IRAQ
Its History, People, and Politics
Edited
by
Shams
C.
Inati
This book attempts to add some balance and depth to
the misleading, superficial image of Iraq created by
sound-byte journalism and political propaganda. The ...
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conoibutors,
all
specialists in Middle Eastern sttldies,
discuss Iraq's ancient Mesopotamian archaeological
heritage; Baghdad in the golden age of medieval Islam;
the
arts
in Iraq; the role of women; the Christian,
Jewish, Shi'ite, and Kurdish communities of Iraq; the
devastating effects of international sanctions on the
economy, health, and daily life of Il-aqis; the nature and
causes of the current conflict; and much more.
250
pp •
ISBN 1-59102-096-4 • He $26
GLOBALIZATION AND JUSTICE
Kai Nielsen
Philosopher Kai Nielsen persuasively argues that capitalist globalization is the
means by which already wealthy interests seek to aggrandize their power and
control at the expense of citizens in poor nations. ielsen contends that dem–
ocratic socialism is still humanity's best hope for achieving a cia sles , non–
racist, and nonsexist world community.
300
pp •
ISBN 1-59102-054-9 • He $39
ORIGINS OF RWANDAN GENOCIDE
Josias Semujanga
Foreword
by
Tom Rockmore
By some estimates more than a million and a half people were killed in
Rwanda duringjust two weeks in April 1994. In this peneu-ating analysis,Josias
Semujanga, a Rwandan by birth, examines the social mechanisms, the
historical factors, and the "discourse of hate" that culminated in this appalling
genocide.
230
pp •
ISBN 1-59102-053-0 · He $35
THE CULTURE OF EXTINCTION
Toward a Philosophy of Deep Ecology
Frederic
L.
Bender
Global warming, air and water pollution, ozone-layer depletion, species extinc–
tion-these are all the results ofwhal philosopher Frederic
L.
Bender calls our
"culture of extinction." In this probing analysis of the basic cultural assump–
tions and historical factors that have led to the current dire ecological situa–
tion, Bender argues that our on ly chance of avoiding imminent di aster is to
recognize and then change the destructive trends in contemporary culture
that wi ll surely be our undoing if left unchecked.
455
pp •
ISBN 1-59102-055-7· He $65
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