The world has been shocked by the destruction of world cultural heritage sites over the past two decades, as seen in widely disseminated videos depicting events such as the demolition of the Buddhas of Bamiyan and the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.
This book provides a unique insider's look at the world's largest film industry, now globally known as 'Bollywood' and challenges existing notions about Indian films.
Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have faced significant political, economic, social, and technological transformations over the last four decades.
This book introduces the unique archive of letters, textiles, hand-drawn maps, emails and photographs from asylum seekers held indefinitely in offshore detention at Topside Camp, Nauru 2001-5.
This book explores the effect of the pandemic on human rights; civil and political rights (CPR); economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR); and freedoms around the world.
From September 11 to the calamitous withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan, Western intelligence has failed to negotiate the largest military and humanitarian crises across the world.
On 28 June 1984 a parcel bomb sent by the apartheid security police exploded in an apartment building in Lubango, Angola, killing 36-year-old Jeanette Schoon and her six-year-old daughter Katryn.
Nicht erst im Zuge der CoVid19-Pandemie und ihrer Auswirkungen auf die Lebens- und Arbeitswirklichkeit vieler Menschen wird in der Öffentlichkeit die Idee eines bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens diskutiert.
In Dmitri Mereschkowskis Romantrilogie 'Christ und Antichrist' werden die Konflikte zwischen Gut und Böse, Glauben und Vernunft auf faszinierende Weise erforscht.
«La vida intensa» ofrece un análisis crítico al ideal moderno de vivir todas nuestras experiencias al límite, el cual puede resultar agotador y llevar a la sociedad a la frustración.
The investigation of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood during the presidencies of Anwar Sadat and the early years of Hosni Mubarak is based on the movement's main journals, al-Da'wa and Liwa' al-'Islam, presenting its history during two relevant periods: 1976-1981, 1987-1988.
Max Weber hat um 1900 das Verhältnis von Religion und Wirtschaft auf eine klassische Weise zur Sprache gebracht und religiöse Wurzeln des modernen Kapitalismus identifiziert.
»Ich bin der festen Überzeugung, dass Kampfgeist und Emotionen der Schlüssel zur Veränderung sind, und ich hoffe, dass dieses Buch dazu beitragen wird, die Welt ein Stückchen besser zu machen.
Colombia ha pasado por varios ciclos de intentos de establecer la paz: en la década de 1980 con el M-19 y otros grupos guerrilleros, en la década del 2000 con los paramilitares, y en la década de 2010 con las FARC-EP.
The investigation of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood during the presidencies of Anwar Sadat and the early years of Hosni Mubarak is based on the movement's main journals, al-Da'wa and Liwa' al-'Islam, presenting its history during two relevant periods: 1976-1981, 1987-1988.
Mit Hilfe der Untersuchung eines historischen Kadiamtsregisters soll die mikropolitische und -soziale Situation der nordmesopotamischen Stadt Mardin im 18.
This book is a fascinating collection of carefully handpicked key texts and speeches from Chile's 1,000 Days of Revolution, previously unpublished in English.
Korea's Platform Empire explores the evolution of digital platforms in South Korea's media sphere, and their global political, economic, cultural, and technological influence.
This book argues that misinformation poses a multifaceted threat to knowledge, while arguing that some forms of content moderation risk exacerbating these threats.
This book contributes to the study of collective memory and the sociology of terrorism by analysing the role of memorialization in relation to terrorism, its victims, and the broader society.
