The Toxic Seduction of Social Media, Shaming, and Radicalization
Betraying Dignity claims that contemporary distress causes individuals and nations around the world to abandon the dignity-based culture of human rights, and embrace new manifestations of honor-based cultures, like extreme nationalism, Jihad, and shaming. This book distinguishes dignity as a way of fortifying the culture of human rights.
The neoconservatives are known for supporting Israel, but why do they believe Israel's interests align so firmly with America's? This book delves into that question and considers the future of the neoconservatives' pro-Israel stance in the Republican Party as their influence in the party has waned with the Trump ascendency.
A policy-oriented book of essays by noted scholars and experts that considers the key trends shaping Gulf Cooperation Council countries, ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, to climate change, economic disruptions, demographics and other domestic concerns, and shifts in the global order.
An eye-opening look at youth in contemporary Egypt, from the role they play in advancing political change to their everyday struggles In Youth in Egypt, Nadine Sika explores the political world of young people in Egypt, focusing on their experiences under authoritarianism. From the reigns of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat to that of Abdel ......
An eye-opening look at youth in contemporary Egypt, from the role they play in advancing political change to their everyday struggles In Youth in Egypt, Nadine Sika explores the political world of young people in Egypt, focusing on their experiences under authoritarianism. From the reigns of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat to that of Abdel ......
A Study of The Book of Dede Korkut and The Masnavi, Book I, II
The book covers the medieval Turkic societies' assiduous commitment to build spiritually significant and uninterrupted relationships with nonhuman animals, showing animals' active participation in the evolution of humans' communal identities, codes of behavior, and spiritual and emotional lives.
This book analyses the impacts and responses to twenty-five years of "peace" between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. It focuses on understanding the various political economies that have emerged and how different communities have developed distinct coping strategies as well as new forms of political expression and mobilization.
Divergent Transitions in post-2011 Tunisia and Egypt
The Arab Spring was born in Tunisia and collapsed in Egypt. What did Tunisia do right and Egypt so wrong? This book analyzes the political, economic and constitutional developments in Tunisia and Egypt before and after the Arab uprisings and seeks to answer why their transitional paths diverged substantially.
This book explores the political and economic interactions between civilians and the armed forces in the post-World War II Middle East, emphasizing four themes: military and society, the role of the military in political transitions, the military's part in national economies, and the relations between soldiers and civilians in wartime.