Reluctant Modernization
Reluctant Modernization

Author: Andreas Hess

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9783039119080

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Three institutions that are of particular importance to Basque history and culture are the main subject of this book: the basseria (the Basque farmstead), the cofradia (the fraternity of fishermen) and the txoko (gastronomic society).

Basque Violence
Basque Violence

Author: Joseba Zulaika

Publisher: University of Nevada Press

Published: 2000-09-21

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0874175321

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This book captures the complexity and humanity of one of the most agonizing of contemporary problems—that of terrorist violence. Basque Violence is in fact a pioneering attempt to give a fully contextualized, cultural account of the endemic conflict engaging Basque villagers both as protagonists and as spectators. The author focuses on his native village of Itziar in the province of Guipúzcoa, and many of the Basque activists he discusses are friends from his youth. They are now lionized by the villagers despite the fact that their actions have become increasingly problematic for the villagers themselves. Far from being the work of a “terrorism expert” seeking counter-insurgency solutions or concentrating on the usual search for the causes and consequences of violence, this study attempts instead to understand the conscious and unconscious presuppositions of the violence. The author becomes the narrator of a drama of Homeric proportions in which ordinary men are forced into acts of heroism and errors of tragic consequence.

Terrorism and the Politics of Social Change
Terrorism and the Politics of Social Change

Author: James Dingley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-16

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1317045998

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Terrorism and political violence have invariably accompanied the progressive modernization of states; a socio-cultural reaction to the problems of social change and development. To understand this phenomenon, it is necessary to consider the nature of traditional society and how it differs from modernity. Starting with a basic history of modern terrorism, James Dingley uses a Durkheimian sociological framework to dissect the role of social relations, culture and religion in impelling men and women to defend their socio-cultural context with violence against the challenge of external forces. Placing emphasis on a historical and social understanding of violence and key issues such as nationalism, religion, science, the Enlightenment and Romanticism for understanding terrorism in all its forms, this book allows for a more critical examination of terrorism as a response to changes in the organization and cultural goals in a society. It is a decisive contribution to our understanding of the political and social relevance of terrorism as we know and experience it today.

Alternative countrysides
Alternative countrysides

Author: Jeremy Macclancy

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0719098505

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This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. A fresh anthropological look at a central but neglected topic: the profound changes in rural life throughout Western Europe today. As locals leave for jobs in cities they are replaced by neo-hippies, lifestyle-seekers, eco-activists, and labour migrants from beyond the EU. With detailed ethnographic examples, contributors analyse new modes of living rurally and emerging forms of social organisation. As incomers’ dreams come up against residents’ realities, they detail the clashes and the cooperations between old and new residents. They make us rethink the rural/urban divide, investigate regionalists’ politicisation of rural life and heritage, and reveal how locals use EU monies to prop up or challenge existing hierarchies. They expose the consequences of and reactions to grand EU-restructuring policies, which at times threaten to turn the countryside into a manicured playground for escapee urbanites. This book will appeal to anyone seriously interested in the realities of rural life today.

The Regions of Spain
The Regions of Spain

Author: Robert Kern

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1995-10-10

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13:

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This is a detailed reference book on Spanish history, life, and culture from prehistory to 1994. It is presented in English and is organised by region and province. It is designed to assist students and interested readers in identifying and understanding regional and provincial history.

Mountain Worlds
Mountain Worlds

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13:

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Examines the mountains of the world and the people who inhabit them.