With this book, Amy Motlagh considers how racial thinking underpins cultural practices in Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Despite cultural traditions depicting black people and the documented presence of black Iranians, many have insisted that race...Loe edasi...
Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026 The internationally acclaimed masterpiece from one of Irans most influential writers - a powerful and essential tale of female freedom The best feminist novel I know. Its thr...Loe edasi...
A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world.When the first European colonizers arrived in the Americas, they were utterly depe...Loe edasi...
First published in 2000, Divided by Faith has become a landmark book for understanding race and religion in the United States. This second edition has been thoroughly overhauled with updated statistics and an additional chapter covering deve...Loe edasi...
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Begin Again, a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume responsibility for...Loe edasi...
The Making of Iranian Modernity brings together a diverse array of scholars from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds and areas of research specialization to celebrate Houchang E. Chehabi, one of the leading scholars in the field of Iran...Loe edasi...
This Element offers the first comprehensive study of Hegels views on European colonialism. It shows that Hegels accounts of issues like freedom, personhood and the dialectic of lordship and bondage are deeply entangled with his disturbing views on...Loe edasi...
A sustained study of Harriet Jacobss as a political philosopher, casting her as major theorist of nature of slavery. Bringing Jacobs into dialogue with Frederick Douglass, the author argues that Jacobss emphasis on sexual abuse and the importance...Loe edasi...
This Element provides a comprehensive overview of organizational stigma research development and identifies future research directions. Organizational stigma is a multidimensional and multidirectional conception. It is developed based on the evalua...Loe edasi...
The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a beautiful 20th anniversary edition featuring a new forewordWhich is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do dr...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009543873)
Stephen Darwalls philosophical history of ethics is a benchmark contribution to the history of ideas. It offers illuminating new perspectives on the founding members of the continental tradition Fichte, Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche re...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300284409)
An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and Middle Earth Originating in Norse and Celtic mythologies, elves and fairies are a firmly established part of W...Loe edasi...
This Element reevaluates geographical writings on Rs death and sacrificial rituals, redirecting focus towards the textual transmission of ideas in both Arabic and Persian to offer a critical guide to geographical knowledge dissemination on Rs funera...Loe edasi...
A collection of poems by Richard Siken-- I Do Know Some Things is a brave book, both in content and method. It is brave to write about childhood scars and the heartbreak the dead leave behind. It is brave to recon...Loe edasi...
This Element explores Kierkegaards Two Ages, his literary review of a contemporary novella, situating it in the context of his other writings from the same period of his life and his cultural/political context. It investigates his reviews analysis...Loe edasi...
This investigation into the experience of aging in a retirement metropolis translates research into useful information for people living and working within retirement communities, those looking to move in, and scholars of gerontology, aging studies,...Loe edasi...
Social role theory and evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory are compared regarding how well they can explain 15 cognitive and behavioral traits that appear in all cultures. This Element documents that, while both theories have explanatory power...Loe edasi...
This Element mentions that the traditional view, non-traditional view, and non-traditional approaches of self-deception are problematic. Self-deception is never accidental or a mistake. Self-deceivers need not benefit from deception, and they need n...Loe edasi...
This Element examines the roles and activities of women and their contributions to the Platonic tradition from Platos time, fourth century BCE, through to the sixth century CE. The existing evidence allows us to glimpse a wider pattern of female ph...Loe edasi...
Motherhood, whether achieved through biological or other means, is not a rare experience; dressing oneself, even less so. The two phenomena are intimately linked, as both occur on and to the private body, and are also fully subject to social press...Loe edasi...
This Element explains how various Hindu texts, traditions, and figures have understood the philosophical nuances of karma and rebirth. The Elements primary argumentative aim is to defend the rationality of accepting the truth of karma and rebirth t...Loe edasi...
A Fortune magazine journalist draws on his expertise and extensive contacts among the companies and scientists at the forefront of artificial intelligence to offer dramatic predictions of AI’s impact over the next decade, from reshaping our...Loe edasi...
A collection of sexual fantasies from women around the world, Want is a revelatory, sensational and game-changing exploration of womens sexuality that asks, and answers: How do women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous...Loe edasi...
Understanding and promoting agency are crucial to addressing urgent social problems of our time. Through agency, we can take transformative steps toward the future that ought to be. This book shows how contemporary conceptualizations from cultural-hi...Loe edasi...
Embedded within the sociocultural context of romantic relationships are features such as race, culture, neighborhoods, the legal system, and governmental policy. Due to the inherent difficulties with studying large structures and systems, little work...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Nov-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Applause Theatre Book Publishers, ISBN-13: 9781493085651)
A fresh and long-overdue reassessment of James Dean, examining his life and legacy as a queer man-- A fresh and long-overdue reassessment of James Dean, examining his life and legacy as a queer man.Although he died at a hea...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Sep-2024, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781804293249)
The videogame industry, now larger than the film and music industries combined, has a proven ability to challenge the status quo. With a rich array of examples, Marijam Did argues for a nuanced understanding of gamings influence so that this extrao...Loe edasi...
Did you know that up to 90 of women experience menstrual abnormalities or pelvic problems in their lifetime? Yet these issues are overwhelmingly misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or dismissed. Conditions such as PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian cy...Loe edasi...
