Cosmopolitan ideals and pluralist tendencies have been employed creatively and adapted carefully by Muslim individuals, societies and institutions in modern Southeast Asia to produce the necessary contexts for mutual tolerance and shared respect between and within different groups in society. Organised around six key themes that interweave the connected histories of three countries in Southeast Asia - Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia - this book shows the ways in which historical actors have promoted better understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims in the region. Case studies from across these countries of the Malay world take in the rise of the network society in the region in the 1970s up until the early 21st century, providing a panoramic view of Muslim cosmopolitan practices, outlook and visions in the region
General ideas. Keepers of time and guardians of space--some basic concepts of astronomy and power / Michael A. Rappenglück -- The social life of celestial bodies: the sky in cultural perspective / Stanislaw Iwaniszewski -- Astral high-fashion clothing: relations between costumes and astronomy / Michael A. Rappenglück -- Neolithic cultures. Astronomy, landscape and power in eastern Anatolia / Juan Antonio Belmonte and A. César González García -- Prehistoric sanctuaries in Daunia / Elio Antonello, Vito F. Polcaro, Anna M. Tunzi and Mariangela Lo Zupone -- Archaeoastronomical world from Romania / Iharka Szücs-Csillik, Alexandra Comṣa and Zoia Maxim -- Megalithic cultures. Equinoctial full moon models and non-gaussianity: Portuguese dolmens as a test case / Fabio Silva -- Kreisgrabenanlagen: expressions of power linked to the sky / Georg Zotti and Wolfgang Neubauer -- Re-structuring the world of Scottish megalithic sites and animating astronomical phenomena through 3D computerisation / David Fisher -- Recumbent stone circles: theory overview based on fieldwork conducted at three sites / Liz Henty -- Power of calendar and clocks. Calendars as symbols of power / Sonja Draxler and Max E. Lippitsch -- Astronomical clocks-representations of power / Gudrun Wolfschmidt -- Chalcolithic/Bronze Age/Iron Age cultures. Luni-solar symbolism in an artefact from Bulgaria / Vesselina Koleva -- Astronomy, religion and the structure of society in prehistoric Finland / Marianna Ridderstad -- Astronomy and the power: the singular building of Turó del Calvari (Vilalba del arcs, Tarragona) / Manuel Pérez Gutiérrez, DAvid Bea Castaño, Jordi Diloli Fons and Samuel Sardà Seuma -- Precise astronomical measurements of ancient Dacian sites within the Pythagorean mega-triangle Sarmizegetusa-Regia-Retezat-Parâng / Frank Kerek and Florin Stanescu -- Orientation in the landscape of open air rock art in the mountains between the Alva and Ceira Rivers: the Podomorph carvings / Fernando Pimenta, Nuno Ribeiro, Andrew Smith and Luís Tirapicos -- Total solar eclipses close to the Pleiades on the Nebra disk and Swedish rock-carvings / Göran Henriksson -- Archaeoastronomical analysis of the Karataevo Fortress Sanctuary on the northern Black Sea coast / Larisa N. Vodolazhskaya -- Egypt, Minoan culture. Stellar and solar components in ancient Egyptian mythology and royal ideology / Rolf Krauss -- The elite at Knossos as custodians of the calendar / Göran Henriksson and Mary Blomberg -- Prince P.A. Putyatin was the forerunner of Russian astronomy / N. Dmitrieva -- Cultures in Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. The celestial engine at the heart of traditional Hawaiian culture / W. Bruce Masse -- Cosmic power: themes of astronomy and power within the film Cosmic Africa / Jarita C. Holbrook -- The concept of power and cosmology: manipulation of cosmology by spiritualists or native doctors (Dibia), a case study of the Igbo Society of Nigeria / Barth Chukwuezi -- Some aspects of European moon mythology / Mare Kõiva and Andres Kuperjanov -- Stars of power--astronomical objects in ancient princely insignia / Max E. Lippitsch and Sonja Draxler -- Cultures of North America, Mesoamerica and South America. Astronomy and power in Mesoamerica / Ivan Šprajc -- Possible Mesoamerican naked-eye observation of sunspots - I: evidence from the Tikal ball court marker / Richard R. Zito -- Calendric-astronomical orientation as an expression of power in Mesoamerica / Jesús Galindo Trejo -- Possible Mesoamerican naked-eye observation of Sunspots - II: evidence from the codices / Richard R. Zito -- Power, danger and liminality: moon, stars and women among the Toba of Western Formosa (Gran Chaco, Argentina) / Cecilia Paula Gómez -- A topoogy of power: sky and social space in the Argentinean Chaco / Alejandro Martín López -- Antiquity. Among the circles: a geometical analysis of the Teatro Marittimo in Villa Adriana / Marzia Monaco, Silvia Gaudenzi and Marcello Ranieri -- Medieval time in orient and occident. Astronomy and the state: time, space and power in the foundation of Baghdad / Nicholas Campion -- Astronomy and politics: three case studies on the service of astrology to society / S. Mohammad Mozaffari -- The Dustūr al-munajjimīn or does a sovereign need astronomy to structure his reign? / Petra G. Schmidl -- The orientation of pre-romanesque churches in Spain: Asturias, a case of power re-affirmation / A. César González García, Juan Antonio Belmonte and Lourdes Costa Ferrer -- Astronomical heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina: late medieval tombstones and astral motifs / Zalkida Hadžibegović -- The star of Magi: transient astronomical events as sources of inspiration in late Medieval art / M. Incerti, F. Bònoli and V.F. Polcaro -- A social history of medieval astronomy / A. Martocchia and V.F. Polcaro -- Astronomy and politics in the modern age. Astronomy and politicians / Magda Stavinschi and Cătălin Mosoia -- Comets in political caricatures: examples from the 18th to 21st century / Barbara Rappenglück
"The essential road map for understanding-and defending-your right to privacy in the twenty-first century. Privacy is disappearing. From our sex lives to our workout routines, the details of our lives once relegated to pen and paper have joined the slipstream of new technology. As a MacArthur fellow and distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia, acclaimed civil rights advocate Danielle Citron has spent decades working with lawmakers and stakeholders across the globe to protect what she calls intimate privacy-encompassing our bodies, health, gender, and relationships. When intimate privacy becomes data, corporations know exactly when to flash that ad for a new drug or pregnancy test. Social and political forces know how to manipulate what you think and who you trust, leveraging sensitive secrets and deepfake videos to ruin or silence opponents. And as new technologies invite new violations, people have power over one another like never before, from revenge porn to blackmail, attaching life-altering risks to growing up, dating online, or falling in love. A masterful new look at privacy in the twenty-first century, The Fight for Privacy takes the focus off Silicon Valley moguls to investigate the price we pay as technology migrates deeper into every aspect of our lives: entering our bedrooms and our bathrooms and our midnight texts; our relationships with friends, family, lovers, and kids; and even our relationship with ourselves. Drawing on in-depth interviews with victims, activists, and advocates, Citron brings this headline issue home for readers by weaving together visceral stories about the countless ways that corporate and individual violators exploit privacy loopholes. Exploring why the law has struggled to keep up, she reveals how our current system leaves victims-particularly women, LGBTQ+ people, and marginalized groups-shamed and powerless while perpetrators profit, warping cultural norms around the world. Yet there is a solution to our toxic relationship with technology and privacy: fighting for intimate privacy as a civil right. Collectively, Citron argues, citizens, lawmakers, and corporations have the power to create a new reality where privacy is valued and people are protected as they embrace what technology offers. Introducing readers to the trailblazing work of advocates today, Citron urges readers to join the fight. Your intimate life shouldn't be traded for profit or wielded against you for power: it belongs to you. With Citron as our guide, we can take back control of our data and build a better future for the next, ever more digital, generation"--
Local people and global goings-on : an African story / Sally Falk Moore -- Anthropological roots of global legal pluralism / Keebet von Benda-Beckmann and Bertram Turner -- The eclipse of global legal pluralism in ethnology : a French trajectory / Grégoire Mallard -- An anthropological perspective on legal pluralism / Sally Engle Merry -- Empires and jurisdictional politics : legal pluralism and the search for global order / Lauren Benton -- Other parts of the forest : some aspects of global legal pluralism / Carol Weisbrod -- Manifestations and arguments : the everyday operation of transnational legal pluralism / Peer Zumbansen -- Does legal theory have a pluralism problem? / Cormac Mac Amhlaigh -- Theorizing justice under conditions of global legal pluralism / Víctor M. Muñiz-Fraticelli -- Conceptual theories of law and the challenge of global legal pluralism : a legal interactionist approach / Wibren van der Burg -- Pluralist authority and the relation between plurality and pluralism / Nicole Roughan -- Global legal pluralism and the rule of law / David Lefkowitz -- Legal pluralism and the problem of evil / Detlef von Daniels -- Value pluralism and legal pluralism : using Radbruch's value-based approach to law to understand global legal pluralism / Sanne Taekema -- Law unbounded? The shifting stakes in global normative order / Neil Walker -- Constitutionalism without borders and governance beyond the states : a comparative institutional approach / Miguel Poiares Maduro and Neil Komesar -- Transnational networks and the construction of global law / Oren Perez -- Federalism as legal pluralism / Erin Ryan -- international law as a system of legal pluralism / Frédéric Mégret -- The integrative effects of global legal pluralism / Monica Hakimi -- International criminal law and legal pluralism / Elies van Sliedregt -- Cosmopolitan pluralist hybrid tribunals / Elena Baylis -- Global legal pluralism and conflict of laws / Ralf Michaels -- From the conflict of laws to legal pluralism and back / Horatia Muir Watt -- Global legal pluralism and commercial law / John Linarelli -- Private uniform law and global legal pluralism / Gralf-Peter Calliess and Insa Stephanie Jarass -- Compliance as an exchange of legitimacy for influence / Kishanthi Parella -- The application of non-state-based standards in international arbitration / Shahla Ali -- E Pluribus Plures : legal pluralism and the recognition of indigenous legal orders / Michael Coyle -- Indigenous rights and intrastate multijuridicalism / Dwight Newman -- Legal pluralism and indigenous legal traditions / Kirsty Gover -- State legal pluralism and religious courts : semi-autonomy and jurisdictional allocations in pluri-legal arrangements / Jaclyn L. Neo -- The future of religious arbitration in the United States : looking through a pluralist lens / Michael A.Helfand -- Sex policing in the Arab world / Haider Hamoudi -- The overlapping web of data, territoriality, and sovereignty / Jennifer Daskal -- The problem of platform law : pluralistic legal ordering on social media / Molly K. Land -- Fighting fundamentalism with pluralism : technologies of enlightenment during the Arab Spring / Madhavi Sunder -- Membership and global legal pluralism / Peter J. Spiro -- On the verge of citizenship : negotiating religion and gender equality / Ayelet Shachar.
From one of the world's most imaginative designers comes a story about humanity told through the lens of our buildings. 'This book is a super-accessible guide as to why we shouldn't put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that' GRAYSON PERRY _____ Our world is losing its humanity. Too many developers care more about their shareholders than society. Too many politicians care more about power than the people who vote for them. And too many cities feel soulless and depressing, with buildings designed for business, not for us. So where do we find hope? Thomas Heatherwick has an alternative. By changing the world around us, we can improve our health, restore our happiness, and save our planet. The time has come to put human emotion back at the heart of the design process. Drawing on thirty years of making bold, beautiful buildings, neuroscience and cognitive psychology, Heatherwick brings together vivid stories and hundreds of beautiful images into a visual masterpiece. Humanise will inspire us to do nothing less than remake our world. _____ 'Thomas Heatherwick brings a velvet sledgehammer to the way we think about buildings and how they change our lives . . . I want to live in the kind of city Heatherwick imagines!' SIMON SINEK 'Humanise is a masterwork. It's quietly furious, impassioned, rigorous and forensic in all the right doses. It leaves me very hopeful indeed about how things could go from here' ALAIN DE BOTTON
"Drawing from an extensive database and a cross-national comparative approach, this book examines the ways and reasons why new media promotes political participation among young people in Russia and Kazakhstan. The author develops theoretical models that better explain how new-media use translates into political participation"--
"This book analyzes the relationship between Colombian paramilitaries and the State in the period 1982-2007. Despite the attention that the paramilitaries demand, due to both the magnitude of their crimes and their specificities, understanding the nature of this interaction has proven to be complex. They were not a homogeneous, hierarchical force, but a protean network of highly localistic coalitions and units. Based on new and extensive empirical evidence, the book shows that even in diverse circumstances there was a set of basic mechanisms that established a link between the State and paramilitary factions, which influenced the trajectory of the latter. These mechanisms, in turn, were permanently mediated by political institutions and the highly clientelistic Colombian polity. Therefore, without a close reading of the Colombian clientelistic politics and statehood, it is not possible to understand the interaction between the two entities."--Provided by publisher
A tale of two wars -- The winding road to war -- Desert shield -- War of necessity -- The Clinton interregnum -- The 9/11 presidency -- Prelude to war -- War of choice -- Takeaways from two wars
'Absolutely fascinating . . . A must-read for anyone enthralled by the value and integrity of books' Janice Hallett, author of The Alperton AngelsA true detective story from the age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers: the literary crime that fooled the world - and the daring young booksellers who uncovered itLondon, 1932. Thomas James Wise is the toast of the literary establishment. A prominent collector and businessman, he is renowned on both sides of the Atlantic for unearthing the most stunning first editions and bringing them to market. Pompous and fearsome, with friends in high places, he is one of the most powerful men in the field of rare books.One night, two young booksellers - one a dishevelled former communist, the other a martini-swilling fan of detective stories - stumble upon a strange discrepancy. It will lead them to suspect Wise and his books are not all they seem. Inspired by the vogue for Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes, the pair harness the latest developments in forensic analysis to crack the case, but find its extent is greater than they ever could have imagined. By the time they are done, their investigation will have rocked the book world to its core.This is the true story of unlikely friends coming together to expose the literary crime of the century, and of a maverick bibliophile who forged not only books but an entire life, erasing his past along the way.'The perfect piece of armchair detection' Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10 Thrilling . . . reads like a detective story from the golden age Roland Philipps, author of A SPY NAMED ORPHAN'A great story that is truly stranger than fiction' Martin Edwards, President of the Detection Club
Introduction -- The Generation of Zaytunah -- A Scattered Group with a Less-Than-Perfect Image -- Come Do Jihad -- Sons of Tunisia -- Tunisia Is a Land of Dawa -- Hear from Us, Not About Us -- Tunisians Can Be Found Everywhere in the Land of Jihad -- It Was Mostly the Tunisians Who Were Involved in Takfir -- Honest Ones Among the Dawa People Must Come to al-Sham -- We Are Here to Protect You from This Nonbeliever Government -- Postscript
"Why the paradigm of the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions of higher education Universities have become major actors on the global stage. Yet, as they strive to be "world-class," institutions of higher education are shifting away from their core missions of cultivating democratic citizenship, fostering critical thinking, and safeguarding academic freedom. In the contest to raise their national and global profiles, universities are embracing a new form of utilitarianism, one that favors market power over academic values. In this book, James Mittelman explains why the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions and proposes viable alternatives that can help universities thrive in today's competitive global environment. Mittelman traces how the scale, reach, and impact of higher-education institutions expanded exponentially in the post-World War II era, and how the market-led educational model became widespread. Drawing on his own groundbreaking fieldwork, he offers three case studies--the United States, which exemplifies market-oriented educational globalization; Finland, representative of the strong public sphere; and Uganda, a postcolonial country with a historically public but now increasingly private university system. Mittelman shows that the "world-class" paradigm is untenable for all but a small group of wealthy, research-intensive universities, primarily in the global North. Nevertheless, institutions without substantial material resources and in far different contexts continue to aspire to world-class stature. An urgent wake-up call, Implausible Dream argues that universities are repurposing at the peril of their high principles and recommends structural reforms that are more practical than the unrealistic worldwide measures of excellence prevalent today. "--
