This timely book examines the resurgence of the major civilizations of the Middle East, India, and China as they claim their historic places of power and prestige. The global system held together by European colonialism ended following World War II, and the age of global nationalism began. Since then, two-thirds of the nations of the world have been created, each striving to generate a place in the global economy and a national identity based on traditions. In this new world order the Middle East and Asia contend with the West for influence and position. This book explores the history, culture, religion, ethnic composition, and experience with the West of each of these world regions. Wealth and well-being is examined for each region and compared with other regions. This is an anthropological analysis of these complex societies and their growing impact on the West and the world at large.

A Phoenix Rising: Resurgence of the Middle East and Asia As World Powers

History

Duncan Hart, Ron

Asia

World Arts Pr

African Saga: Cultural Heritage and Resistance in the Diaspora

African Saga is an authoritative discussion of the African experience in South America, starting with African origins, the colonial experience as captive laborers, and the contemporary period. It includes an extensive discussion of the African towns set up by runaway slaves, which proliferated in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. The author gives an extensive discussion of African resistance to the slave trade. Nina S. de Friedemann is considered one of Latin America's foremost authorities on the African Diaspora, and this book includes detailed ethnohistorical and ethnographic data based on the author's research over three decades in every area of African life in Colombia. The author wrote seventeen books, largely on this subject, but this one is considered the summation of her life's work. She was one of the creators of the field of Afro-Colombian studies, and she was the Latin American coordinator for the UNESCO Project on the Route of the Slave.

De Friedemann, Nina S.

Del Castillo Mathieu, Nicolas

Americas

Cain's question, "Am I my brother's keeper?", poses a moral issue about killing others, and it is applied to the Arab/Israeli conflict to suggest the responsibility that everyone has in contributing to the solution of violent conflict in the world. The history of this conflict is reviewed, and the various explanations for it are discussed, including the arguments and counterarguments for Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" concept. Key economic and demographic information from Israel and key Muslim countries are analyzed in nine tables to detect structural factors that are contributing to this conflict, including the "youth bulge", illiteracy, and inadequate economic performance among others. This is the Neustadt Lecture on Jewish Studies at Oklahoma City University for 2008.

Cain's Question and the Arab/Israeli Conflict

Hart, Ron Duncan

World

<p>The Mosaic Within is a life changing discussion of the connectedness between spirituality, personality, and self-healing. Dr. Susan Vorhand's approach of soul-centered psychotherapy combines psychology and religious mysticism to achieve a unique integrity of the inner self. She combines the richness of Jungian psychology and its understanding of the primordial myths of humanity with the spiritual insights of Kabbalah to create this break through understanding of the interwoven quality of our spirituality and personality. Dr. Vorhand explores her own personal experiences and those of others to give real life examples of healing, ranging from self-doubt to eating disorders. Her combination of the strengths of Jungian psychotherapy and Kabbalah produces an alchemy of understanding the self, achieving gold in a way not anticipated by Medieval alchemists.</p>

The Mosaic Within: An Alchemy of Healing Self and Soul

Self-Help

Vorhand, Susan

Personal Transformation

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