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Analyzing the Middle East (2018)
Book Chapter
Achcar, G. (2018). Analyzing the Middle East. In M. Vidal, T. Smith, T. Rotta, & P. Prew (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190695545.013.43

Marx’s historical materialism is a powerful antidote to culturalist essentialism of the kind that became known as Orientalism after Edward Said. The Marxian perspective allows for a full consideration of the role of Western imperialism in hindering t... Read More about Analyzing the Middle East.

South Korea (2018)
Book Chapter
Lee, Y. South Korea. In M. Truong, A. Shahbaz, J. White, & A. Funk (Eds.), Freedom on the Net 2018: The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism. Freedom House

Unveiling a Unique Ningma Pantheon: the Art of Gönpa Gang (2018)
Book Chapter
Luczanits, C. (2018). Unveiling a Unique Ningma Pantheon: the Art of Gönpa Gang. In J. Harrison, C. Luczanits, C. Ramble, & N. Drandul (Eds.), A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal (54-99). Vajra Books

Borders, distance, politics (2018)
Book Chapter
Novak, P. (2018). Borders, distance, politics. In A. Paasi, E.-K. Prokkola, J. Saarinen, & K. Zimmerbauer (Eds.), Borderless Worlds for Whom?: Ethics, Moralities and Mobilities (49-62). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429427817-4

The ‘borderless world’ narrative was, perhaps, nothing more than that: a narrative associated with a specific, and specifically neoliberal, project – that of globalization in the 1990s. Yet, at the turn of the millennium, the idea that state borders... Read More about Borders, distance, politics.

Robot Companions: The Animation of Technology and the Technology of Animation in Japan (2018)
Book Chapter
Gygi, F. (2018). Robot Companions: The Animation of Technology and the Technology of Animation in Japan. In M. Astor-Aguilera, & G. Harvey (Eds.), Rethinking Relations and Animism: Personhood and Materiality (94-111). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203709887

Contemporary Japan is often described in utopian terms as a place where humans and nonhumans live and work together in harmony. This acceptance of nonhuman others is explained by some anthropologists as stemming from an “animist unconscious” (Allison... Read More about Robot Companions: The Animation of Technology and the Technology of Animation in Japan.

'Arrogance' and 'Seer' (2018)
Book Chapter
Orwin, M., & Herbert, W. (2018). 'Arrogance' and 'Seer'. . Ponte Invisibile and The Poetry Translation Centre

'Inclusive Thought' (2018)
Book Chapter
Orwin, M. (2018). 'Inclusive Thought'. . Ponte Invisibile and The Poetry Translation Centre

'Glorious Gobannimo' (2018)
Book Chapter
Orwin, M. (2018). 'Glorious Gobannimo'. . Ponte Invisibile and The Poetry Translation Centre

'The Community of Ants' (2018)
Book Chapter
Orwin, M. (2018). 'The Community of Ants'. . Ponte Invisibile and The Poetry Translation Centre