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  • Buddhism and Modernity

    Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan

    by Professor Micah Auerback, Professor James Baskind, Professor Nathaniel Gallant, G. Clinton Godart, Professor Seiji Hoshino, Professor Mami Iwata, Jason Ananda Josephson Storm, Professor Mitsuhiro Kameyama, Professor Stephan Kigensan Licha, Professor Michel Mohr, Fabio Rambelli, Professor Erik Schicketanz, Professor Jeff Schroeder, Professor James Mark Shields, Jacqueline I. Stone, Jolyon Baraka Thomas, Professor Dylan Toda, Professor Ryan Ward, Garrett L. Washington ...
    Japan was the first Asian nation to face the full impact of modernity. Like the rest of Japanese society, Buddhist institutions, individuals, and thought were drawn into the dynamics of confronting the modern age. Japanese Buddhism had to face multiple challenges, but it also contributed to modern Japanese society in numerous ways. Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Theosophy across Boundaries

    Transcultural and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Modern Esoteric Movement

    Edited by Hans Martin Krämer, Julian Strube ...
    Series series SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions
    Offers a new approach to Theosophy that takes into account its global dimensions and its interaction with highly diverse cultural contexts.Theosophy across Boundaries brings a global history approach to the study of esotericism, highlighting the important role of Theosophy in the general histories of religion, science, philosophy, art, and politics. The first half of the book consists of seven ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Shi'ism, Resistance, And Revolution

    by Martin Kramer, Shaul Bakhash, Clinton Bailey, Michael M J Fischer ...
    The recent revival of interest in the Muslim world has generated numerous studies of modern Islam, most of them focusing on the Sunni majority. Shi'ism, an often stigmatized minority branch of Islam, has been discussed mainly in connection with Iran. Yet Shi'i movements have been extraordinarily effective in creating political strategies that have ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Anti-Zionism on Campus

    The University, Free Speech, and BDS

    by Andrew Pessin, Dan Avnon, Julien Bauer, Corinne Blackmer, Gabriel Brahm, Shlomo Dubnov, Ronnie Fraser, Janet Freedman, Larissa Benita Klazinga0, Jeffrey Kopstein1, Martin Kramer2, Philip Mendes3, Richard Millett4, Cary Nelson5, Denise Nussbaum6, Judea Pearl7, Ami Pedahzur8, Peter Keeda9, Clive Kesswer0, Jan Poddebsky1, Yaron Raviv2, David Rosen3, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin4, Jill Schneiderman5, Ernest Sternberg6, Elhanan Yakira7, Jesse Arm8, Milan Chatterjee9, Molly Horwitz0, Eliana Kohn1, Tomer Kornfeld2, Jared Samilow3, Daniel Swindell4 ...
    Series series Studies in Antisemitism
    Many scholars have endured the struggle against rising anti-Israel sentiments on college and university campuses worldwide. This volume of personal essays documents and analyzes the deleterious impact of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on the most cherished Western institutions. These essays illustrate how anti-Israelism corrodes the academy and its treasured ideals of free ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The War on Error

    Israel, Islam and the Middle East

    by Martin Kramer ...
    In 'The War on Error', historian and political analyst Martin Kramer presents a series of case studies, some based on pathfinding research and others on provocative analysis, that correct misinformation clouding the public's understanding of the Middle East. He also offers a forensic exploration of how misinformation arises and becomes "fact." The book is divided into five themes: Orientalism and ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival

    The Politics of Ideas in the Middle East

    by Martin Kramer ...
    Over the past decade, the political ground beneath the Middle East has shifted. Arab nationalism the political orthodoxy for most of this century has lost its grip on the imagination and allegiance of a new generation. At the same time, Islam as an ideology has spread across the region, and "Islamists" bid to capture the center of politics. Most Western scholars and experts once hailed the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Underlying Representations

    by Martin Krämer ...
    Series series Key Topics in Phonology
    At the heart of generative phonology lies the assumption that the sounds of every language have abstract underlying representations, which undergo various changes in order to generate the 'surface' representations; that is, the sounds we actually pronounce. The existence, status and form of underlying representations have been hotly debated in phonological research since the introduction of the ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

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  • The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future

    by Vali Nasr ...
    The New York Times bestseller: "Historically incisive, geographically broad-reaching, and brimming with illuminating anecdotes."—Max Rodenbeck, New York Review of BooksProfiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr has become one of America's leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, admired and welcomed by both media and government for his ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

    A Muslim Case for Liberty

    by Mustafa Akyol ...
    A provocative manifesto for an interpretation of Islam that synthesizes liberal ideas and respect for the Islamic tradition.From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Strong Horse

    Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations

    by Lee Smith ...
    In this provocative and timely book, Middle East expert Lee Smith overturns long-held Western myths and assumptions about the Arab world, offering advice for America’s future success in the region.Seeking the motivation behind the September 11 attacks, Smith moved to Cairo, where he discovered that the standard explanation—a clash of East and West—was simply not the case. Middle East conflicts ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Islamic History

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Adam J. Silverstein ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This Very Short Introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims and for non-Muslims alike. Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to twenty first century, the book ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi`is

    by John McHugo ...
    The 1400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shi`is has rarely been as toxic as it is today, feeding wars and communal strife in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan and many other countries, with tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran escalating. In this richly layered and engrossing account, John McHugo reveals how this great divide occurred. Charting the story of Islam from the lifetime of ... Read more

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