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9789004207455

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The Communal Idea in the 21st Century

Edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Tel Aviv University, Yaacov Oved, Tel Aviv University, and Menachem Topel, Ashkelon Academic College - Yad Tabenkin

The communal idea is investigated theoretically and through contemporary experiences on the verge of the 21st century. This idea draws its vitality from potent civilizational codes, and while its realizations come up unavoidably to self-betrayal, its renewal from ashes is not less unavoidable.

€139.00$193.00

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ICSS

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9789004226562

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Shifting Frontiers of Citizenship: The Latin American Experience

Edited by Mario Sznajder, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace in Jerusalem, Luis Roniger, and Carlos A. Forment, New School for Social Research

This book aims to assess the shifting frontiers of citizenship in Latin America, analyzing contemporary practices and redefinitions, the impact and limits of the Liberal model of citizenship, the emergence of alternative models, and the transnational dimensions and the prospects of different ...

€139.00$193.00

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ICSS

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9789004218574

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Secure Oil and Alternative Energy

Edited by M. Parvizi Amineh, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden and University of Amsterdam and Yang Guang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing

While intensive cooperation between China and the EU in the fields of energy use, environmental protection and sustainability is highly needed the question remains unanswered how this cooperation could be organized. This volume puts the geopolitical implementation of China’s and the EU’s energy ...

€90.00$125.00

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SST

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9789004228917

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Minding Time: A Philosophical and Theoretical Approach to the Psychology of Time

Carlos Montemayor, San Francisco State University

Minding Time: A Philosophical and Theoretical Approach to the Psychology of Time offers an innovative philosophical account of the most fundamental kinds of time representation. Drawing on biological clocks, it explains how representations of duration and simultaneity relate to the consciously ...

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1569-1322

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1569-1330

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Comparative Sociology

Edited by Professor David Weakliem, University of Connecticut.
Book Review Editors: Mehdi P. Amineh and Sander De Rijke

Comparative Sociology is a quarterly international scholarly journal dedicated to advancing comparative sociological analyses of societies and cultures, institutions and organizations, groups and collectivities, networks and interactions.

€45.00$62.55

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Paperback

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9789004232761

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The Uniqueness of Western Civilization

Ricardo Duchesne, The University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada

After challenging the multicultural effort to “provincialize” the history of Western civilization, this book argues that the roots of the West’s exceptional creativity should be traced back to the uniquely aristocratic warlike culture of Indo-European speakers.