Informed by current debates in social theory, Identities, Borders, Orders brings together a multinational group of respected scholars to seek and encourage imaginative adaptations and recombinations of concepts, theories, and perspectives across disciplinary lines. These contributors take up a variety of substantive, theoretical, and normative issues such as migration, nationalism, citizenship, human rights, democracy, and security. Together, their essays contribute significantly to our understanding of sovereignty, national identity, and borders.
Informed by current debates in social theory, Identities, Borders, Orders brings together a multinational group of respected scholars to seek and enco...
Women's bodies have become a battleground. Around the world, people argue about veiling, schooling for Afghan girls, and -SlutWalk- protests, all of which involve issues of women's sexuality and freedom. Globalization, with its emphasis on human rights and individuality, heats up these arguments. In Of Virgins and Martyrs, David Jacobson takes the reader on a fascinating tour of how self-identity developed throughout history and what individualism means for Muslim societies struggling to maintain a sense of honor in a globalized twenty-first century.
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Women's bodies have become a battleground. Around the world, people argue about veiling, schooling for Afghan girls, and -SlutWalk- protests, all o...
