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Youssef Belal
The Life of Shari'a

"Our lives are ruled by law. But what if law were life? What if it were the knowledge, the ordering of knowledges , necessary to live? Every law? Shari'a , Youssef Belal demonstrates, is in fragments…

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El-Sayed El-Aswad
Religion and the Invisible World

A broad critical history of the transformation of religious thought in Egypt from ancient to modern periodsWhen a civilization disappears, its heritage does not vanish. It survives in different potentiall…

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Giorgio Scalici
Pain, Play and Music

"This book explores how the Wana people use music and religion to control their emotions in situations of emotional crisis, such as funerals and shamanic rituals"--

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Angela Ju
Identities Matter

Higher-status immigrant communities in the Global South with ties to more developed countries might form identities and political strategies that reinforce an association with their heritage country rathe…

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Bodies, Spaces, Claims

This book asserts that there is no political representation without performance. When politicians, protesters, or politically engaged entertainers appear in public, they make or constitute political repre…

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The Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism

From the rise of populist leaders and the threat of democratic backsliding to polarizing culture wars and the return of great power competition, the backlash against the political, economic, and social li…

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Thomas J Barfield
Shadow Empires

An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern timesThe world's first great empires established by the ancient Persians, Chinese, and Romans are well known, b…

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Language, History, Ideology

This volume explores the ways in which historical linguistics and language change interact with ideology. The chapters present twelve in-depth case studies that cover topics ranging from the location of t…

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More Than Blue, More Than Yankee

New England politics can, at first blush, appear monochromatic. This collection of new essays captures both the political history and contemporary moment in this region and exposes the surprisingly varied…

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The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language

This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of how archaeology, genes, and language can be combined to shed light on the human past. It illustrates the extent to which linguistic, archaeo…

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More Than Blue, More Than Yankee

New England politics can, at first blush, appear monochromatic. After all, only one member of the entire region's delegation to the US Congress is a Republican, and citizens have elected few Republicans t…

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The Medieval Mediterranean Between Islam and Christianity

"This volume offers an exploration of the Christian-Islamic encounter in a pan-Mediterranean context, through an array of new research papers based on micro-historical case studies of the religious a…

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The Oxford Guide to the Bantu Languages

This volume brings together leading scholars from the African continent and beyond to provide a detailed account of the languages of the Bantu family. The book will be an essential resource for students a…

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The Oxford Guide to the Atlantic Languages of West Africa

This volume is the first book-length overview of the Atlantic languages, a small family of languages spoken mainly on the Atlantic coast of West Africa. It is an essential tool for linguists interested in…

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The Oxford Guide to the Languages of the Central Andes

This volume presents the first comprehensive overview in English of the languages of the Central Andes, spoken primarily in Peru and Bolivia. Chapters provide detailed descriptions of individual languages…

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Parasitical Logic in Culture and Society

In essays on film, literature, capitalism, and the university, this book illuminates and deepens the understanding of the parasite as a concept metaphor for cultural and social critique.

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Caleb Everett
A Myriad of Tongues

Exploring breakthroughs in language and cognition research, Caleb Everett finds that fundamentals of human perception are culturally encoded by the words and sentences we use. The experience of time, spac…

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Thomas Piketty,
Nature, Culture, and Inequality

"Originally published in French as Nature, culture et inâegalitâes: Une perspective comparative et historique in 2023 by Sociâetâe d'ethnologie, Nanterre, France"--Title page verso.

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Rebecca Romo, J. Sterphone
Between Black and Brown

Between Black and Brown explores the experiences of Blaxicans, individuals with African American and Mexican American heritage, as they navigate American culture, which often clings to monoracial categori…

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Philippe Descola,
Politics of Worlding

The Politics of Worldlingpresents Philippe Descola's Tanner Lectures on Human Values, delivered in 2023 at the University of California, Berkeley. It offers a highly readable précis of some of the central…

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