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A labyrinth of kingdoms

10.000 miles through islamic Africa

In 1849 Heinrich Barth joined a small British expedition into unexplored regions of Islamic North and Central Africa. One by one his companions died, but he carried on alone, eventually reaching the fabled city of gold, Timbuktu. His five-and-a-half-year, 10,000-mile adventure ranks among the ...

¡Bienvenidos a tiempos interesantes!

En China, si realmente odias a alguien, lo maldices diciendo: «¡Que vivas en tiempos interesantes!». En nuestra historia, «tiempos interesan- tes» son, de hecho, tiempos de guerra y lucha por el poder. Los radicales fundamentos de Žižek ofrecen herramientas con las que destapar, como hiciera ...

The good muslim

reflections on classical islamic Law and theology

In this thought-provoking book, Mona Siddiqui reflects upon key themes in Islamic law and theology. These themes, which range through discussions about friendship, divorce, drunkenness, love, slavery and ritual slaughter, offer fascinating insights into Islamic ethics and the way in which arguments developed in medieval ...

Saharan frontiers

space and mobility in Northwest Africa

The Sahara has long been portrayed as a barrier that divides the Mediterranean world from Africa proper and isolates the countries of the Maghrib from their southern and eastern neighbours. Rather than viewing the desert as an isolating barrier, this volume takes up historian Fernand ...

A concise history of New Zealand

New Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million years ago to the twenty-first century. Philippa Mein Smith highlights the ...

Political parties in Britain

This introduction to political parties in Britain offers an examination of the main parties' individual characteristics (including policy, organisation and support) and explains the impact of smaller parties. Key themes traced throughout the book are the factors contributing to parties' fortunes and identities, and the ...

After La Dolce Vita

a cultural prehistory of Berlusconi's Italy

This book chronicles the demise of the supposedly leftist Italian cultural establishment during the long 1980s. During that time, the nation's literary and intellectual vanguard managed to lose the prominence handed it after the end of World War II and the defeat of Fascism ...

Hunting in the shadows

the pursuit of Al Qa'ida since 9/11

This comprehensive, landmark history chronicles our ongoing battle against al-Qa ida, the greatest threat the West has faced in the modern era. An internationally recognized authority on terrorism and counterinsurgency, Seth G. Jones presents a dramatic narrative of the on-the-ground police work; the elaborate, multiyear ...

Levinas, subjectivity, education

towards an ethics of radical responsibility

Levinas, Subjectivity, Education explores how the philosophical writings of Emmanuel Levinas lead us to reassess education and reveals the possibilities of a radical new understanding of ethical and political responsibility. Presents an original theoretical interpretation of Emmanuel Levinas that outlines the political significance of his ...

Almanach de Gotha

Volume I (Part I & Part II Families)

With the Almanach de Gotha's return in 1998, after a hiatus of more than 50 years, Sir Stephen Runciman wrote in the Spectator "In this present age, which we are often told sees the twilight of royalty, it is comforting to be able to ...

Quién es quién es España

Homosexualidades

(Revista Ayer, Nº 87, año 2012)

La historiografía de las homosexualidades y de las subculturas homoeróticas constituye hoy un género en expansión. No obstante, lejos de entenderse como un gueto periférico de la disciplina, su asunto concierne a la médula misma de la historia social: las identidades de clase, de raza ...

New Constitutionalism in Latin America

promises and practices

Latin America has a long tradition of constitutional reform. Since the democratic transitions of the 1980s, most countries have amended their constitutions at least once, and some have even undergone constitutional reform several times. The global phenomenon of a new constitutionalism, with enhanced rights provisions ...

Culture shock

a handbook for 21st Century business

Join the work-place revolution There's a revolution afoot ...don't be left behind. A new dawn has broken. Business has changed profoundly--fueled by aggressively advancing technology and a volatile global economy. So why has most business culture remained unchanged? Most organizations are closed, secretive ...

Droit international de l'agriculture

sécuriser le commerce des produits agricoles

La question agricole est redevenue un enjeu géopolitique qui risque de s'avérer de plus en plus complexe compte tenu des défis démographiques, écologiques et socio-économiques du XXIe siècle. Ces nouveaux enjeux nécessitent de replacer l'agriculture au coeur de l'agenda international et d ...

Droit de l'urbanisme

Le droit de l’urbanisme a été profondément remanié dans les cinq dernières années. D’abord avec une remise à plat des permis (désormais permis de construire, d’aménager et de démolir) et une insertion des préoccupations environnementales à tous les niveaux à la suite ...

Jean Carbonnier

un juriste dans la cité

ean Carbonnier, éminent civiliste, fait figure de référence pour la sociologie du droit. Les entretiens exceptionnels qu’il avait accordés à André-Jean Arnaud et les commentaires de celui-ci analysent la vision du monde que les sciences sociales autorisent en bouleversant une représentation conventionnelle de la ...

Le plagiat de la recherche scientifique

Le "plagiat", depuis ses définitions et ses perceptions dans les cadres de la recherche universitaire et scientifique jusqu'aux méthodes de détection et aux procédures de dénonciation de ses fabrications, induit des questionnements diversifiés et suscite des réactions contrastées. Pourtant, devant la recrudescence des cas ...

Aspectos jurídicos y financieros de la inversión empresarial española en China

Esta monografía se articula como una herramienta de ayuda en la estrategia y planificación de las empresas españolas en el difícil acceso al mercado chino. Las principales empresas del mundo (también las españolas) están invirtiendo en China, desplazando gran parte de su producción a este ...

La notion de servitude

La théorie de la servitude est aujourd'hui divisée entre deux doctrines concurrentes. La première la présente comme un droit réel démembré de la propriété. La seconde comme une obligation réelle entre propriétaires. Mais aucune de ces deux thèses ne peut vraiment être retenue après ...