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This story from the author of 'The Mysteries of Algiers' is set in
London, Paris and Munich in the 1940s and 50s. The narrator,
Caspar, details his investigations into sex, surrealism, Nazi art,
hypnagogic imagery, and his quest for a vanishing woman.
In Psychopathology: A Critical Perspective, Lee and Irwin
demonstrate that mental illness often defies traditional forms of
medical classification. They explore mental illness through sets of
broad symptoms (such as psychosis or depression), rather than
diagnostic checklists, integrating both psychological and
neurological frameworks and presenting a unique and balanced
perspective on psychopathology. Written to support teaching and
learning, Psychopathology: A Critical Perspective encourages
students to question the evidence supplied by traditional
psychiatric methods and explore alternatives to traditional
diagnostic models, reflecting real world practice. Pedagogical
features such as discussion questions in each chapter encourage
critical engagement and classroom debate. The result is an original
examination of mental illness and a standalone resource for
students in this area.
Starting in 1999 with the publication of The Definitive Annotated
Alice, the Norton and Liveright annotated books have become the
leading series of classic, illustrated works in the English
language. The long-anticipated publication of The Annotated Arabian
Nights extends this tradition with a strikingly modern
translation-the first of Shahrazad's tales into English by a
woman-as well as erudite notes that will illuminate the stories for
both dedicated readers and newcomers. Yasmine Seale's translations
from both Arabic and French capture the musicality and rhythm of
the Nights' poetry and prose, while Paulo Lemos Horta's annotations
wrestle with the extraordinarily complex origins and history of the
stories, showing that, far from being inventions of French
antiquarians or English explorers, they have clear antecedents in
Arabic folklore and tradition. This stunningly illustrated edition
selects core stories as well as treasured later additions such as
"Aladdin" and "Ali Baba" to offer an unparalleled account of a
cornerstone of world literature that can be treasured by children,
students and literature-lovers alike.
Robert Irwin's authoritative introduction to the fourth volume of
The New Cambridge History of Islam offers a panoramic vision of
Islamic culture from its origins to around 1800. The introductory
chapter, which highlights key developments and introduces some of
Islam's most famous protagonists, paves the way for an
extraordinarily varied collection of essays. The themes treated
include religion and law, conversion, Islam's relationship with the
natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings,
philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture,
literature, music and even cookery. What emerges from this rich
collection, written by an international team of experts, is the
diversity and dynamism of the societies which created this
flourishing civilization. Volume four of The New Cambridge History
of Islam serves as a thematic companion to the three preceding,
politically oriented volumes, and in coverage extends across the
pre-modern Islamic world.
The digital storytelling project Humanizing Deportation invites
migrants to present their own stories in the world's largest and
most diverse archive of its kind. Since 2017, more than 300
community storytellers have created their own audiovisual
testimonial narratives, sharing their personal experiences of
migration and repatriation. With Migrant Feelings, Migrant
Knowledge, the project's coordinator, Robert Irwin, and other team
members introduce the project's innovative participatory
methodology, drawing out key issues regarding the human
consequences of contemporary migration control regimes, as well as
insights from migrants whose world-making endeavors may challenge
what we think we know about migration. In recent decades, migrants
in North America have been treated with unprecedented harshness.
Migrant Feelings, Migrant Knowledge outlines this recent history,
revealing stories both of grave injustice and of seemingly
unsurmountable obstacles overcome. As Irwin writes, "The greatest
source of expertise on the human consequences of contemporary
migration control are the migrants who have experienced them," and
their voices in this searing collection jump off the page and into
our hearts and minds.
Ibn Jubayr's account of his journey from his home in then Islamic
Spain to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Syria, the Crusader
Kingdoms and ultimately Egypt is a landmark text for the study and
understanding of the Medieval Islamic World. Broadhurst's
translation gives voice to Ibn Jubayr's vivid impressions of the
12th century Mediterranean. He recounts his experiences in
Saladin's Egypt in contrast to rule of the Almohads in the Maghreb,
and gives a positive assessment of the conditions of Muslims in the
Kingdom of Jerusalem. He also takes detailed note of and interest
in the great architecture of period, both Muslim and non Muslim, as
well as his experiences with the learned Sufi teachers of the East.
With a new introduction by Robert Irwin, this classic first-hand
account remains of upmost value to historians of the Medieval
Mediterranean and Islamic World.
The digital storytelling project Humanizing Deportation invites
migrants to present their own stories in the world's largest and
most diverse archive of its kind. Since 2017, more than 300
community storytellers have created their own audiovisual
testimonial narratives, sharing their personal experiences of
migration and repatriation. With Migrant Feelings, Migrant
Knowledge, the project's coordinator, Robert Irwin, and other team
members introduce the project's innovative participatory
methodology, drawing out key issues regarding the human
consequences of contemporary migration control regimes, as well as
insights from migrants whose world-making endeavors may challenge
what we think we know about migration. In recent decades, migrants
in North America have been treated with unprecedented harshness.
Migrant Feelings, Migrant Knowledge outlines this recent history,
revealing stories both of grave injustice and of seemingly
unsurmountable obstacles overcome. As Irwin writes, "The greatest
source of expertise on the human consequences of contemporary
migration control are the migrants who have experienced them," and
their voices in this searing collection jump off the page and into
our hearts and minds.
Mamluks and Crusaders: Men of the Sword and Men of the Pen brings
together a series of studies, based mainly on medieval Arabic
sources, of Middle Eastern history and society in the late Middle
Ages. Several of these studies deal with the confrontation between
the Mamluks and the Crusaders. Others deal with aspects of Mamluk
society and culture in Egypt and Syria from the 13th to the early
16th centuries. There are articles on such matters as Crusader
feudalism and Mamluk iqta', Crusader and Mamluk currency, the last
years of the Crusader states, Mamluk faction fighting, the size of
the Mamluk army, the image of the Crusaders and other Europeans in
Arabic popular literature, a neglected source on the sex life of
the Mamluks, the ritual consumption of horse meat by Mamluks and
Mongols, the table talk of the Mamluk Sultan Qansuh al-Ghawri, the
deployment of gunpowder and firearms in the Middle East,
gangsterism in Cairo and the shared interest of Ibn Khaldun and
al-Maqrizi in the occult. Finally, several studies deal with
questions of historiography, in both Crusader and Mamluk studies.
The Alhambra, the 'red fort' on its rocky hill above Granada, with
its fountained courts and gardens, and intricate decoration, has
long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In a
stimulating new book in the 'Wonders of the World' series Robert
Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its engrossing and often
mysterious history. Built by a bloody and threatened dynasty of
Muslim Spain, it was preserved as a monument to the triumph of
Christianity. Much of what we see is the invention of later
generations. Its highly sophisticated decoration is not just random
but full of hidden meaning. Even its purpose - palace or
theological college - is not always clear. Its influence on art,
and on literature, orientalist painting and Granada cinemas,
Washington Irving and Borges, has been significant. Robert Irwin
enables us to understand that history fully. The Wonders of the
World is a series of books that focuses on some of the world's most
famous sites or monuments. Their names will be familiar to almost
everyone: they have achieved iconic stature and are loaded with a
fair amount of mythological baggage. These monuments have been the
subject of many books over the centuries, but our aim, through the
skill and stature of the writers, is to get something much more
enlightening, stimulating, even controversial, than straightforward
histories or guides.
The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab
genius who wrote the Muqaddima Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally
regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the
Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds.
Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of
history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as
he should be, and his ideas are widely misunderstood. In this
groundbreaking intellectual biography, Robert Irwin provides an
engaging and authoritative account of Ibn Khaldun's extraordinary
life, times, writings, and ideas. Irwin tells how Ibn Khaldun, who
lived in a world decimated by the Black Death, held a long series
of posts in the tumultuous Islamic courts of North Africa and
Muslim Spain, becoming a major political player as well as a
teacher and writer. Closely examining the Muqaddima, a startlingly
original analysis of the laws of history, and drawing on many other
contemporary sources, Irwin shows how Ibn Khaldun's life and
thought fit into historical and intellectual context, including
medieval Islamic theology, philosophy, politics, literature,
economics, law, and tribal life. Because Ibn Khaldun's ideas often
seem to anticipate by centuries developments in many fields, he has
often been depicted as more of a modern man than a medieval one,
and Irwin's account of such misreadings provides new insights about
the history of Orientalism. In contrast, Irwin presents an Ibn
Khaldun who was a creature of his time-a devout Sufi mystic who was
obsessed with the occult and futurology and who lived in an
often-strange world quite different from our own.
The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab
genius who wrote the Muqaddima Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) is generally
regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the
Arab world-a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds.
Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of
history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as
he should be, and his ideas are widely misunderstood. In this
groundbreaking intellectual biography, Robert Irwin provides an
engaging and authoritative account of Ibn Khaldun's extraordinary
life, times, writings, and ideas.
In Psychopathology: A Critical Perspective, Lee and Irwin
demonstrate that mental illness often defies traditional forms of
medical classification. They explore mental illness through sets of
broad symptoms (such as psychosis or depression), rather than
diagnostic checklists, integrating both psychological and
neurological frameworks and presenting a unique and balanced
perspective on psychopathology. Written to support teaching and
learning, Psychopathology: A Critical Perspective encourages
students to question the evidence supplied by traditional
psychiatric methods and explore alternatives to traditional
diagnostic models, reflecting real world practice. Pedagogical
features such as discussion questions in each chapter encourage
critical engagement and classroom debate. The result is an original
examination of mental illness and a standalone resource for
students in this area.
A luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder
Known to us only through North African manuscripts, and translated
into English for the first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a
marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic
storytelling. Like its more famous sibling, the Thousand and One
Nights, this collection opens with the frame story of Shahrazad,
the gifted vizier's daughter who recounts imaginative tales night
after night in an effort to distract the murderous king from taking
her life. A Hundred and One Nights features an almost entirely
different set of stories, however, each one more thrilling,
amusing, and disturbing than the last. In them, we encounter tales
of epic warriors, buried treasures, disappearing brides, cannibal
demon women, fatal shipwrecks, and clever ruses, where human
strength and ingenuity play out against a backdrop of inexorable,
inscrutable fate. Although these tales draw on motifs and story
elements that circulated across cultures, A Hundred and One Nights
is distinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic
tradition. It is also likely much older than Thousand and One
Nights, drawing on Indian and Chinese antecedents. This careful
edition and vibrant translation of A Hundred and One Nights
promises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its
fantastical realms of magic and wonder. A bilingual Arabic-English
edition.
Robert Irwin's authoritative introduction to the fourth volume of
The New Cambridge History of Islam offers a panoramic vision of
Islamic culture from its origins to around 1800. The introductory
chapter, which highlights key developments and introduces some of
Islam's most famous protagonists, paves the way for an
extraordinarily varied collection of essays. The themes treated
include religion and law, conversion, Islam's relationship with the
natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings,
philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture,
literature, music and even cookery. What emerges from this rich
collection, written by an international team of experts, is the
diversity and dynamism of the societies which created this
flourishing civilization. Volume four of The New Cambridge History
of Islam serves as a thematic companion to the three preceding,
politically oriented volumes, and in coverage extends across the
pre-modern Islamic world.
A luminous translation of Arabic tales of enchantment and wonder
Known to us only through North African manuscripts, and translated
into English for the first time, A Hundred and One Nights is a
marvelous example of the rich tradition of popular Arabic
storytelling. Like its more famous sibling, the Thousand and One
Nights, this collection opens with the frame story of Shahrazad,
the gifted vizier's daughter who recounts imaginative tales night
after night in an effort to distract the murderous king from taking
her life. A Hundred and One Nights features an almost entirely
different set of stories, however, each one more thrilling,
amusing, and disturbing than the last. In them, we encounter tales
of epic warriors, buried treasures, disappearing brides, cannibal
demon women, fatal shipwrecks, and clever ruses, where human
strength and ingenuity play out against a backdrop of inexorable,
inscrutable fate. Although these tales draw on motifs and story
elements that circulated across cultures, A Hundred and One Nights
is distinctly rooted in Arabic literary culture and the Islamic
tradition. It is also likely much older than Thousand and One
Nights, drawing on Indian and Chinese antecedents. This careful
edition and vibrant translation of A Hundred and One Nights
promises to transport readers, new and veteran alike, into its
fantastical realms of magic and wonder. A bilingual Arabic-English
edition.
Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with
a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal
pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad,
begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder
- tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the
Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of
Sindbad, of Ali Baba's outwitting a band of forty thieves and of
jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will
last 1,001 nights.
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