“…This collection thus adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from Oblomov to Lolita and The Idiot to Doctor Zhivago…”

“…This insightful book describes China's growing range of activities in Africa and to what extent the Chinese model in Africa can act as an example for the West…”

“…Communities of conflict within Austrian-Hungary (especially in Bohemian and south Slav lands); the domestic and foreign policies of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia in the interwar period; the Nazi policies of conquest and occupation in Bohemia, Moravia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Slovenia, finalliy the issue of history and memory east and west of the Iron Curtan. Development of the conflict communities in the Bohemian and South Slavic countries of Austria-Hungary until 1918, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia in the interwar period, Nazi occupation policy in World War II, memory and historization after 1945.…”

“…Using examples drawn from Quebec, Belgian, West Indian and African literature, this work examines the forms and issues of pastiche, parody and rewriting in emblematic texts of the contemporary literary scene, which they help to shed light on. …”

“…The objective is rather to problematise the link between historical discourse on race wars during the 17th and 18th centuries and the biological racism of the late 19th century through the general hypothesis of the development of biopower in the West. The main aim here, beyond any desire for celebratory exegesis, is to open up new avenues for reflection which, on occasion, extend, but can also displace and challenge, the path forged by Foucault…”

“…This report provides detailed descriptions of subgroups, their stands on various issues, and what those stands may mean for the West. Since the outcomes can matter greatly to international community, that community might wish to influence them by providing support to appropriate actors. …”

“…He travels in the American West, ostensibly looking for the vampires causing chaos in his own country, and then returns to Europe, having found no vampires. …”

“…On the one hand, she describes the life satisfaction of immigrants in comparison to the life satisfaction of West Germans. On the other hand, she explains the multidimensional life satisfaction in general and the life satisfaction of migrants of different origins in particular. …”

“…Nikolai Chernyshevsky (1828-1889) is a figure of monumental importance in Russia, still largely overlooked in the West, who made history as the author of What Is to Be Done? …”

“…While the countries of the Arab world are suffering the effects of political instability, the interest or concerns they arouse in the West have allowed the general public to discover the region's satellite channels, the most famous of which is undoubtedly Al-Jazeera. …”

“…These feats were not equalled, then largely exceeded in the West in the second half of the 19th century.th century and the threshold of the XX th , when the lost secrets of the East were found after a huge oversight…”

“…Less known is how federal regulators also tried to break monopoly control over beet sugar in the West by going after the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, a business supported and controlled by the Latter-day Saints church and run by Mormon authorities. …”

“…Qu'elle revisite le conte médiéval japonais ou le conte tibétain, le conte fantastique à la manière de Rabelais ou celui des Lumières du xviiie siècle français, le conte persan ou le conte inuit, la fable écologique ou le conte d'Hansel et Gretel, le récit de l'enfant sauvage du Far West ou le conte africain, elle sait nous maintenir en haleine, et nous surprendre autant que nous ravir. …”

“…Mike Mosher’s “Some Aspects of Californian Cyberpunk” vividly reminds us of the influence of West Coast counterculture on cyberpunks, with special emphasis on 1960s theoretical gurus such as Timothy Leary and Marshall McLuhan, who explored the frontiers of inner space as well as the global village. …”

“…Among the multiple repercussions of the Discovery of the West Indies for the world, we will be especially interested here in the way in which it was translated in terms of responsibility for Spain. …”