Al-Qaida and Islamic State continue to captivate the world with their extreme violence. While much attention has been given to the operations and doctrines of jihadi groups, this is the first book to explore their culture. Using a wealth of primary sources, the authors examine w…
"Webb Keane argues that by looking at representations as concrete practices we may find them to be thoroughly entangled in the tensions and hazards of social existence. This book explores the performances and transactions that lie at the heart of public events in contemporary An…
'Europeanism' offers a major new examination of the political, economic, and social norms, and values associated with Europe and Europeans.
"In Europeanism, John McCormick attempts to identify and outline the political, economic, and social norms and values associated with Europe and Europeans.... we cannot fully come to grips with the dynamics of modern Europe--or its place in the international system--without unde…
"In Europeanism the author attempts to identify and outline the political, economic, and social norms and values associated with Europe and Europeans. He argues that regardless of the doubts associated with the exercise of European integration and the work of the European Union,…