Autor: Paul Dresch

Mainstream historians in recent decades have often treated formal categories and rules as something to be 'used’ by individuals, as one might use a stick or stone, and the gains of an earlier legal h …

Mainstream historians in recent decades have often treated formal categories and rules as something to be 'used’ by individuals, as one might use a stick or stone, and the gains of an earlier legal h …

The tradition of intensive fieldwork by a single anthropologist in one area has been challenged by new emphasis on studying historical patterns, wider regions, and global networks. Some anthropologis …

Despite their small populations, the Arab states of the Gulf exercise an enormous and global influence. But all-too-often, these states are treated as if their only importance were as pawns in a glob …