Books in the International Library of Ethnicity, Identity and Culture series

This lively interrogation of the building blocs of Western conceptions of a modern state is a classic text and is vital for all students of modern Islamic political thought.

By identifying the specific social and cultural meanings that the notions of home, identity, justice and suffering have come to have for both populations, Cyprus and its Places of Desire will appeal to scholars and students of Cypriot, Turkish and Greek history as well as those with an interest in the fields of anthropology, sociology and identity.

In an increasingly globalised world,the engagement of diasporic communities in trans-nationalism has become a potent force. This title argues that expanding the channels of communication have provided the Turkish state with more scope to mobilise its nationals abroad around official Kemalist ideology.

Austronesia is the vast oceanic region which stretches from Madagascar to Taiwan to New Zealand. In this book, the author argues that the diverse inhabitants of the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Guinea and Oceania show a common inheritance that extends beyond language.