Postcolonialism, Islam, and Contemporary Germany

ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL CHALLENGES

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The ethics of postmortem examinations in contemporary Islam.

Postmortem examinations have recently become common practice in Western medicine: they are used to verify the cause of death and to obtain additional scientific information on certain diseases, as well as to train medical students. For religious people of the monotheistic faiths postmortems present several ethical questions even though the advantages attributed to postmortems in the West are al...

Colonialism and Postcolonialism: Psychological Dimensions

European colonial powers invaded then dominated a large part of the world from the Renaissance to the middle of the twentieth century. Across this long history and numerous geographical settings, colonialism took various forms, was associated with diverse practices, and was justifi ed by different ideologies. However, it created unprecedented situations of encounters between the original inhabi...

Playing Subaltern: Videogames and Postcolonialism

The postcolonial has still remained on the margins of Game Studies, which has now incorporated at length, contemporary debates of race, gender and other areas that challenge the canon. It is difficult to believe, however, that postcolonial ideas do not influence the way in which videogames are perceived; the effect, it can be argued, is often subtle. For the millions of Indian gamers, it is a m...