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Democracy for Sale: Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia

Cornell University Library, 2019

Democracy for Sale is an on-the-ground account of Indonesian democracy, analyzing its election campaigns and behind-the-scenes machinations. Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot assess the informal networks and political strategies that shape access to power and privilege in the messy political environment of contemporary...

International Security and the United States: An Encyclopedia (Praeger Security International)

Praeger Publishers, 2007

Shaped by often very dramatic events, international security and the international system have changed significantly in recent years. The conclusion of the Cold War, the emergence of new political systems, the growth of significant threats such as terrorism, and the development of new security doctrines have driven global transformation. These...

The Birth of Modern Belief: Faith and Judgment from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

Princeton Press, 2019

An illuminating history of how religious belief lost its uncontested status in the West

This landmark book traces the history of belief in the Christian West from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, revealing for the first time how a distinctively modern category of belief came into being. Ethan Shagan focuses...

The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley

Oxford University Press, 2005

Hailed as the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of Silicon Valley, Robert Noyce was a brilliant inventor, a leading entrepreneur, and a daring risk taker who piloted his own jets and skied mountains accessible only by helicopter. Now, in The Man Behind the Microchip, Leslie Berlin captures not only this colorful individual but also the vibrant...

The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics (Routledge Philosophy Companions)

Routledge, 2013

The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics.

This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin,...

The Prophetic Dimension of Sport (SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies)

Springer, 2018

Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of Religion and Sport, this book examines the prophetic dimension of sport, to arrive at a better understanding of the nature of sports in the United States. By detailing and analyzing particular sports, a portrait of sport as an important space for social and political critique...

Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: what does it mean to be 'human' in the 21st century? As definitions between what is 'animal' and what is 'human' break down, and as emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and nano- and bio- technologies develop, accepted...

Mysticism in the World's Religions

Oneworld Publications, 1995

This wide-ranging book covers all the major religious traditions, while exploring monistic and theistic mysticism, and such key issues as altered states of consciousness, sex, and visionary experiences.

There is a widespread modem interest in religious affairs in the broadest sense, from Hare Krishna to the Jesus People and from...

Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power (Religion and Global Politics)

Oxford University Press, 2001

Over the course of the past two decades Islamism has exercised a growing influence on politics in Muslim countries from Morocco to Malaysia. In some instances this trend has led to regime change as in Iran and Sudan, but more often, it has ensconced Islamic norms, symbols, and rhetoric in the public sphere, and in the process,...

The Apocalypse: A Brief History (Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion)

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

This accessible and enlightening history provides insights into the fascinating genre of apocalyptic literature, showing how the apocalypse encompasses far more than popular views of the last judgment and violent end of the world might suggest.

An accessible and enlightening history of the "apocalypses"--ancient...

Assessing Spirituality in a Diverse World (Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach, 6)

Springer, 2020

This volume addresses an important problem in social scientific research on global religions and spirituality: How to evaluate the role of diverse religious and spiritual (R/S) beliefs and practices within the rapid evolution of spiritual globalization and diversification trends. The book examines this question by bringing together a...

Thor's Microsoft Security Bible: A Collection of Practical Security Techniques

Syngress Publishing, 2011

What is security? Is it a mindset? Is it a measurable and actionable posture or position? Or is it a bit of both? People, as a race, learn from doing; they learn by example. Ingrained into our psyche is a process that builds new information upon previous knowledge as we learn. As Isaac Newton said, “If I have seen further than...

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