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Monstrum in Fabula offers a wide-ranging exploration of how ancient societies imagined, defined, and used monsters. Bringing together essays on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Hebrew Bible, and the Greek and Roman worlds, the volume reveals both the cultural specificity and the cross-cultural resonance of monstrous beings.
Drawing on diverse analytical approaches-including recent developments in Monster Theory-the contributors examine how monsters embody fears, negotiate boundaries, and express social, moral, and cosmological concerns. Through close readings of texts, images, and myths, the volume highlights the narrative, symbolic, social, and psychological functions of monstrosity across different ancient traditions.
This collection invites readers to reconsider the role of the monstrous as a vital lens for understanding how ancient peoples made sense of the unknown, the dangerous, and the extraordinary, while constructing their own social reality.

Monstrum in Fabula offers a wide-ranging exploration of how ancient societies imagined, defined, and used monsters. Bringing together essays on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Hebrew Bible, and the Greek and Roman worlds, the volume reveals both the cultural specificity and the cross-cultural resonance of monstrous beings.Drawing on diverse analytical approaches—including recent developments in Monster Theory—the contributors examine how monsters embody fears, negotiate boundaries, and express social, moral, and cosmological concerns. Through close readings of texts, images, and myths, the volume highlights the narrative, symbolic, social, and psychological functions of monstrosity across different ancient traditions.This collection invites readers to reconsider the role of the monstrous as a vital lens for understanding how ancient peoples made sense of the unknown, the dangerous, and the extraordinary, while constructing their own social reality.

Monsters and Monstrosities in Ancient Contexts

Monstrum in Fabula

Progressive Psychology

Personal narratives of genocide and intractable war can provide valuable insights around notions of collective identity, perceptions of the 'enemy,' intergenerational coping with massive social trauma, and sustainable peace and reconciliation. Written in an accessible and narrative style, this book demonstrates how the sharing of and listening to personal experiences deepens understandings of the long-term psychosocial impacts of genocide and war on direct victims and their descendants in general, and of the Holocaust and the Jewish-Arab/Palestinian-Israeli context, in particular. It provides a new theoretical model concerning the relationship between different kinds of personal narratives of genocide and war and peacebuilding or peace obstruction. Through its presentation and analysis of personal narratives connected to the Holocaust and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, it provides a deep exploration into how such narratives have the potential to promote peace and offers concrete ideas for further research of the topic and for peacebuilding on the ground.

This book is for scholars and activists who want to understand how personal narratives of genocide and intractable war can be harnessed to promote peace, repairing toxic relationships between 'enemies.' It provides rich examples of such narratives, including dialogical ways to face and overcome societal challenges when working toward peace.

Striving for Peace through Personal Narratives of Genocide and War

ALS&nbsp;UNSERE ZEIT&nbsp;BEGANN 
 Überall spüren die Menschen, dass die Welt, die sie kannten, erschüttert wird: In Rom erhebt sich Augustus zum ersten Kaiser. In China träumt ein schüchterner junger Mann von einer sozialistischen Utopie. Kleopatras Tochter wird als Kriegsbeute von Alexandria nach Italien verschleppt. Dort wird der Dichter Ovid zur Stimme einer neuen Generation, der junge Seneca entdeckt seine Liebe zur Philosophie und der Großschriftsteller Vergil kündet an, ein Erlöser werde kommen, ein Mensch, gottgleich. Wen könnte er meinen?
 
 »Eine Live-Society-Reportage aus der Antike –&nbsp;und wir sind dabei: Leiden mit. Lieben mit. Leben mit.&nbsp;Moritz Aisslinger versetzt uns mitten hinein in die&nbsp;Zeit, in der unsere Welt geboren wurde. Ein traumhaft&nbsp;schönes Buch.« 
 
 Volker Weidermann

Als unsere Zeit begannÜberall spüren die Menschen, dass die Welt, die sie kannten, in ihren Grundfesten erschüttert wird: In Rom steigt Augustus zum ersten Kaiser, später zum Gott auf. In Germanien erheben sich die Stämme gegen ihre römischen Besatzer. In China träumt ein schüchterner junger Mann namens Wang Mang von einer sozialistischen Utopie, unter seiner Regierung soll ein goldenes Zeitalter beginnen. Selene, Kleopatras Tochter und einzige Überlebende der ägyptischen Pharaonendynastie, wird als Kriegsbeute von Alexandria nach Rom verschleppt. Dort versetzt wenig später der Dichter Vergil die gesamte Bevölkerung in Aufruhr: Er kündet an, ein Erlöser werde kommen, ein Mensch, gottgleich. Wen könnte er meinen?Kaum eine Epoche hat die Menschheit in so kurzer Zeit so fundamental geprägt wie die Jahre um die Zeitenwende. In diesen Jahren wird jene Welt geformt, wie wir sie heute kennen.Moritz Aisslinger verdichtet diese kurze, aber für alle folgenden Jahrhunderte entscheidende Episode zu einer grandiosen Erzählung und lässt uns teilhaben am Erleben der Menschen – den kleinen Ereignissen in ihrem Alltag wie den großen Umwälzungen der Weltgeschichte. &nbsp;

Rom, Ägypten und ein Prophet in Palästina

Im Jahr Null

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026The Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer and Economist Book of the Year Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionA sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan - the first book from one of the world's leading war correspondents.'Simply unforgettable' ELIF SHAFAK 'Terrific' THE TIMES 'Incredible' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Powerful and charming' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Utterly compelling' PHILIPPE SANDS 'Masterly' TELEGRAPH 'Ingenious' KAMILA SHAMSIE 'A must-read' SUNDAY TIMES 'Beautiful' RORY STEWARTIn 1969, the Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened for the first time: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that symbolised Afghans' hopes for a more prosperous future.In the decades since, its staff have kept working through multiple coups, a Soviet occupation, the US-led invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban. The Inter-Con has never closed its doors.Here, Lyse Doucet offers a vividly human history of modern Afghanistan through the lives of the people who have kept the Inter-Con running.It is the story of a hotel, and the story of a people._Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize'Haunting, hopeful and occasionally harrowing . . . much more than a history. It is a love letter to Afghanistan and its people.' Sunday Times'Full of warmth, wit, and a lovely eye for the human stories that make the hotel not just a monument to tragedy, but also love and resilience.' Financial Times'Beautifully written and observed . . . One of the finest journalists of her generation.' Observer'Wonderfully human . . . A masterly evocation of a supremely complex decade in Afghanistan's history.' Daily Telegraph'A monument to Afghan resilience and to the bravery and persistence of its staff . . . Witty, observant and sometimes heartbreaking.' Guardian

A People’s History of Afghanistan

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER **ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST 2026A Best Book of the Year in the Financial Times, The Week, Spectator, BBC History Magazine, NPR, History Today, Waterstones and Daunts'A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian' PETER FRANKOPAN'Remarkable ... The prose is vivid, the storytelling cinematic'GUARDIANA history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it.As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait - were bound together under a single imperial banner, an entity known officially as the 'Indian Empire', or more simply as the Raj.It was the British Empire's crown jewel, a vast dominion stretching from the Red Sea to the jungles of Southeast Asia, home to a quarter of the world's population and encompassing the largest Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities on the planet. Its people used the Indian rupee, were issued passports stamped 'Indian Empire', and were guarded by armies garrisoned in forts from the Bab el-Mandeb to the HimalayasAnd then, in the space of just fifty years, the Indian Empire shattered. Five partitions tore it apart, carving out new nations, redrawing maps, and leaving behind a legacy of war, exile and division.Shattered Lands, for the first time, presents the whole story of how the Indian Empire was unmade. How a single, sprawling dominion became twelve modern nations. How maps were redrawn in boardrooms and on battlefields, by politicians in London and revolutionaries in Delhi, by kings in remote palaces and soldiers in trenches.Its legacies include civil war in Burma and ongoing insurgencies in Kashmir, Baluchistan and Northeast India, and the Rohingya genocide. It is a history of ambition and betrayal, of forgotten wars and unlikely alliances, of borders carved with ink and fire. And, above all, it is the story of how the map of modern Asia was made.Sam Dalrymple's stunning history is based on deep archival research, previously untranslated private memoirs, and interviews in English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Konyak, Arabic and Burmese. From portraits of the key political players to accounts of those swept up in these wars and mass migrations, Shattered Lands is vivid, compelling, thought-provoking history at its best.** Shattered Lands is being translated into four languages (Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam and Hindi), and was shortlisted for the Eastern Eye Award for History, the Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman and Atta Galatta prizes. **'A stunning achievement. Shattered Lands reframes the story of South Asia with rare empathy and elegance, breathing life into the legacies of the partitions that shape a quarter of our world today'THANT MYINT-U'This richly researched, vividly written book tells the story of how a colossal and powerful Empire was broken up into many distinct nation-states...An impressive debut by a gifted and very energetic young writer'RAMACHANDRA GUHA

Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

Shattered Lands

Perspectives in Economic and Social History

Tracing the bankruptcies and subsequent financial receiverships of Mediterranean countries, this book examines sovereign debt crises during the classical era of imperialism leading up to the First World War.Focusing on the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Tunisia, and Greece, this book aims to highlight the political, diplomatic, and economic history of public debt management and the operation of international financial commissions in countries situated on the semi-periphery of the capitalist world economy. The speculative activities of numerous local and international banks and financiers, the aggressive imperial expansion of the Great Powers, and the reliance of many Mediterranean states on European capital markets - combined with the mismanagement and misadministration of foreign capital inflows - generated severe financial defaults. These crises, in turn, paved the way for European intervention and the establishment of foreign-controlled international administrations in defaulting countries. Within this broader Mediterranean context, embedded in the dynamics of the global financial system, European powers and capitalist elites were able to leverage credit and debt to advance invasive political and financial interventions characteristic of imperialist domination.This book will be of interest to readers of studies of global capitalism, imperial history, and modern Middle Eastern and European history more broadly.

Politics of Default and Diplomacy in the 19th Century

Debt and Imperialism in the Mediterranean

'Vivid and monumental . . . Could not be a more essential primer' SUNDAY TIMES, Book of the Week 'Both zips along and bulges with detail . . . A blockbuster narrative' TELEGRAPH 'Gripping, dazzingly written . . . A masterpiece - no other word will do' MATTHEW D'ANCONA, former editor of the SPECTATOR THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF TODAY'S MIDDLE EAST: A SPELLBINDING HISTORY FROM THE BESTSELLING, PRIZEWINNING HISTORIAN AND MASTER STORYTELLERHow did an elderly cleric overthrow the Shah of Iran and change the world? Why did Bin Laden attack the USA - and why did the USA destroy Saddam? How did one extraordinary prince create Saudi Arabia? How did an Ottoman general create Türkiye? How did Britain and France carve up the Middle East - and why did the Kurds never get their own state? Can there ever be peace between Israel and Palestine?The Middle East has forever been the source of religions, prize of empires, spark-wheel of conflicts, well of radicalism and epicentre of our tumultuous world. No other region has such a hold on our imagination nor such a propensity to unleash mayhem. Yet few know its real history; fewer still understand its variety and cosmopolitanism, its complexity and interconnectedness. In The Cauldron, Simon Sebag Montefiore delivers a fresh and unique history of the entire region in all its diversity, from 1900 up to the present day. Taking the reader on a spectacular journey from the Ottoman sultanate to the Trump presidency, from Morocco to Iran, this is a dazzling panorama of faith and fanaticism, creativity and tolerance, dictatorship and democracy brought to life by an extraordinary cast of kings, warriors, poets, terrorists and peacemakers. This is the essential story of how the Middle East of 1900 became the Middle East of today - and tomorrow. 'An essential read' HUSSEIN AGHA, Palestinian negotiator with Israel over half a century 'A must-have guide' EUGENE ROGAN, author of The Arabs 'Captivating and monumental' EHUD OLMERT, former Prime Minister of Israel 'Masterful . . . history at its best' GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS, former Director of the CIA

The Making of the Modern Middle East - The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller

The Cauldron

Essential Psychoanalysis

In this influential lecture, Edward Said explores Freud’s foundational work Moses and Monotheism to rethink the relationship between identity, politics and psychoanalysis. The result is a study illuminating both Freud’s thinking and that of Said, on whom the great psychoanalyst was a formative influence. Was Moses Jewish or an Egyptian? The question undermines any simple ascription of identity, highlighting the limits of these categories. Said suggests that such an unresolved, nuanced sense of identity might, if embodied in political reality, form the basis for a new understanding between Jews and Palestinians. In contrast, Israel's relentless march towards an exclusively Jewish state denies any sense of a more complex, inclusive past. With an introduction by Christopher Bollas and a response by Jacqueline Rose.

Freud and the Non-European

Taiwan's story told through its people - their origins, struggles and transformations.

A People’s History

Taiwan

'I have never read a book on Mesopotamia that so beautifully brings to life the people themselves ... It melts away the sense of time.' TOM HOLLAND'Tender, moving and vivid.' ROBERT MACFARLANE 'Beautiful' STEPHEN GREENBLATT'Fascinating and magnificent, beautifully written and explained: this book is a masterpiece.' GEORGE MONBIOT 'Ancient Mesopotamia comes alive in Moudhy Al-Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history ... spellbinding' NEW SCIENTIST ----------Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time.What they left behind, in a vast region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, preserves leaps in human ingenuity, like the earliest depiction of a wheel and the first approximation of pi. But they also capture breathtakingly intimate, raw and relatable moments, like a dog's paw prints as it accidentally stepped into fresh clay, or the imprint of a child's teeth.In Between Two Rivers, historian Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid reveals what these ancient people chose to record about their lives, allowing us to brush hands with them millennia later. We find a lullaby to soothe a baby, instructions for exorcising a ghost, countless receipts for beer, and the adorable, messy writing of preschoolers. We meet an enslaved person negotiating their freedom, an astronomer tracing the movement of the planets, a princess who may have created the world's first museum, and a working mother struggling with 'the juggle' in 1900 BCE.Together, these fragments illuminate not just the history of Mesopotamia, but the story of how history was made.

'A WONDERFUL READ' -- TOM HOLLAND

Between Two Rivers

Dynasties

Inside the lives, scandals and splendour of Ming China's imperial ruling family.

Family and Dynasty in Ming China

Sons of Heaven

*** Longlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 *** 

'A sweeping tour-de-force of investigative journalism' - Time magazine

'Epic ... the definitive text of the war'&nbsp;-&nbsp;New York Times

'As a many-layered portrait of revolution it is a triumph... never less than compelling' -&nbsp;The&nbsp;Spectator

In 2011, in a city in northern Syria, a small group of men and women began a movement that overthrew a brutal dictatorship. For the next eighteen months, many of the citizens of Manbij carried out one of the most remarkable experiments in democracy in modern times.

Days of Love and Rage details the powerfully intimate narratives of the men and women who led this struggle, and who experienced the highs of camaraderie and the lows of betrayal. Among them: a pair of best friends torn apart by political polarization, a mother who stands up to male dominance, and a worker who risks everything for the dream of equality.

Anand Gopal immerses you in the world of a single city in the throes of revolution, and lays bare the danger that inequality poses to democracy. But this book transcends the particulars of one terrible conflict to tell the broader story of rising authoritarianism in our times. Days of Love and Rage has the force, sweep and artistry of a great novel, and is ultimately a story of our enduring human need for dignity and hope.

A Story of Revolution

Days of Love and Rage

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