coping with Job Demands of Short Sea Cargo Shipping Lines  Birgit Pauksztat 8 The Role of Personality Traits, Work Motivation and Job Satisfaction in the Explanation of Seafarers’ Well-being  Ana Sliškovic 9 A Study on the Sense of Relative Deprivation of Elderly Fishers from the Perspective of Ocean Sociology: The Example of Island S and G in Zhoushan City, China  Wen Zhang and Ya Wen 10 Families of Seamen in the Period of Political Changes and Today – Homelessness Issues  Roland Dobrzeniecki-Lukasiewicz Index

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Book SynopsisThe focus of this volume is on political discourse about the pattern and desirability of economic development, and how/why historical interpretations of social phenomena connected to this systemic process alter. It is a trajectory pursued here with reference to the materialism of Marxism, via the mid-nineteenth century ideas about race, through the development decade, the ‘cultural turn’, debates about modes of production and their respective labour regimes, culminating in the role played by immigration before and after the Brexit referendum. Also examined is the trajectory followed by travel writing, and how many of its core assumptions overlap with those made in the social sciences and development studies. The object is to account for the way concepts informing these trajectories do or do not alter.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Introduction (Steps Forward or Backwards?)   Reified Notions, Fantasmic Representations?   Transition, Critique, Silence   Marxist Methodology?   A Lesser Status and a Distant Place?   A Distant Place as a Greater Status   Themes part 1 Travelling On 1 Racisms (Home and Away)  Introduction: A Place in the World  Blood of the Founders  The Good Things of This World  Music, Speech, Passion  A Faint Uneasy Movement  They Are Our Brothers  One’s Own Free Will  To See with Distorted Vision  Avoiding the Question  Samuel Smiles Revisited  A Dearth of Workers  Steady Work, Job Security  Conclusion 2 Anti-capitalisms (Lessons Unlearned by Postmodernists)  Introduction: The Anti-capitalism of Pro-slavery Discourse  For the Mutual Benefit of Both  Pro-slavery and/as (Conservative) Anti-capitalism  Forging New Chains for Themselves  All Capital Is Created by Labour  (Pro-slavery) Contradictions, (Postmodern) Similarities  Pro-slavery, Postmodernism, and Identity Politics  Empowering Populism  Conclusion 3 Transitions (Real and Imagined)  Introduction: Simple Transitions?  The Parting to Come?  Trading Places  Feudalism, but Not Yet …  Free but Tied?  Workers, or Tenants?  Modes and Beams  How Do We Know?  Since the Beginning of the World  Conclusion 4 Trajectories (to and from Unfreedom)  Introduction: Quo Vadis, Domine?  1950 to 1980  1980 to 2000  2000 to the Present  Theory, Methods, Problems  India: 18th Century Onwards  India: 1960s Onwards  UK: 2015 Onwards  Conclusion part 2 On Travel 5 Travellers, or Tourists? (Journeys Outside Europe)  Introduction: An Instinctive Simplicity, a Thoughtless Idealism  Hello, I Must Be Going  Tourists Who Are Not Tourists  The Ruin(s) of Time, the Time of Ruin(s)  Is Your Journey Really Necessary?  Traveller’s Tales  Ragpickers of History  Unevolved People  Pristine Other, Untouched Land  Conclusion 6 Tourists, or Travellers? (European Journeys)  Introduction: Songs of Travel  City and Countryside  Class, Race, Blood  Away from Home  Always Defeated?  Land, Politics, Fascism  Peasants, Ancient and Modern  Conclusion 7 Arrivals, Not Departures (on Never Leaving Venice)  Introduction: Venice, Tourism and the Agrarian Myth  The Ox Spoke  It Is Not Easy to Do One’s Duty  Loaded Pistols, Ominous Chatter  Real and Loveable?  A Dream Long Lost  Conclusion 8 Other Worlds (Neo-populist Journeys)  Introduction: Worlds of Difference?  Chayanov: The Economic Case  Chayanov: The Economic Case Against  Chayanov: The Political Case Against  Undiscovered Country?  Journeys: Space, Time, Politics  Valuable Warnings, Wholesome Reprimands  Conclusion   Conclusion (Better Worlds?) Bibliography Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisSociology for Durkheim was by no means a knowledge closed in its specificity. It was rather an open science, permeable to contributions coming from other disciplines. For him, the task of sociology was to study what held societies together, giving place to reflective change and progressive development. This is an epistemological and political model that still retains all its relevance today: an example to be rediscovered against any reductionist conception of the vocation and object of social sciences; an encouragement to see sociology as an indispensable protagonist for an authentic interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of humanities. It is one of the best legacies Durkheim left us, that this book attempts to illustrate. *Émile Durkheim: Sociology as an Open Science is now available in paperback for individual customers.Table of ContentsList of Tables Introduction: Reversing the canon of Durkheim's sociology Massimo Pendenza and Giovanni Paoletti Part I – A crossover between disciplines: The Elementary Forms of Religious Life 1. Reason as a social faculty. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life and the sociological critique of Philosophical Enlightenment Nicola Marcucci 2. Durkheim and the history of ancient religions: the strange case of the camel sacrifice Giovanni Paoletti 3. Little Skeleton and the Rubber Duckie: Durkheim and the Invisible Religion Fabio Dei 4. ‘Fusing morals and aesthetics’: The aesthetic foundations of the cosmopolitan social bond in Durkheim’s vision of ritual and religious life Dario Verderame 5. Durkheim and the sociology of festivities Philippe Steiner Part II - Beyond conservative Durkheim: society, solidarity, and politics 6. ‘Elevating human dignity as a universal frame of reference’: Durkheim on the moral sources of solidarity in modern societies Massimo Pendenza 7. Towards a model of reflexive solidarity Ambrogio Santambrogio 8. The government of society: Durkheim on the political, the State and democracy from a sociological perspective Francesco Callegaro 9. Durkheim, “Europe” and Brexit David Inglis

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Book SynopsisTypically carved in stone, the cylinder seal is perhaps the most distinctive art form to emerge in ancient Mesopotamia. It spread across the Near East from ca. 3300 BCE onwards, and remained in use for millennia. What was the role of this intricate object in the making of a person's social identity? As the first comprehensive study dedicated to this question, Selves Engraved on Stone explores the ways in which different but often intersecting aspects of identity, such as religion, gender, community and profession, were constructed through the material, visual, and textual characteristics of seals from Mesopotamia and Syria.Table of ContentsAuthor’s Note Acknowledgements List of Figures 1 Introduction  1 Historical Background: The Ancient Near East in the Late Bronze Age 2 Identity as a Theoretical Framework in the Study of Ancient Art  1 Is Identity a Valid Tool for Studying Ancient Art?  2 Gender, Community, and Others: Prominent Identities in the Ancient Near East  3 Constructing Ancient Identities through Material and Visual Culture 3 People Praying on Stone: Identity in Kassite Babylonian Seals, ca. 1415–1155 BCE  1 Historical Introduction  2 Babylonian Glyptic during the Kassite Period  3 Seals and Religious Identity in Kassite Babylonia  4 Family and Community Relations in Kassite Babylonian Seals  5 Gender and Seals in Kassite Babylonia  6 Profession and Institutional Affiliations in Kassite Babylonian Seals  7 Synopsis 4 Men of the State: Seals as Markers of Distinction in Assyria, ca. 1353–1050 BCE  1 Historical Introduction  2 Middle Assyrian Glyptic Tradition from the 14th to the 11th Centuries BCE  3 Religious Identity in Middle Assyrian Seals  4 Family and Community Relations in Middle Assyrian Seals  5 Gender and Representation in Middle Assyrian Seals  6 Professional and Institutional Affiliations in Middle Assyrian Seals  7 Synopsis 5 Under the Shadow of the Great Kings: Seals and Identity in Hittite Syria, ca. 1340–1180 BCE  1 Historical Introduction  2 Scholarship on the Glyptics of Late Bronze Age Syria  3 Religious Identity in the Seals from Hittite Syria  4 Family and Community Relations in the Seals from Hittite Syria  5 Gender and Representation in the Seals from Hittite Syria  6 Professional and Institutional Affiliations in the Seals from Hittite Syria  7 Synopsis 6 Conclusion Appendix 1: List of Seals and Seal Impressions Discussed in the Text Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisYouth studies in Latin America and Spain face numerous challenges. This book delves into youth experiences in the 21st century, shaped by complex and pressing issues: the surge of youth cultures and groups, visual images of youth throughout time, and fragmented youth experiences in radically unequal societies. It analyzes young people as precarious natives in global capitalism and labor uncertainty, juvenicide, feminist discourse, social networks, intimacy and sexual affection among young people in a context of growing claims of gender equality. Also included are rural and indigenous youth as political actors, the actions of young political activists within government administrations, the experience of youth migration and empowerment, and young people dealing with the digital world. How have youth studies approached these issues in Latin America and Spain? Which were the main developments and transformations in this research field over the past years? Where is it heading? Contributors are: Jorge Benedicto, Maritza Urteaga, Dolores Rocca, José Antonio Pérez Islas, Juan Carlos Revilla, Mariano Urraco, Almudena Moreno, Óscar Aguilera, Marcela Saá, Rafael Merino, Ana Miranda, Carles Feixa, Gonzalo Saraví, Antonio Santos-Ortega, David Muñoz-Rodríguez, Arantxa Grau-Muñoz, José Manuel Valenzuela, Silvia Elizalde, Mónica Figueras, Mittzy Arciniega, Nele Hansen, Tanja Strecker, Elisa G. de Castro, Melina Vázquez, René Unda, Daniel Llanos, Sonia Páez de la Torre, Pere Soler, Daniel Calderón, and Stribor Kuric.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors  Introduction Studying Young People’s Lives, Understanding Complex and Diverse Societies   Jorge Benedicto and Maritza Urteaga part 1 Youth Studies in Latin America and Spain: Multiple Perspectives, Multiple Contexts   Jorge Benedicto 1 Game of Glances Review of Youth Research in Latin America   José Antonio Pérez Islas 2 40 Years of Youth Studies in Spain and Their Contribution to Social Images of Youth   Juan Carlos Revilla and Mariano Urraco 3 The Current Theoretical Debates in Comparative Research on Young People A European Perspective   Almudena Moreno 4 Youth Images Visual Images, Representations and Imaginaries of Young People   Óscar Aguilera and Marcela Saá part 2 The Life of Young People in Complex and Unequal Societies   Maritza Urteaga 5 Youth as Transition Theoretical and Methodological Contributions to the Youth Study Field in Latin America and Spain   Rafael Merino and Ana Miranda 6 Youth Cultures and Identities The Surfaces of the Underground   Carles Feixa 7 The Fragmentation of Youth Experience Social Inequality and Everyday Life in Urban Latin America   Gonzalo Saraví 8 Precarious Natives New Profiles of Precarious Young People in the Flexible Economies   Antonio Santos-Ortega, David Muñoz-Rodríguez and Arantxa Grau-Muñoz 9 Iuvenis Sacer The Systematic Murder of Young People in Latin America   José Manuel Valenzuela 10 Gender Relationships and Sexual Affection between Young People Reflections from the Argentine Case   Silvia Elizalde part 3 Diversity and Youth Agency: Young People as Actors in Society   Jorge Benedicto and Dolores Rocca 11 Young Women as Social Actors Participation in Cultural Groups and the Feminist Empowerment of Young People in Catalonia (Spain)   Mònica Figueras, Mittzy Arciniega, Nele Hansen and Tanja Strecker 12 Rural Youth A Political Actor of Social Movements in Brazil and its Impact on Youth Policies   Elisa Guaraná 13 Young Political Activists in Government-Supporting Organizations Argentina from a Regional Perspective   Melina Vázquez and Dolores Rocca 14 Kichwa Indigenous Youth from Ecuador Conditions and Context of their Youth Agency   René Unda and Daniel Llanos 15 Migration and Youth Empowerment The Migration Experience of Young Latin Americans to Catalonia   Sonia Páez de la Torre and Pere Soler 16 Youth in the Digital World Dispositions and Experiences of Internet Use   Daniel Calderón and Stribor Kuric   Afterword Young People and Covid-19: Some Thoughts about a Very Near Future   Jorge Benedicto, Maritza Urteaga and Dolores Rocca Index

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Book SynopsisFocusing on new nation states and mandates in post-Ottoman territories, Borders, Boundaries and Belonging in Post-Ottoman Space in the Interwar Period examines how people negotiated, imagined or ignored new state borders and how they conceived of or constructed belonging. Through investigations of border crossing, population transfer, exile and emigration, this book explores the intricacies of survival within and beyond newly imposed state borders, the exploitation of opportunities and the human cost of political partition. Contributors are Toufoul Abou-Hodeib, Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular, Amit Bein, Ebru Boyar, Onur İşçi, Liat Kozma, Brian McLaren, Nikola Minov, Eli Osheroff, Ramazan Hakkı Öztan, Michael Provence, Jordi Tejel and Peter Wien.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Contributors List of illustrations Introduction Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet Ch 1 Post-Ottoman Dreams and Nightmares in the Mandate Middle East Michael Provence Ch. 2 The Deal of the Decade: Jewish Immigration for Arab Independence and Post-Ottomanism in 1930s Palestine Eli Osheroff Ch. 3 Cursed in Heaven: the Colonization of the Aromanians in Southern Dobruja Nikola Minov Ch. 4 Colonialism and Mobility in Libya during the Balbo Era, 1934-1940 Brian McLaren Ch. 5 Yüzellilikler: the League of Nations’s First and Only Muslim Refugees Ebru Boyar Ch. 6 Surviving in Nazi Berlin: Husni al-‘Urabi’s 89 Months in Exile Peter Wien Ch. 7 Regional Careers: Doctors’ Mobility across the New Frontiers of the Interwar Middle East Liat Kozma Ch. 8 Strolling through Istanbul: Egyptians in 1930s Turkey Amit Bein Ch. 9 Borders of Mobility? Crime and Punishment along the Syrian-Turkish Border, 1921-1939 Jordi Tejel and Ramazan Hakkı Öztan Ch. 10 Interwar Territoriality and Soviet-Turkish Convergence across the Aras River Onur İşçi Ch. 11 Muslim Migration and Nation-Building in Interwar Yugoslavia and Turkey Leyla Amzi-Erdoğdular Ch. 12From Marjayun to Oklahoma: Translocalizing the Periphery in Interwar Lebanon Toufoul Abou-Hodeib Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs the author of the ground-breaking work of Marxist political economy, Finance Capital, and a leader in the German Social Democratic Party, Rudolf Hilferding was a dominant intellectual and political figure in the history of European socialism from its halcyon days in the pre-1914 era until its collapse in the 1930s. This collection of his previously unpublished correspondence allows readers to trace the evolution of Hilferding’s thought as socialism’s fortunes declined and his own fate became precarious. It shows how, in the face of rising Stalinism and fascism, democracy remained at the core of his socialist vision.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures Abbreviations Part 1 1 Introduction to Part 1: Passing the Torch 2 Rudolf Hilferding’s Letters to Karl Kautsky, 1902–07 3 Rudolf Hilferding’s Letters to Karl Kautsky, 1915–18 4 Hilferding’s Letters to Karl Kautsky, 1924–33 5 Hilferding to Kautsky, 1933–38 Part 2 6 Introduction to Part 2: A Political Friendship? 7 Leon Trotsky’s Letters to Rudolf Hilferding, 1907–12 Part 3 8 Introduction to Part 3: “Freedom or Slavery” 9 Rudolf Hilferding’s Correspondence with Paul Hertz, 1933–38 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThat the idea of world revolution was crucial for the Bolshevik leaders in the years following the 1917 revolution is a well-known fact. But what did the party’s rank and file make of it? How did it resonate with the general population? And what can a social history of international solidarity tell us about the transformation of Soviet society from NEP to Stalinism? This book undertakes the first in-depth analysis of the discourses and practices of internationalism in early Soviet society during the years of revolution, civil war and NEP, using forgotten archival materials and contemporary sources.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Editorial Note 1 Introduction 2 ‘World Revolution’, the Bolsheviks and Soviet Society  1 Bolshevik Internationalism through the World War and Revolution  2 1918/19, 1923, 1926: Three World-Revolutionary ‘Windows of Opportunity’ in Their Soviet Reflection 3 Activists and the Charisma of World Revolution  1 Activists, Opportunists and Functionaries: Types of Early Soviet Political Actors  2 The World Revolution as a ‘Delightful Thing’  3 Communist World Society or Russian Domination? Activists Imagine the Future 4 Internationalist Practices I: Charisma and Activism between the Revolution and NEP  1 Informing, Performing and Intervening: Public Speech about the World Revolution  2 Internationalist Greeting Messages and Their Authors  3 The Bolshevik Provincial Press: From Activist Mouthpiece to ‘Mass’ Newspaper 5 Internationalism and the Soviet ‘Masses’  1 Ways and Means of Transmitting Internationalist Knowledge  2 Reactions of the ‘Masses’: Disinterest, Resistance, Appropriation 6 MOPR: The Institutionalisation of International Solidarity in the obshchestvennost’ 7 International Practices II: Activism and obshchestvennost’ from NEP to Stalinism  1 Donations and Fundraising: Class Solidarity, Philanthropy and Entertainment  2 Objects and Subjects of ‘Shefstvo’: Comparing Two Types of International Sponsorship  3 Internationalist Pen Pal Correspondence – Collective and Individual  4 Banners Wanted: The Twists and Turns of International Flag Exchange  5 Dealing with Comrades from Abroad: Foreign Representatives of the Labour Movement in the Soviet Union 8 A Practice Forestalled: Going Abroad for the World Revolution 9 Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat would an alternative to contemporary capitalism look like? In this book, Geert Reuten sets out a detailed design of a democratic society organised in worker cooperatives, followed by an equally detailed democratic transition to it, thereby making a convincing case. In Reuten’s design, Workers constitute the single economic class. However, unlike in capitalism, there is no class that owns the means of production. The legal structure of worker cooperatives is such that workers have full rights to the fruits of the cooperative without owning it, and yet the state does not own the cooperatives either. Interestingly, worker councils in the economic and state domains vote on all economically relevant matters. In Reuten’s work, the free choice of occupation and of specific consumer goods is even larger than in capitalism.Table of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements General introduction Part One Design of the organisation of a worker cooperatives society 1 Preview of the main elements of the design’s worker cooperatives society 2 Design of the economy of a worker cooperatives society: economic democracy and the organisation of cooperatives 3 Design of the state in a worker cooperatives society: democratic governance of the state and the organisation of state institutions 4 Municipal and provincial administrations 5 International economic relations Part Two From modifying capitalism to transition Introduction to Part Two 6 The modification of capitalist practices by ‘worker-owned cooperatives’ and similar democratic enterprises 7 Circumstances just before the transition: financial and real estate markets and the scope of capital flight 8 Transition to a worker cooperatives society General summary References Index of names Index of subjects Abbreviations Extended list of contents

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Book SynopsisDespite the collapse of Soviet-style socialism, the spectre of Marx still haunts the French imagination. This is no accident, in a country whose intellectual life and political history have long been marked by his multiple presences. This volume offers a historical and sociological insight into the way his thought has been received in the French context, from his own lifetime to the present. Analysing Marx’s place and influence in the French intellectual, political and artistic debate – across the political spectrum and even in the French-speaking colonial world – it helps us understand the uses and misuses of an œuvre of paramount importance.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Writing the History of France’s Marxisms  Jean-Numa Ducange and Antony Burlaud Prologue: Karl Marx’s France  Antony Burlaud Part 1 The Political Uses of Marx 1 The Socialists’ Marx: The Guesde-Jaurès Moment  Jean-Numa Ducange 2 The Socialists’ Marx: The Centenary of Marx’s Birth: A Challenge for the SFIO  Raymond Huard 3 The Socialists’ Marx: The Blum Era  Thierry Hohl 4 The Socialists’ Marx: From Guy Mollet to the Present  Mathieu Fulla 5 The Communists’ Marx: Karl Marx, Marxism and Marxism-Leninism, 1920–55  Serge Wolikow 6 The Communists’ Marx: A (Now-)Problematic Reference Point, 1956–2017  Anthony Crézégut 7 The Far Left’s Marx: The Politicisation of a Scholarly Marxism  Patrick Massa Part 2 Translating, Editing, and Publishing Marx 8 How to Translate Marx into French?  Guillaume Fondu and Jean Quétier 9 PCF Publishing Houses and Marx in France, 1920–60: From Politics to Scholarship?  Marie-Cécile Bouju 10 Marx’s Works in the ‘Bibliothèque de la Pléiade’: A Paradoxical Legitimation  Aude Le Moullec-Rieu 11 A Golden Age for Marxist Publishing? The 1960s and 1970s  Julien Hage Part 3 Marx and the Social Sciences 12 Marxism and Rationalism in the French Social Sciences (1930–60)  Isabelle Gouarné 13 Marx’s Peculiar Fate in French Economic Scholarship  Thierry Pouch 14 Sociology and Marxism  Gérard Mauger 15 Marx and French Historians  François Dosse 16 Marxism and Literary Criticism  Lucile Dumont, Quentin Fondu and Laélia Veron Part 4 Theoretical Hybridisations 17 Marx and the Marxists, Children of France’s Eighteenth Century?  Stéphanie Roza 18 Marxism and Phenomenology in France  Alexandre Feron 19 The Structuralist Marx  Frédérique Matonti 20 Marx, an Avant-Gardist?  Frédéric Thomas 21 Post-’68 Intellectuals and Marx: A Fascination with ‘Farewells’  Antoine Aubert 22 Feminisms, Marxism, And Their Contentious Links  Sylvie Chaperon and Florence Rochefort Part 5 Seen from Elsewhere 23 Marx Seen from the Right: When French Economists Discovered Marx’s Capital  Jacqueline Cahen 24 Marx Seen from the Right: Raymond Aron, Marxism and Communism  Gwendal Châton 25 French Catholics and Marxism, from the 1930s to the ‘1968 Moment’  Denis Pelletier 26 Marx in French-Speaking Africa  Françoise Blum 27 Learning Marxism in Paris: Chinese Students in France, 1919–25  Kaixuan Liu and Wenrui Bi References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book chronicles the life and times of tribal leader Mujāhid Ḥaydar, scion of a prominent local dynasty, and his agency in highland Yemen’s political conflicts from the 1970s to the early 2000s. When the political elites of the Ṣāliḥ regime murder his father and his elder brothers, he is forced to exact revenge and lead his tribe through dramatic vicissitudes that culminate in the catastrophe of the Ḥūthī wars. Mujāhid’s life is a story of ongoing strife, heroism, resistance, commitment to the defence of honour, loss, and exile. His biography offers nuanced and original insights into how tribal politics in Yemen influence the domain of the state and are often intertwined with it – such that neither can be comprehended independently from the other.Table of ContentsList of Maps and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Notes on Transliteration Glossary Abbreviations Chronology Chapter 1: Childhood in Obscurity Chapter 2: The Serpent with the Many Heads Chapter 3: Burdensome Inheritances Chapter 4: The Road to Politics Chapter 5: The Time of Faits Accomplis Chapter 6: Those Who Loosen and Those Who Bind Some Final Thoughts on Tribes, Politics, and Passions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume collects the proceedings of the First Latin American Communist Conference, organized in Buenos Aires, Argentina in June 1929 by the South American Secretariat of the Moscow-based Communist International (Comintern). The Conference was the first and in some ways only opportunity that communists in Latin America had to engage in a broad discussion of the most important problems and challenges that they faced. The topics that the assembled delegates addressed – including militarism, anti-imperialism, trade union issues, and racial discrimination – were all central to the question of how to organise a strong revolutionary movement. This major documentary collection of the Latin American Communist movement, newly translated into English and with a substantial introduction, remains surprisingly relevant to our world today. With an introduction by Victor Jeifets and Lazar Jeifets.Table of ContentsAbbreviations Biographies of Conference Participants Introduction: The Outcomes of Ten Years of Latin American Communism  Victor Jeifets and Lazar Jeifets Part 1 Descriptions of the Conference Introduction to Part 1 1 The First Latin American Communist Conference 2 First Latin American Communist Conference 3 Issues Addressed at the First Latin American Communist Conference 4 Towards the Latin American Communist Conference 5 Bibliography for the First Latin American Communist Conference 6 Parties Represented at the First Latin American Communist Conference 7 The Latin American Revolutionary Movement Part 2 Background Documents Introduction to Part 2 1 The First Session of the South American Secretariat of the Communist International 2 Questions of the Latin American Countries 3 Draft Theses on the Revolutionary Movement in Latin America 4 Report from the SP of the EC of the PSRC to the ECCI 5 Letter from the CI to the Revolutionary Socialist Party of Colombia 6 Colombia, 27 May 1929, Morning Session 7 Meeting with the Colombian Delegate 8 Mexico 9 Conversation with the Peruvian Delegates 10 The Importance of the First Latin American Communist Conference Part 3 Proceedings and Resolutions Introduction to Part 3 1 Foreword 2 Conference Opening (1 June 1929) 3 The International Situation in Latin America and the Threat of War  Second Session, 2 June 1929  Third Session, 2 June 1929  Fourth Session, 2 June 1929 4 Resolution on the International Situation in Latin America and the Threat of War 5 The Anti-Imperialist Struggle and Tactical Issues Facing Communist Parties in Latin America  Fifth and Sixth Sessions, 3 June 1929  Seventh Session, 4 June 1929  Eighth Session, 4 June 1929  Ninth Session, 4 June 1929  Tenth Session, 5 June 1929  Eleventh Session, 5 June 1929 6 Resolution on the Tactics of the Communist Parties of Latin America 7 Trade Union Issues  Twelfth Session, 6 June 1929 8 Resolution on the Tasks of the Communist Parties in the Latin American Trade Union Movement 9 Agrarian Issues 10 Peasant Issues  Thirteenth Session, 7 June 1929  Fourteenth Session, 7 June 1929  Fifteenth Session, 7 June 1929 11 Resolution on Peasant Issues in Latin America 12 Racial Problems in Latin America  Sixteenth Session, 8 June 1929  Seventeenth Session, 8 June 1929 13 Resolution on Racial Problems in Latin America 14 Racial Problems 15 Work of the Anti-Imperialist League  Eighteenth Session, 10 June 1929 16 Resolution on the Work of the Anti-Imperialist Leagues 17 The Youth Movement and the Tasks of Communist Parties  Nineteenth Session, 10 June 1929 18 Draft Thesis on the Tasks of the Party in the Youth Movement 19 Organisational Matters 20 Resolution on Organisational Matters of the Communist Parties in Latin America 21 Work of the South American Secretariat  Twentieth Session, 12 June 1929 22 Report on the Solution to the Crisis in the Communist Party of Argentina 23 Resolution on the Solution to the Crisis of the Communist Party of Argentina 24 Theses on Women’s Issues 25 Communists and the International Red Aid Part 4 Conversations After the Conference Introduction to Part 4 1 Conversation with the Delegates from Mexico 2 Conversation with the Delegations from Guatemala and El Salvador 3 Conversation with the Colombian Delegation 4 Second Conversation with the Colombian Delegation 5 Conversation with the Peruvian Delegates 6 Conversation with the Delegation of Peru 7 South American Secretariat Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRaising the Red Flag explores the origins of the British Marxist movement from the creation of the Social Democratic Federation to the foundation of the Communist Party. It tells a story of rising class struggle, the founding of the Labour Party, the fight against World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the explosive year of 1919. The book also uses new archival sources to re-examine Marxist organisations such as the British Socialist Party, the Socialist Labour Party, and Sylvia Parkhurst’s Workers’ Socialist Federation. Above all, this is the story of men and women who fought to liberate the working class from capitalism through socialist revolution.Table of ContentsList of Figures Abbreviations Introduction 1 Mr Hyndman versus Comrade Engels: The Birth of the Social Democratic Federation  1 The Birth of the Social Democratic Federation  2 From the Socialist League to the Independent Labour Party 2 The Labour Party Question: Labourism, Leftism, and the Second International  1 The Russian Influence  2 The Labour Party and the Second International 3 Britain in Crisis: Labour’s Great Unrest and the Revolutionary Left  1 Realignment on the Left and the British Socialist Party  2 The Second International Steers towards the Labour Party  3 The Rise of the Revolutionary Left  4 The SLP and Revolutionary Syndicalism  5 Beyond Suffragism 4 August 1914: British Marxists in the Face of War  1 The BSP and SLP and the Test of War  2 The Anti-war Left  3 Revolutionary Opponents of War 5 The Clyde Turns Red: John Maclean and the Enemy at Home  1 The War on the Home Front  2 The Easter Rising and the British Left  3 Nashe Slovo, the BSP and Revolutionary Internationalism  4 The Zimmerwald Debate in Britain 6 ‘Lads Like Me Had Whacked the Bosses’: The Coming of the Russian Revolution  1 Repression and Revolt  2 Follow Russia! The Leeds Convention  3 Labourism Responds to the Russian Revolution  4 Bolshevism and the British Left 7 1919: The Question of Power  1 ‘Are You Ready to Take Power?’  2 The Police Strikes  3 Leadership, the Lefts and the Left  4 Racist Scourge in Europe  5 Ireland’s Tragedy, Labour’s Disgrace 8 Between Labour and Bolshevism: Towards A Communist Party  1 Towards Unity … and the Labour Party?  2 The Coming of the Communist International  3 Britain and the Amsterdam Bureau  4 The Fate of John Maclean 9 ‘Long Live the Communist Party!’ Building a British Section of the Communist International  1 The Second Congress of the Comintern  2 The Birth of the Communist Party of Great Britain  3 The Unification Conference  4 A Stillborn Party? Conclusion  In Praise of Learning Appendix 1: Timeline Appendix 2: Figures Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisVittorio Cotesta’s The Heavens and the Earth traces the origin of the images of the world typical of the Graeco-Roman, Ancient Chinese and Medieval Islamic civilisations. Each of them had its own peculiar way of understanding the universe, life, death, society, power, humanity and its destiny. The comparative analysis carried out here suggests that they all shared a common human aspiration despite their differences: human being is unique; differences are details which enrich its image. Today, the traditions derived from these civilisations are often in competition and conflict. Reference to a common vision of humanity as a shared universal entity should lead, instead, to a quest for understanding and dialogue.Trade Review"This is a magisterial overview of the formulations of important philosophical topics in three world civilizations. It is framed as a comparative study of the emergence among philosophers, historians, and geographers of a universalistic humanism in these three traditions. Its focus is on the conceptualizations of human nature and the ways in which philosophers, geographers and historians thought about ‘others.’ But it also provides an insightful and enlightening overview of ontology, geography, scientific and historical epistemology – the nature of reality, the known world, time, space and theories of eternity and creation." — Christopher Chase-Dunn, University of California-Riverside "A monumental work on the longue durée of the Eurasian world history and civilizations." — Mehdi P. Amineh, University of AmsterdamTable of ContentsContents Preface List of Illustrations and Tables Introduction: The Axial Age and Global Society Part 1: The Greek and Roman Vision of the World Section 1: The Greek Vision of the World 1 The Universe, Nature and Humanity in Ancient Greece 2 The Political Constitution and Forms of Government  1 Plato’s Utopic Model  2 Aristotle’s politeia as a Form of Mixed Government 3 Herodotus and the Greek Image of a Global Society 4 The Image of Mankind and the Social Bond 5 Chance and Necessity  1 The Movement of Atoms and the Origins of the Universe  2 Life, Death, Happiness 6 God, Nature, Providence  1 The Epistemological Model of Stoicism  2 The Origin and Structure of the Universe  3 Humanity, Society and the State  4 The Happy Life  5 Natural Law and Human Rights Section 2: The Roman Vision of the World, Society and Mankind 7 Polybius and the Roman View of the World  1 The Paradoxes of Polybius’ Existence, from Hostage to Cantor of the Destiny of Rome  2 Polybius and History as a Science of Prevision  3 Rome: Sole World Power 8 Conflict over Rome’s Cultural Identity  1 Tradition and Innovation: Cato the Censor and Scipio Africanus  2 Scipio’s Dream and the Destiny of Rome 9 The Image of Rome and of Her Mission in the World According to Cicero  1 Society, the State and the Law. Rome’s Universal Destiny  2 Global Graeco-Roman Society and Cosmopolitan Law 10 The Empire and Rome’s New Vision of the World 11 Rome and Christianity  1 Incomprehension, Conflict, Convergence 12 The Hellenistic Scientific Revolution and the New World View  1 The Inhabited World Is a Chlamys. On Eratosthenes and His Critics  2 The Star Canopus and New Measurements of the Earth 13 The Geography of the Century of Augustus and First Diplomatic Contact with China  1 Strabo: “Pragmatic” Geography  2 Juba of Mauretania and Exploration of the Sources of the Nile  3 Pliny the Elder: Chinese Silk and the Transparent Robes of the Roman Matrons  4 The Periplous of the Erythrean Sea and the Silent Barter between the Kiratas and the Chinese  5 First Diplomatic Contact with China 14 Claudius Ptolemy and Astrological Previsions of Peoples’ Destinies Part 2: Harmony as the Core of Chinese Image of the World 1 Confucius: The Origin of the Axial Revolution in China  1 The Virtues of the Good Ruler  2 The Dao: The Way to Humanity 2 Mozi and Universal Love 3 Xunzi: The Dark Side of Human Nature 4 Zhuangzi and Lao Tzu: Harmony in Taoist Philosophy  1 The Dao Has No Name  2 Non-action as a Principle of World Governance 5 Legalism: How to Create a Well-Ordered Society  1 Society, History, Power 6 Sima Qian: History and the Identity of Ancient China  1 Herodotus and Sima Qian  2 History and Power in Sima Qian’s Life  3 Dynastic Cycles and History  4 The Social Organisation of the Mongols and Chinese Identity Part 3: Intermezzo 1 Convergences and Divergences between China and Greece  1 The Universe, Heaven and Earth  2 Society and Humanity  3 The State, Power and Politics 2 The Formation of a Eurasian World-System 3 A Shift in the Meaning of “Axial Revolution” Section 1: The Global World from the Islamic Point of View Section 2: Origin and Structure of the Islamic Vision of the World 1 The Preaching of Muhammad and the Birth of Islam 2 God, The Universe and the World According to Islam 3 Al-Kindi: Muhammad and Aristotle  1 The Quest for Truth  2 God and the Creation of the World 4 Al-Farabi I. God, The Universe, The World and the Way to Happiness  1 Introduction  2 God and the Universe  3 Man and Society  4 Happiness, The “Virtuous City” 5 Al-Farabi II. Political Theory and the Doctrine of Perfect Imam  1 Political Regimes  2 The Theory of the Perfect Imam  3 Peace and (Just) War 6 Avicenna I. God, The Cosmos and the World  1 An Adventurous and Dangerous Life  2 God, The Universe, The World 7 Avicenna II. Man, Society and Governance  1 The Happy Life and Man’s Return to God  2 Reason and Mysticism 8 Al-Biruni. I. A Eurasian Vision of the World Biographical, Cultural and Epistemological Premises  1 The Adventurous Life of al-Biruni  2 Time, History and Society  3 The Study of India and of the Identity of Peoples 9 Al-Biruni. II. A Eurasian Vision of the World A Sociological and Anthropological Analysis  1 The Sciences and Social Classes  2 The Indian Castes and the Hierarchical Societies of Eurasia 10 The Islamic Vision of the World and History Al-YaʿQubi, al-Tabari’s and al-MasʿUdi’s Contributions  1 Al-YaʿQubi  2 Al-Tabari  3 Al-MasʿUdi 11 The Islamic Vision of the World and Geography Al-Khwarizmi, Ferdowsi, al-Muqaddasi, al-Idrisi  1 Al-Khwarizmi  2 Ferdowsi, al-Faqih and Other Persian Geographers and Historians  3 Al-Muqaddasi  4 Al-Idrisi’s Universalist Perspective 12 Reason and Mysticism. Al-Ghazali’s Battle against Philosophy  1 The Life of al-Ghazali  2 The Battle against Reason  3 The Virtues of the Intellectual The Western Islamic Vision of the World 13 The Western Pathway to the Construction of the Islamic Image of the World  1 Introduction 14 Alternative Ways to Happiness. Ibn Bajja and Ibn Tufayl  1 The Outsider and the Way to Happiness: Ibn Bajja  2 Ibn Tufayl: Mysticism as a Way to Happiness 15 Averroes. I. The Defense of Reason  1 Introduction  2 The Controversy with al-Ghazali and the Decisive Treaty 16 Averroes. II. A Project for a New World  1 The Ideal City and the Happy Life  2 Societies, Forms of Government, the Virtues of the Good Ruler (Imam)  3 Some Final Observations, in Brief 17 Ibn Khaldun. I. Truth and History  1 A Life Lived between Politics and Study  2 Ibn Khaldun’s Epistemological Model of History  3 Fake News and Historical Truth 18 Ibn Khaldun II. Religions, Society, and Civilisations. Islam’s Universal Mission  1 The Shape of the Earth and the Characteristics of Peoples  2 Cooperation and Society  3 Nomadism and Civilisation  4 Religion as a Factor of Civilisation and of the Universal Mission of Islam Conclusions  1 The Problems and the Research Method  2 The Universe  3 The Issue of Time  4 The Heavens and the Earth  5 The Form of the oikoumene  6 Humanity, Society and Forms of Government  7 Human Nature and Human Rights. Universalism by Halves Bibliography Index of Proper Names Index of Selected Topics, Cities, Countries and Continents

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Book SynopsisThe book offers a critical account of how utopian thinking became defeated as a tool of philosophy whose explicit objective has been to not only analyse but emancipate the world. While such philosophy was originally inseparable from ideas of a radically better society it aimed to realise, many of its most influential practitioners today object to the use of utopian ideas. Countering this scepticism, the book argues in favour of utopian thinking. By elucidating a concept of utopia freed of its alleged pitfalls, the book contends that utopian thinking indeed presents an important resource for achieving emancipatory social goals.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Translations Introduction  1 The Blow to Utopia from the Left  2 The Road Not Taken  3 (Political) Utopian Thinking  4 Critical Theory  5 A New Perspective on Contemporary Critical Theory 1 Marx’s Two Utopian Paradoxes  1 The Deployment of the Label ‘Utopian’ and Its Consequences  2 Marx’s Vision of the Communist Society  3 Utopia Cannot Be Envisaged  4 Imaginary vs. Rational Ideas  5 Utopian Visions Are Insignificant 2 The Origins of Adorno’s Utopieverbot  1 Adorno and Marxist Theory in the Early Twentieth Century  2 What Is the Utopieverbot?  3 From the Bilderverbot to the Utopieverbot  4 Marx’s Influence on the Utopieverbot  5 The Removal of Utopia into the Messianic Future  6 Culture Industry and Utopian Consciousness  7 The Problem with Identity Thinking 3 Negative Utopia?  1 Positive Utopia – a Point of Departure for Negative Thinking  2 Does Determinate Negation Make Sense?  3 The Emergence of the Positive in Constellations  4 Something Is Missing 4 Bloch’s Rejection of the Utopieverbot  1 Bloch’s Life and Times  2 Utopia as the ‘Not-Yet’  3 The Warm and Cold Streams of Marxism  4 Bloch’s Utopian Society: ‘Heimat’  5 The Utopian Core: ‘Invariant of Direction’  6 Traces Experiences and Expressions of Utopia  7 Concrete Utopian Thinking 5 An Ontology of Processual Utopia  1 The Prefigurations of Utopia in the ‘Not-Yet-Conscious’  2 Incompleteness of the World as the ‘Not-Yet-Become’  3 The Necessity of Utopian Thinking  4 Processual Utopia and Processual Utopian Thinking Conclusion Bibliography Index

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