Roman, ostroumno igrajuschij s ozhidanijami chitatelja. S odnoj storony, panorama novoj utopii - gorod so vsemi atributami buduschego, s drugoj - tragikomicheskaja khronika malenkikh i bolshikh porazhenij. Zdes i zhestkij konflikt idej, i bytovaja romantika, i bodrjaschee oschuschenie bolshogo prazdnika, kotoryj vot-vot zakonchitsja. Vpervye opublikovan v 2010 godu.
Muzhchina - silnaja lichnost, dobroporjadochnyj syn, otvetstvennyj semjanin, nadezhnyj partner, khoroshij drug, besstrashnyj pervoprokhodets... Bogat i obespechen ne tolko materialno, no i moralno, dukhovno. Distsiplinirovan. Eta kniga o tom, kak musulmanskaja kultura i kanony pomogajut junoshe, muzhchine stat i ostavatsja nositelem perechislennykh kachestv, pritom chto on ne ostanavlivaetsja na dostignutom i tseli ego ne ogranicheny lish mirskim, zemnym.
Shamil Bassajev (1965-2006) tegi endale nime südikate sõjaliste operatsioonidega Esimeses Tshetsheenia sõjas 1994-1996, temast sai üks tuntumaid mägilaste vabadusvõitlejaid, kuid alates Teisest Tshetsheenia sõjast 1999 omandas ta ka islamiterroristi kuulsuse. Nullindateks oli temast saanud maailma üks enim tagaotsitud tegelane, kelle nimi tekitab senimaani hirmuvärinaid Venemaal, nagu ka leidub arvukalt tema imetlejaid islamimaailmas. Vähem on teada Bassajevist poliitikuna või näiteks seda, et tal on olnud üllatavaid - kuid kohati ka vene propagandistide välja mõeldud - kokkupuutepunkte Eestiga. Veel vähem aga on tuntud Bassajevi kirjalik pärand. Käesolevas väljaandes ongi tõlkes esitatud dzhihaadivõitlejatele - mudzhahiididele - kirjutatud vaimne teejuht pealkirjaga "Pühasõdalase raamat", mille järelsõnas antakse ka ülevaade Bassajevi poliitilisest ja sõjalisest tegevusest. "Pühasõdalase raamat" on huvitav lugemine kõigile Tshetsheenia, Kaukaasia ja Venemaa poliitikaga tegelejatele, nagu ka islamihuvilistele ning sõjanduse asjatundjatele, eriti aga neile, keda köidab vaimse võitluse ja eneseületamiste temaatika.
Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion is based on a unique project: the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Poll (JIPP). Since 2000, Jacob Shamir and Khalil Shikaki have directed joint surveys among Israelis and Palestinians, providing a rare opportunity to examine public opinion on two sides of an intractable conflict. Adopting a two-level game theory approach, Shamir and Shikaki argue that public opinion is a multifaceted phenomenon and a critical player in international politics. They examine how the Israeli and Palestinian publics' assessments, expectations, mutual perceptions and misperceptions, and overt political action fed into domestic policy formation and international negotiations—from the failure of the 2000 Camp David summit through the second Intifada and the elections of 2006. A discussion of the study's implications for policymaking and strategic framing of future peace agreements concludes this timely and informative book.
An examination of the extent to which Nasser's 1952 coup d'etat brought about significant changes in the basic social, political and cultural structures of Egypt.
This book discusses the early modern engagement with books that survived intentional or accidental fire in Lutheran Germany. From the 1620s until the middle of the eighteenth century, unburnt books became an attraction for princes, publishers, clergymen, and some laymen. To cope with an event that seemed counter-intuitive and possibly supernatural, contemporaries preserved these books, narrated their survival, and discussed their significance. This book demonstrates how early modern Europeans, no longer bound to traditional medieval religion, yet not accustomed to modern scientific ways of thinking, engaged with a natural phenomenon that was not uncommon and yet seemed to defy common sense.
An examination of the extent to which Nasser's 1952 coup d'etat brought about significant changes in the basic social, political and cultural structures of Egypt.
This book probes the anatomy of public opinion by analyzing its components, their interrelations and dynamics.Building upon recent work in communication, social psychology, social cognition, and political science, Jacob Shamir and Michal Shamir approach public opinion as a multidimensional concept with a multitude of expressions. Public opinion is not comprised merely of a distribution of attitudes obtained in the polls. It also expresses and is expressed by a climate of opinion, expectations, public speeches and political actions, including aggregate distributions of individual values, beliefs, and attitudes. Often these different facets coincide, but they may also diverge. Public opinion can evolve along different dynamic paths; the nature of the information environment is a major factor in determining which dynamic path will be set in motion.While social information and social construction are important in public opinion processes, major information events play a central role in moving public opinion and in constraining processes of social construction. In this book these postulates are explored on the micro and macro levels, but the focus is on public opinion dynamics at the system level: how the facets of public opinion respond to the variability in information technology. This is approached from different directions and with different parameters. The authors use as their case study Israeli public opinion on issues of peace and terrorism during the Intifada.The Anatomy of Public Opinion will form an important part in the body of study on the role of information in public opinion processes. It will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, communication, public opinion, and political psychology.Jacob Shamir is Lecturer of Communication and Journalism, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Michal Shamir is Associate Professor of Political Science, Tel Aviv University.
Treating law as an essential cultural component in a nation-building project, this book offers a socio-historical analysis of a community-based system of justice under colonial rule. It traces the attempts of Jewish jurists–nationalists to establish a non-religious system of Hebrew Courts in British-ruled Palestine. This book analyzes the secular, national and anti-colonial ideology of the Hebrew Law of Peace and shows that Jewish religious groups, secular lawyers and leading Zionist institutions undermined the Hebrew Law project. The book develops the concept of 'dual colonialism' to analyze the complex relations between Jewish settlers and British colonizers, and explores the reluctance of leading Zionists to allow a process of nation-building from below that would have allowed communities, rather than organized quasi-state institutions, to define the trajectory of Jewish nationalism.
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Margaret Chase Smith In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Ruby Shamir, readers learn about the amazing life of Margaret Chase Smith--and how she persisted. Margaret Chase Smith liked to help people, and she knew she could do that as a member of Congress. She became the first woman to serve in both the House and the Senate, where she supported the space program and more opportunities for women. Her hard work and success helped pave the way for generations of women after her to run for office Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton and a list of ways that readers can follow in Margaret Chase Smith's footsteps and make a difference A perfect choice for kids who love learning and teachers who want to bring inspiring women into their curriculum. And don't miss out on the rest of the books in the She Persisted series, featuring so many more women who persisted, including Sonia Sotomayor, Sally Ride, and more Praise for She Persisted: Margaret Chase Smith "Gives readers excellent reasons to remember this pioneering woman politician." --Kirkus Reviews "An important addition to the biography section of any library." --School Library Journal
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Margaret Chase Smith In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Ruby Shamir, readers learn about the amazing life of Margaret Chase Smith--and how she persisted. Margaret Chase Smith liked to help people, and she knew she could do that as a member of Congress. She became the first woman to serve in both the House and the Senate, where she supported the space program and more opportunities for women. Her hard work and success helped pave the way for generations of women after her to run for office Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton and a list of ways that readers can follow in Margaret Chase Smith's footsteps and make a difference A perfect choice for kids who love learning and teachers who want to bring inspiring women into their curriculum. And don't miss out on the rest of the books in the She Persisted series, featuring so many more women who persisted, including Sonia Sotomayor, Sally Ride, and more Praise for She Persisted: Margaret Chase Smith "Gives readers excellent reasons to remember this pioneering woman politician." --Kirkus Reviews "An important addition to the biography section of any library." --School Library Journal
The Blasphemy Law is set in modern-day Pakistan, a South Asian country astride the geopolitical and ideological fault-line of Asia. With the world's 13th most powerful military, the 6th largest nuclear arsenal, a population of 207 million, high illiteracy, grinding poverty, and burgeoning support for Islamic fundamentalism, it is a nuclear-charged powder keg waiting to explode. Terrorist groups vie for supremacy, trying to create conditions to topple the corrupt and fractured administration. An Australian engineer, Jane Kelly, has completed installing solar panels to electrify a remote village in Central Punjab. She unwittingly runs afoul of a powerful and ruthless feudal landowner. He uses an emerging terrorist group to frame her for blasphemy, an offence with a mandatory death penalty. Not satisfied with Jane's incarceration and almost certain execution, her enemies plot to kill her family and her. Jane's only hope lies with her two loves, Sergei and Razane, but Razane is fighting the demons from her troubled past as a Peshmerga fighter. With the feared Pakistani Intelligence breathing down their necks, they're running out of time, options, and hope. This unpredictable, fast-paced thriller and erotically charged love story will have you on the edge of your seat and reading late into the night.
Extraordinary Rendition is the sequel to Salman Shami's much-loved debut novel, The Blasphemy Law.Razane gets the shock of her life when her Melbourne home is raided by unknown assailants. She's hooded, handcuffed and bundled into a van.Unaware her kidnapping is part of a terrorist plot to kill thousands of innocent people and destroy western freedoms, Sergei and Jane scramble to find her.As the clock winds down to the most devastating terror attack in modern history, Sergei and Jane return to Pakistan.They soon find they are up against forces far more powerful than them. With a fanatical ISI major and a battle-hardened Taliban commander determined to stop them, finding Razane will be the least of their problems.Extraordinary Rendition explores the politics of terror in one of the most war-ravaged parts of the world.
The Elections in Israel--2003 brings together leading Israeli and North American social scientists and their state-of-the-art, in-depth analysis of the 2003 Israeli national elections. These elections returned Ariel Sharon and the Likud to power amid one of the bloodiest rounds of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and a severe economic downturn in Israel. Contributors analyze the electoral behavior of the voters as a whole and various subgroups, highlighting social cleavages and identity, as well as issues and other strategic considerations. Three chapters analyze in detail the Arab, the national-religious, and the "Russian" vote. The 2003 elections saw Israel's return to the family of parliamentary nations after it experimented with the direct election of the prime minister from 1996 through 2001. The impact of the adoption and repeal of this unique Israeli system of government is another major topic covered in this volume, and several contributions explore the impact of these changes upon the electorate, the party system, and party financing. Other unusual features of the 2003 elections were the low turnout levels among Jewish and Arab voters; political moves to disqualify Arab candidates and lists from running for office, which were overruled by the Supreme Court of Israel; the collapse of the left, the spectacular showing of the centrist Shinui party, and the dominant status of the Likud in the Knesset and in Israeli politics. Through its focus on the 2003 elections, this volume also illuminates developments and changes in Israeli society and politics. Many of these developments--multiculturalism, changes in social stratification, the growing role of the judiciary and of the media, and political reforms--characterize other Western democracies as well, and these are discussed from a comparative perspective. The Elections in Israel--2003 will be of particular interest to those concerned with politics in Israel as well as those concerned with comparative politics and elections in general.
On today's complex, fragmented, fast-moving battlefield, where combatants adapt constantly to exploit one-another's weaknesses, there is a demonstrable requirement for military commanders to devolve a high level of autonomy of decision-making and action to leaders on the ground. An effective model for doing this has existed for some time in the form of mission command and has been utilized by the U.S., Israeli, and British Armies—but with mixed success. This book examines in depth the experiences of the armed forces of each of these countries in implementing mission command, and reveals the key factors that have determined the success or failure of the implementation—factors such as the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), the spread of low-intensity conflicts and operations other than war, and differences in how military cultures interpret, articulate, and exercise the command function. It has significant implications for both the development of military doctrine and the training and education of tomorrow's military leaders.
