This book generates solutions to radicalism by reexamining human nature through biology and Spinoza’s philosophy. This unique combination creates a “Spinozist” vision, suggesting psycho-sociogenic solutions to mitigate violent radicalism, accessible to experts and non-experts.
The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus Volume I
The syllabus of WWII’s ultra-secret Political Warfare Executive reveals for the first time the controversial methods of its elite propagandists. From delivering a lethal dose of propaganda to shaping a hidden vision for a British-led Europe, their dark arts shaped the continent.
Spatial Appropriations in Modern Empires, 1820-1960
This book offers fresh insights into colonial histories through spatial appropriations—the ways people claim a space as their own. These were not sites of simple domination or resistance, but complex interactions, explored on a journey from Russia to Africa in the imperial age.
Divine Sounds from the Heart—Singing Unfettered in their Own Voices
In a world dominated by male voices, medieval women saints embraced bhakti (devotion) as a form of resistance. They questioned society, family, and relationships, rejecting patriarchal control and finding their own voices by reimagining God as a lover, a husband, and a friend.
Jerusalem in Muhammad’s Strategy
This book is the first to study the political relationship between the Prophet Muhammad and Jerusalem. It reveals that Muhammad was the true planner of the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem, showing how he shaped the city’s image and built its status in the Muslim mind.
A History of Bristol Medical School
This book details the history of medicine and medical teaching in Bristol from the 16th century to the present. It covers the development of hospitals and healthcare, focusing on the origins of the Bristol Medical School and its relationship with other educational institutions.
Edward Thring’s Theory, Practice and Legacy
Edward Thring’s headmastership at Uppingham School from 1853 to 1887 engendered a balanced physical education within a sane but revolutionary educational framework. Tozer provides a history of Thring’s theory and the course of physical education in Britain since 1800.
Go beyond surface analysis to the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This book explores territorial disputes, identity struggles, and external influences, providing a nuanced understanding of the core issues and potential paths toward reconciliation.
Innovation is not simply making things easier, but shifting power. This book explores how innovation gives nations a strategic advantage, from historical economic revolutions to the financial impact of Artificial Intelligence and the future of innovation in the classroom.
This book explores the roles Nigerian women have played since pre-colonial times in shaping their culture and society. It highlights the effects of patriarchy, colonialism, and industry on women in Africa’s most populous country, making a major contribution to women’s history.
Medieval Legal and Political Thought
Far from “Dark,” the Middle Ages developed vital legal ideas to contain violence. This book reveals how religious law created new problems and argues that Renaissance thought began much earlier, blurring the line between the Medieval and Modern and leaving a lasting legacy.
This book explores the relationship between African American males and the police through their own eyes. It reveals this is not a black or white issue, but a global human problem, and is essential for understanding their realities, fears, and concerns.
Classics For All
Venture beyond the toga epic. This collection explores antiquity’s surprising legacy in TV, computer games, and B-movies, revealing how Greece and Rome continue to shape even the most cutting-edge corners of modern pop culture.
Challenging the official record, this book reveals the gruesome history of communism under Stalin and Mao and their confrontations with the West. A stark warning against totalitarianism and a powerful argument for freedom.
This book features 24 papers on ancient Greek science and technology, covering mathematics, physics, and engineering. Topics range from Plato’s mathematical concepts and Aristotle’s Physics to the Trojan Horse reconstruction and telecommunications in ancient Greece.
Narrating the Past
Narrative is an integral part of human existence, challenging the supremacy of empirical fact and our ability to know the past as it really was. Examining a wide range of texts, the essays in this volume reveal that all representations of the past are situated.
These wide-ranging essays are based on new research and linked by a vigorous methodology. Some re-visit well-known historians and subjects. Others make a convincing case for resurrecting the neglected or forgotten. All are problem solving and reach outwards, as well as inwards.
Empedocles of Acragas
Empedocles of Acragas is known as a philosopher, healer, excellent orator, miracle-maker, and engineer. Scholars, students and specialists will find in this book an analysis of his revolutionary writings, and confirmation that he was a multi-faceted and important thinker.
This is the first English-language study on Italy’s cultural relationships with China and Japan across the centuries. This collection explores topics from travel and the creative arts to politics and religion, featuring transcultural research from a global team of scholars.
This study of medieval travel writings from Europe and East Asia reveals a common literature of encounter. It shows striking similarities in how Eastern and Western travellers behaved in the face of difference, offering a precious lens into the world before globalization.