Nichola Khan Libri

Focusing on the everyday factors that contribute to long-term engagement in extreme political violence in urban Pakistan, this book offers a critical perspective on radicalization and its implications. It engages with ongoing debates about the nature of violence, providing innovative insights relevant to similar conflicts in Pakistan and other developing nations. Through its analysis, the book aims to deepen the understanding of the dynamics of political extremism and its societal roots.

Focusing on the intersection of colonial trauma and family dynamics, the book explores the experiences of Chinese families in British Hong Kong and Anglo-Chinese families in England. It emphasizes the often-overlooked narratives of women and critiques traditional accounts of colonial history. By linking personal and collective trauma to physical ailments like tuberculosis and asthma, it introduces the concept of "respiratory politics," reflecting on how these issues resonate with contemporary challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and historical fears of suffocation.

This brief book introduces the ways in which contemporary anthropology engages with the psych disciplines: psychology, psychiatry, and medicine.