Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Dimitrova, Diana (ed.), Mythologizing in South Asian Traditions: Myth, Gender, Power, and Politics. 234 pp. 2025:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <741-969>
ISBN 978-3-031-76829-3 hard ¥37,132.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book deals with the issue of mythologizing in South Asian traditions. It brings together a number of essays dealing with the interface between mythology, gender, politics, and nationalism. The common thread that links the chapters is the appropriation and reinterpretation of myth, and its weaponizing for the purpose of power or political gain. All chapters explore the various aspects of the ongoing process of re-mythologizing of the present, as revealed in South Asian traditions. The essays in this collection respond to the same question: how to interpret the present? What is the meaning of ancient and venerated myths today? What are the ideological implications of the interpretation of myths and how do they reflect and influence the power structures of contemporary societies in South Asia?

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Pardo, Italo / Prato, Giuliana B. (eds.), Forms of Inequality and the Legitimacy of Governance: Volume One. (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology) 260 pp. 2025:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <741-1060>
ISBN 978-3-031-78606-8 hard ¥34,811.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This edited volume uses ethnographic cases to examine social, political, and economic inequality in diverse urban settings. This book is couched in the idea that ethnographically based analysis helps to bring out the nature and interconnections between different forms of inequality and sheds light on the major forces that combine to create inequalities. Ethnography also helps to identify the dynamics that undergird the principle of freedom of thought and of action-a key principle, that is, of associated life in a democracy-and recognize empirically that these dynamics not only protect difference but increase it, for they underpin the freedom of the individual to use their talents to manage their lives and achieve their goals. This first volume in a two-part series focuses on legitimacy, governance, labour and urban change, and stereotypes and individual choice. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociocultural anthropology, sociology, politics, socio-legal studies, urban change, and education.

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Pardo, Italo / Prato, Giuliana B. (eds.), Forms of Inequality and the Legitimacy of Governance: Volume Two. (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology) 236 pp. 2025:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <741-1061>
ISBN 978-3-031-78693-8 hard ¥34,811.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This edited volume uses ethnographic cases to examine social, political, and economic inequality in diverse urban settings. This book is couched in the idea that ethnographically-based analysis helps to bring out the nature and interconnections between different forms of inequality and sheds light on the major forces that combine to create inequalities. Ethnography also helps to identify the dynamics that undergird the principle of freedom of thought and of action - a key principle, that is, of associated life in a democracy - and recognize empirically that these dynamics not only protects difference but increase it, for they underpin the freedom of the individual to use their talents to manage their lives and achieve their goals. This second volume in a two-part series focuses on housing and residential patterns, development and urban regeneration, and education. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociocultural anthropology, sociology, politics, socio-legal studies, urban change, education.

Kacandes, Irene (ed.), Humanities for Humans: Clear Thinking on Challenging Issues. 240 S. 2025:2 (de Gruyter, GW) <741-1131>
ISBN 978-3-11-152852-6 paper ¥9,271.- (税込) EUR 39.95 *

Can the academic humanities serve the general public to address the critical challenges we all face today? This unusual volume builds on the conversation series "Humanities for Humans," curated by Irene Kacandes and funded by the De Gruyter Foundation and the New York nonprofit 1014: Space for Ideas to answer this question in the affirmative. By asking some of the smartest academics in North America to think aloud in clear language on topics like racism, migration, inequality, sustainability, building connection and working toward repair of our communities, this book demonstrates the ultimate value of the imagination in solving seemingly intractable problems. The authors define and distinguish. They offer historical context and concrete examples from North and South America, from Europe, from indigenous cultures, from artists and ordinary folk. By also sharing about their own personal trajectories, these authors demonstrate not only the value of training in the humanities fields, but also that top scholars are indeed human like the rest of us.

Stiefel, Barry, Monuments of Diverse Heritage in Early America: Placemaking and Preservation by Black, Indigenous, and Jewish Peoples. (Landscape and Heritage Studies) 332 pp. 2025:2 (Amsterdam U. Pr., NE) <741-1174>
ISBN 978-90-485-6275-6 hard ¥36,044.- (税込) GB￡ 128.00 *

Monuments of Diverse Heritage in Early America: Placemaking and Preservation by Black, Indigenous, and Jewish Peoples explores a more inclusive history of preserving public historic sites. At a time when some Americans have embraced white nationalism in response to unfolding demographic changes and others celebrate individual identities over all else, an inclusive, tolerant, and unifying historical vision is sorely needed. While past preservation efforts sometimes resulted in exclusionary forms of historical inspiration, that need not be the case in the future. Bringing greater attention to the diverse heritage of the United States will not only help dismantle the lingering remnants of exclusionary and elitist narratives but also celebrate a pluralistic and diverse past and present. An inclusive, empowering history can provide social cohesion while allowing room for individual groups to have authority over their pasts and representation in public, side-by-side with one another.