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War of Images or Images of War? Visualizing History in Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones (2017)
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Roth, Z. (2017). War of Images or Images of War? Visualizing History in Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones. Journal of modern literature, 41(1), 81-99. https://doi.org/10.2979/jmodelite.41.1.06

The Kindly Ones (2006), a French novel written by the American author Jonathan Littell, explores the Holocaust from a perpetrator's point of view. The novel is replete with detailed historical analysis and intertextual references, but its narrative i... Read More about War of Images or Images of War? Visualizing History in Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones.

The contradictions of Diaspora: A reflexive critique of the Jewish Diaspora’s relationship with Israel (2017)
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Baron, I. Z. (2018). The contradictions of Diaspora: A reflexive critique of the Jewish Diaspora’s relationship with Israel. Journal of International Political Theory, 14(1), 85-106. https://doi.org/10.1177/1755088217741322

This article explores a question that is often assumed but rarely addressed: What does Israel provide ideationally for Diaspora Jews that serves as the basis for Diaspora/Israel relations and justifies the importance of Israel for Jewish identity? Wh... Read More about The contradictions of Diaspora: A reflexive critique of the Jewish Diaspora’s relationship with Israel.

Israel's relations with the Gulf states: Toward the emergence of a tacit security regime? (2017)
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Jones, C. A., & Guzansky, Y. (2017). Israel's relations with the Gulf states: Toward the emergence of a tacit security regime?. Contemporary Security Policy, 38(3), 398-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2017.1292375

By drawing on the literature about security regimes, this article posits the idea that a particular type of regime, which can be termed a “tacit security regime” (TSR), has begun to emerge between Israel, on the one hand, and several Gulf Arab states... Read More about Israel's relations with the Gulf states: Toward the emergence of a tacit security regime?.

Categories and Cultural Models of Nature in Northern Punjab, Pakistan (2017)
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Lyon, S. M., & Mughal, M. (2017). Categories and Cultural Models of Nature in Northern Punjab, Pakistan. World cultures eJournal, 22(2),

The most widespread model of the natural world by Northern Punjabi farmers appears to leverage a powerful supernatural domain, which includes Allah, as a sole God, plus, various non-human spirits or jinn, who can be both benign and malicious, and a b... Read More about Categories and Cultural Models of Nature in Northern Punjab, Pakistan.

On Brothers and Sisters: South Asian and Japanese Idea Systems and their Consequences (2017)
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Lyon, S. M. (2017). On Brothers and Sisters: South Asian and Japanese Idea Systems and their Consequences. World cultures eJournal, 22(1),

The role expectations of cross siblings varies across culture. Such expectations, while not rigidly prescribing actual behaviors nevertheless influences relations between brothers and sisters in observable ways. In South Asia, a cultural rhetoric of... Read More about On Brothers and Sisters: South Asian and Japanese Idea Systems and their Consequences.

Spaces of Abandonment: Genealogies, Lives and Critical Horizons (2016)
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Leshem, N. (2017). Spaces of Abandonment: Genealogies, Lives and Critical Horizons. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 35(4), 620-636. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775816683189

Abandonment has a long presence in Western cultural, philosophical and legal canon, though most contemporary critical debates focus on its sovereign and juridico-political functions. This article considers the concept of abandonment through its more... Read More about Spaces of Abandonment: Genealogies, Lives and Critical Horizons.

"Lines of Light": Poetic Variations in Wordsworth, Byron, and Shelley.' (2016)
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Sandy, M. (2016). "Lines of Light": Poetic Variations in Wordsworth, Byron, and Shelley.'. Romanticism, 22(3), 260-268. https://doi.org/10.3366/rom.2016.0287

Recognising the importance of Wordsworth's sense of nascent light (elegised in his ‘Ode: Intimations of Immortality’), the essay traces how influential this idea was on later Romantic poetic treatments of light. Wordsworth's qualitative distinction b... Read More about "Lines of Light": Poetic Variations in Wordsworth, Byron, and Shelley.'.

Negating the Family: Ritual and Dionysus in modernist utopia (2016)
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Ní Dhúill, C. (2016). Negating the Family: Ritual and Dionysus in modernist utopia. Cultural Dynamics, 28(1), 55-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/0921374015623389

Formations such as gangs stand in a complex relationship to other, more conventional or socially normative groupings and collectives, such as the family. This article probes the gang’s function as a kind of alternative family and as a lens through wh... Read More about Negating the Family: Ritual and Dionysus in modernist utopia.

Reading Cookbooks: Israeli Food and the International Relations of the Every Day (2016)
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Baron, I. Z. (2016). Reading Cookbooks: Israeli Food and the International Relations of the Every Day. Arts & international affairs, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.18278/aia.1.1.4

To explore the foods of another country, people or region is one way to visit other parts of the world, to discover different tastes and customs, and perhaps in the search for key ingredients, to meet new people with ties to these lands. Yet embarkin... Read More about Reading Cookbooks: Israeli Food and the International Relations of the Every Day.

Towards Understanding: Antisemitism and the Contested Uses and Meanings of ‘Yid’ in English Football (2016)
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Poulton, E. (2016). Towards Understanding: Antisemitism and the Contested Uses and Meanings of ‘Yid’ in English Football. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39(11), 1981-2001. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2016.1140791

This article addresses an omission in the currently brief body of work on antisemitism in football and contributes to and advances wider sociological debates in the sub-disciplines of race and ethnicity, religion, linguistics and sport. The article e... Read More about Towards Understanding: Antisemitism and the Contested Uses and Meanings of ‘Yid’ in English Football.

Refusing the Child: Weininger, Edelman, Kertész (2016)
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Ní Dhúill, C. (2016). Refusing the Child: Weininger, Edelman, Kertész. Poetics Today: International Journal for Theory and Analysis of Literature and Communication, 37(3), 369-385. https://doi.org/10.1215/03335372-3599315

If human reproduction is a realm of future-making practice, its refusal or absence effects a reconceptualization of the future. The article examines three very different refusals of the child: the idealist antinatalism of Otto Weininger's Sex and Cha... Read More about Refusing the Child: Weininger, Edelman, Kertész.

Ties That Bind: Marital Networks and Politics in Punjab, Pakistan (2016)
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Lyon, S. M., & Mughal, M. (2016). Ties That Bind: Marital Networks and Politics in Punjab, Pakistan. Structure and dynamics, 9(2), Article imbs_socdyn_sdeas_32330

Pakistani politics are characterised by strong corporate social links through kinship and caste that impose reciprocal obligations and rights. Marital maps allow for accurate prediction of allegiances and decision making and contribute to a transpare... Read More about Ties That Bind: Marital Networks and Politics in Punjab, Pakistan.

Israel’s Security Nexus as Strategic Restraint: The Case of Iran 2009–2013 (2015)
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Jones, C. (2015). Israel’s Security Nexus as Strategic Restraint: The Case of Iran 2009–2013. Journal of Strategic Studies, 41(1-2), 160-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2015.1104668

This article examines the debates in Israel between 2009 and 2013 over Iran’s nuclear programme as a reflection of a particular type of civil–military or civil–security relationship. It analyses how key actors within that relationship – particularly... Read More about Israel’s Security Nexus as Strategic Restraint: The Case of Iran 2009–2013.

Re-inhabiting no-man's land: genealogies, political life and critical agendas (2015)
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Leshem, N., & Pinkerton, A. (2016). Re-inhabiting no-man's land: genealogies, political life and critical agendas. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 41(1), 41-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12102

This article sets out to answer a seemingly simple question: what is no-man's land? By positing this question, we aim to problematise the taken-for-granted status of no-man's land and its proliferation as a convenient colloquialism that is applied to... Read More about Re-inhabiting no-man's land: genealogies, political life and critical agendas.