The Sasanian Empire was one of the most significant empires of late antiquity. As the dominant force in the Middle East, spanning Egypt, India and Mesopotamia, the Sasanian kings from Ardashir I (224CE) ruled an imperial, centrally administrated, mul...More info...
An incisive study of Islamic feminist scholarship and of the role of ordinary Muslim women in shaping Islamic attitudes, which upends many of our preconceptions about the religion....More info...
Recognizing that all medieval and modern attempts to explain the Masnavi have been based on an examination of its teachings, the author shows that those who have tried to find the key to its message in its separate themes have had little success....More info...
An examination of how ancient environments were socio-culturally constructed as responsive living entities that could undermine or even challenge humankinds sense of control....More info...
Exploring a synergy between Foucault’s work on freedom and Ranciere’s work on equality, providing a new and explicitly real-world form of emancipatory political practice....More info...
An original, innovative, and timely study on the cultural history of Cyprus under British rule, offering a new interpretative framework for studying the islands colonial past. The book focuses on the often-overlooked cultural dimensions of the islan...More info...
This book is a study of the experiences and writings of Lillias Hamilton, a nineteenth century English woman physician at the Court and in the harem of Amir ‘Abd al-Rahman, King of Afghanistan....More info...
A vivid and authoritative account of the Middle Easts recent history to the present day, from the BBCs long-serving correspondent in the region....More info...
The modern corporation began its life as a religious institution - first as the nation of Israel and subsequently as the Christian Church. Long before its official recognition in law, the corporation had been an identifiable and unique form...More info...
Describes the methods developed by Othmar Keel for bringing images and their interpretations into a dialogue with texts from the ancient Orient and their interpretation....More info...
Investigates the ways in which rabbinic knowledge was transmitted and compiled in the Talmud Yerushalmi, contributing to late antique scholasticism...More info...
Texts and images from the Book of the Dead were widely used to decorate the walls of tombs during Egypts New Kingdom (c. 1550-1077 BCE). Prior research has tended to focus on either individual tombs, or on the contents of papyrus copies of the Book...More info...
An exploration of the Hellenistic Peloponnese from a range of new perspectives, challenging and supplementing previous views and shedding new light on interstate relations, contemporary politics and modes of representation. This...More info...
An archaeometric study of iron ore and slag from Przeworsk Culture, employing the most up-to-date archaeological and statistical approaches....More info...
This book traces the events and trends that defined modern humanitarianism, from the eighteenth century up to the present day. It describes the origins of international humanitarian action, the development of major humanitarian organizations and mov...More info...
This book examines the intellectual trajectories of international mid-career scholars working on the Second World War and the Holocaust in France across a wide range of disciplines, including history, literature, and cultural studies. It scrutinises...More info...
This volume combines Biblical and systematic perspectives on the love of God: the Biblical imagery of God’s passionate love leads to fresh understandings in systematic theology, and the debate on the nature of God’s love is continued by new insights....More info...
From Virginia Woolf to bell hooks, women have written, thought about and worked with film, images, and the visual in philosophical ways since the inception of cinema, and yet their names are generally missing from the discipline of film philosophy...More info...
This anthology brings together, for the first time, writings by women philosophers, writers and thinkers on philosophical aspects of film and visual culture. The collection of texts in this book demonstrates a century of women writing about the visu...More info...
Brilliant, powerful, fascinating ROBERT MACFARLANE, author of Is a River Alive? Deeply thoughtful ROBIN WALL KIMMERER, author of Braiding Sweetgrass Captivating and exhilarating TRISTAN GOOLEY, author of How to Read a Tree A tree is...More info...
This book asks how democratic values and civic culture can take shape without equal rights, and even without a state. Focusing on the Kurdish experience across Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, it draws on fieldwork, survey research, and historical ana...More info...
This is the first book to provide a dictionary of terms for design and design activism drawn from outside the Western tradition. It brings together designers, thinkers and activists to provide short and accessible introductions to concepts from indi...More info...
Drawing on philosophy, decolonial thought, and design theory, this book approaches design as a practice deeply implicated in modernitys extractive, colonial, and anthropocentric foundations...More info...
Insecurity and Contemporary Mexican Religiosity investigates the intersection between insecurity and non-mainstream faiths in contemporary Mexico. It asks why people turn to contentious faiths during extremities. This detailed study brings to ligh...More info...
This book provides students with a brief, accessible introduction to new scholarship in US family history, from the colonial era to the present. Designed for classroom use, chapters address issues of religion, politics, and the shift...More info...
This book addresses issues of religion, politics, and the shifting relationship between the family and the state. It offers a nuanced look at how scholars are engaging with family history in the first quarter of the twenty-first century: the sources...More info...
This book demonstrates how Afrocentric approaches can contribute to engendering peace, security, development and effective natural resource governance in the DRC.It will be an important read for researchers of African peace, conflict, and security;...More info...
This book is a study of the experiences and writings of Lillias Hamilton, a nineteenth century English woman physician at the Court and in the harem of Amir ‘Abd al-Rahman, King of Afghanistan....More info...
A vivid and authoritative account of the Middle Easts recent history to the present day, from the BBCs long-serving correspondent in the region....More info...
The modern corporation began its life as a religious institution - first as the nation of Israel and subsequently as the Christian Church. Long before its official recognition in law, the corporation had been an identifiable and unique form...More info...
Describes the methods developed by Othmar Keel for bringing images and their interpretations into a dialogue with texts from the ancient Orient and their interpretation....More info...
Investigates the ways in which rabbinic knowledge was transmitted and compiled in the Talmud Yerushalmi, contributing to late antique scholasticism...More info...
Texts and images from the Book of the Dead were widely used to decorate the walls of tombs during Egypts New Kingdom (c. 1550-1077 BCE). Prior research has tended to focus on either individual tombs, or on the contents of papyrus copies of the Book...More info...
An exploration of the Hellenistic Peloponnese from a range of new perspectives, challenging and supplementing previous views and shedding new light on interstate relations, contemporary politics and modes of representation. This...More info...
Liberty, or freedom, is the absence of some sort of constraint on something. Most people think their own liberty is important. Classical liberals and libertarians love interpersonal or political liberty and almost worship it, but most of them...More info...
(Pub. Date: 25-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781837052332)
From flying eggshells to cheese-rolling chaos, A Feast of Folklore serves up an entertaining, eye-opening journey through Britains culinary history...More info...
An original, innovative, and timely study on the cultural history of Cyprus under British rule, offering a new interpretative framework for studying the islands colonial past. The book focuses on the often-overlooked cultural dimensions of the islan...More info...
(Pub. Date: 25-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781787388178)
Argues that an understanding of the origins of ethnic politics in Nigeria requires a rigorous historical and sociological study of the ethnicisation of the colonial army....More info...
An incisive study of Islamic feminist scholarship and of the role of ordinary Muslim women in shaping Islamic attitudes, which upends many of our preconceptions about the religion....More info...
Recognizing that all medieval and modern attempts to explain the Masnavi have been based on an examination of its teachings, the author shows that those who have tried to find the key to its message in its separate themes have had little success....More info...
(Pub. Date: 25-Jun-2026, Hardback, Publisher: Third State Books Inc., ISBN-13: 9798890130006)
Amplify! My Fight for Asian America offers a meaningful look at the real stories behind the headlines, providing Asian Americans and allies of all backgrounds a vital resource to broaden their perspective on anti-Asian hate and contribut...More info...
Follow the Romans through Kingship, Republic, and Empire. Understand their society, their values, their heroes, their victories, and their defeats. The name “Rome” brings to mind an array of images: a Senate, an empire, an army, the Seven Hills, the...More info...
An examination of how ancient environments were socio-culturally constructed as responsive living entities that could undermine or even challenge humankinds sense of control....More info...
Exploring a synergy between Foucault’s work on freedom and Ranciere’s work on equality, providing a new and explicitly real-world form of emancipatory political practice....More info...
