Controversies over Islamic Origins
How can we reconstruct the origins of Islam? This book addresses this question by exploring conflicting modern theories through case studies on the Qur’an, the Prophet, and conquest narratives, examining a spectrum of traditionalist and revisionist scholarship.
This book provides a novel, strategic solution for China’s future, investigating the scientification of its words, language, and culture. This ‘scientific Chinese trinity’ will create a scientific China and facilitate the development of the digital economy.
This collection explores the Gospel of John regarding Jews and the origins of Christian anti-Judaism. It examines how Johannine Christianity was tied to ancient Judaism while distancing itself from Jewish culture, providing vital context for modern Jewish-Christian dialogue.
The Making of Refugee Memory
The first English-language history of how Asia Minor refugees sustained memories of their “lost homeland” in Greece. This ground-breaking study explores refugee identity through an in-depth case-study of the Thracian Centre and its conduits of memory.
Who really wrote the Letters of Paul? Anonymous editors saved him from oblivion but distorted his message, adding anti-Jewish and misogynistic texts alongside the beautiful praise of love. This book reconstructs the first edition, removing 2000 years of changes.
This volume showcases new research on a wide range of topics in Ghana, including pidgin, music, agricultural policy, and the poetics of names. It will appeal particularly to students of Africana and Ghanaian studies.
Green Tribology
Green tribology is a new field addressing global environmental and energy crises. This is the only academic monograph in the world which systematically validates the principles and practice of green tribology, featuring the author’s new concept of natural disaster tribology.
An Anthropological Study of Marine Fishermen in Kerala
This anthropological study of Hindu marine fishermen in two neighboring Indian villages, administered by different state governments, explores how state interventions influence development, gender roles, and survival in an uncertain economy.
Aimed at students, this clear and concise practical handbook is prepared in accordance with the latest syllabi. It explores the instruments and glassware handled during experiments and the calculations required to prepare chemical reagents and media.
Based on original research, this book explores the struggles of working women in Karachi, Pakistan. From managers to domestic workers, it reveals how women in each category are victims of a gender-biased society, fighting for survival in a male-dominated world.
Semiconductors are the driving force behind economic strength and national security, but novel types are needed for today’s scaling demands. This book provides comprehensive coverage of InAs1-xPx solid solutions, from production to their properties and application potential.
This book explores the relationship between African American males and the police through their own eyes. It reveals this is not a black or white issue, but a global human problem, and is essential for understanding their realities, fears, and concerns.
This book applies new feminist and gender methodologies to biblical texts. It continues pioneering discussions while introducing new theories to challenge accepted interpretations and ideologies that reinforce patriarchal domination and injustice.
Twenty Years in Ukraine
For twenty years before the war, Ukraine was a land of turbulence. This compelling account is told through its five presidential terms, revealing a geopolitical chess game and the unyielding spirit of the Ukrainian people fighting for freedom, democracy, and a European future.
This volume offers a comprehensive, multilingual approach to the practice of translation and interpretation, shaped by global markets and advanced technologies. It provides a practice-oriented perspective on cross-cultural communication and is an accessible pedagogical resource.
The Making of Indigenous Australian Contemporary Art
This book reveals how Arnhem Land bark painting was critical to Indigenous contemporary art and self-determination. It charts the art’s trajectory from being understood as an ethnographic form to its appreciation as conceptual art with cultural agency and contemporaneity.
Conflict Reporting Strategies and the Identities of Ethnic and Religious Communities in Jos, Nigeria
This book examines journalistic strategies in reporting the ethnic and religious conflict in Jos, Nigeria. Placing media logics at the heart of the conflict, it proposes Solutions-Review Journalism as a new framework for conflict reporting.
This guide explores cache coherency in multicore systems, from key protocols to the design of a scalable fabric for the RISC-V architecture. Leveraging detailed simulations, the book rigorously examines the fabric’s ability to maintain memory consistency across multiple cores.
This book exposes the ‘unseen’ challenges of qualitative research. First-person accounts from diverse multicultural contexts reveal how researchers navigated ethical tensions, unequal power relations, and linguistic barriers. An invaluable resource with practical recommendations.