This book departs from western prescripts to shed light on tested Afrocentric methods for community development. It draws lessons from African models of communal unity to show how governments can enhance their development models to reduce poverty and unemployment.
The End of Meaning
Our long romance with catastrophe is a search for elusive truth. From classical Greece to contemporary America, The End of Meaning demonstrates that catastrophe has always been generic. This book asks: what if meaning itself is a catastrophe?
This collection of essays explores how New Yorkers sought meaning in the 9/11 attacks a decade on. Contributors contest the dominant narrative to focus on local experiences of memory, recovery, and rebuilding, and the challenge of representing the event.
Meaning and λόγος
This volume brings together approaches from across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences to explore the theme of “meaning and λόγος.” Topics range from Urartian archaeology and Roman sculpture to Peppa Pig, brain imaging, heavy metal, and Belfast murals.
Spaces of Knowledge
Medieval thought is more than its intellectual elite. This volume explores its extraordinary wealth and variety, from major philosophical works to technical treatises involving all social strata. It offers a new approach to the knowledge of an era.
Gender and Trauma
These interdisciplinary essays explore the intersection of gender and trauma. Contributors analyze the links between the effects of trauma and the performance of gender, examining the roles of sex and sexual identity within this complex relationship.
Chinese Ancestor Worship
This book is a new approach to understanding China. It challenges the master narrative of Confucianism and shows that ancestor worship has underpinned Chinese culture, providing a more efficacious paradigm through which Chinese culture may be viewed.