MESAAS FACULTY

PUBLICATIONS

Harvard University Press presents Neither Settler nor Native by Mahmood Mamdani

by mesaas | Dec 16, 2020 | Publications |

Making the radical argument that the nation-state was born of colonialism, this book calls us to rethink political violence and reimagine political community beyond majorities and minorities. In this genealogy of political modernity, Mahmood Mamdani argues that the... Read more

The Resistance Network by Khatchig Mouradian, Michigan State University Press

by mesaas | Dec 15, 2020 | Publications |

The Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915–1918 is the is the history of an underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats in Ottoman Syria who helped save the lives of thousands during the Armenian... Read more

Haymarket Books presents On Edward Said by Hamid Dabashi

by mesaas | Oct 27, 2020 | Publications |

An intimate intellectual, political and personal portrait of Edward Said, one of the 20th centuries’ leading public intellectuals. Edward Said (1935-2003) was a towering figure in post-colonial studies and the struggle for justice in his native Palestine, best... Read more

Bombay Hustle by Debashree Mukherjee, Columbia University Press

by mesaas | Sep 28, 2020 | Publications |

From starry-eyed fans with dreams of fame to cotton entrepreneurs turned movie moguls, the Bombay film industry has historically energized a range of practices and practitioners, playing a crucial and compelling role in the life of modern India. Bombay Hustle presents... Read more

University of Michigan Press presents Kafka’s Zoopoetics by Naama Harel

by mesaas | May 27, 2020 | Publications |

Nonhuman figures are ubiquitous in the work of Franz Kafka, from his early stories down to his very last one. Despite their prominence throughout his oeuvre, Kafka’s animal representations have been considered first and foremost as mere allegories of intrahuman... Read more

Stanford University Press presents Persianate Selves by Mana Kia

by mesaas | Apr 24, 2020 | Publications |

For centuries, Persian was the language of power and learning across Central, South, and West Asia, and Persians received a particular basic education through which they understood and engaged with the world. Not everyone who lived in the land of Iran was Persian, and... Read more