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BEST OF THE BACKLIST Waking, Dreaming, Being

Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy Evan Thompson Foreword by Stephen Batchelor

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE

Evan Thompson combines the latest neuroscience research on sleep, dreaming, and meditation with Indian and Western philosophy of mind, casting new light on the self and its relation to the brain.

$22.95 / £18.99 paper 978-0-231-13695-2 $32.95 / £28.00 cloth 978-0-231-13709-6 2014 496 pages

Buddhism and Medicine

An Anthology of Premodern Sources Edited by C. Pierce Salguero

This anthology combines dozens of Englishlanguage translations of premodern Buddhist texts with contextualizing introductions by leading international scholars in Buddhist studies, history of medicine, and a range of other fields.

$170.00 / £144.00 cloth 978-0-231-17994-2 2017 728 pages 28 illus. The Holocaust and the Nakba

A New Grammar of Trauma and History Edited by Bashir Bashir and Amos Goldberg

Foreword by Elias Khoury Afterword by Jacqueline Rose

In this groundbreaking book, leading Arab and Jewish intellectuals examine how and why the Holocaust and the Nakba are interlinked without blurring fundamental differences between them. Focusing on similarities and differences, contributors pave the way for a new political, historical, and moral grammar that enables a joint ArabJewish dwelling and supports historical reconciliation in Israel/Palestine.

$42.00 / £35.00 paper 978-0-231-18297-3 $135.00 / £112.00 cloth 978-0-231-18296-6 2018 424 pages 33 illus.

RELIGION, CULTURE, AND PUBLIC LIFE

Black Gods of the Asphalt

Religion, Hip-Hop, and Street Basketball

Onaje X. O. Woodbine

Through interviews with and observations of urban basketball players, Onaje X. O. Woodbine composes a rare portrait of a passionate, committed, and resilient group of athletes who use the court to mine what urban life cannot corrupt. If people turn to religion to reimagine their place in the world, then black streetball players are indeed the hierophants of the asphalt.

$23.00 / £18.99 paper 978-0-231-17729-0 $32.00 / £28.00 cloth 978-0-231-17728-3 2016 224 pages