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Eqbal Ahmad 19301999 was a bold and original activist journalist and theorist who brought uncommon perspective to the rise of militant Islam the conflict in Kashmir the involvement of the United States in Vietnam and the geopolitics of the Cold War A longtime friend and intellectual collaborator of Ahmad Stuart Schaar presents in this book previously unseen materials by and about his colleague having traveled through the United States India Pakistan western Europe and North Africa to connect Ahmads experiences to the major currents of modern historyAhmad was the first to recognize that former ally Osama bin Laden would turn against the United States He anticipated the rapidly shifting loyalties of terrorists and understood that overthrowing Saddam Hussein would provoke violence and sectarian strife in Iraq Ahmad had great compassion for the victims of the proxy wars waged by the leading Cold War powers and he frequently championed unpopular causes such as the need to extend the rights of Palestinians and protect Bosnians and Kosovars in a disintegrating Yugoslavia Toward the end of his life Ahmad worked tirelessly to broker a peace between India and Pakistan and to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons throughout the subcontinent As novel and necessary as ever Ahmads remarkable vision is here preserved and extended to reveal the extent to which he was involved in the political and historical conflicts of his time
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Eqbal Ahmad 19301999 was a bold and original activist journalist and theorist who brought uncommon perspective to the rise of militant Islam the conflict in Kashmir the involvement of the United States in Vietnam and the geopolitics of the Cold War A longtime friend and intellectual collaborator of Ahmad Stuart Schaar presents in this book previously unseen materials by and about his colleague having traveled through the United States India Pakistan western Europe and North Africa to connect Ahmads experiences to the major currents of modern historyAhmad was the first to recognize that former ally Osama bin Laden would turn against the United States He anticipated the rapidly shifting loyalties of terrorists and understood that overthrowing Saddam Hussein would provoke violence and sectarian strife in Iraq Ahmad had great compassion for the victims of the proxy wars waged by the leading Cold War powers and he frequently championed unpopular causes such as the need to extend the rights of Palestinians and protect Bosnians and Kosovars in a disintegrating Yugoslavia Toward the end of his life Ahmad worked tirelessly to broker a peace between India and Pakistan and to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons throughout the subcontinent As novel and necessary as ever Ahmads remarkable vision is here preserved and extended to reveal the extent to which he was involved in the political and historical conflicts of his time
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Eqbal Ahmad 19301999 was a bold and original activist journalist and theorist who brought uncommon perspective to the rise of militant Islam the conflict in Kashmir the involvement of the United States in Vietnam and the geopolitics of the Cold War A longtime friend and intellectual collaborator of Ahmad Stuart Schaar presents in this book previously unseen materials by and about his colleague having traveled through the United States India Pakistan western Europe and North Africa to connect Ahmads experiences to the major currents of modern historyAhmad was the first to recognize that former ally Osama bin Laden would turn against the United States He anticipated the rapidly shifting loyalties of terrorists and understood that overthrowing Saddam Hussein would provoke violence and sectarian strife in Iraq Ahmad had great compassion for the victims of the proxy wars waged by the leading Cold War powers and he frequently championed unpopular causes such as the need to extend the rights of Palestinians and protect Bosnians and Kosovars in a disintegrating Yugoslavia Toward the end of his life Ahmad worked tirelessly to broker a peace between India and Pakistan and to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons throughout the subcontinent As novel and necessary as ever Ahmads remarkable vision is here preserved and extended to reveal the extent to which he was involved in the political and historical conflicts of his time
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Eqbal Ahmad 19301999 was a bold and original activist journalist and theorist who brought uncommon perspective to the rise of militant Islam the conflict in Kashmir the involvement of the United States in Vietnam and the geopolitics of the Cold War A longtime friend and intellectual collaborator of Ahmad Stuart Schaar presents in this book previously unseen materials by and about his colleague having traveled through the United States India Pakistan western Europe and North Africa to connect Ahmads experiences to the major currents of modern historyAhmad was the first to recognize that former ally Osama bin Laden would turn against the United States He anticipated the rapidly shifting loyalties of terrorists and understood that overthrowing Saddam Hussein would provoke violence and sectarian strife in Iraq Ahmad had great compassion for the victims of the proxy wars waged by the leading Cold War powers and he frequently championed unpopular causes such as the need to extend the rights of Palestinians and protect Bosnians and Kosovars in a disintegrating Yugoslavia Toward the end of his life Ahmad worked tirelessly to broker a peace between India and Pakistan and to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons throughout the subcontinent As novel and necessary as ever Ahmads remarkable vision is here preserved and extended to reveal the extent to which he was involved in the political and historical conflicts of his time
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Activist journalist and theorist Eqbal Ahmad 19341999 was admired and consulted by revolutionaries and activists as well as policymakers and academics In articles and columns published in such journals as the Nation New York Review of Books Monthly Review and newspapers in Pakistan and Cairo Ahmad inspired new ways of thinking about global issues Whether writing on the rise of militant Islam the conflict in Kashmir US involvement in Vietnam or the cynical logic of Cold War geopolitics Ahmad offered incisive passionate and often prophetic analyses of the major political events and movements of the second half of the twentieth century This work is the first to collect Ahmads writings in a single volume It reflects his distinct understanding of world politics as well as his profound sense of empathy for those living in poverty and oppression He was a fierce opponent of imperialism and corruption and advocated democratic transformations in postcolonial and thirdworld societies A uniquely perceptive critic of colonialism and US foreign policy Ahmad was equally vigilant in his criticisms of thirdworld dictatorshipsLike few other writers Ahmads life experiences shaped his political views He grew up amidst the turmoil of postcolonial India worked alongside the Algerian FLN in their fight against the French occupation and later became a prominent spokesperson for peace between Israel and Palestine
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Activist journalist and theorist Eqbal Ahmad 19341999 was admired and consulted by revolutionaries and activists as well as policymakers and academics In articles and columns published in such journals as the Nation New York Review of Books Monthly Review and newspapers in Pakistan and Cairo Ahmad inspired new ways of thinking about global issues Whether writing on the rise of militant Islam the conflict in Kashmir US involvement in Vietnam or the cynical logic of Cold War geopolitics Ahmad offered incisive passionate and often prophetic analyses of the major political events and movements of the second half of the twentieth century This work is the first to collect Ahmads writings in a single volume It reflects his distinct understanding of world politics as well as his profound sense of empathy for those living in poverty and oppression He was a fierce opponent of imperialism and corruption and advocated democratic transformations in postcolonial and thirdworld societies A uniquely perceptive critic of colonialism and US foreign policy Ahmad was equally vigilant in his criticisms of thirdworld dictatorshipsLike few other writers Ahmads life experiences shaped his political views He grew up amidst the turmoil of postcolonial India worked alongside the Algerian FLN in their fight against the French occupation and later became a prominent spokesperson for peace between Israel and Palestine
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Activist journalist and theorist Eqbal Ahmad 19341999 was admired and consulted by revolutionaries and activists as well as policymakers and academics In articles and columns published in such journals as the Nation New York Review of Books Monthly Review and newspapers in Pakistan and Cairo Ahmad inspired new ways of thinking about global issues Whether writing on the rise of militant Islam the conflict in Kashmir US involvement in Vietnam or the cynical logic of Cold War geopolitics Ahmad offered incisive passionate and often prophetic analyses of the major political events and movements of the second half of the twentieth century This work is the first to collect Ahmads writings in a single volume It reflects his distinct understanding of world politics as well as his profound sense of empathy for those living in poverty and oppression He was a fierce opponent of imperialism and corruption and advocated democratic transformations in postcolonial and thirdworld societies A uniquely perceptive critic of colonialism and US foreign policy Ahmad was equally vigilant in his criticisms of thirdworld dictatorshipsLike few other writers Ahmads life experiences shaped his political views He grew up amidst the turmoil of postcolonial India worked alongside the Algerian FLN in their fight against the French occupation and later became a prominent spokesperson for peace between Israel and Palestine
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Activist journalist and theorist Eqbal Ahmad 19341999 was admired and consulted by revolutionaries and activists as well as policymakers and academics In articles and columns published in such journals as the Nation New York Review of Books Monthly Review and newspapers in Pakistan and Cairo Ahmad inspired new ways of thinking about global issues Whether writing on the rise of militant Islam the conflict in Kashmir US involvement in Vietnam or the cynical logic of Cold War geopolitics Ahmad offered incisive passionate and often prophetic analyses of the major political events and movements of the second half of the twentieth century This work is the first to collect Ahmads writings in a single volume It reflects his distinct understanding of world politics as well as his profound sense of empathy for those living in poverty and oppression He was a fierce opponent of imperialism and corruption and advocated democratic transformations in postcolonial and thirdworld societies A uniquely perceptive critic of colonialism and US foreign policy Ahmad was equally vigilant in his criticisms of thirdworld dictatorshipsLike few other writers Ahmads life experiences shaped his political views He grew up amidst the turmoil of postcolonial India worked alongside the Algerian FLN in their fight against the French occupation and later became a prominent spokesperson for peace between Israel and Palestine
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This fascinating and important book attempts to investigate the nature of the seven Ahruf in which the Qur an has been revealed and the reason for the variations in readings among the Qurraa of the Quran It studies examines and discusses the revelation of the Qur an in the seven ahruf concluding that they represent seven linguistical ways of recitation the compilation of the Quran during the lifetime of the Prophet and the preservation of the Quran in the memories of the Companions as well as in written form the compilation during the time of Abu Bakr and the further compilation during the time of Uthman the problem of naskh to demonstrate the completeness and trustworthiness of the Quran and that no verses are missing or were read and abrogated by naskh altilawah either with or without hukm the Uthmanic masahif and their relation to the seven ahruf the language of the Quran and whether it includes one several or all the dialects of the Arabs the origin of the qiraat and conditions governing accepted readings and ikhtiyar ie the selection of one reading rather than another and the rules governing the Qurraa who selected a reading
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Published to enormous critical acclaim and commercial success between 2011 and 2012 these classic memoirs from the late great and incendiary art critic Brian Sewell are now reissued in a single volume in response to their continuing popularity With an additional afterword by Naim Attallah recalling Sewells remarkable gift for friendship the combined volume provides a remarkable selfportrait of a remarkable art critic who became a national treasure It was no wonder mugs with Brian Sewell is Fab emblazoned around them were on sale in art gallery gift shops
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Published to enormous critical acclaim and commercial success between 2011 and 2012 these classic memoirs from the late great and incendiary art critic Brian Sewell are now reissued in a single volume in response to their continuing popularity With an additional afterword by Naim Attallah recalling Sewells remarkable gift for friendship the combined volume provides a remarkable selfportrait of a remarkable art critic who became a national treasure It was no wonder mugs with Brian Sewell is Fab emblazoned around them were on sale in art gallery gift shops
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Young Adult literature from The Outsiders to Harry Potter has helped shape the cultural landscape for adolescents perhaps more than any other form of consumable media in the twentieth and twentyfirst century With the rise of mega blockbuster films based on these books in recent years the young adult genre is being coopted by curious adult readers and by Hollywood producers However while the genre may be getting more readers than ever before Young Adult literature remains exclusionary and problematic few titles feature historically marginalized individuals the books present heteronormative perspectives and gender stereotypes continue to persist Taking a critical approach Young Adult Literature Challenging Genres offers educators youth librarians and students a set of strategies for unpacking challenging and transforming the assumptions of some of the genres most popular titles Pushing the genre forward Antero Garcia builds on his experiences as a former high school teacher to offer strategies for integrating Young Adult literature in a contemporary critical pedagogy through the use of participatory media
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This concise book shows the importance of objects that are considered ordinary by cultural outsiders and scholars yet lie at the heart of the systems of thought and practices of their makers and users This volume demonstrates the role of these objects in nonverbal communication both in nonritual and in ritual situations Lemonnier shows that some objects their physical properties and their material implementation are wordless expressions of fundamental aspects of a way of living and thinking as well as sometimes the only means of expressing the inexpressible Through the study of the most mundane technical activities such as fence building creating models cars or trapping fish we often gain a better understanding of what these objects mean and how they work within their cultures of origin In addition to anthropologists and archaeologists this book will also be of interest to sociologists historians philosophers cognitive anthropologists and primatologists for whom the intertwining of function and style is the very mark of all cultural behavior
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During the first three months of 1972 a trial took place in the middle district of Pennsylvania THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA versus Eqbal Ahmad Philip Berrigan Elizabeth McAlister Neil McLaughlin Anthony Scoblick Mary Cain Scoblick Joseph Wenderoth The defendants stood accused of conspiring to raid federal offices to bomb government property and to kidnap presidential advisor Henry Kissinger Six of those seven individuals are or were Roman Catholic clergypriests and nuns Members of the new Catholic Left from the introductionWhen The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left was originally published in 1972 it remained on The New York Times Book Review New and Recommended list for six weeks and was selected as one of the Notable Books of the Year Now forty years later William ORourkes book eloquently speaks to a new generation of readers interested in American history and the religious antiwar protest movements of the Vietnam eraORourke brings to life the seven antiwar activists who were vigorously prosecuted for alleged criminal plots filling in the drama of the case the trial the events the demonstrations the panels and the people ORourke includes a new afterword that presents a sketch of the evolution of protest groups from the 1960s and 1970s including the history of the New Catholic Left for the past four decades claiming that after the Harrisburg trial the New Catholic Left became the New Catholic Right
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Living in Palestine as the wife of the British Attorney General Helen Bentwich was immersed in the politics and society of the early days of the British Mandate Despite her connections she remained in some ways an outsidera critical observer writing candid weekly letters to her mother that give insight into the cauldron of races and traditions the intolerance and the idealism that lie behind the history of twentiethcentury Palestine and the foundation of the state of Israel This selection of her letters mixes political comment with details of personal life and gossip the gossip shows a society that has gone but the political and religious problems are sadly familiar Her family was well aware of the situation in Palestine and she wanted to amuse rather than alarm them But the frustrations and worries break through the letters superficial cheerfulness to provide a vivid picture of the period
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Today the work of socalled outsider artists is receiving unprecedented attention This major critical appraisal of Americas 20thcentury selftaught artists coincides with a major 1998 traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of American Folk Art in New York While some of these artists have received critical recognition others remain virtually unknown following their muse regardless 150 color images
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This beautiful book presents the extraordinary work of the iconic American outsider artist in a new critical light locating him as a major figure in the history of contemporary art Selftaught and working in isolation until his death in 1973 Henry Darger realized an elaborate fantasy world of remarkable beauty and strangeness through hundreds of paintings and an epic written narrative Angellike Blengins with butterfly wings natural catastrophes innocent girls and murderous soldiers all appear in Dargers scenes which are reproduced in this book in doublepage and gatefold illustrations In the volumes introductory essay Klaus Biesenbach examines the radical originality of Dargers art including his use of collage incorporation of religious themes and iconography and frequent juxtaposition of innocence with violence An essay by Brooke Davis Anderson illuminates Dargers source materials and techniques while another by Michael Bonesteel puts Dargers life in the context of his work The book also includes Dargers autobiography A History of My Life introduced by Carl Watson The only book of its kind Henry Darger offers an authoritative balanced and insightful look at an American master
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Cutting the Vines of the Past offers a novel argument African ways of seeing and interpreting their environments and past are not only critical to how historians write environmental history they also have important lessons for policymakers and conservationists Tamara GilesVernick demonstrates how various outsiders intervening in African landuse practices have repeatedly met failure because of their inability or unwillingness to understand how Africans see their land and their pastsGilesVernick takes as her focus doli the environmental and historical perceptions and knowledge of the Mpiemu people in the Central African Republic She argues that Mpiemu opposition to a modern environmental conservation projectthe DzangaNdoki National Park and the DzangaSangha Special Reservederives from the peoples interpretations of their past experiences with environmental interventions imposed by concessionary companies colonial officials other Africans Christian missionaries and the postcolonial state At the same time Mpiemu people associate these contemporary conservationists with the bosses and Christian missionaries of the colonial past viewing them as sources of jobs consumer goods and other supportGilesVernicks argument will interest conservationists and policymakers as well as environmental historians By examining Africans environmental and historical ways of seeing and knowing and by revealing how these have changed GilesVernick offers a fresh perspective on the writing of environmental history
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