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The book delves into the self-perception and narratives of Japanese soldiers who committed war crimes during World War II, particularly focusing on their reflections during post-war trials. It examines how these individuals rationalized their actions, including the kidnapping and mistreatment of POWs, and explores the complexities of their apologies and justifications. By analyzing their accounts, the book sheds light on the psychological and societal factors that influenced their understanding of their roles in these atrocities.

Exploring the multifaceted life of Emma Goldman, this collection of essays delves into her role as an anarchist activist who challenged inequalities and fought for freedom. It presents her transnational experiences and critiques of societal injustices, highlighting her revolutionary thoughts, particularly regarding the Russian Revolution. Additionally, the essays address her navigation of capitalist systems for survival and her challenges against gender norms as a female radical. This work provides a critical insight into Goldman's significant influence during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Focusing on a comparative ten-step model, this book analyzes revolutions as a significant global phenomenon within modernity. It explores the underlying patterns and factors that drive revolutionary movements, emphasizing their interconnectedness across different cultures and historical contexts. Through this framework, readers gain insight into the complexities and dynamics of revolutions, highlighting their relevance in today's world.

Set against the backdrop of the late 19th century, this narrative explores the complexities of societal change and personal struggle. The characters navigate the challenges of a rapidly evolving world, grappling with issues of identity and belonging. The story delves into themes of resilience, ambition, and the pursuit of dreams amidst adversity. Richly detailed, it captures the essence of a transformative era, highlighting the intersection of personal and historical narratives that shape the characters' lives and futures.

Focusing on the intercultural management strategies of the Society of Jesus in Japan and Peru during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this book employs historical data from over 200 Jesuits analyzed through modern management theory. It highlights how Jesuit missionaries effectively expanded their influence in these regions. This interdisciplinary study not only explores the history of religious orders and European expansion but also offers valuable insights for contemporary managers seeking to develop successful intercultural strategies.

Nationalism was declared to be dead too early. A postnational age was announced, and liberalism claimed to have been victorious by the end of the Cold War. At the same time postnational order was proclaimed in which transnational alliances like the European Union were supposed to become more important in international relations. But we witnessed the rise a strong nationalism during the early 21st century instead, and right wing parties are able to gain more and more votes in elections that are often characterized by nationalist agendas. This volume shows how nationalist dreams and fears alike determine politics in an age that was supposed to witness a rather peaceful coexistence by those who consider transnational ideas more valuable than national demands. It will deal with different case studies to show why and how nationalism made its way back to the common consciousness and which elements stimulated the re-establishment of the aggressive nation state. The volume will therefore look at the continuities of empire, actual and imagined, the role of „foreign-“ and „otherness“ for nationalist narratives, and try to explain how globalization stimulated the rise of 21st century nationalisms as well.

This volume offers an introduction about theoretical concepts, forms, and the impact of genocidal violence. It thereby intends to serve as a source of texts that can be used in a variety of introductory courses on genocide and the violence that occurs during genocidal events in particular. It will consequently also offer a survey on debates and recent research about the history, sociology and psychology of violence.

Walter Rodney (1942–1980) was an intellectual, an activist, and a revolutionary who fought for a better future in many different contexts, but always for those who – due to colonialism, imperialism, and underdevelopment – had been oppressed for centuries. Rodney represented Pan Africanism, Black Power, and revolutionary thought at a time, when the existent order was challenged on a global scale. Through his scientific works and his activities as a »guerilla intellectual« Rodney challenged those in power and offered alternatives that especially poor and suppressed people could believe in. Rodney’s relation to the Black Power movement as well as his thoughts about revolutions and their aims are central aspects of this book, which will not only highlight the historical importance of Rodney, but also show that his ideas are worth studying in the 21st century as they possess a lot of value to this today.

Revolutions are an essential aspect of global modernity. It is therefore not surprising that intellectuals dreamt of revolutionary change in the future while reflecting about revolutions of the past. Frank Jacob traces this thought process for German left intellectuals of the »long« 19th century to show how revolutionary ideas were changed over time and in how far revolution theory was challenged and adjusted according to historical events and the actual experience of revolutions. Frank Jacobs book offers a longue durée approach to revolutionary ideas, as they were thought and expressed by German left intellectuals from the French to the Russian Revolution.

Immanuel Wallerstein's world-systems theory can help to better understand and describe developments of the 21st century. The contributors address the possibilities to reread Wallerstein's theoretical thoughts and ideas that are related to different disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The presented interdisciplinary approach of this anthology thereby intends to highlight the broader value of Wallerstein's ideas, even almost five decades after the famous sociologist and economic historian first expressed them.