Artikelsamling om det arabiske forår - den række af revolutioner og uroligheder, som siden 2010 har spredt sig fra Tunesien og ud over Nordafrika og Mellemøsten. Der ses på årsagerne bag, på hvordan begivenhederne har udfoldet sig i de forskellige lande, især Egypten og Libyen, …
Friedman offers new and updated research on the Nuṣayrī-ʼAlawī sect, today a leading group in Syria, covering a variety of aspects and focusing on the Middle Ages. A century after Dussaud's "Histoire et religion des Nosairîs" (1900), he reviews the history and religion of the se…
Informed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, the study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities. This boo…
Informed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, the study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities. This boo…
Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly become prominent in public affairs worldwide? The author uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'.
This text uses a study of Syria under the French mandate to show what historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Shows which historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'Through clo…
Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly spring to prominence in public affairs worldwide? Within a decade of World War One, the term became fundamental to public and academic understandings of national and international politics, law, and society: '…
"The transformation of the eastern provinces of the Roman empire from the middle of the seventh century CE under the impact of Islam has attracted a good deal of scholarly attention in recent years, and as more archaeological material becomes available, has been subject to revis…
"The transformation of the eastern provinces of the Roman empire from the middle of the seventh century CE under the impact of Islam has attracted a good deal of scholarly attention in recent years, and as more archaeological material becomes available, has been subject to revis…
