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Confronting identities in the Roman Empire

assumptions about the other in literary evidence

Drawing together new research from emerging and senior scholars, this open-access volume presents an up-to-date discussion of these notions in the ancient world, both at the individual and community level. This open access edited volume offers insights into how ancient texts, ranging from the historical ...

The discovery of Ottoman Greece

knowledge, encounter, and belief in the Mediterranean world of Martin Crusius

The surprising story of the sixteenth-century Lutheran scholar who became Europe's foremost authority on Ottoman Greece, shedding new light on the place of Greek culture and religion in the Western imagination. In the late sixteenth century, a German Lutheran scholar named Martin Crusius compiled ...

Wonders and rarities

the marvelous book that traveled the world and mapped the cosmos

During the thirteenth century, the persian naturalist and judge Zakariyya' Qazwini authored what became one of the most influential works of natural history in the world: Wonders and Rarities. Exploring the dazzling movements of the stars above, the strange minutiae of the minerals beneath the ...

Axis of resistance

asymmetric deterrence and rules of the game in contemporary Middle East conflicts

An in-depth analysis of the primary conflicts animating the contemporary struggle over the regional order of the Middle East. From the conflict between the United States and the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria to the recent Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, events in ...

Futures for the public sector

Thought-provoking analysis of how illiberalism, major crises and digital transformation are changing our politico-administrative systems What does the future hold for the public sector? A convergence of illiberalism, major crises, system quakes and digital transformations are reshaping current politico-administrative systems. How will this challenge the ...

Blowing up Ukraine

the return of Russian terror and the threat of World War III

Blowing up Ukraine delves into the complex and tumultuous history of Ukraine, shedding light on the various political, social, and economic factors that have shaped the country's destiny. From the Soviet era to the present day, Felshtinsky explores the deep-rooted corruption, power struggles, and ...

The fall of the Assads

the end of half a century of tyranny in Syria and how it will change the world

The first comprehensive book on the subject, authored by an expert who has studied the Syrian civil war for over a decade. This gripping account delves into the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship, tracing the 2011 uprising and Assad's brutal atrocities. Through detailed ...

Freedom for capital, not people

the Mont Pèlerin Society and the origins of the neoliberal monetary order

Based on new archival sources, Freedom for Capital, Not People tells the story of how the Mont Pèlerin Society transformed the world economy. Founded in 1947 by economist Friedrich von Hayek, by the turn of the 1970s the society commanded influence at the highest levels ...

Cybernetic circulation complex

big tech and planetary crisis

Big Tech firms dominate the global economy. But what value do they actually produce? In this brilliant survey of global tech economy, Nick Dyer-Witheford and Alessandra Mularoni argue that the role of firms like Amazon and Google, Palantir and Uber, is in the automation of ...

Capital's grave

neofeudalism and the new class struggle

Bringing together analyses from different fields-law, technology, Marxism, and psychoanalysis-Jodi Dean shows the direction the contemporary world is heading: neofeudalism. Feudalism isn't just a metaphor. It's the operating system for the present. Politics and plunder thrive in the capitalist pursuit of profit, and ...

La tiranía del calendario

La medición del tiempo en la cultura occidental

Este volumen de la Dra. Elisa Ruiz García, una de las investigadoras que más y mejor han examinado y estudiado el mundo del manuscrito y los primeros impresos desde las diferentes facetas que atañen a sus diversas tipologías documentales, introduce al lector en una materia ...

The information animal

umans, technology and the competition for reality

Depending on the news you read, new tools like AI will either save or destroy us. But our response to emerging technology's 'unprecedented' threats actually follows a pattern as old as civilisation. From ancient Athens to COVID-19, social media to spam, Alicia Wanless shows ...

Sahel

the perfect storm

The Sahel is the borderland of 3 million square kilometres between the Sahara Desert and the African savannah and forest lands further south. Much of this huge area is inhospitable. Insurgencies are common, as are migration and smuggling, jobs being as rare here as effective ...

War in the smartphone age

conflict, connectivity and the crises at our fingertips

An essential guide to understanding war and information on today's data-saturated battlefields--from Ukraine to Gaza and beyond. Thanks to smartphones, war is everywhere, all the time. Anyone can view, analyse and comment on photos, videos or other warzone media. Where did this technology come ...

The national debt

a short history

While it is central to today's politics, few people fully understand the National Debt and its role in shaping the course of British history. Without it, Britain would not have gained--and lost--two empires, nor won its wars against France and Germany. But Britain has ...

Invisible rivals

how we evolved to compete in a cooperative world

A multidisciplinary view of how our competitive and cooperative natures make us human For centuries, people have argued about whether humans are moral animals-good or bad, cooperative or competitive, altruistic or selfish. The debates continue today, dressed up in the language of modern science. In ...

Decision leadership

empowering others to make better choices

A fresh, research-driven playbook for how successful leaders can maximize the potential of others When we think of leaders, we often imagine lone, inspirational figures lauded for their behaviors, attributes, and personal decisions-a perception that is reinforced by many leadership books. However, this approach ignores ...

The new Cold War and the remaking of regions

A compelling examination of how secondary states are preserving their strategic autonomy and are resisting spheres of influence Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the deteriorating United States-China relationship signify the onset of the New Cold War. Unlike the original Cold War, this competition is ...

Ceasefires

stopping the violence and negotiating peace

A policy-relevant study of when and how ceasefires lead to peace Almost all intrastate conflicts involve ceasefire agreements, yet little is known about which factors make a ceasefire effective in stopping violence and ultimately ending intrastate conflict. Ceasefires explores the complex relationship between the ceasefire ...

Blitzkrieg and the Russian art of war

A cutting-edge investigation of how Russia makes war. Russian strategy in the twenty-first century has been described in terms of 'hybrid' warfare, an approach characterised by measures short of war, such as cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns. But as the invasion of Ukraine has brutally demonstrated ...