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Global turns : other states, other civilizations [PDF]
, 2018 Although Ideological Origins was published before ‘globalization’ had entered the historical lexicon, Bernard Bailyn recovered the global perspectives of eighteenth-century Britons, who were keenly aware of parallels with ancient Rome, alert to the ...
Kidd, Colin
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Ellen M. Rogers as a Feminist and Orientalist Travel Writer: A Study of her A Winter in Algeria: 1863-4 (1865) [PDF]
, 2016 This article studies the Orientalist and Feminist discourses that underlay Ellen M. Rogers’s A Winter in Algeria: 1863-4 (1865). Her conception of Algeria reproduces the Victorian imperialist attitude toward the Algerian as inferior to the European in ...
Siber, Mouloud
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Citizenship after orientalism: Ottoman citizenship [PDF]
, 2005 About the book: A keen analysis of the social, political and economic determinants of Turkish politics with an exploration of the different dimensions of the republican model of Turkish citizenship, providing the reader with a comprehensive account of ...
Isin, Engin F.
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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Improvement in the English Translations of Albrecht von Haller's Usong (1771)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The political novel Usong (1771), written by the Swiss physiologist Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777), is set in the fifteenth century and tells the story of a Mongolian prince who becomes the Emperor of Persia and redesigns the government of his empire to promote the happiness of his subjects.
Laura Tarkka
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The ‘Islamophobia President’ re‐elected
The Geographical Journal, Volume 191, Issue 4, December 2025.Short Abstract This article discusses how Trump has become known as the ‘Islamophobia President’. We discuss his travel bans targeting Muslims, his intimate relationship with key members of the global Islamophobia industry, and his role as key pillar of this movement.
Peter Hopkins, Joel White
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ViaticaFrançois Bernier’s work is one of the important milestones in the constitution of 17th century French orientalism. The relation of his journey, published in 1671, compiles the various letters sent to his correspondents as well as a political history of ...
Mathilde Mougin
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Nothing Rather than Something: A Zhuangzian Reappraisal of Nihilism
Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 483-502, December 2025.ABSTRACT Nihilism comes from the Latin nihil, meaning “nothing.” It is the belief that nothing inherently governs existence: no values, principles, or ultimate meaning. Many philosophers treat this as an existential crisis: If there is no meaning to our lives and actions, why bother? This work challenges the assumption that nihilism is terrifying.
Christine Abigail L. Tan
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“A War Between Buffoons”? Censorship and Self-Censorship in Postcolonial Literature
Between, 2015 Deeply entangled as they are, censorship and self-censorship affect many postcolonial literary texts, from different periods and locations. Due to the great variety of case studies, an investigation of censorship and self-censorship in postcolonial ...
Lorenzo Mari
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Tōjisha‐Kenkyū on Autism in Japan: Against Epistemic Injustices and Tokenism
Journal of Social Issues, Volume 81, Issue 4, December 2025.ABSTRACT The Japanese mental health system, marked by isolation and restraint, has been challenged by Tōjisha‐Kenkyū, a peer‐led research practice initiated in 2001 by Urakawa Bethel House members. Drawing from disability rights and addiction self‐help movements, it addresses hermeneutical injustice by creating shared language for minority experiences.
Satsuki Ayaya
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