Changing perceptions of the public sphere

Initially propounded by the philosopher Jürgen Habermas in 1962 in order to describe the realm of social discourse between the state on one hand, and the private sphere of the market and the family on the other, the concept of a bourgeois public sphere quickly became a central point of referenc...

Timber, sail, and rail

Escapees

Escapes from deportation trains: First study of the phenomenon as Jewish resistance to National Socialistic persecution More than 750 escapees in Western Europe show various forms of motives and implementation (agency) First study of deportation train guards (who they were and how th...

The northern ireland conflict on the margins of history

In thisexacting re-examination of paramilitary violence upon border Protestants within Northern Ireland, The Northern Ireland Conflict on the Margins of History illuminates the understudied impact the Troubles had upon the Protestant community’s physical, economic, and cultural presence within ...

Rethinking the historiography of the soviet bloc

Brings together Historians and philosophers to analyse the totalitarian idea and its broader application. Highlights the reasons why totalitarianism is still an attractive model in political science born out of the cold war. Revisits ideas about totalitarianism and knowledge producti...

Imperial projections

The first in-depth analysis of colonial filmmaking in the Wilhelmine era. Describes how the beginning of film-making in the German Colonies addressed the demand for a new and positive image for Germany.

Edges, fringes, frontiers

Based on an ethnographic account of subsistence forest use by Wapishana people in Guyana and developing an original analytical framework, Edges, Frontiers, Fringes examines the social, cultural and behavioral bases for sustainability and resilience in indigenous resource use.

Empty signs, historical imaginaries

Total atheism

Cyprus and its conflicts

Cyprus is an island of enduring political, military and, more recently, economic conflict. In this edited volume, Cyprus serves as a geographical, cultural and political point of reference to study how conflict is mediated, represented, reconstructed, experienced, and transformed, offering broa...

All or none

All or None is a social history and anthropological study of the world’s oldest voluntary collective farms in Ravenna, Italy, addressing the question of the viability of cooperative enterprise as a potential solution for displaced workers, and as a more humane alternative to capitalist agribusi...

On violence in history

Is global violence on the decline? Steven Pinker’s highly-publicized argument that human violence across the world has been dramatically abating continues to influence discourse among academics and the general public alike.

Patient-centred ivf

The first ethnography on the use of any new reproductive technologies (NRTs) in the Netherlands. Based on a long and intensive period of observations in a clinic and the situated accounts of couples which were followed over time. Contributes to current debates on medicalization and t...

Navigating miscarriage

This collected volume explores miscarriage in diverse historical and cultural settings with contributions from anthropologists, historians and medical professionals. The book considers meanings attached to miscarriage and how religious, cultural, medical and legal forces impact the way miscarri...

Medicinal rule

Based on ethnography-driven regional comparison and a critical re-examination of classic monographs on some forty cultural groups, this volume makes the arresting claim that across equatorial Africa, the model of rule has been medicine – and not (as Europeans have long assumed) the colonizer’s ...

Law, history, and justice

Takes a long-term perspective on the problem of German state crimes (First World War, Second World War, GDR). Exemplifies the potential of legal cultural approach. Demonstrates the complex entanglements of legal theory, historical trauma, criminal prosecution, historiography, and pol...

In god's name

Despite the widespread trends of secularization in the 20th century, religion has played an important role in several outbreaks of genocide since the First World War. And yet, not many scholars have looked either at the religious aspects of modern genocide, or at the manner in which religion ha...

Media practices and changing african socialities

Deriving from innovative new work by six researchers, this book questions what the new media's role is in contemporary Africa. The focus is on media-related practices, which require engagement with different perspectives and concerns while situating these in a wider analytical context.

Critical theory

The retirement of the distinguished philosopher Jürgen Habermas from his chair at the University of Frankfurt signalled an important caesura in the history of Critical Theory: the transition from the Habermasian project, to different forms of inquiry in the work of the next generation. This cha...

The attempt to stay

The construction of the Merowe Dam along the Nile in northern Sudan flooded local villages and forced thousands of inhabitants to flee to higher ground. This book follows the Manasir people’s attempts to resist state-run resettlement schemes, preserve their homeland, and try out meaningful ways...

Latin america and refugee protection

Looking at refugee protection in Latin America, this landmark edited collection assesses what the region has achieved in recent years. The book analyses Latin America’s main documents in refugee protection, evaluates the particular aspects of different regimes, and reviews their emergence, deve...

Single mother by choice

The book is about a close friend of the author who was therefore privy to the innermost thoughts and feelings of the single mother. The topic is relevant and could be of interest to more than just an academic audience. The author offers bold conclusions of the reality of life as a si...

Nation branding in modern history

New theme: nation branding and history New approach: introduces a new way of thinking about nation self-projection in the international arena Comparison: a comparative book on the history of nation branding – there is none to date Intercontinental approach: that comparison reache...

The jewish maghreb

From commercial networks in Paris to Algerian pilgrimage journeys, The Jewish Maghreb reveals communal North African Jewish navigation of plural sediments of self and history. The heuristic ‘maghrebinicité,’ works to illuminate ongoing negotiations of memory, citizenship, and cultural transmiss...

Vital diplomacy

Focusing on the major ceremonial cycle of the Enawene-nawe people, Vital Diplomacy sheds new light on classic Amazonian themes such as manioc cultivation and cuisine, predatory relations with non-humans, and the interplay of myth and practice, and to consider dynamics of kin, clan, and gender r...

Tropical nature

An insightful and wide-ranging study of the colonial history of conservation projects, Tropical Nature seeks to provide a much-needed history of the Global South from its own perspective. In doing so, this volume collection spotlights a “small-scale global history” that deciphers the relations ...

The voice of prophecy

Edwin Ardener - a new expanded edition of the collected works of one of the most important social anthroplogists in Britian of his time. Ardener worked on social, economic, demographic and political problems, and was particularly influential in his sustained effort to bring together social anth...

Mixed harvest

After millennia of wandering the earth with little impact, a universal, if inadvertent transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and pastoralism was complete within a period of a few thousand years. Mixed Harvest tells the story of the Sedentary Divide, the most significant event sin...

Business and industry in nazi germany

During the past decade, the role of Germany's economic elites under Hitler has once again moved into the limelight of historical research and public debate. This volume brings together a group of internationally renowned scholars who have been at the forefront of recent research. Their articles...

Representations of “japanese nature”

“Nature” as a concept and word is extremely elusive, yet it is commonly taken for granted that “the pristine nature” is “out there.” This book explores the factors that have naturalized the idea of nature as pristine into our psyche, and as something that has a spatial, visual, and temporal dim...

Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia

Develops critical anthropology of the future Proposes an alternative to the existing world system based upon social parity, democratic processes, environmental sustainability, and a safe climate Argues that the notion of socialism needs to be revisited and reformulated to include dem...

If everyone returned, the island would sink

Focusing on the small island of Paama, Vanuatu, and the capital, Port Vila, this book presents a rare and recent study of the ongoing significance of urbanization and internal migration in the Global South.

Centering the margin

In a completely new approach to borders and border crossing, this volume suggests a re-conceptualization of the nation in Southeast Asia. Choosing an actor approach, the individual chapters in this volume capture the narratives of minorities, migrants and refugees who inhabit and cross borders ...

Emotions in american history

The study of emotions has attracted anew the interest of scholars in various disciplines, igniting a lively public debate on the constructive and destructive power of emotions in society as well as within each of us. Most of the contributors to this volume do not hail from the United States but...

Island historical ecology

Island Historical Ecology addresses Caribbean island ecologies from the perspective of social and cultural intervention, focusing on selected islands between Venezuela and Puerto Rico. This volume goes on to compare these ecologies with well-documented patterns in the Mediterranean and Pacific ...

The economy in jewish history

Jewish historiography tends to stress the religious, cultural, and political aspects of the past. By contrast the “economy” has been pushed to the margins of the Jewish discourse and scholarship since the end of the Second World War. This volume takes a fresh look at Jews and the economy, argui...

Intimate mobilities

This book explores how various types of migration that are often seen as distinct phenomena – such as marriage migration, romance tourism and sex work migration – are in fact variations of cross-border mobilities that evolve around experiences and constructions of “intimacy”, and are facilitate...

Raising citizens in the 'century of the child'

Brings a transatlantic perspective to the history of child-rearing and education Applies T.H. Marshall’s concept of citizenship to the history of child-rearing and education Takes a long-term view in exploring the complex relationship between the family, experts, and the state from t...

Unearthing the past to forge the future

During the 1800s, the East India Company consolidated its rule in India. In desperate need of knowledge about this territory and its population, the company appointed Colin Mackenzie as the first Surveyor General of India. Unearthing the Past to Forge the Future explores the life and career of ...

Bourdieu and social space

French sociologist and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu’s relevance for studies of spatiality and mobility has received less attention than other aspects of his work.  Here, Deborah Reed-Danahay argues that the concept of social space, central to Bourdieu’s ideas, addresses the structured inequal...

Grammars of identity / alterity

Issues of the construction of Self and Other, normally in the context of social exclusion of those perceived as different, have assumed a new urgency. This collection offers a fresh perspective on the ongoing debates on these questions in the social sciences and the humanities by focusing speci...

Civil–military entanglements

A unique set of ethnographic material and anthropological perspectives in contrast to previous work that has been in other disciplines (primarily sociology and political science). Explicit addition of transnational communities and non-Western cases in addition to Western cases, as well...

German television

First edited volume in English on its topic. Brings together scholars from US, UK and Germany. Combines historical with theoretical perspectives, history of technology with program content and economics, auteur directors and popular mainstream TV series.

Science, magic and religion

For some time now, museums have been recognized as important institutions of western cultural and social life. The idea of the museum as a ritual site is fairly new and has been applied to the art museums in Europe and the United States so far. This volume expands it by exploring a range of con...