Subject(s): Students -- Political activity History -- Singapore | Students -- Political activity History -- Malaysia | Singapore -- History -- 1945-1963 | Singapore -- Politics and government -- 1945-1963 | Malaysia -- History | Malaysia -- Politics and government -- 20th century Summary: The book, using a small group of left-wing student activ

Subject(s): Dubois, Pierre, -1838 | Bali Island (Indonesia) -- Ethnology | Netherlands -- Colonies History -- Indonesia Bali Island Summary: "In Bali in the Early Nineteenth Century, Helen Creese examines the nature of the earliest sustained cross-cultural encounter between the Balinese and the Dutch through the eyewitness accounts of Pierr

Subject(s): Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation Summary: This book builds a case for Muslim same-sex unions for the fulfillment of gay and lesbian Muslims' human need for intimacy, affection, and companionship. In constructing this case, the book extensively engages with the Muslim tradition, drawing on the Qur'an, Hadith, and juri

Subject(s): Human rights -- Religious aspects | Religions | Religion and politics Summary: "The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal

Subject(s): Democracy -- History | World politics Summary: Overview: In our time, the term "democracy" is frequently evoked to express aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that claim to benefit more than a select minority of the population. In this book, Temma Kaplan examines attempts from ancient

Subject(s): Cities and towns -- History -- 19th century. -- Turkey | City and town life -- History -- 19th century -- Turkey | Municipal government -- History -- 19th century -- Turkey | Imperialism -- Social aspects History -- 19th century -- Turkey | Cosmopolitanism -- History -- 19th century -- Turkey | Social change -- History -- 19th century -

Subject(s): Sociology -- Philosophy | Sociology -- History Summary: This book expands the sociological canon by introducing non-Western and female voices, and subjects the existing canon itself to critique. Including chapters on both the 'founding fathers' of sociology and neglected thinkers it highlights the biases of Eurocentrism and

Subject(s): Buddhists -- Biography | Buddhism Summary: "Understanding Buddhism provides a series of case studies of Asian and modern Western Buddhists, spanning history, gender, and class, whose lives are representative of the ways in which Buddhists throughout time have embodied the tradition. Portrays the foundational principles of Buddh

Subject(s): Islamic philosophy Contents:Islamic philosophy and the crisis of modern rationalism -- Beyond orientalism and academic rationalism : a critique of the standard readings of Islamic philosophy -- To the things themselves : Corbin and Heidegger on phenomenological access -- From the things themselves to prophecy : philosophical cu

Subject(s): Religions -- History | Religion and politics -- History Summary: "While many textbooks treat 'world religions' in an apolitical way, as if each religion were a path for individual seekers after wisdom and not a discourse intimately connected with the exercise of power, Laine's book treats religion and politics as hal