The Logic of Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa
This book explains why conflicts in Africa are sometimes ethnic and sometimes religious, and why a conflict might change from ethnic to religious even as the opponents remain fixed. Conflicts in the region are often viewed as either 'tribal' or 'M...
Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not
The battle between religion and science, competing methods of knowing ourselves and our world, has been raging for many centuries. Now scientists themselves are looking at cognitive foundations of religion--and arriving at some surprising conclusi...
Friction
This accessible book identifies twelve mechanisms of political radicalization that can move individuals, groups, and the masses to increased sympathy and support for political violence. Terrorism is an extreme form of radicalization, and the book ...
Afghanistan and Central Asia
The Afghan crisis has grabbed the attention of the world, and underlined the need in the West for a better understanding of the region and its challenges in the face of increasingly militant interpretations of Islam. This text gives a background t...
Clarence H. White and His World
Restoring a gifted art photographer to his place in the American canon and, in the process, reshaping and expanding our understanding of early 20th-century American photography Clarence H. White (1871-1925) was one of the most influential art phot...