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米軍統治下の戦後沖縄で、激動の波に翻弄（ほんろう）されながらもたくましく生きた人びとの暮らしを知る事典。大戦末期の米軍本島上陸から27年後の沖縄返還まで、生活に深く関わった出来事111項目を取り上げ、政治・経済・社会・事件・娯楽・食・伝統工芸品など多彩なテーマで紹介。随所にコラムをちりばめ、利便性を高める参考文献や索引を付載する。

Most theories of modernity are based, explicitly or implicitly, on the development of Western societies since the late medieval period, but these theories are of limited value for understanding the development of societies in Asia and other parts of the world, where the process of modernization took place under different circumstances and often in a rapid and highly compressed fashion – not over centuries but in decades. Asian societies have been propelled into modernity too, but theirs is a compressed modernity, which displays very different traits. In this important book, Chang Kyung-Sup provides a systematic account of this compressed modernity and uses it to analyse the extreme social changes, complexities and imbalances found in South Korea and other East Asian societies. While these changes enabled South Korea to modernize very quickly and achieve high levels of economic growth, they also created a society that is haunted by various developmental and civilizational costs, such as endemic generational conflicts, overloaded family responsibilities and exceptionally high suicide rates. As with other societies that have experienced compressed modernity, the South Korean “miracle” is replete with extreme and contradictory social traits. This pioneering work of the nature and consequences of compressed modernity will be of great interest to students and scholars of sociology, politics and development studies, as well as anyone interested in South Korea, Asia and postcolonial societies.

When Britain left the European Union in January 2021, it set out on a new journey. Shorn of empire and now the EU too, Britain's economy is as national as it has ever been. A decade or so since globalisation seemed inevitable, this is a remarkable reversal. How did this happen?Britain alone argues that this “nationalisation” — aligning the boundaries of the state with its national peoples — emerged from the 2008 global financial crisis. The book analyses how austerity and scarcity intensified and created new conflicts over who gets what. This extends to struggle over what the British nation is for, who it represents, and who it values.Drawing on a range of cultural, economic, and political themes — immigration and the hostile environment, nostalgia and Second World War mythology, race and the “left behind”, the clap for carers and furloughing, as well as Superscrimpers and stand-up comedy — the book traces the complex nationalist path Britain took after the crash, demonstrating how we cannot explain nationalism without reference to the economy, and vice versa.In analysing the thread that ties the fallout of the crash and austerity, through Brexit, and to the shape of lockdown politics, Britain alone provides an incisive and original history of the last decade of Britain and its relationship to the global economy.

Inscrites dans la suite de l'imposant ouvrage Quelques singularités congolaises. Enjeux, compromis et reconfiguration sociale, ce nouvel ouvrage promène les lecteurs dans des cellules de secrets congolais. Des analystes-sociaux de haut niveau, éclairent les éléments parfois plus visibles par les reculades, les stagnations qui plombent la marche en avant de ce pays sous-continent, malgré ses immenses potentialités de développement. Ce volume livre les résultats de toutes nouvelles études qui embrassent des contingences socioculturelles, entrepreneuriales, environnementales et de la gouvernance publique. Les contributions de différents co-auteurs clarifient les enjeux qui marquent le quotidien et jalonnent l'histoire de ce pays depuis plusieurs décennies.

Ionbhá or empathy is a core element of wisdom and a universal language of the soul. It brings joy to the everyday, making the unbearable bearable.'We need empathy in schools just as we need empathy in the world right now'- Cillian Murphy, Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre. The wide range of contributions to the publication Ionbhá act like a compass, guiding us on things that really matter in life. Reflections on empathy illuminate its healing properties, vividly opening our eyes to the countless ways in which its power can shape us all. This collection shows that no matter how big or small, empathetic actions have a massive impact. Although we rarely appreciate how these actions affect people and their communities, they often reverberate long after we act. 89 contributors include Michael D. Higgins, Hozier, Tolü Makay, The Edge, Rachael Blackmore, Blindboy Boatclub, Mary Coughlan, Clodagh Finn, Katy Hyland, Imelda May, Brendan O'Connor, Louise O'Neill, Valery Biden Owens and citizens from all walks of life. All royalties from the sale of this book will go directly to delivering the Activating Social Empathy education programme in Irish schools and youth work organisations.

A powerful account of the decline of the Cuban Revolution, told through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens.'Masterful... Dore uses oral history to tell a history of Cuba from the bottom up'Professor Linda Gordon'A vital addition to Cuba's rich oral tradition'Will Grant, BBC Cuba Correspondent'Opens wide a window on the last forty years of Cuban history'Professor Gerald Martin'To have gathered these life stories together with such grace, eloquence and trust is a towering achievement'Professor Ruth BeharCuba is not the country it used to be. The regime is disintegrating, and unprecedented protest marches are challenging the gerontocratic Communist Party leadership.How Things Fall Apart reveals the decay of this political system through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens. Born in the 1970s and 80s, these men and women recount how their lives changed over a tumultuous stretch of thirty-five years: first when Fidel opened the country to tourism following the fall of the Soviet bloc; then when Raúl Castro allowed market forces to operate, thinking it would stop the country's economic slide; and finally when President Trump's tightening of the US embargo combined with the Covid-19 pandemic to cause economic collapse. With warmth and humanity, they describe learning to survive in an environment where a tiny minority has grown rich by local standards, the great majority has been left behind, and inequality has destroyed the very things that used to give meaning to Cubans'lives.Born out of the first oral history project authorized by the Cuban government in forty years, Professor Elizabeth Dore gathers these stories to illuminate the slow and agonizing decline of the Cuban Revolution over the past four decades. For over sixty years the government controlled the historical narrative. In this book, Cubans tell their own stories.

A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today The Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global exploration and settlements overseas, the world's first industrial revolution, deep transformations in religious and cultural life, and Britain's role in the international trade in enslaved Africans. But how were these changes perceived by people at the time? And how do their viewpoints compare with attitudes today? In this wide-ranging history, Penelope J. Corfield explores every aspect of Georgian life—politics and empire, culture and society, love and violence, religion and science, industry and towns. People's responses at the time were often divided. Pessimists saw loss and decline, while optimists saw improvements and light. Out of such tensions came the Georgian culture of both experiment and resistance. Corfield emphasizes those elements of deep continuity that persisted even within major changes, and shows how new developments were challenged if their human consequences proved dire.

How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman EmpireThe assassins of Julius Caesar cried out that they had killed a tyrant, and days later their colleagues in the Senate proposed rewards for this act of tyrannicide. The killers and their supporters spoke as if they were following a well-known script. They were. Their education was chiefly in rhetoric and as boys they would all have heard and given speeches on a ubiquitous set of themes—including one asserting that “he who kills a tyrant shall receive a reward from the city.” In That Tyrant, Persuasion, J. E. Lendon explores how rhetorical education in the Roman world influenced not only the words of literature but also momentous deeds: the killing of Julius Caesar, what civic buildings and monuments were built, what laws were made, and, ultimately, how the empire itself should be run.Presenting a new account of Roman rhetorical education and its surprising practical consequences, That Tyrant, Persuasion shows how rhetoric created a grandiose imaginary world for the Roman ruling elite—and how they struggled to force the real world to conform to it. Without rhetorical education, the Roman world would have been unimaginably different.

This book examines the complex and connected past, present, and future of Northeast India and Japan. It looks at the intricate political geography and ethnolinguistic diversity of India's Northeast, and its historical and strategic relationship with Japan.From the theatre of the Second World War to a potential economic corridor to the Indo-Pacific, the Northeast, which shares a border with China, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar, has emerged as an area of central importance in India–Japan relations. The book highlights the importance of connectivity and cooperation in the North Eastern Region, for sustainable growth, better accessibility, and quality of life. The chapters in the volume look at shared economic, socio-political, and environmental concerns of the two countries as well as the shared legacies between Japan and the Northeast through stories, collective memories and memorials about World War II, and research. They also explore the strategic implications of China's One Belt One Road initiative in the region and for India–Japan relations, India's Act-East policy, provincial politics and ethnic conflicts, and the challenges for sustainable development and greater cooperation for the two countries.With contributions from both Indian and Japanese academics, this book will be a key resource on understanding Asian politics. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics and international relations, strategic studies, development studies, and Asian studies.

En 1977, el cadáver de María Isabel Gutiérrez Velasco aparece calcinado en una celda de la prisión de Basauri (Bizkaia). Sus compañeras no se creyeron la versión oficial y esos días declararon una huelga de prostitutas en Bilbao. De la mano de otros colectivos políticos, organizaron manifestaciones y encierros para exigir la amnistía de las y los presos sociales y la derogación de leyes franquistas que afectaban especialmente a la chusma. ¿Pero quién era María Isabel? La periodista Andrea Momoitio, cofundadora de la revista Pikara Magazine, emprende en Lunática una búsqueda originalísima, apasionada, a ratos caótica, callejera, marginal, intuitiva, detectivesca, desesperada y torrencial. Un crudo y tierno retrato de los márgenes de la sociedad, y una denuncia ácida y sistemática de los mecanismos de represión. «Una historia fascinante y sobrecogedora, real pero ignorada hasta ahora, que nos habla de explotación, machismo, mentiras oficiales, desidias criminales y prejuicios, contada con sensibilidad y extraordinaria potencia narrativa. Un gran libro». Rosa Montero

Dieses Buch ist eine Chronik und Bestandsaufnahme der Corona-Pandemie in Deutschland von Ihren Anfängen bis heute (Juli 2021).Die durch das Virus verursachte Krise offenbart schlaglichtartig die strukturellen Schwächen unseres Landes: Ein verordnungsorientierter Staatsapparat, ein antiquiertes Bildungssystems und ein eher träges Wirtschaftssystem behindern angemessene Reaktionen, weitere Entwicklung und höhere Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Eine Bildungs- und Weiterbildungsoffensive und eine Digitalisierungsoffensive sind die wichtigsten Konsequenzen, die nun gezogen werden müssen.Das Buch bietet dazu Analysen und Gewichtungen positiver und negativer Entwicklungen auch anhand tabellarischer Darstellungen und formuliert schließlich Handlungshinweise für verschiedene Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsbereiche. Es richtet sich an Führungskräfte der Wirtschaft, deren Mitarbeiter und Begleiter in den Aufsichts- und Mitbestimmungsorganen, an die Gestalter von Bildung und Weiterbildungsowie an das politische Personal unseres Landes.

Humor and polemics from one of America's most quotable pundits. A call for renewal and a howl of laughter and derision at the woke mob that seeks to stand in the way of a great nation's patriotic resurgence. Fans of Mark Levin, Matt Walsh, and Ben Shapiro will love it!In 1991, the smoldering ruins of Saddam Hussein's regime testified to America's unchallenged might. Having defeated one of the world's largest armies in a matter of days, the United States looked forward to a new century of peace and prosperity.Thirty years later, a ragtag Taliban chased us out of Afghanistan in a humiliating rout. At home, our cities are cesspools of homelessness and crime. The former land of opportunity seems to be in irreversible decline.How did we suffer such an unimaginable fall? And is our current impotence permanent? With his trademark wit, Kurt Schlichter—warrior, lawyer, and commentator—makes a compelling case that America's decline is not irreversible.No Pollyanna, he offers a sobering catalogue of the dangers ahead, from subjugation to China to the poverty of socialism. Even civil war. But Schlichter was among the U.S. forces that took down the tyrant of Iraq in 1991. Having seen American greatness in action and appreciating the virtues that produced it, he knows that decline is a choice—a choice that we need not make.Sometimes mordant, often humorous, always incisive, Schlichter shows that our resilience is far from spent. American society is uniquely blessed with the ingredients of greatness. A pushback is coming. Schlichter offers no guarantees but something more important—hope.

Almost Futures looks to the people who pay the heaviest price exacted by war and capitalist globalization—particularly Vietnamese citizens and refugees—for glimpses of ways to exist at the end of our future’s promise. In order to learn from the lives destroyed (and lived) amid our inheritance of modern humanism and its uses of time, Almost Futures asks us to recognize new spectrums of feeling: the poetic, in the grief of protesters dispossessed by land speculation; the allegorical, in assembly line workers’ laughter and sorrow; the iterant and intimate, in the visual witnessing of revolutionary and state killing; the haunting, in refugees’ writing on the death of their nation; and the irreconcilable, in refugees’ inhabitation of history. “Almost Futures is a tour de force. Within the immediate contexts of Vietnam studies and critical refugee studies, the book stands out as sui generis in its theoretical sophistication, interdisciplinary rigor, and beautiful prose. In a word, it is incomparably in a class by itself.” — JODI KIM, author of Settler Garrison: Debt Imperialism, Militarism, and Transpacific Imaginaries “This is a truly singular study: it contends with the ghosts of Vietnam in material, conceptual, and aesthetic modes, and it is a book that belongs to the humanities in the broadest possible sense of the word, to include a resonant understanding of humanism and humanity.” — JOSEPHINE NOCK-HEE PARK, School of Arts and Sciences President’s Distinguished Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania

Contemporary film and television production is extraordinarily mobile. Filming large-scale studio productions in Atlanta, Budapest, London, Prague, or Australia’s Gold Coast makes Hollywood jobs available to people and places far removed from Southern California—but it also requires individuals to uproot their lives as they travel around the world in pursuit of work. Drawing on interviews with a global contingent of film and television workers, Kevin Sanson weaves an analysis of the sheer scale and complexity of mobile production into a compelling account of the impact that mobility has had on job functions, working conditions, and personal lives. Mobile Hollywood captures how an expanded geography of production not only intensifies the often-invisible pressures that production workers now face but also stretches the parameters of screen-media labor far beyond craftwork and creativity. “Engagingly written and sharply observed, Kevin Sanson’s latest book—firmly grounded in the experiences of film workers themselves—is an invaluable contribution to the field.” — JADE L. MILLER, author of Nollywood Central: The Nigerian Videofilm Industry “Every course in global media, media industries, and production studies should adopt this book.” — TIMOTHY HAVENS, author of Black Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe “Persuasively encourages a major rethinking of how we understand the dynamics of transnational film and television production.” — PAUL MCDONALD, coeditor of Hollywood and the Law

A new edition of a seminal work—one that explores crucial changes within Europe from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century The early modern period was one of profound change in Europe. It was witness to the development of science, religious reformation, and the birth of the nation state. As Europeans explored the world—looking to Asia and the Americas for new peoples and lands—their societies grew and adapted. Eminent historian Henry Kamen explores in depth the issues that most affected those living in early modern Europe—from leisure, work, and migration to religion, gender, and discipline—and the way in which population change impacted the aristocracy, the bourgeoisie, and the poor. The third edition of this pioneering study includes new and updated material on gender, religion, and population movement. Richly illustrated, this is essential reading for all those interested in early modern European society.

The 1970s are of particular relevance for understanding the socio-economic changes still shaping Western societies today. The collapse of traditional manufacturing industries like coal and steel, shipbuilding, and printing, as well as the rise of the service sector, contributed to a notable sense of decline and radical transformation. Building on the seminal work of Lutz Raphael and Anselm Doering-Manteuffel, Nach dem Boom, which identified a'social transformation of revolutionary quality'that ushered in'digital financial capitalism,'this volume features a series of essays that reconsider the idea of a structural break in the 1970s. Contributors draw on case studies from France, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, and Germany to examine the validity of the'after the boom'hypothesis. Since the Boom attempts to bridge the gap between the English and highly productive German debates on the 1970s.

Deine Normalität ist meine Krise - Wir müssen reden! 2021 ist ein Jahr der Zäsuren. Mit der Bundestagswahl endet nach 16 Jahren die Ära Merkel, und in einer historischen Entscheidung stärkt das Bundesverfassungsgericht die Freiheitsrechte der jüngeren Generation. Die Ökologie steht nun endlich im Zentrum aller Zukunftsfragen: Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Ernährung, aber auch Wissenschaft, Journalismus und Politik – elementare Bereiche der Gesellschaft müssen neu gedacht werden. Große Umbrüche stehen bevor. Und es hängt viel davon ab, ob wir gemeinsame Lösungen finden. Wieviel Ehrlichkeit verträgt der Konflikt zwischen den Generationen? Wir müssen dringend miteinander reden. Aktivistin und Vize-Chefredakteur, Studentin und Familienvater: Spannend, offen und klug diskutieren Luisa Neubauer und Bernd Ulrich die Schicksalsfragen unserer Tage. Denn noch haben wir die Wahl. Grundlegende Beziehungen sind aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten. Es gibt einiges zu klären. Denn nur wenn wir jetzt zusammenkommen und die richtigen Entscheidungen treffen, haben wir auch in Zukunft noch eine Wahl. Was muss passieren, damit wir die Veränderungen selbst in der Hand behalten? Wie kann es gelingen, Jung und Alt, Mann und Frau, Stadt und Land nicht gegeneinander auszuspielen, sondern zusammenzudenken? Gibt es Freiheit ohne Nachhaltigkeit? Aktivistin und Vize-Chefredakteur, Studentin und Familienvater, Millennial und Boomer – Luisa Neubauer und Bernd Ulrich haben je eine andere Sicht auf die Klimakrise, das Artensterben, den erstarkenden Populismus und die Freiheit der Späterlebenden. Ein überfälliges Klärungsgespräch zwischen zwei Generationen und die Analyse einer Welt, in der Ökologie nicht bloß ein Thema unter vielen ist, sondern Ausgangspunkt von allem.

State vs. Society in Northeast India: History, Politics and the Everyday looks at a state as an entity that does not operate strictly as a rational, legal and administrative organization. State in the Northeast region is very much shaped by the social, economic and political practices on the ground. Using archival and ethnographic evidences, the book questions notions of region and border as fixed spaces. A state, in the process of governing society, produces itself through formal and informal practices on the ground, and the book argues that Northeast India is a significant site for studying this. It engages with conceptual, theoretical and methodological challenges thrown up by the political experiences of ordinary people in the Northeast. The book discusses everyday legal discourse, official public memory, development discourse, cases of becoming marginalized, resistance and ways of networking with the authorities. The objective is to understand the various ways in which state and society engage with each other; and to look at layers of historical interconnections that inform much of contemporary Northeast politics. The book will especially be of interest to scholars in politics, history, sociology and anthropology.

The concept of guanxi is used extensively in Chinese society. Loosely understood as'connections'or'networks', it refers to long-term mutually reinforcing exchanges between individuals based on affective and normative commitments. This book comprehensively examines the nature and background of this extremely significant and distinct feature of Chinese social, political, economic, and business relations. It takes account of the major theoretical frameworks that relate to the long-term connections that are developed to pursue instrumental advantage in a society marked by relatively weak legal and regulatory institutions. The book locates such theorizing in the major features of the rapidly evolving Chinese market society. Yet it also pays attention to the historical origins and cultural sources of a highly particularistic approach to the acquisition of social and material resources -- an approach which relies on obligatory relations of favour exchange between persons who self-consciously and strategically select their associates and goals. This sociological treatment of guanxi challenges many dominant conventions and introduces a novel research approach which captures the pertinent psychological dispositions, cultural expressions, and institutional frameworks that underpin the phenomenon.

Die'langen'1970er Jahre waren durch tiefgreifende Umwälzungen in Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Wissenschaft und Technologie gekennzeichnet. In diesem Zeitraum erfolgten zentrale Weichenstellungen, die für einzelne Branchen und Unternehmen lang anhaltende Prosperität oder einen Niedergang einleiteten. Viele damalige Entscheidungen sind heute noch prägend für die Unternehmen, einzelne Wirtschaftsregionen und auch die gesellschaftlich-kulturellen Verhältnisse in der Bundesrepublik. Dennoch oder gerade deshalb divergieren die bisherigen Interpretationen in der Wissenschaft und die Einordnung dieses Jahrzehnts in längerfristige Abläufe, weshalb die Autorinnen und Autoren in diesem Sammelband bereits bestehende Forschungsthesen, vor allem das Krisennarrativ, einer kritischen Analyse unterziehen. Dabei nehmen sie zudem bisher wenig beachtete Aspekte, insbesondere die Mikro- und Mesoebene und das Verhältnis von Innovativität und Krise, in den Blick. Indem sich die Autorinnen und Autoren mit den technisch-wirtschaftlichen, politisch-gesellschaftlichen sowie kulturellen Veränderungsprozessen aus verschiedenen Perspektiven auseinandersetzen, trägt dieser Sammelband zu einer interdisziplinären Betrachtungsweise des komplex-mehrschichtigen Phänomens der Epochenschwelle der'langen'1970er Jahre bei.

Understanding human behavior and decision-making processes is a significant challenge within many fields of research. This doctoral thesis shows how human activities are characterized by multiple interconnected contexts and demonstrates the advantages of using a multi-layered model to examine interactions between social, economic and cultural factors. The model presented here offers large benefits for various target groups as it can be applied to a wide range of research fields. Consequently, this analysis supports an interdisciplinary approach to economics.

This research work examines Heidegger's (1889-1976) contention that phenomenology can inspire, illuminate, motivate, reinforce and guide (human) individual's actions. It achieves this by adapting Heidegger's phenomenological approach to analyze and interpret representative everyday factical experiences of nepotism, selfishness and mass mentality in the (Nigerian) society. Doing this helps to ascertain whether these experiences have any phenomenological link with inauthenticity. Also, it provides a close reading and interpretation of Heidegger's treatment of authentic existence, and explores the possibility of complimenting it with the phenomenology of Commensality, as a mode of care and a way to authenticity. In this manner, it strategically explores possible ways of inspiring individual Daseins to authenticity, and with it engendering a positive transformation of the (Nigerian) society. Presenting and elaborating the phenomenology of Commensality, the work highlights the relationship and the differences between the phenomenology of Commensality and the ontical or sociological understanding of commensality as obtained in African traditional societies. Phenomenology of Commensality argues for the ‘renaissance'of Commensality, concretely expressed as Onyenkeanyi, and not just for its ‘revival'. The research work further develops the phenomenology of education for Commensality, discussing the possible content and focus of its curriculum, while differentiating it from ethics. The proper implementation of phenomenology of education for Commensality could inspire and illuminate individual Daseins to authenticity, and thereby becomes an improvement strategy for the positive transformation of the (Nigerian) society. As a phenomenology, it is appropriate that the people and places analyzed take on a definite character, which is why the Nigerian society is used. However, it is expected that the implications of the findings presented here will be general and accurate enough to allow application to any number of similar situations.

This book delves into the history of Afghanistan, its people, and its relationship with neighbors, to unravel the intricate politics and ethnolinguistic diversity of the country.It discusses the history of innumerable invasions which left imprints over the country and its people and created a complex fabric of different ethnic, linguistic, religious and cultural groups. The volume looks at the various empires which warred over the land including the Persian, Greek, Mongol, and Sassanid dynasties, as well as the later interferences by the British and the Russians and the emergence of the Taliban. It examines the correlations between war, power politics, religion, local governance, and the opium trade and economy in Afghanistan. The author through personal stories and anecdotes of his visits and journeys in Afghanistan provides a very rich and extensive view of Afghan politics, culture and history. The relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan and Afghanistan's unique position in the politics of the region is also a thread which runs through the entire book. This book will a great resource (and of interest) to researchers and students of politics, history, Central and South Asian Studies, war and international relations, political economy, and peace and reconciliation studies. It will also interest journalists, diplomats and international development organizations.

Geschlecht ist ein zentrales Kriterium für die Ordnung des sozialen Raumes. Das gilt nicht nur für gegenwärtige, sondern auch für vergangene Gesellschaften. In der griechisch-römischen Antike waren Verhaltensregeln und Handlungsmöglichkeiten durchweg geschlechtlich markiert. Den Frauen und den Männern wurden klare Rollen in ihrer Gemeinschaft zugewiesen. Dass die daraus resultierende Geschlechterordnung ein mächtiges Instrument war, um die Gemeinschaft zu regulieren, lässt sich aus antiken Quellen erschließen. Der Band skizziert antike Geschlechterverhältnisse anhand von drei historischen Beispielen: Er diskutiert die Position der Ehefrau im griechischen Haushalt, geht der Frage nach der'idealen'Männlichkeit in Rom nach und beleuchtet das öffentliche Auftreten einer Römerin in einer politischen Ausnahmesituation.

Surveys the current debates in modern literature and provides a wide selection of translated sourcesOffers a fresh account of the remarkable reign of JustinianIncludes up-to-date discussion of current debates, including the lands and peoples shaped by Justinian's foreign policiesDocuments include eighty sources including translations and illustrationsFeatures include a chronology, glossary, essay questions and exercise topics and further readingThe Emperor Justinian had a long and influential reign, from AD 527 to 565, in which he dominated the sixth-century. This was an important period in the transition between the classical and Byzantine worlds, and one which saw significant territorial changes and religious developments. Many of Justinian's other reforms, such as those in the governance of the empire and his codification of its laws, also had a long-lasting influence.The first section of this book outlines the current questions we are asking about Justinian today. Five chapters explore his rise to power and the role of the colourful Theodora, foreign policy on the eastern frontier and the recovery of the western provinces, religious policy and governance of the empire. The sixth chapter considers the role of culture and society in the sixth century.Justinian's reign is documented through a wide range of contemporary written sources, as well as numismatic and epigraphic evidence and images of the imperial couple. The second section contains over eighty examples of these records, including English translations of the sources and images of coins and other objects.

Drawing on the history of the philanthropy of India's economic elites, Arun Kumar discusses how their ideas and understanding of development have shifted and changed over time. Going beyond the more familiar criticisms of development's entanglements with colonialism, Kumar interrogates the changes in development imaginaries in terms of modernity's entanglements with the national question, including anti-colonial nationalism and post-colonial nation-building during the twentieth century. Development, he suggests, can be usefully read and critiqued as national-modern. Philanthropy and the Development of Modern India plots the careers of the national-modern in four main sites of development: civil society, community, science and technology, and selfhood. In an unusual move reading socio-economic nationalist reform from the first half of the twentieth century alongside post-colonial development from the second half, Kumar uncovers the lineages of contemporary development ideas such as self-care, self-reliance, merit, etc. In all this, elites were driven by a'pedagogic reflex': to teach different sections of Indian society of how to be modern and developed. Contrary to development studies'characterization of elites as anti-development or captors of scarce resources, Kumar shows how elites longed for development for others. Development provided the moral justification, in their calculations, for protecting their commercial interests as they navigated the turbulent Indian twentieth century.

»Die lustigste aller BRD-Chroniken.« Ursula März, Die Zeit'Und wie ist das so in diesem Haus, das du geerbt hast?', fragte Max.'Liegt da noch das Skelett von deinem Vater rum?'Frühling 1992: In der Kreuzberger Wohngemeinschaft des dreißigjährigen Schriftstellers Martin Schlosser geht es drunter und drüber, aber seine ersten Bücher sind in Arbeit, und ihm lacht das Glück. Er zieht um die Häuser, tummelt sich mit Max Goldt und Rattelschneck auf Helgoland, freundet sich mit Eckhard Henscheid an, singt zu seiner eigenen Verwunderung eines Nachts Hand in Hand mit der Streetworkerin Domenica Niehoff im Vollmondschein einen Kanon und lernt auf seinen Lesereisen die neuen Bundesländer von ihren schwärzesten Seiten kennen. Nebenbei verliebt er sich immer öfter und bleibt trotzdem ein überzeugter Single, der die Pärchenbildung als Irrweg der Evolution betrachtet. Im Herbst 1993 tritt Martin Schlosser in Frankfurt in die Redaktion des Satiremagazins Titanic ein. Damit beginnt für ihn ein neues Leben, während seinen verwitweten Vater in der emsländischen Kleinstadt Meppen allmählich die Kräfte verlassen und ein schauerliches Ende naht.

Afghanistan emerged as a significant U.S. foreign policy concern in 2001, when the United States, in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, led a military campaign against Al Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban government that harbored and supported it. In the intervening 19 years, the United States has suffered over 22,000 military casualties (including around 2,400 fatalities) in Afghanistan and Congress has appropriated approximately $143 billion for reconstruction and security forces there. In that time, an elected Afghan government has replaced the Taliban; improvement in most measures of human development is limited; and future prospects of gains remain mixed. This book provides a framework for how to make a post-settlement Afghan state more effective in delivering equitable development and sustaining peace.

The volume focuses on the years following the First World War (1918–1923), when political, military, cultural, social and economic developments consolidated to a high degree in Eastern Europe. This period was shaped, on the one hand, by the efforts to establish an international structure for peace and to set previously oppressed nations on the road to emancipation. On the other hand, it was also defined by political revisionism and territorial claims, as well as a level of political violence that was effectively a continuation of the war in many places, albeit under modified conditions. Political decision-makers sought to protect the emerging nation states from radical political utopias but simultaneously had to rise to the challenges of a social and economic crisis, manage the reconstruction of the many extensively devastated landscapes and provide for the social care and support of victims of war.

Das historische Preußenland zeichnete sich seit dem Mittelalter durch Konflikte, Koexistenz und Verflechtung von Sprachen, Kulturen, Konfessionen und Traditionen aus. Vor diesem Hintergrund bildeten sich regionale Adelslandschaften. Seit dem 18. Jahrhundert wurden sie durch die Auflösung der ständischen Verfassung sowie die moderne Staats- und Nationsbildung überformt. Der zum Teil stürmische politische, soziale und kulturelle Wandel traf auf die ausgeprägten regionalen, ständischen und sozialen Traditionen des Adels. Dessen Grenzlage wurde seit dem Ende des Ancien Régime bis zur Spätmoderne immer neu definiert. Die Beiträge des Bandes gehen der Wechselwirkung zwischen Tradition und Wandel im Kontext der vielfältigen »Grenzräume« nach und stellen das Thema in einen mitteleuropäischen Kontext aus historischer, kunsthistorischer und literaturwissenschaftlicher Sicht.

Das Konzept der'Kontingenz'liefert neue Erkenntnisse zum Übergang zwischen Spätantike und Frühmittelalter abseits altbekannter Meistererzählungen und Forschungsnarrative. Naturkatastrophen, Hungersnöte, Zufälle sowie die plötzliche Veränderung von sozialen und politischen Strukturen, Tod, Gewalt oder ihre Androhung und die damit verbundene Einschränkung persönlicher Freiheit prägten die Erfahrungswelten der Menschen in Spätantike und Frühmittelalter. Das Erleben von Kontingenz stellte eine ebenso alltägliche wie universelle Grunderfahrung dar. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen Kontingenzerfahrungen und Strategien zu ihrer Bewältigung vom 5. bis zum 8. Jahrhundert in Gallien und angrenzenden Gebieten im Spannungsfeld zwischen (römischem) imperium und ('barbarischen') regna. The concept of'contingency'provides new insights into the transition between the Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages besides well-known master and research narratives. Natural disasters, famines, coincidences as well as the sudden change of social political structures, death, violence or threat of violence and the associated limitation of the personal freedom marked the experiences of humans in the Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. The contingency experience can be characterised not only as an everyday day life experience but as a fundamental experience. The contributions in this volume analyse the contingency experiences and strategies in coping with them from the 5th century to the 8th century in Gaul and neighbouring areas in the dynamics between (Roman) imperium and ('Barbarian') regna.

Disenchanted India and Beyond: Musings on the Lockdown Alternatives engages with the lineages of the present disenchantment and everyday issues of people in India and beyond. It depicts local, regional, national and global transitions in politics, economy and society. It rejects the ideals that promotes ‘there is no alternative'narratives. It unravels the way reactionary and right-wing forces weaponize pessimism that helps capitalist forces and undermines working classes. The book examines existing and available alternatives for a prosperous and peaceful society. The book argues for pluriversal political and philosophical praxis to consolidate and defend the progressive achievements of the working-class struggles.

“Fascinating! [A] must-read for all concerned about how humans manage to live together. Or not.” —Margaret Atwood“Superb... an instant true crime classic.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A masterfully told true story, perfect for fans of Say Nothing and Furious Hours: a brutal murder in a small Nova Scotia fishing community raises urgent questions of right and wrong, and even the very nature of good and evil.In his riveting and meticulously reported final book, Silver Donald Cameron offers a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing and its devastating repercussions. Cameron's searing, utterly gripping story about one small community raises a disturbing question: Are there times when taking the law into your own hands is not only understandable but the responsible thing to do? In June 2013, three upstanding citizens of a small town on Cape Breton Island murdered their neighbor, Phillip Boudreau, at sea. While out checking their lobster traps, two Landry cousins and skipper Dwayne Samson saw Boudreau in his boat, the Midnight Slider, about to vandalize their lobster traps. Like so many times before, the small-time criminal was about to cost them thousands of dollars out of their seasonal livelihood. Boudreau seemed invincible, a miscreant who would plague the village forever. Meanwhile the police and local officials were frustrated, cowed, and hobbled by shrinking budgets. One of the men took out a rifle and fired four shots at Boudreau and his boat. Was the Boudreau killing cold blooded murder, a direct reaction to credible threats, or the tragic result of local officials failing to protect the community? As many local people have said, if those fellows hadn't killed him, someone else would have...

How can India become a great country once again, is the question explored in this book. In the past, India had significant achievements in science, technology, mathematics and business. A failure to build robust institutional networks of information and trust and indifference of the state to business communities, brought all that crashing down within a generation. Many of these historical patterns persist till today. The ability to create wealth has everything to do with such networks. There was never any shortage of innovation in India. What was lacking was the ability to learn from their own experience. The building of learning networks and a learning ecosystem that could be used by people to leverage success – this is what is needed to unlock the huge talent pool that India possesses. This book addresses young, educated and aspiring Indians in different walks of life who are interested in contemporary issues relating to nation, society and economy. It puts forward some solutions to the problems that India faces. It would be of interest to anyone who would like to know how history can teach us to re-write the Indian growth story and to re-build a great nation. The book could also be used as reading material for students of history, political science, public administration, business administration, in under-graduate and post-graduate classes.Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka