DK - Social & Cultural Studies 58

Many of us feel a pressing desire to be differentーto be other than who we are. Self-conscious, we anxiously perceive our shortcomings or insufficiencies, wondering why we are how we are and whether……続きを見る

Shakespeare in Tehran is a personal history of Iran through the eyes of an award-winning Iranian American artist. Drawing on parallels between life and the stage, it uses A Midsummer Night’s Dream a……続きを見る

The United States' ignominious exit from Afghanistan in 2021 topped two decades of failure and devastation wrought by the war on terror. A long-running "fight against migration" has stoked chaos and……続きを見る

Climate Denial in American Politics is a detailed examination of the rise within American politics of climate denialism, the counter movement which challenges the accepted science of climate change.……続きを見る

Die Lebenswege des Schriftstellers Ahmad Katlesh und der Journalistin Vanessa Vu sind durchtränkt, aber nicht bestimmt von Kriegen, Flucht und Migration. Doch was bedeuten diese Erfahrungen für ihre……続きを見る

Navid Kermani is one of the outstanding public intellectuals of his generation. Not one for drawing hard and fast conclusions, his style of thought is probing, observant, often straying from well-tr……続きを見る

Colonial Legacies in Francophone African Literature: The School and the Invention of the Bourgeoisie by Mohamed Kamara examines the representation and lasting impact of the colonial school and bourg……続きを見る

While early Buddhists hailed their religion’s founder for opening a path to enlightenment, they also exalted him as the paragon of masculinity. According to Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha’s body bo……続きを見る

From the A6 Disappearances to the Zodiac Killer, and all points between, here is a definitive A to Z of the many serial killer cases through history that were never solved. Jack the Ripper, The Free……続きを見る

En el pasado, el contexto geográfico y las realidades naturales de los imperios y las naciones siempre fueron determinantes en los conflictos internacionales. Así ha sido hasta ahora y así será en e……続きを見る

How do we balance freedom with the responsibilities we owe each other as members of society? Are we free to do whatever we want? This idea challenges us throughout our daily lives, from how to tackl……続きを見る

¡El último libro de Farid Kahhat! Tras la caída del muro de Berlín, la Unión Soviética despareció y los Estados Unidos se convirtieron en la principal potencia mundial. Sin embargo, la derecha radic……続きを見る

In diesem Buch dreht sich um eine Analyse über die Aussagen aus den Büchern: „Einkommen für alle“ von Götz W. Werner und „1000 € für jeden“ von Götz W. Werner und Adrienne Goehler. Beide Bücher pred……続きを見る

KO Tropfen - heimlich verabreicht können sogar tödlich sein. Eine wahre Geschichte, welche ich selbst erlebte. Eine schwere Zeit musste ich durchmachen. 続きを見る

This timely handbook offers an examination of man's history of war crimes and the parallel development of rules of war to prevent them in the future. Kosovo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Darfur, Auschwitz.……続きを見る

A social history of the ‘video nasty’. In the early 1980s, video technology forever changed the face of home entertainment. The videocassette – a handy-sized cartridge of magnetic tape inside a plas……続きを見る

Im Bundestagswahlkampf 2017 nahm die Frage nach sozialer Gerechtigkeit in der deutschen Gesellschaft einen wesentlichen Raum ein. Über das Ausmaß einer behaupteten Gerechtigkeitslücke und damit korr……続きを見る

This book recounts the desperate efforts to gather information during World War II and the Cold War. The author provides insight into the dark realm of intelligence and code that will fascinate cryp……続きを見る

'A seminal history' - The Wall Street Journal 'Gripping and shocking' - Tim Shipman, author of All Out War 'An extraordinary development' - The Times 'An impressively detailed account of a remarkabl……続きを見る

Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga, Serges Djoyou Kamga, and Arnold Kwesiga explore a relatively new phenomenon, namely referred to as illicit financial flows, that aim to impoverish the African continent……続きを見る

White supremacy and American-style individual autonomy are mutually supportive and co-dependent. Attacking white racism will not dislodge white supremacy, which the author contends is the greatest d……続きを見る

The recent advent of gridlock and hyper-partisanship in the United States Congress has raised questions about whether similar divides are occurring in state governments, and if so, why? To find out,……続きを見る

The ninth edition of Introduction to Criminology provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of lawmaking, lawbreaking, and reactions to crime. Both classic and contemporary theories of the c……続きを見る

A sobering portrait of the United States’ divided racial politics. For nearly two decades, Rogers M. Smith and Desmond King have charted the shifting racial policy alliances that have shaped America……続きを見る

Value Added Tax (VAT) is the backbone of the EU Member States‘ tax systems. However, the rules for taxing Intra-Community delivery created opportunities for so called ‘Missing Trader Intra-Community……続きを見る

1930 rechnete der Ökonom Keynes vor, dass seine Enkelkinder-Generation hundert Jahre später dank technologischen Fortschritts in nie gekanntem materiellem Wohlstand leben und dank dieser Entwicklung……続きを見る

The essays in Muslim American Hyphenations: Cultural Production and Hybridity in the Twenty-first Century contest the lack of nuance in the public debates about American Islam and reclaim a self-det……続きを見る

Katheryn Parr is mainly remembered today as being the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, the one who ‘survived’. Katheryn was not only a wife but a queen, mother, reformer, and author. Katheryn would fa……続きを見る

This comprehensive, illustrated survey of the latest in battlefield archaeology reveals “intimate insight into the realities of life” during WWI (Current Archaeology). Modern methods of archaeologic……続きを見る

The book has 17 short stories, most of which revolve around childhood memories and current trends in society. Some of the stories reflect the beautiful transformation of the present generation in co……続きを見る