Modern and Contemporary Taiwanese Philosophy
As mainland China rejected its philosophical heritage, Taiwanese thinkers did more than preserve it—they reinvented it. Engaging with Western thought, they forged complex new systems, creating a vital 20th-century legacy still largely unknown in the West.
Montaigne’s Essays
Montaigne’s essays probe the intimate feelings, anxieties, and hopes of daily life. This blend of his observations with the author’s offers a mirror to your own experiences, and the solace of knowing that his wisdom applies precisely to your world.
Second Language Teaching in the Digital Era
A guide to second language teaching in the digital era, this book merges theory and practice. It covers approaches for digital learners and presents case studies on applying and evaluating innovative technologies.
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
What are the implications for human society of a sophisticated extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) operating on Earth? This book explores this question from a multidisciplinary perspective. Any contact with ETI will be a paradigm changer, and we must prepare for this transition.
This book explores how Taiwanese scholars adapted French feminist theories, applying the concept of écriture féminine (“feminine writing”) to Taiwanese cinema. It analyzes how women’s voices emerge when the camera becomes a cinematic pen in films like The Butcher’s Wife.
In a technology-driven world, our devices are profoundly transforming us. This book explores how technology shapes our bodies—from hormones and brain organization to immune function—unveiling the resulting addictions, disorders, and major societal shifts.
Amid its greatest crisis, is the European Union doomed? This book reveals the EU’s revolutionary core: the historic overcoming of the nation state and the birth of a pioneering post-national democracy, a model for the future of global governance.
How do young Arab scholars interact with English literature? This book shows why courageous voices from the past, like Swift’s, must remain alive in a wasteland of globalization. Anarchist, champion of the oppressed, Swift’s ghost is needed to wake us to the truth.
We worship the Father, but do we truly know him? While we focus on Christ and the Spirit, the first Person of the Trinity is often neglected. This book explores his distinct nature, challenges our assumptions, and reveals how knowing the Father will transform your faith.
This book provides solutions for organizations to achieve competitive advantage. It reviews the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), considers the Six Sigma technique, and discusses the agile manufacturing (AM) approach.
Anger in the Long Nineteenth Century
This collection traverses anger studies from the Classical age to the present day. The book illustrates how literature documents and even institutionalizes primal, emotive outbursts, with analysis of works ranging from Aristotle and Seneca to Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Bronte.
This book challenges the myth that the UK’s post-war Welfare State was solely a Labour Party creation. It examines the contributions of figures like Churchill and Beveridge to argue that, over the half-century, the greater share of credit belongs to the Conservative Party.
Conservation of the Red Panda in the Eastern Himalayas
Explore the evolutionary history and conservation of red pandas in the Indian Himalayas. This book combines storytelling with scientific rigor to uncover the genetic saga of the red panda, their ever-changing world, and the urgency of conservation efforts.
English Studies in the 21st Century presents recent academic research on literary, cultural, and language studies. This collection challenges dominant perspectives on tradition while exploring contemporary topics like Neo-Victorianism, the Anthropocene, and posthumanism.
This book exposes the ‘unseen’ challenges of qualitative research. First-person accounts from diverse multicultural contexts reveal how researchers navigated ethical tensions, unequal power relations, and linguistic barriers. An invaluable resource with practical recommendations.
Conflict Reporting Strategies and the Identities of Ethnic and Religious Communities in Jos, Nigeria
This book examines journalistic strategies in reporting the ethnic and religious conflict in Jos, Nigeria. Placing media logics at the heart of the conflict, it proposes Solutions-Review Journalism as a new framework for conflict reporting.
The Making of Indigenous Australian Contemporary Art
This book reveals how Arnhem Land bark painting was critical to Indigenous contemporary art and self-determination. It charts the art’s trajectory from being understood as an ethnographic form to its appreciation as conceptual art with cultural agency and contemporaneity.
This volume offers a comprehensive, multilingual approach to the practice of translation and interpretation, shaped by global markets and advanced technologies. It provides a practice-oriented perspective on cross-cultural communication and is an accessible pedagogical resource.
This book applies new feminist and gender methodologies to biblical texts. It continues pioneering discussions while introducing new theories to challenge accepted interpretations and ideologies that reinforce patriarchal domination and injustice.
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.
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