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Hardback. The book views religious violence as a special type of social action and analyzes the world views and scripts of modern militant religious communities as well as those of their opponents. Translator(s): McNeil, Brian. Num Pages: 296 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804768726
ISBN
9780804768726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

Paperback. The book views religious violence as a special type of social action and analyzes the world views and scripts of modern militant religious communities as well as those of their opponents. Translator(s): McNeil, Brian. Num Pages: 296 pages, map. BIC Classification: HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804768733
ISBN
9780804768733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. This ethnographic analysis of violence that broke out in a South African gold mine soon after apartheid ended in 1994 shows how violence comes to be blamed on ethnic differences retrospectively-and often wrongly. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w photos, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; HBTV; JFFE; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348535
ISBN
9780822348535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. A recent series of terrorist attacks, the uncovering of a large terrorist network and a string of continuing regional conflicts have raised an awareness that Southeast Asia is amongst the world's most troubled areas. This book analyses local terrorism and state state repression in this populous, strategically important region. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBTV; JPWL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Monash Asia Institute Australia
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876924379
ISBN
9781876924379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies Robert (University of Exeter UK); Kristo-Nagy, Istvan (University of Exeter). BIC Classification: HRHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474417938
ISBN
9781474417938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in Religious Studies. Num Pages: 53 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 3. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
53
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319500584
ISBN
9783319500584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.38

Hardback. 'The Apocalypse of John' belongs to the most puzzling texts of the New Testament. Historical-critical exegesis has been stressing that the book above all wishes to give a message of hope and comfort for a community under threat. This book offers the proceedings of a conference that was held in Leuven, Belgium, in September 2009. Editor(s): Merkt, Andreas; Nicklas, Tobias; Verheyden, Joseph. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525539767
ISBN
9783525539767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.19
€ 82.87

Paperback. Ranging across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California, this title places Native peoples squarely at the center of a story that chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 2 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027206
ISBN
9780674027206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.11

Hardback. Violence in Mexico is not the result of state failure, but of the nature of state-making itself. Editor(s): Pansters, Wil G. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804781589
ISBN
9780804781589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.55

paperback. Editor(s): Ward, J (University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, UK University College, Galway Rothamsted Research, UK Rothamsted Research, UK University College, Galway University College, Galway University College, Galway University College, Galway). Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSBB; HBJD; HBL; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2008
SKU
V9781349376230
ISBN
9781349376230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. Editor(s): Irvin-Erickson, Douglas; Phan, Peter C. Series: Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HRAC; HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137568502
ISBN
9781137568502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.02

Hardcover. In this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537705
ISBN
9780230537705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.84

Paperback. In this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562. A Philosophical Anthology. 392 pages, 0. In this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFE. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537712
ISBN
9780230537712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Presents a compelling study of how ordinary people commit extraordinary acts of violence and how perpetrators and victims manage in the aftermath. Grounded in extensive, qualitative analysis of perpetrator testimony, this book reveals the individual experiences of perpetrators and general patterns of influence that lead to collective violence. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFFE; JKV; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479821600
ISBN
9781479821600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.21

Paperback. What is the relationship between the British colonial project and English literature in India? In this historical study, Prem Poddar shows how colonisers and the nationalists who suceeded them tended to inhabit the same discursive space. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBF; GTB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772887678
ISBN
9788772887678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.11

Hardback. Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today. Series: Religion in Transforming Africa. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; HRCC96; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011527
ISBN
9781847011527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. This book recovers and reconsiders the origin and role of these men, and of colonial soldiers more generally. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420898
ISBN
9780821420898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Almost as soon as it was built, London suffered the first of many acts of violent protest, when Boudica and her followers set fire to the city in AD 60. Ever since, the capital's streets have been a forum for popular insurrection. Covering nearly 2,000 years of political protest, this is a riveting alternative history of past and present conflict. Num Pages: 616 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 44 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFFE; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 135 x 45. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
616
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230275591
ISBN
9780230275591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.48

Paperback. Series: Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 1HBA; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053281
ISBN
9780674053281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

paperback. Michael Addison, soldier and scholar, explores the history and myths of terrorism in a way which challenges conventional thinking on British strategy in Northern Ireland and violent politics in general. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBW; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349406500
ISBN
9781349406500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.98

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