Nathan Brown

This timely and critically important work does what hostilities in the Middle East have made nearly impossible: it offers a measured, internal perspective on Palestinian politics, viewing emerging political patterns from the Palestinian point of view rather than through the prism of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Based on groundbreaking fieldwork, interviews with Palestinian leaders, and an extensive survey of Arabic-language writings...

Something happened. Something happened that was so significant that every year we pause and sing songs about it, share gifts with each other and re-tell the story. Something happened that changed everything. Something good. When a child is born, it’s natural for parents to be in awe, wondering who their precious baby will grow up to be. But the birth...

Baudelaire’s Shadow explores the complex and multifaceted work of Baudelaire, whose fame and notoriety have often been reduced to simplified profiles: the poet of the modern city, of erotic obsession, of Satanic revolt, of colonial fantasies, of mystical correspondences, and of corporeal decay. But what binds these facets of his work together? Is there a logic that underpins the proliferation...