“…However, asymptomatic from the clinical point of view does not necessarily mean that there are no subjacent problems. …”

“…It is the aim of this volume to investigate how academic practices of Memory Studies are being applied, adapted, and transformed in the countries of East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The return of the prodigal : the 1970s as a turning point in human rights history / Samuel Moyn -- The dystopia of postcolonial catastrophe : self-determination, the Biafran war of secession, and the 1970s human rights moment / Lasse Heerten -- The disenchantment of socialism : Soviet dissidents, human rights, and the new global morality / Benjamin Nathans -- Dictatorship and dissent : human rights in East Germany in the 1970s / Ned Richardson-Little -- Whose utopia? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Becoming a sociologist: One woman's journey; Beginnings: The great depression, World War II; Post-World War II and the 1950's; The University of Chicago: A major turning point; Another turning point: The step to sociology; Into the job market; UCSF: Contexts of becoming; Beyond UCSF; Failure as turning point; Some final reflections; Into the future…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Negotiating international contracts: does the process invite a review of standard contracts from the point of view of national legal requirements? David Echenberg; 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Christopher Bayly and the making of world history -- Preface -- Introduction -- The world crisis, c.1900-1930 : Europe and the "Middle East" -- The world crisis, c.1900-1930 : Africa, Asia and beyond -- Authoritarianism and dictatorship worldwide, c.1900-1950 -- Democracies and their discontents, c.1900-1950 -- The depression : state intervention and popular resistance -- The Second World War and its consequences -- Peripheral conflicts and the end of old regimes, c.1945-1955 -- America's hegemony and colonialism's finale, mid-1950s to 1970s -- The "tipping point" : world politics and the shock of the "long 1980s" -- The expansion of human knowledge : the twentieth-century person and society -- The self and human society -- Arts, literature and entertainment : crisis and recovery -- Religion : contestation and revival -- A century of killing and a century of crime -- Internationalism and transnationalism in theory and practice -- The shadow of empire in the modern world -- The pressure of people -- Between two centuries : economic liberalisation and political fragmentation, c.1991 to 2015 -- Conclusion : periods and prophecy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…International communication research: critical reflections and a new point of departure / Chin-Chuan LeeWindow shopping: on internationalizing "international communication" / Elihu Katz -- Beyond Lazarsfeld: international communication research and its production of knowledge / Tsan-Kuo Chang -- Beyond modernization and the four theories of the press / Jan Servaes -- Professional models in journalism: between homogenization and diversity / Paolo Mancini -- Conditions of capital: global media in local contexts / Michael Curtin -- The enduring strength of Hollywood: the "imperial adventure" genre and Avatar / Jaap van Ginneken -- Resurrecting the imperial dimension in international communication / Colin Sparks -- De-Westernization and cosmopolitan media studies / Silvio Waisbord -- Local experiences, cosmopolitan theories: on cultural relevance in international communication research / Chin-Chuan Lee -- Theorizing media production as a quasi-autonomous field: a reassessment of China News studies / Judy Polumbaum -- Translation, communication, and East-West understanding / Zhang Longxi -- Public spheres, fields, networks: Western concepts for a de-Westernizing world / Rodney Benson -- Cosmopolitanism and international communication: understanding civil society actors / Peter Dahlgren -- Postcolonial visual culture: arguments from India / Arvind Rajagopal.…”

“…How the Bible Became a Book combines recent archaeological discoveries in the Middle East with insights culled from the history of writing to address how the Bible was written and evolved into sacred Scripture. …”

“…Hardcore punk, a radical reinterpretation of punk, both from a musical and an ideological point of view, first appeared on the East Coast of the United States in the early 1980s. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Laila Lalami (Morocco): The politics of reading fiction -- Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt): from Woman at point zero -- Mohamed Magani (Algiers): From The butcher's aesthetics -- Aziz Chouaki (Algiers): from The star of Algiers -- Leila Aboulela (Sudan): "Souvenirs" -- East Africa: Nonfiction. …”

“…., Ibn al-Munajjim asserts that Arabic music is rooted in a non-Greek heritage. Our research points to historical and musicological facts about the existence of a Sumero-Akkadian musical system that prevailed in the ancient Middle East and whose traces of oral transmission would have remained until the 9th century A.D. …”

“…The Western Balkans have been a crossing point between Central Europe and the East for centuries. …”

“…From this point of view, Russian-Turkish relations can be seen as are an intertwinement of a large number of sensitive issues and difficult compromise solutions. …”

“…Colophons as paratexts are situated at the intersection between texts and the artefacts that contain them and offer a unique vantage point to attain global appreciation of their manuscript cultures and literary traditions. …”

“…Isho‘dad of Merw, Bishop of the East Syrian Church in Hedatta, wrote his commentaries on the books of the Old and New Testament around 850 A.D. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Gulf Arab States and the New "East-East" Axis of World Oil -- From the Seven Sisters to OPEC -- China, world oil and the Gulf's political economy -- Refining and petrochemicals -- New "East-East" interdependencies -- Confronting the climate emergency: Taking the Middle East seriously -- 12. …”