Constant Battles - The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage by Steven LeBlanc; Katherine E. Register; Steven A. Le Blanc; Steven A. Leblanc
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
With armed conflict in the Persian Gulf now upon us, Harvard archaeologist Steven LeBlanc takes a long-term view of the nature and roots of war, presenting a controversial thesis: The notion of the "noble savage" living in peace with one another and in harmony with nature is a fantasy. In Constant Battl ...Show more
History, Religion, and Antisemitism by Gavin I. Langmuir
$18.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Gavin I. Langmuir's work on the formation and nature of antisemitism has earned him an international reputation. In History, Religion, and Antisemitism he bravely confronts the problems that arise when historians have to describe and explain religious phenomena, as any historian of antisemitism must. Ho ...Show more
Jeanne Hyvrard: Theorist of the Modern World by Jennifer Waelti-Walters
$15.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good
Like Hélène Cixous, Hyvrard has been described as a proponent of l'écriture feminine; yet as Hyvrard's undertaking confronts profound questions -- language; the body; physical and psychological oppression; colonialism; ecology and technology; madness and illness; birth and death; and mother-daughter rel ...Show more
Bearing Meaning: The Language of Birth by Robbie P. Kahn
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in Western Europe by Jytte Klausen
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
The voices in this book belong to parliamentarians, city councilors, doctors and engineers, a few professors, lawyers and social workers, owners of small businesses, translators, and community activists. They are also all Muslims, who have decided to become engaged in political and civic organizations. ...Show more
History and Memory after Auschwitz by Dominick LaCapra
$16.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
The relations between memory and history have recently become a subject of contention, and the implications of that debate are particularly troubling for aesthetic, ethical, and political issues. Dominick LaCapra focuses on the interactions among history, memory, and ethicopolitical concerns as they eme ...Show more
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
For many centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement--the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe, a remote land beyond its northwestern frontier, was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and u ...Show more
From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and Its Legacy by Kenan Malik
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
'A gripping account of how we went from burning books to bombs on buses. The Rushdie affair has shaped all our lives. This book shows us how.'Hanif Kureishi In 1989 a thousand Muslim protesters paraded through a British city displaying a copy of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, before ceremonious ...Show more
Power Plays - Win or Lose--How History's Great Political Leaders Play the Game by Dick Morris
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Dick Morris is the frankest and most outspoken political analyst in America today. His commentary on the Clinton White House, the 2000 election, and the rise of George W. Bush has been marked by the sharpeyed political savvy only an insider can bring to bear.Now, in Power Plays, Morris provides a revea ...Show more
The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History by Robert Darnton
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
In this collection of cultural essays, the author explores the boundaries between past and present. Robert Darnton is the author of The Great Cat Massacre.
New Victorians: A Young Woman's Challenge to the Old Feminist Order by Rene Denfeld
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
On Prejudice: A Global Perspective by Daniela Gioseffi
$16.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good