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“christine achinger”

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  • Antisemitism, Racism and Islamophobia

    Distorted Faces of Modernity

    Edited by Christine Achinger, Robert Fine ...
    The growing threat of antisemitism, racism and Islamophobia within the European political landscape poses urgent and difficult questions. These questions concern both commonalities and connections between these forms of prejudice and persecution, and differences regarding their discursive functions and the image of the ‘other’ they project. In this volume we interrogate the specific forms ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

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  • Violence

    by Slavoj Zizek ...
    Series series BIG IDEAS//small books
    Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Slavoj Žižek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in our world.Using history, philosophy, books, movies, Lacanian psychiatry, and jokes, Slavoj Žižek examines the ways we perceive and misperceive violence. Drawing from his unique cultural vision, Žižek brings new light to the Paris riots of 2005; he questions ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Representations of the Intellectual

    The 1993 Reith Lectures

    by Edward W. Said ...
    **In these impassioned and inspiring essays, based on his 1993 Reith Lectures, Edward Said explores what it means to be an intellectual."Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar, aesthete and political activist. . . . He challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area." --Washington Post Book World**Are intellectuals merely the servants of special interests or do they have a larger ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere

    by Judith Butler, Jurgen Habermas, Charles Taylor, Cornel West, Craig Calhoun ...
    Series series A Columbia / SSRC Book
    The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere represents a rare opportunity to experience a diverse group of preeminent philosophers confronting one pervasive contemporary concern: what role does-or should-religion play in our public lives? Reflecting on her recent work concerning state violence in Israel-Palestine, Judith Butler explores the potential of religious perspectives for renewing cultural ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Parting Ways

    Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism

    by Judith Butler ...
    Judith Butler follows Edward Said's late suggestion that through a consideration of Palestinian dispossession in relation to Jewish diasporic traditions a new ethos can be forged for a one-state solution. Butler engages Jewish philosophical positions to articulate a critique of political Zionism and its practices of illegitimate state violence, nationalism, and state-sponsored racism. At the same ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Fascism

    by Roger Griffin ...
    Series series Key Concepts in Political Theory
    The word ‘fascism’ sometimes appears to have become a catch-all term of abuse, applicable to anyone on the political right, from Hitler to Donald Trump and from Putin to Thatcher. While some argue that it lacks any distinctive conceptual meaning at all, others have supplied highly elaborate definitions of its ‘essential’ features. It is therefore a concept that presents unique challenges for any ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Multidirectional Memory

    Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization

    by Michael Rothberg ...
    Series series Cultural Memory in the Present
    Multidirectional Memory brings together Holocaust studies and postcolonial studies for the first time. Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book makes a twofold argument about Holocaust memory in a global age by situating it in the unexpected context of decolonization. On the one hand, it demonstrates how the Holocaust has enabled the articulation of other histories of ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Israel in History

    The Jewish State in Comparative Perspective

    by Derek Penslar ...
    Covering topical issues concerning the nature of the Israeli state, this engaging work presents essays that combine a variety of comparative schemes, both internal to Jewish civilization and extending throughout the world, such as:modern Jewish society, politics and culturehistorical consciousness in the twentieth centurycolonialism, anti-colonialism and postcolonial state-building.With its open ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • The Implicated Subject

    Beyond Victims and Perpetrators

    by Michael Rothberg ...
    Series series Cultural Memory in the Present
    "A pathbreaking meditation . . . shifts the discussion . . . from . . . notions of guilt and innocence to the complexities of responsibility and accountability." —Amir Eshel, Stanford UniversityWhen it comes to historical violence and contemporary inequality, none of us are completely innocent. We may not be direct agents of harm, but we may still contribute to, inhabit, or benefit from regimes of ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Albert Camus the Algerian

    Colonialism, Terrorism, Justice

    by David Carroll ...
    In these original readings of Albert Camus' novels, short stories, and political essays, David Carroll concentrates on Camus' conflicted relationship with his Algerian background and finds important critical insights into questions of justice, the effects of colonial oppression, and the deadly cycle of terrorism and counterterrorism that characterized the Algerian War and continues to surface in ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Racism

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Alana Lentin ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Discover racism's roots, its long-lasting impact on society – and why it is here to stay.Despite the long struggle to eliminate racism, it is still very much with us. In fact, since 9/11, racism appears to be on the rise, making it more important than ever before to understand the meaning of race and the effect it has on society. Alana Lentin maps the emergence and development of ideas about race ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Marxism, Orientalism, Cosmopolitanism

    by Gilbert Achcar ...
    In this collection of essays, Gilbert Achcar examines the controversial relationship of Marxism to religion, to Orientalism and its critique by Edward Said, and to the concept of cosmopolitanism. A compelling range of issues is discussed within these pages, including a comparative assessment of Christian liberation theology and Islamic fundamentalism; "Orientalism in reverse", which can take the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus