... 0140238670 416 pp . Prospects for Middle Eastern and North African Economies Nemat Shafik Macmillan Academic ISBN : 0333714016 Theses on Islam , Middle East & North Africa 1880-1978 Peter Sluglett Cassell ISBN : 0720116511 Arab ...

Edward Said’s Orientalism is a masterclass in the art of interpretation wedded to close analysis.

This comprehensive collection of his work, expanded from the earlier Edward Said Reader, now draws from across his entire four-decade career, including his posthumously published books, making it a definitive one-volume source.

Focusing on the crossover between the sacred and the secular, this volume gathers the work of media experts, religious historians, sociologists of religion, and authorities on American studies and art history.

This collection should benefit the work of scholars and researchers in communication, media, cultural, and religious studies who seek a broader understanding of the two-sided relationships between religion and media, media and culture, and ...

This book, written from a sociological perspective, takes up that challenge. The author distinguishes three levels of secularization.

This now-classic book provides a description and interpretation of Hinduism, focusing particularly on the religious psychology and behavior of Hindus.

The book, which draws on organizational ethnography to develop its argument, is essential reading for all those interested in social theory, materialism, or the sociology of organizations at the end of the era of high modernity.

A beautiful and affordable introduction to Byzantine art which explores the city of Constantinople, the development of icons as a medium of religious devotion, palaces and fashions of palace life, churches where interior decoration in ...