This is a translation of Patocka's final work in which he treats prehistory through the concepts of Husserl and Heidegger. He believes the technological society to be decadent, and in the 20th century, war has become the basic reality which prevails through apparent "peace".

The first edition of this highly readable narrative of modern Iran was named the Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2009. This second edition brings the story up to date through 2017, with the Green uprisings of 2009, the second Ahmadinejad administration, the election of Rouhani, and the Iran nuclear deal.

A History of World Societies, Twelfth Edition, provides a regional approach to global history that is easily understood and presented in straightforward sections. With a focus on social history, students see how the stories of individuals affected the arc of global history. This book is also enhanced by LearningCurve, our easy-to-use adaptive learning system that will ensure that you come to class prepared.

Attempting to provide a revitalized, self-aware vocabulary with which the religious diversity of the 20th century can be accurately described and responsibly discussed, this book contains contributions from scholars working in a variety of religious traditions.

Niet eerder lijkt er zoveel verwarring te zijn geweest over het begrip antisemitisme. Waar ligt de grens tussen kritiek op de staat Israël en discriminatie van Joden?

Beschuldigingen van antisemitisme en van het misbruiken van deze beladen term gaan over en weer. Hoe zijn we in dit conceptuele moeras terechtgekomen, en hoe komen we er weer uit?

Historicus Mark Mazower onderzoekt Jodenhaat door de eeuwen heen en gaat dieper in op de periode na 1945, toen de politiek van de staat Israël en de...

Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics as a dramatic retelling of America's past. Beginning with the colonisation of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States - Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and others - groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture. Now, Ronald Takaki has revised his landmark work and made it even...

This book is a study of the interaction of the Western societies of Europe and America with others around the world in the past two centuries - the age of European empire. It deals with the European threat and the non-Western response, but the focus is on the ways in which people in Asia, Africa, and Indian America have tried to adapt their ways of life to the overwhelming European power that existed in this period. The challenge and the response are presented through a series of selected and...

‘God has given us the ability to repair a congenital heart defect: why not,

then, when body and mind do not match?’

‘Whenever a TV program had paid attention to transsexualism, my

phone would not stop ringing the next day.’

In the early seventies, when hardly a doctor or hospital in the world was willing to offer medical care to transgender people, a few pioneers in the VU hospital in Amsterdam started a gender clinic. It evolved from a weekly consultation hour for people being treate...

De Grondwet van Thorbecke legde de basis voor ongelijkheid waarvan de gevolgen tot op de dag van vandaag voelbaar zijn. Er waren grote verschillen tussen wie burgers waren in Nederland en wie burgers waren in de koloniën. Inwoners van het Nederlandse Koninkrijk kregen en krijgen niet overal dezelfde rechten, plichten en behandeling. Deze verschillen vormen een belangrijk onderdeel van de discussie over postkoloniaal burgerschap in Nederland.

In Ongelijk burgerschap onderzoeken de auteurs...