Recent Publications in Human Rights #HumanRights
We then feature another one of our recent thematic lists on Human Rights. However this time the list is a teaser only and we’ll…
Read MoreBook reviews, film reviews, discussions, interviews, symposiums.
We then feature another one of our recent thematic lists on Human Rights. However this time the list is a teaser only and we’ll…
Read MoreIt has been a stimulating week at Allegra, with many fabulous posts by anthropologists working on ‘violence’. If you missed it, do not panic:…
Read MoreExpulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy by Saskia Sassen. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674599222. 304 pages. A review by D.T. Cochrane …
Read MoreNilüfer Göle, ed. Islam and Public Controversy in Europe. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013. 262 pages. ISBN: 978-1-472-41313-0 Nowadays Islam plays a pivotal role in the social reality…
Read MoreOf Allegra’s excellent list of recent publications pertaining to Islam, The Public Sphere: Liberal Modernity, Catholicism, Islam is perhaps the least anthropological. Nevertheless, I…
Read MoreIslam and New Kinship: A Nascent Horizon for the Relationship Between Science, Reproductive Technology, and Fiqh, by Morgan Clarke. ISBN 978-0-85745-140-8 $34.95/£22.50 Pb Published…
Read MoreThe reviewed volume tackles the question of “how to account for the complex duality of religion as an everyday practice and a normative doctrine.”…
Read MoreTo link in with Allegra’s thematic week on the #Body, we have put together the following curated list of the latest books relating to…
Read MoreAllegra expanded its portfolio in May 2014 with a regular section on “reviews”. We so far have had two themed review lists, the first…
Read MoreWelcome to our reviews assistant Sophie who has been helping Reviews Editor Judith Beyer create lists of new exciting titles, proof read upcoming reviews…
Read MoreBook Review of Robert D. Kaplan’s “Monsoon. The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power“ Monsoon provides a very detailed analysis of the…
Read MoreWritten in the aftermath of 9/11 and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, this collection of essays by anthropologist Laura Nader is an…
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