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"This book posits new a theory of fascism as a radical political community of experience. The author engages with a range of thinkers both critical of and inspiring fascism including Walter Benjamin, Albert Camus, Ernst Jünger, Carl Schmitt, Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger. This book will be of interest to scholars of the history of political thought, fascism and Nazism"--

Intro -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- RAINY SEASON -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- DRY SEASON -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- ASIDE -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Seventeen -- Eighteen -- Nineteen -- Twenty -- Twenty-One -- Twenty-Two -- Twenty-Three -- Twenty-Four -- Twenty-Five -- Twenty-Six -- Twenty-Seven -- Twenty-Eight -- Twenty-Nine -- Acknowledgments -- About the Publisher -- By the Same Author -- Copyright.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Text and Context -- CHAPTER 2 Background -- CHAPTER 3 Theft of an Idol -- CHAPTER 4 Rape at Daphnala -- CHAPTER 5 Horror Stories -- CHAPTER 6 Horror Stories Untold -- CHAPTER 7 Kala Bachcha: Portrait of a BJP Hero -- CHAPTER 8 Conclusion -- Index -- PRINCETON STUDIES IN CULTURE/POWER/HISTORY -- About the Author

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. My Drinking Career -- 2. Getting Sober Curious -- 3. The First 30 Days -- 4. The Mind -- 5. The Body -- 6. Friendships and Sober Socialising -- 7. Children and Parenting -- 8. Unexpected Joys -- 9. Challenges -- 10. Supports -- 11. State of the Nation -- 12. The Other Side -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright -- About the Author -- About Gill Books.

A tightly argued and expansive examination of the pitfalls of transhumanism, this book reacquaints us with what it means to live well. Author Susan B. Levin challenges transhumanists' overarching commitments regarding the mind and brain, ethics, liberal democracy, knowledge and reality, showing their notion of humanity's self-transcendence into 'posthumanity' to be little more than fantasy.

In Opposition, Repression, and Cold War: The Case of the 1956 Student Movement in Timișoara, Corina Snitar investigates an important episode in opposition to the Communist regime in Romania. Using fresh evidence gathered through archival research and oral history, the author examines the student protests in the city of Timișoara that broke out in late October 1956 as a direct offshoot of the Hungarian uprising.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 The World's Centre of Economic Growth and Energy Transition -- Chapter 2 Asia's Dramatically Changing Energy Landscape -- Chapter 3 Twin Transformations: New Fuel Mix and New Tech -- Chapter 4 Financing the Growth -- Chapter 5 Conclusions and Suggestions -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- About the Author -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Lead in Twentieth- Century America -- 2. Where the Lead Came From -- 3. Getting the Lead Out -- 4. Lead in Amer i ca's Children -- 5. Brains and Behavior and Lead -- 6. Lead and Violence -- 7. The Lead Problem Persists -- 8. Lessons from the Lead Battles -- Conclusion: Understanding Our Leaded World -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

This book proposes concrete solutions to confront the populist wave and the rise of "illiberal democracy." The author demonstrates that democracy is not a "demand side" phenomenon, but rather a "supply side" phenomenon and formulates twenty original and bold proposals to fight populism and defend liberal democracy. An original and essential book which will undoubtedly stimulate vigorous debate.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Becoming an Engaged Activist Ethnographer -- 1. Engaged Anthropology with Farmworkers: Building Rapport, Busting Myths -- 2. Strawberries: An (Un)natural History -- 3. Pesticides and Farmworker Health: Toxic Layers, Invisible Harm -- 4. Accompanying Farmworkers -- 5. Ecosocial Solidarities: Teachers, Students, and Farmworker Families -- Conclusion: Activist Anthropology as Triage -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

"[The author] draws out the complex relationship between religion and climate change. He shows that the religious movements and ideas that emerge from climate shocks often last for many decades, and become a familiar part of the religious landscape, even though their origins in particular moments of crisis may be increasingly consigned to remote memory" -- From jacket flap

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- About the author -- Introduction : setting the scene -- Transport systems : components & concept of performances -- Modelling transport systems I: operational, economic, environmental and social performances -- Modelling transport systems II: influence of new technologies on performances -- Modelling transport systems III: resilience -- Planning transport systems : infrastructure, rolling stock & planning process -- Evaluation of transport systems : methodology & cases -- Conclusions: summary & lessons learnt

Cover Page -- Globalization and Community Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: The Migrant's Paradox -- Chapter One: The Scale of the Migrant -- Chapter Two: Edge Territories -- Chapter Three: Edge Economies -- Chapter Four: Unheroic Resistance -- Chapter Five: A Citizenship of the Edge -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- Globalization and Community Series Page (continued) -- About the Author.

Front Cover; Half Title; About The Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; In the Beginning; PRIMARY SOURCES AND ADDITIONAL READING; 1: Undocumented; 2: Unborn; 3: No Family; 4: No Discipline; 5: No Brothers; 6: No Wives; 7: No Children; 8: No Mercy; 9: The Usual Story; How Is Everyone Doing Now?; Key Sources, Recommended Reading, and References; REFERENCES.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Understanding Gender -- 2. Dominance and Interdependence Produce Ambivalence -- 3. Development of Gender Relations -- 4. Gender Stereotypes -- 5. Maintaining Gender Stereotypes and Hierarchy -- 6. Gender at Work -- 7. Female Bodies and Beauty -- 8. Love and Romance -- 9. Sex -- 10. Masculinity -- 11. Violence, Dominance, and Control -- 12. Progress, Pitfalls, and Remedies -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- .