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Shamanism
Few figures in the Western imagination are as haunting and mysterious as that of the shaman. From the Inuit of Greenland to the Amerindian forest dwellers of Brazil, and from …
A Short History of Nineteenth-century Philosophy
Was nineteenth-century philosophy merely a substitute for religion? The American philosopher Richard Rorty once argued precisely that. Rorty saw intellectuals of the long …
Nicolae Ceausescu
Understanding Revolutions
Based on empirical and theoretical investigation, and original insight into how a local protest movement developed into a revolution that changed a regime, this book shows us how …
A History of the Royal Navy
The Royal Marines are the elite force of the Royal Navy. Founded in 1755, but tracing their origins as far back as 1664, the Marines are an iconic amphibious infantry force, …
Victorian Orientalism
The European encounter with Eastern languages, literatures and civilizations is now the subject of intense academic debate: more than at any time since the publication of Edward …
"What Do the Terrorists Think They are Doing?"
9/11 marked a watershed in the modes of western interaction with Muslim countries, and modified the perception and reception of Muslim migrants within the western world. In this …
Merleau-ponty Reframed
Since the 1950s, art and philosophy have continued to return to the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and his assertion of the primacy of perception. Influenced by Husserl and …
Sex Trafficking in Turkey
Turkey's national counter-trafficking rhetoric is influenced by ideas about 'irregular' migration, national security and 'illegal' working. Having adopted definitions and …
Orientalism Versus Occidentalism
At a time when Iran is represented in the French media as a rogue state obsessed with its nuclear programme, and whilst France is portrayed in the Iranian media as a decadent and …