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Philosophy and the African American Modern Freedom Struggle: A
Freedom Gaze describes the ideas that defined the movement and
struggle to be free by Black people in the United States during
their Modern Era. Using a historical perspective, this work engages
the question of how the historical experience of oppression and the
denial of humanity created space for the development of a certain
consciousness. The existence and demonstration of agency within the
ideas of the African diaspora and the creation of an intentional
community with the aim of defining and attaining freedom are
dissected in order to understand the Black community as a whole
during the modern era.
In 1981 a young semi-professional footballer - known as `Imam
Beckenbauer' for his piety and his dominant style of play - has his
career cut short after a confrontation with Turkey's military
junta. His name was Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and three decades later
he is Turkey's most powerful ruler since Ataturk....' Turkey is a
nation obsessed with football. From the flares which cover the
stadium with multi-coloured smoke and often bring play to a halt,
to the `conductors' - ultras who lead the `walls of sound' at
matches, Turkish football has always been an awesome spectacle. And
yet, in this politically fraught country, caught between the Middle
East and the West, football has also always been so much more. From
the fan groups resisting the government in the streets and stands,
to ambitious politicians embroiling clubs in Machiavellian
shenanigans, football in Turkey is a site of power, anger, and
resistance. Journalist and football obsessive Patrick Keddie takes
us on a wild journey through Turkey's role in the world's most
popular game. He travels from the streets of Istanbul, where fans
dodge tear gas and water cannons, to the plains of Anatolia, where
women are fighting for their rights to wear shorts and play sports.
He meets a gay referee facing death threats, Syrian footballers
trying to piece together their shattered dreams, and Kurdish teams
struggling to play football amid war. `The Passion' also tells the
story of the biggest match-fixing scandal in European football, and
sketches its murky connections to the country's leadership. In
doing so he lifts the lid on a rarely glimpsed side of modern
Turkey. Funny, touching and beautifully observed, this is the story
of Turkey as we have never seen it before.
Edward W. Said discusses the importance and centrality of popular
resistance in the framework of culture, history, and struggle. He
reveals his thoughts on the war on terrorism and the invasion of
Afghanistan. On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he lays out a
compelling vision for a secular, democratic future in the Middle
East. He proposes a radical solution that cuts through the current
impasse with a promise of reconciliation and peace for both
peoples. Prof. Said addresses the origins of Palestinian resistance
and the collapse of the so-called peace process that has led to
more and more Israeli colonies. He is unsparing in his criticism of
Arafat and the PLO. He dissects the role of media propaganda and
its golden rolodex of pseudo-experts in shaping public opinion. New
introduction by David Barsamian.
An American Interest Top Book of the Year “Khan has unraveled the
mystery of Chinese grand strategy, showing why insecurity lies at
the root of Chinese power projection… Readers will not find a
shrewder analysis as to why the Chinese act as they do.”
—Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Revenge of Geography Before the
Chinese Communist Party came to power, China lay broken and
fragmented. Today it is a force on the global stage, and yet its
leaders have continued to be haunted by the past. Drawing on an
array of sources, Sulmaan Wasif Khan chronicles the grand
strategies that have sought not only to protect China from
aggression but also to ensure it would never again experience the
powerlessness of the late Qing and Republican eras. The dramatic
variations in China’s modern history have obscured the
commonality of purpose that binds the country’s leaders.
Analyzing the calculus behind their decision making, Khan explores
how they wove diplomatic, military, and economic power together to
keep a fragile country safe in a world they saw as hostile.
Dangerous and shrewd, Mao Zedong made China whole and succeeded in
keeping it so, while the caustic, impatient Deng Xiaoping dragged
China into the modern world. Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao served as
cautious custodians of the Deng legacy, but the powerful and deeply
insecure Xi Jinping has shown an assertiveness that has raised both
fear and hope across the globe. For all their considerable costs,
China’s grand strategies have been largely successful. But the
country faces great challenges today. Its population is aging, its
government is undermined by corruption, its neighbors are arming
out of concern over its growing power, and environmental
degradation threatens catastrophe. A question Haunted by Chaos
raises is whether China’s time-tested approach can respond to the
looming threats of the twenty-first century.
Recent changes in Burma/Myanmar have been called the 'Burmese
democratic spring'. While the international media have mainly
focused on the economic opportunities offered by these changes and
on the doings and sayings of Aung San Suu Kyi, the reality is far
more complex. The country is desperately poor, divided by ethnic
and religious rivalries and continues to suffer from some of the
world's most intractable military conflicts while powerful elite
factions oppose reform. Where, then, is the country heading? What
are the key challenges it will face? Who are likely to be the key
players in the unfolding events? What implications are there for
international actors in arenas like policy, diplomacy, development
and business? With contributions on topics like the political
situation, international relations, ethnic and religious rivalries,
and the economy, long-time observers of the situation offer
insights and analysis that address these issues. The result is a
tightly focused volume that will appeal to a broad readership
interested in the current situation and its implications.
In Protectorate Cyprus, education was one of the most effective
tools of imperial control and political manipulation used by the
British. This book charts the cultural and educational aspects of
British colonial rule in Cyprus and analyses what these policies
reveal about the internal struggles on the island between 1931 and
1960. Cyprus had been under British occupation since 1878, but it
was in the 1930s that educational policies acquired a strong
political significance and became essential in preserving the
British position on the island. The co-existence of two very
strongly-held and eventually conflicting national identities in
Cyprus, Greek-Orthodox and Turkish Muslim, inevitably led to the
politicisation of education and culture on the island. Therefore,
any attempts to impose British culture, language and way of
thinking onto Cypriots, or even to create a distinct Cypriot
identity, had very limited success. Gradually, the education system
reflected the shifting political developments in colonial Cyprus.
By the start of the 1950s, schools had become a breeding ground for
discontent and between 1955 and 1959 they were an indispensable
part of the EOKA revolt. In this book, Antigone Heraclidou provides
a new dimension to the understanding and origins of the deadlock
that was to prove one of the most intractable in the final years of
the British Empire.
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