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Faith in Fallacy
Today, when global warming denial and vaccination denial are alarmingly prevalent, it is crucial to understand that throughout history, science denial at the state level has cost …
Superstitions
Some people casually say 'touch wood' when they speak of something they hope will happen. Others won't allow peacock feathers into the house. And almost anyone who finds a …
Folklore And Myth
Navigating the Web of Disinformation
A network analysis that ignores social harm is merely a technical exercise. A social critique that ignores the network is incomplete. Navigating the Web of Disinformation closes …
Science and the Greys
The JFK Assassination
The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy is one of the milestones of history. Everyone, it is said, remembers where they were when they heard the news. Because the official …
Politics of the Hajj from a Comparative Perspective
This book analyzes the contemporary politics of the Hajj in countries of Africa, the Near East, and Southeast Asia. States must organize the mobility of approximately two million …
Modes d’expression agressive dans le contexte socioculturel rwandais
En etudiant via une approche ethnolinguistique le langage injurieux en milieu rwandophone, l'auteure examine les implications socioculturelles de la communication agressive en …
Ghosts of Ellicott City
The Ideology of Democratic Athens
The debate on Athenian democratic ideology has long been polarised around two extremes. A Marxist tradition views ideology as a cover-up for Athens' internal divisions. Another …
Undine - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Undine' is a fairy-tale novella, written by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqu (1777 - 1843). A true classic of the genre, it tells the story of Undine (a water spirit), who marries a …