The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World (Gruber Christiane)(Pevná vazba)

The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World (Gruber Christiane)(Pevná vazba)

The images released by the Islamic State of militants smashing statues at ancient sites were a horrifying aspect of their advance across Northern Iraq and Syria during 2015-16. Their leaders justified this iconoclasm by arguing that such actions were divinely decreed in Islam, a notion that has

Secularism, Islam and Public Intellectuals in Contemporary France (Kiwan Nadia)(Pevná vazba)

Islam in France is often regarded as a political 'issue' and much of the scholarly and public debates about Islam in contemporary France over the last three decades have concentrated on the supposedly 'antagonistic' relationship between France, Islam and its Muslims. Against such a troubled

Representations of Islam in the News: A Cross-Cultural Analysis (Mertens Stefan)(Pevná vazba)

The representation of Islam is unquestionably a critical test for comparing journalistic reporting across countries and cultures. The Islamic religion has weight in international reporting (defining what we termed 'foreign Islam'), but it is also the religion of numerically important minority

Topicality and Representation: Islam and Muslims in Two Renaissance Plays (Obaid Hammood Khalid)(Pevná vazba)

This book focuses on the importance of topical reading in understanding Islamic figures and themes, and applies this approach to two landmark Elizabethan plays: George Peele's Battle of Alcazar and William Percy's Mahomet and his Heaven. The former is the first English play to present a Moor as a

The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam: Beliefs and Practices (Amir-Moezzi Mohammad Ali)(Pevná vazba)

Shi'ism is the second most numerous branch of Islam in the modern world, with between 130 and 190 million adherents across the globe. Shi'i Islam is becoming an increasingly significant and resurgent force in contemporary politics, especially in the Middle East. This makes a good and informed

Image Anxiety (Du Huang)(Pevná vazba)

This volume looks at the relationship between image production and conditions of anxiety across the booming economies of Asia, from Korea to China to Japan. Contributing artists include Wang Guofeng, Lee Yongbaek, Matteo Basile, Chen Wei, Liu Bo, Miao Xiaochun, Jitish Kallat, Nobiyoshi Araki,

Human Struggle: Christian and Muslim Perspectives (Siddiqui Mona)(Pevná vazba)

Many of the great thinkers and poets in Christianity and Islam led lives marked by personal and religious struggle. Indeed, suffering and struggle are part of the human condition and constant themes in philosophy, sociology and psychology. In this thought-provoking book, acclaimed scholar Mona

Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic World (Cohen Mark R.)(Pevná vazba)

The advent of Islam in the seventh century brought profound economic changes to the Jews living in the Middle East, and Talmudic law, compiled in and for an agrarian society, was ill equipped to address an increasingly mercantile world. In response, and over the course of the seventh through

Visual Aggression: Images of Martyrdom in Late Medieval Germany (Pinkus Assaf)(Pevná vazba)

Explores images of torment and martyrdom that appeared in the German-speaking world in the late medieval period, tying them to premodern conceptualizations of individuality and

Walmart in the Global South: Workplace Culture, Labor Politics, and Supply Chains (Bank Muoz Carolina)(Pevná vazba)

As the largest private employer in the world, Walmart dominates media and academic debate about the global expansion of transnational retail corporations and the working conditions in retail operations and across the supply chain. Yet far from being a monolithic force conquering the world, Walmart

Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus Since the Fall of the Soviet Union (Balci Bayram)(Pevná vazba)

A tour d'horizon of the role Islam plays in politics and the private sphere in Central Asia and the

The Impressionists: Their Lives and Works in 350 Images (Katz Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A beautiful volume on the greatest Impressionist painters and the world that inspired

Silent Kingdom: A World Beneath the Waves (Vizl Christian)(Pevná vazba)

Silent Kingdom reveals the world beneath the waves in an ethereal collection of black-and-white underwater photography. In Silent Kingdom, award-winning photographer Christian Vizl brings creatures of the deep sea to a fine art medium. Through stark black-and-white images, Vizl uses a masterful

Creating Political Presence: The New Politics of Democratic Representation (Castiglione Dario)(Pevná vazba)

For at least two centuries, democratic representation has been at the center of debate. Should elected representatives express the views of the majority, or do they have the discretion to interpret their constituents' interests? How can representatives balance the desires of their parties and their

Islam in Liberal Europe: Freedom, Equality, and Intolerance (Hafez Kai)(Pevná vazba)

Islam in 'Liberal' Europe provides the first comprehensive overview of the political and social status of Islam and of Muslim migrants in Europe. In addition to offering a critical assessment of positive and negative trends in Islamic-Western relations, Kai Hafez also engages in a theoretical

The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam (Nickel Gordon D.)(Pevná vazba)

Be Equipped to Interact More Fruitfully and Thoughtfully with MuslimsThe Quran with Christian Commentary offers a unique introduction to the primary religious text of Islam. Alongside a precise modern English translation of the Quran, author Gordon D. Nickel provides in-text notes to explain the

Samuelson Friedman: The Battle Over the Free Market (Wapshott Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

In 1966 two columnists joined Newsweek magazine. Their assignment: debate the world of business and economics. Paul Samuelson was a towering figure in Keynesian economics, which supported the management of the economy along lines prescribed by John Maynard Keynes's General Theory. Milton Friedman,

Images and Idols: Creativity for the Christian Life (Terry Thomas J.)(Pevná vazba)

Christians ought to be leading the way in creativity, but we rarely do. God is the Creator of all things, and He created us in His image. Creativity is woven into the very fabric of our humanity. Therefore, Christians should value and champion creativity as a vital part of our image-bearing role

The Art of Minorities: Cultural Representation in Museums of the Middle East and North Africa (Rey Virginie)(Pevná vazba)

How are issues related to identity representation negotiated in Middle Eastern and North African museums? Can museums provide a suitable canvas for minorities to express their voice? Can narratives change and stereotypes be broken and, if so, what kind of identities are being deployed? Against the

Amazing Muslims Who Changed the World (Islam Burhana)(Pevná vazba)

The Transnational and the Local in the Politics of Islam: The Case of West Sumatra, Indonesia (Salim Delmus Puneri)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the relationship between transnational and local Islam as expressed in public discourse and policy-making, as represented in the local press. It does so against the background of local governments in majority Muslim regions across Indonesia promoting and passing regulations that

Imagine: A Vision for Christians and the Arts (Turner Steve)(Paperback)

Can Christian artists tough it out in the real world? Or can Christian art only survive when unchallenged, in the cordoned off enclave of the Christian subculture? If our music, writing, theatre, painting, artistic expression is insipid and uninspiring, how great is the God who allows it to

Representation, recognition and respect in world politics: The case of Iran-US relations (Duncombe Constance)(Pevná vazba)

This book addresses a critical issue in global politics: how recognition and misrecognition fuel conflict or initiate reconciliation. Using a detailed empirical investigation of the fraught bilateral relations between the US and Iran, the book demonstrates how representations of one state by

Distributions of the Sensible: Rancire, Between Aesthetics and Politics (Durham Scott)(Pevná vazba)

Jacques Ranci re's work is increasingly central to several debates across the humanities. Distributions of the Sensible confronts a question at the heart of his thought: How should we conceive the relationship between the 'politics of aesthetics' and the 'aesthetics of politics'? Specifically, the