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Science and Technology in Southern Africa and East and South Asia

Edited by Rubin Patterson, University of Toledo, Ohio

The theme of this book is threefold: 1) the proposition that no underdeveloped nation will be empowered to meet the needs and aspirations of its citizens without the adoption of advancing Science & Technology. 2) potentially the most enabling cluster of advanced technologies for development in ...

€57.00$74.00

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ISSA

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Paperback

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9789004112193

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Values and Attitudes across Nations and Time

Edited by Masamichi Sasaki, Chuo University

Values and Attitudes across Nations and Time contributes to an ever-growing body of work focussing on the elucidation of variations in values and attitudes throughout the world - not only what they actually are, but also strategies for their detection, description and classification. Researchers ...

€135.00$175.00

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9789004114296

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Saints and Servants in Southern Morocco

Remco Ensel

This anthropological monograph on a persistent form of social inequality in the Maghreb, examines the affinities between ancient hierarchical categorization and new form to impress social ranking in a modern nation-state, showing how hierarchical ideas are instilled and contested in everyday life.

€178.00$231.00

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9789004113640

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Pastoralists under Pressure?

Edited by Victor Azarya, Anneke Breedveld, Mirjam de Bruijn and Han van Dijk

This collection of papers on the Fulbe is an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of social change in one of the most fascinating group of pastoralists in Africa. Opens new perspectives on this group.

€129.00$167.00

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9789004242876

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Modernity and Terrorism

Milan Zafirovski, University of North Texas and Daniel G. Rodeheaver, University of North Texas

In Modernity and Terrorism Zafirovski and Rodeheaver analyze the nature, types, and causes of terrorism. The book redefines terrorism in novel comprehensive way, considers counter-state and state terrorism, and identifies and predicts conservative anti-modernity as the main cause of terrorism.

€109.00$141.00

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SCSS

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51/3

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9789004245051

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Religious Fundamentalism in the Middle East

Mansoor Moaddel, Eastern Michigan University and Stuart Karabenick, University of Michigan

In Religious Fundamentalism in the Middle East, Moaddel and Karabenick explain variations in fundamentalist beliefs and attitudes on both macro and micro level.

€57.00$74.00

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9789004089754

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Order and Transcendence

Edited by Aadam B. Seligman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

€129.00$179.00

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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 ...

€112.00$145.00

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9789004192485

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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.