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Formerly colonised people sometimes play roles that sustain the
power structure of coloniality. In this book, Professor Morgan
Ndlovu asks why and how they can possibly participate in a system
that is responsible for their subjugation. The author uses as an
example the 'staged' performances of non-Western culture in South
Africa, such as traditional healing, and the creation of 'cultural
villages', which while seeming to define and keep alive elements of
an African culture also serve the business of international and
cultural tourism. He compares practices in South Africa with
parallels in India, Australia, Canada, other parts of Africa and
the Americas. He argues that it is not just brute force that made
the survival and continuity of coloniality possible up to the
present but also the control of knowledge that justified and
naturalised the colonial project. Performing Indigeneity provides
an insightful evaluation of what could constitute an 'authentic'
indigenous agency and the pitfalls and prospects of decolonial
practices.
A leading public intellectual’s timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other.
What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have become unsettled. In To Be a Jew Today, the legal scholar and columnist Noah Feldman draws on a lifelong engagement with his religion to offer a wide-ranging interpretation of Judaism in its current varieties. How do Jews today understand their relationship to God, to Israel, and to each other—and live their lives accordingly?
Writing sympathetically but incisively about diverse outlooks, Feldman clarifies what’s at stake in the choice of how to be a Jew, and discusses the shared “theology of struggle” that Jews engage in as they wrestle with who God is, what God wants, or whether God exists. He shows how the founding of Israel has transformed Judaism itself over the last century—and explores the ongoing consequences of that transformation for all Jews, who find the meaning of their Jewishness and their views about Israel intertwined, no matter what those views are. And he examines the analogies between being Jewish and belonging to a large, messy family—a family that often makes its members crazy, but a family all the same.
Written with learning, empathy and clarity, To Be a Jew Today is a critical resource for readers of all faiths.
From the bestselling author of Washington's Immortals and The
Unknowns, an important new chronicle of the American Revolution
heralding the heroism of the men from Marblehead, Massachusetts On
the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced
capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The
British had trapped George Washington's forces against the East
River, and the fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of
the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts. Serving side
by side in one of the country's first diverse units, they pulled
off an "American Dunkirk" and saved the army by transporting it
across the treacherous waters of the river to Manhattan. In the
annals of the American Revolution, no group played a more
consequential role than the Marbleheaders. At the right time in the
right place, they repeatedly altered the course of events, and
their story shines new light on our understanding of the
Revolution. As acclaimed historian Patrick K. O'Donnell
dramatically recounts, beginning nearly a decade before the war
started, and in the midst of a raging virus that divided the town
politically, Marbleheaders such as Elbridge Gerry and Azor Orne
spearheaded the break with Britain and shaped the nascent United
States by playing a crucial role governing, building alliances,
seizing British ships, forging critical supply lines, and
establishing the origins of the US Navy. The Marblehead Regiment,
led by John Glover, became truly indispensable. Marbleheaders
battled at Lexington and on Bunker Hill and formed the elite Guard
that protected George Washington. Then, at the most crucial time in
the war, the special operations-like regiment, against all odds,
conveyed 2,400 of Washington's men across the ice-filled Delaware
River on Christmas night 1776, delivering a momentum-shifting
surprise attack on Trenton. Later, Marblehead doctor Nathaniel Bond
inoculated the Continental Army against a deadly virus, which
changed the course of history. White, Black, Hispanic, and Native
American, this uniquely diverse group of soldiers set an inclusive
standard of unity the US Army would not reach again for more than
170 years. The Marbleheaders' chronicle, never fully told before
now, makes The Indispensables a vital addition to the literature of
the American Revolution.
De la Rey, De la Rey - Generaal Koos de la Rey is weer op almal se
lippe. Hierdie veelbesproke held van die Anglo-Boereoorlog geniet
saam met Batman en die Ruiter in Swart ikoonstatus onder verskeie
generasies. Net soos meer as 'n eeu gelede dien hy as morele leier,
'n sterk figuur waarna mense kan opsien. Maar wie was hy regtig? In
Generaal Koos de la Rey: Die leeu van Wes-Transvaal leer ken die
leser hierdie heldhaftige generaal - nie net as krygsman met
briljante taktiek en interessante opvattings oor oorlogvoering en
die staat nie, maar ook as mens en gesinsman. Sy verhouding met sy
vrou, sy rol as vader, sy uiteindelike tragiese dood en ander
persoonlike inligting kom in hierdie pragboek aan bod. Boonop bevat
Generaal Koos de la Rey: Die leeu van Wes-Transvaal 'n groot aantal
skaars foto's wat die leeu van die Wes-Transvaal in die
verskeidenheid rolle en kontekste uitbeeld.
When the Anglo-Boer War began at the end of 1899, Germans protested
profusely. Everybody, from the Conservatives to the Social
Democrats took a united stand against the "arch enemy", Britain,
and her war in the South of Africa. Only when the South African
Union was founded in 1910 did the German public interest in South
Africa decrease. This interest left a great number of German
publications, which is a reminder of the fact that the general
public of the German Reich supported, with great interest, an
important world historic event overseas, which remains
unprecedented in its intensity and extent.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2021 One
of The Times 50 Best Sports Books of 2021 Little Wonder tells the
epic, and until now largely unchronicled, story of Lottie Dod, the
first great heroine in women's sports. Dod was a champion tennis
player, golfer, hockey player, tobogganist, skater, mountaineer,
and archer. She was also a first-rate musician, performing numerous
choral concerts in London in the 1920s and 1930s, including in a
private performance before the King and Queen. In the late 19th
century, Dod was almost certainly the second most famous woman in
the British Isles, bested only by the fame of Queen Victoria. She
was fawned over by the press, and loved by a huge fan base - which
composed poems and songs in her honor, followed her from one
tournament to the next, voraciously read every profile published on
her and every report on her sporting triumphs. Yet, within a decade
or two of her retirement from sports, Dod was largely a forgotten
figure. She lived, unmarried and childless, until 1960, and for the
last half of her life she was shrouded in obscurity. In this new
book, Sasha Abramsky brings Lottie's remarkable achievements back
into the public eye in a fascinating story of resilience and
determination.
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland have charmed visitors for
centuries, and this collection of intricate illustrations is a
celebration of this ancient landscape's unique appeal. Featuring a
range of vistas, from majestic mountains and picturesque lochs to
historic castles and famous battlefields, each stunning scene is
full of intriguing detail sure to fire the imagination and make you
reach for your colouring pencils. There are absolutely no rules -
you can choose any combination of colours you like to bring these
images to life. Suitable for children. If you love this historic
region of Scotland then you will love colouring it in!
Worlds Together, Worlds Apart provides a compelling chronological
foundation for world history. A global story frames each chapter,
making thousands of years of history less daunting for students and
instructors. New lead authors and master teachers, Jeremy Adelman
and Elizabeth Pollard, distill cutting-edge scholarship with a
focus on introductory students. By supporting students in making
comparisons and connections across the narrative, primary sources,
images, maps, and in the text and online resources, Worlds Together
is global history's most effective teaching tool.
'A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing' Caitlin
Moran 'Newman is a brilliant writer' Observer A fresh, opinionated
history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in
school but didn't. For hundreds of years we have heard about the
great men of history, but what about herstory? In this freewheeling
history of modern Britain, Cathy Newman writes about the pioneering
women who defied the odds to make careers for themselves and alter
the course of modern history; women who achieved what they achieved
while dismantling hostile, entrenched views about their place in
society. Their role in transforming Britain is fundamental, far
greater than has generally been acknowledged, and not just in the
arts or education but in fields like medicine, politics, law,
engineering and the military. While a few of the women in this book
are now household names, many have faded into oblivion, their
personal and collective achievements mere footnotes in history. We
know of Emmeline Pankhurst, Vera Brittain, Marie Stopes and
Beatrice Webb. But who remembers engineer and motorbike racer
Beatrice Shilling, whose ingenious device for the Spitfires'
Rolls-Royce Merlin fixed an often-fatal flaw, allowing the RAF's
planes to beat the German in the Battle of Britain? Or Dorothy
Lawrence, the journalist who achieved her ambition to become a WW1
correspondent by pretending to be a man? And developmental
biologist Anne McLaren, whose work in genetics paved the way for in
vitro fertilisation? Blending meticulous research with information
gleaned from memoirs, diaries, letters, novels and other secondary
sources, Bloody Brilliant Women uses the stories of some
extraordinary lives to tell the tale of 20th and 21st century
Britain. It is a history for women and men. A history for our
times.
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A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought, from the
fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the Scientific Revolution
thirteen centuries later. The Awakening traces the recovery and
refashioning of Europe's classical heritage from the ruins of the
Roman Empire. The process of preservation of surviving texts,
fragile at first, was strengthened under the Christian empire
founded by Charlemagne in the eighth century; later, during the
High Middle Ages, universities were founded and the study of
philosophy was revived. Renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman
thought provided the intellectual impetus for the Renaissance of
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, whose ideas – aesthetic,
political and scientific – were disseminated across Europe by the
invention of the printing press. Equally momentous was Europe's
encounter with the New World, and the resulting maritime supremacy
which conferred global reach on Europe's merchants and colonists.
Vivid in detail and informed by the latest scholarship, The
Awakening is powered not by the fate of kings or the clash of arms
but by deeper currents of thought, inquiry and discovery, which
first recover and then surpass the achievements of classical
antiquity, and lead the West to the threshold of the Age of Reason.
Charles Freeman takes the reader on an enthralling journey, and
provides us with a vital key to understanding the world we live in
today. Praise for The Awakening: 'The Awakening is a work of
serious scholarship by an author who has clearly been everywhere,
seen everything and read voraciously. But it is also a work written
with great elan and, given its scope, undertaken with considerable
courage' Christopher Lloyd, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures,
1988-2005 'The Awakening recounts the slow evolution of Western
thought that restored legitimacy to independent examination and
analysis, that eventually led to a celebration, albeit a cautious
one, of reason over blind faith.' Stan Prager 'The Awakening is a
very timely book and an excellently written and produced one.
Freeman is a good host, a superb narrator and tells his story with
aplomb' International Times
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