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  • Two Arabs, a Berber, and a Jew

    Entangled Lives in Morocco

    by Lawrence Rosen ...
    In this remarkable work by seasoned scholar Lawrence Rosen, we follow the fascinating intellectual developments of four ordinary Moroccans over the span of forty years. Walking and talking with Haj Hamed Britel, Yaghnik Driss, Hussein Qadir, and Shimon Benizri—in a country that, in a little over a century, has gone from an underdeveloped colonial outpost to a modern Arab country in the throes of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tribes

    Challenging the Image, Shifting the Paradigm

    by Lawrence Rosen ...
    Tribes: Challenging the Image, Shifting the Paradigm reconsiders the concept of “tribe” in political, cultural, and academic discourse, offering a dynamic alternative to outdated and damaging stereotypes.This book critiques the popular portrayal of tribes as static, violent, or regressive, arguing instead for an understanding of tribal life as adaptive, egalitarian, and resilient. Drawing on ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Suq

    Geertz on the Market

    by Clifford Geertz ...
    Series series Classics in Ethnographic Theory
    A formative ethnography of the relationship between markets and social life, back in print.Originally published in 1979, Clifford Geertz’s essay on the Moroccan bazaar is a classic ethnographic account of the interplay of economic, social, and religious lives in the bustle of transaction. Drawing on years of fieldwork in the Middle Atlas town of Sefrou, Geertz explores how actors from diverse ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Rights of Groups

    Understanding Community in the Eyes of the Law

    by Lawrence Rosen ...
    Argues that a refined concept of culture can be used by American courts to better analyze cases that cover the sense of community.Supreme Court Justices frequently justify their opinions in terms of the traditions and customs of a community. Yet, the rights and interests of entities that fit neither with the state nor the individual are treated as fluid and subjective, often existing without ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Treatment Alternatives for Children

    Reduce Serious Side Effects with Natural Equivalents to Conventional Remedies fo

    by Dr. Lawrence Rosen, Jeff Cohen ...
    Parents worry about their kids, especially when it comes to their health. Conventional medicine has its place, but health conscious parents often worry about the serious side effects associated with many prescription drugs and other conventional treatments. Treatment Alternatives for Children is an easily accessible reference guide that enables parents to look up any number of childhood ailments ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Encounters with Islam

    Studies in the Anthropology of Muslim Cultures

    by Lawrence Rosen ...
    Too often, Western encounters with the Islamic world commence with stereotypes and end with a renewed distance. Drawing from decades of experience studying the Muslim world, Lawrence Rosen challenges these narrow understandings. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Rosen shows the wide-ranging significance of Muslim art, culture, and law around the world. Exploring political, economic, and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Legitimacy in Crisis

    Case-Studies in American Political Culture

    by Lawrence Rosen ...
    This book takes a case study approach to explore the crisis of legitimacy in American political culture. The question of legitimacy resides at the heart of any political system. However, understanding why an individual should recognize another’s power over them is not solely limited to the analytically political but is deeply embedded in the larger cultural context of any society. Through a series ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Ibn Khaldun

    by Lawrence Rosen ...
    Series Book 8 - Anthropology's Ancestors
    Ibn Khaldun’s theory of dynastic history, economics, and group cohesion has drawn attention far beyond his North African home. He holds a unique place in the Western imagination, cited by figures as diverse as Mark Zuckerberg and President Ronald Reagan. His holistic, functionalist approach foreshadowed the development of modern social science. Whether analyzing kin-based solidarity, the role of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Law as Culture

    An Invitation

    by Lawrence Rosen ...
    Law is integral to culture, and culture to law. Often considered a distinctive domain with strange rules and stranger language, law is actually part of a culture's way of expressing its sense of the order of things. In Law as Culture, Lawrence Rosen invites readers to consider how the facts that are adduced in a legal forum connect to the ways in which facts are constructed in other areas of ... Read more

    $29.59 USD

  • Islam and the Rule of Justice

    Image and Reality in Muslim Law and Culture

    by Lawrence Rosen ...
    In the West, we tend to think of Islamic law as an arcane and rigid legal system, bound by formulaic texts yet suffused by unfettered discretion. While judges may indeed refer to passages in the classical texts or have recourse to their own orientations, images of binding doctrine and unbounded choice do not reflect the full reality of the Islamic law in its everyday practice. Whether in the ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Judgment of Culture

    Cultural Assumptions in American Law

    by Lawrence Rosen ...
    Legal systems do not operate in isolation but in complex cultural contexts.This original and thought-provoking volume considers how cultural assumptions are built into American legal decision-making, drawing on a series of case studies to demonstrate the range of ways courts express their understanding of human nature, social relationships, and the sense of orderliness that cultural schemes ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • How Judges Think

    by Richard A. Posner ...
    A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD