Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial (Sen Somdeep)(Pevná vazba)

Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial (Sen Somdeep)(Pevná vazba)

In Decolonizing Palestine, Somdeep Sen rejects the notion that liberation from colonialization exists as a singular moment in history when the colonizer is ousted by the colonized. Instead, he considers the case of the Palestinian struggle for liberation from its settler colonial condition as a

Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas between the Anticolonial and the Postcolonial (Sen Somdeep)(Paperback)

In Decolonizing Palestine, Somdeep Sen rejects the notion that liberation from colonialization exists as a singular moment in history when the colonizer is ousted by the colonized. Instead, he considers the case of the Palestinian struggle for liberation from its settler colonial condition as a

Colonizing, Decolonizing, and Globalizing Kolkata: From a Colonial to a Post-Marxist City (Sen Siddhartha)(Pevná vazba)

Colonising, Decolonising, and Globalising Kolkata offers an extended analysis of the architecture of Kolkata from the earliest days of colonialism through independence and on into the twenty-first century, all set in the larger context of Indian cities and architecture. What Siddhartha Sen shows is

Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine (Horsley Richard A.)(Pevná vazba)

In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley offers one of the most comprehensive critical analyses of Jesus of Nazareth�s mission and how he became a significant historical figure. In his study Horsley brings a fuller historical knowledge of the context and implications of

Gaza Under Hamas: From Islamic Democracy to Islamist Governance (Brenner Bjorn)(Pevná vazba)

The landslide victory of Hamas to the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2006 saw the ascent of a new actor on the parliamentary scene. The elections also constituted the first time Islamists had ascended to power in the Arab world by democratic means. But did Hamas proceed to govern in the same

Bourdieu and Postcolonial Studies (Dalleo Raphael)(Pevná vazba)

Postcolonial studies has taken a significant turn since 2000 from the post-structural focus on language and identity of the 1980s and 1990s to more materialist and sociological approaches. A key theorist in inspiring this innovative new scholarship has been Pierre Bourdieu. Bourdieu and

Affective Disorders: Emotion in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (Scott Bede)(Pevná vazba)

Situated at the intersection of postcolonial studies, affect studies, and narratology, Affective Disorders explores the significance of emotion in a range of colonial and postcolonial narratives. Through close readings of Naguib Mahfouz, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, and Upamanyu Chatterjee,

Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment (Scott David)(Paperback)

At this stalled and disillusioned juncture in postcolonial history--when many anticolonial utopias have withered into a morass of exhaustion, corruption, and authoritarianism--David Scott argues the need to reconceptualize the past in order to reimagine a more usable future. He describes how, prior

Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature (Quayson Ato)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines tragedy and tragic philosophy from the Greeks through Shakespeare to the present day. It explores key themes in the links between suffering and ethics through postcolonial literature. Ato Quayson reconceives how we think of World literature under the singular and fertile rubric

Between the Bliss and Me (Mason Lizzy)(Pevná vazba)

Rebel by vocation: Sen O'Faolin and the generation of The Bell (Carson Niall)(Pevná vazba)

Palestine: From Balfour Declaration to Oslo Accords (Tiwari Sachin)(Paperback)

The last hundred years have been the witness of the battles between the Jews and Palestinians and this has posed a big challenge before the world to establish peace on the region. This seed of conflict emerged around the beginning of 20th century. This book discusses various facts in regard to the

The 10x Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure (Cardone Grant)(Pevná vazba)

The First Vietnam War (McHale Shawn F.)(Pevná vazba)

Shawn McHale explores why the communist-led resistance in Vietnam won the anticolonial war against France (1945-54), except in the south. He shows how broad swaths of Vietnamese people were uneasily united in 1945 under the Viet Minh Resistance banner, all opposing the French attempt to reclaim

Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel (Ross Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

The Story of Palestine's Stonemasons and the Building of Israel 'They demolish our houses while we build theirs.' This is how a Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian 'stone men,' utilizing some of the best quality

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics (Hill Marc Lamont)(Pevná vazba)

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from a New York Times bestselling author and an expert on U.S. policy in the region In this major work of daring criticism and analysis, scholar and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill and

Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between (Nusbaum Eric)(Pevná vazba)

Main Line to the West - The Southern Railway Route Between Basingstoke and Exeter (Nicholas John)(Pevná vazba)

Main Line to the West - The Southern Railway Route Between Basingstoke and Exeter (Nicholas John)(Pevná vazba)

Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine (Erakat Noura)(Pevná vazba)

The struggle for Palestinian sovereignty has been a quest for inclusion in-and recognition from-a world order that left them behind. Sovereignty has become a trap for Palestinians and getting out is a matter of political vision and will. The law does not determine any particular outcome, it only

Palestine Memories of 1948: Photographs of Jerusalem (Alcantra Altair)(Pevná vazba)

Seventy-one years ago, in 1948, the Nakba--the 'catastrophe'--overturned life in Palestine, forcing three-quarters of Palestinians into exile, depriving them of their land, their homes, their belongings. Today, those who can bear witness to that period are becoming rare. From different social

From Gaza to Jerusalem - The Campaign for Southern Palestine 1917 (Hadaway Stuart)(Pevná vazba)

The Palestine campaign of 1917 saw Britain's armed forces rise from defeat to achieve stunning

Radiant Human: Discover the Connection Between Color, Identity, and Energy (Lonsdale Christina)(Pevná vazba)

A revolutionary exploration of the relationship between human energy and color, visualized through more than 200 photographs from the 'the Annie Leibovitz of aura photography' (New York Times) and a 'Dutch painter on acid' (Vogue).The prodigal daughter of a visionary painter mother and a two-time

Familiar Futures: Time, Selfhood, and Sovereignty in Iraq (Pursley Sara)(Pevná vazba)

Iraq was the first postcolonial state recognized as legally sovereign by the League of Nations amid the twentieth-century wave of decolonization movements. It also emerged as an early laboratory of development projects designed by Iraqi intellectuals, British colonial officials, American