Social Sciences

Contact in Context

Edited By: Sandhya Patel

£39.99

This volume considers the European contexts framing cultural contact. Essays explore encounters far afield and ‘contact within’ Europe, as the arrival of other peoples displaced interaction from distant beaches to European towns and cities.

Voglio morire! Suicide in Italian Literature, Culture, and Society 1789-1919

Edited By: Paolo L. Bernardini, Anita Virga

£49.99

In 19th-century Italy, suicide transformed from a rare sin into a widespread phenomenon. This book provides the first interdisciplinary account, exploring it through literature, art, and politics, and examining major figures like Leopardi and Salgari.

Language Teachers’ Narratives of Practice

Edited By: Lesley Harbon, Robyn Moloney

£44.99

This collection of essays shares personal and professional stories by language teachers in diverse Australian contexts. See how their narratives shape classroom practice, offering a practical resource and case studies for teachers and educators.

Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society

Edited By: David Henderson

£44.99

This collection offers lively and informed discussions of important themes in contemporary psychoanalytic discourse. These essays demonstrate that the future of psychoanalytic studies is full of promise.

Imaginaries Out of Place

Cinema, Transnationalism and Turkey

Edited By: Gökçen Karanfil, Serkan Şavk

£44.99

These bold essays engage the question of transnational cinema in the context of Turkish national identity. This collection is essential reading for those interested in migrant cultures, hybrid identities, and new forms of belonging.

De-Centring Cultural Studies

Past, Present and Future of Popular Culture

Edited By: Patricia Bastida-Rodríguez, José Igor Prieto-Arranz

£49.99

This volume proves that cultural studies is blooming, even in Southern and Eastern Europe. These interdisciplinary essays explore the borders between popular and canonical culture, studying film, pop music, and literature from the perspectives of gender and age.

Discourses on Immigration in Times of Economic Crisis

A Critical Perspective

Edited By: Maria Martinez Lirola

£49.99

This book examines the discursive and visual elements that reproduce ethnic and racial prejudices in press discourse on immigration, particularly in times of economic crisis when immigrants are often framed as a "people-problem".

Regarding the Mind, Naturally

Naturalist Approaches to the Sciences of the Mental

Edited By: Marcin Milkowski, Konrad Talmont-Kaminski

£44.99

This book asks philosophical questions about the mind in the context of recent developments in cognitive science and evolutionary theory. Using naturalistic approaches, it explores the mind's place in the world and re-examines traditional philosophical issues.

This book asks philosophical questions about the mind in the context of recent developments in cognitive science and evolutionary theory. Using naturalistic approaches, it explores the mind’s place in the world and re-examines traditional philosophical issues.

Ethnicity and Intercultural Dialogue at the European Union Eastern Border

Edited By: Mircea Brie, Sorin Sipos

£59.99

Ethnicity and religious confession generate intense controversy. Diversity can lead to either cooperation or conflict. We face discrimination, marginalization, and the inequitable distribution of power. Intercultural dialogue is essential to build a multicultural society.

Philosophy For, With, and Of Children

Edited By: Monica B. Glina

£44.99

Philosophy for Children has spawned diverse practices and theories, leading to different conceptions of its purpose. This collection explores the field’s many directions, revealing the tensions and synergies between competing agendas.

Esthetic Experiments

Interdisciplinary Challenges in American Studies

Edited By: Marek Wojtaszek

£39.99

This book investigates the cultural and political aspects of technology in American society. Presenting critical accounts of writing, media, surveillance, and war, these essays explore the coalescence of technology and text to reformulate the American experience.

Henry James and the Poetics of Duplicity

Edited By: Annick Duperray, Adrian Harding, Dennis Tredy

£44.99

This collection of essays by international scholars explores Henry James's use of duplicity—a key strategy in his arsenal of ambiguity. The essays examine duplicitous characters, subtexts, and self-representation in his fiction and non-fiction.

This collection of essays by international scholars explores Henry James’s use of duplicity—a key strategy in his arsenal of ambiguity. The essays examine duplicitous characters, subtexts, and self-representation in his fiction and non-fiction.

New Trends in Italian Cinema

"New" Neorealism

Edited By: Carmela Scala

£39.99

Far from being exhausted, the spirit of Italian Neorealism continues to sustain contemporary artists. The essays in this collection highlight how filmmakers recapture the ethical and moral urgency of the masterpieces of Rossellini, De Sica, and Visconti.

A Just World

Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Social Justice

Edited By: Heon Kim

£39.99

Scholars from diverse disciplines offer a multi-disciplinary analysis of social justice. Addressing today's most pressing problems, this volume reveals deep-seated causes and provides practical, sustainable solutions toward a more just world.

Scholars from diverse disciplines offer a multi-disciplinary analysis of social justice. Addressing today’s most pressing problems, this volume reveals deep-seated causes and provides practical, sustainable solutions toward a more just world.

Essays in Defence of the Female Sex

Custom, Education and Authority in Seventeenth-Century England

By: Manuela D’Amore, Michèle Lardy

£49.99

This volume explores the pivotal figures and contradictions of the *querelle des femmes* in Stuart England. Through an analysis of early feminist pamphlets, it sheds light on women’s difficult path towards emancipation and a new kind of thought.

The Communicative Mind

A Linguistic Exploration of Conceptual Integration and Meaning Construction

By: Line Brandt

£69.99

This multifaceted investigation into linguistic meaning argues for the indispensability of dialogue in cognition. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy, and literary studies, it demonstrates the centrality of subjectivity and turn-taking interaction in natural semantics.

Resource Curse Reduction through Innovation – A Blessing for All – The Case of Kuwait

By: Meshaal Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah

£39.99

This book explores how Kuwait can convert its oil “resource curse” into a blessing. It considers the strategic points surrounding oil governance and its implication for growth, arguing that a planned investment in innovation is critical for development.

The Chinese Chameleon Revisited

From the Jesuits to Zhang Yimou

Edited By: Zheng Yangwen 鄭揚文

£49.99

This volume examines portrayals of the Middle Kingdom by focusing on the “producers” and “consumers” of China's image. It shows how Western writers often reveal more about their own contexts, making the country a mirror for their anxieties and ambitions.

This volume examines portrayals of the Middle Kingdom by focusing on the “producers” and “consumers” of China’s image. It shows how Western writers often reveal more about their own contexts, making the country a mirror for their anxieties and ambitions.

Metaphors for, in and of Education Research

Edited By: Andy Davies, Warren Midgley, Karen Trimmer

£44.99

This book explores metaphors as instruments for describing, understanding, and inspiring education research. Authors show how metaphors provide new perspectives on the philosophical assumptions and methodological issues of research.

Clusivity

A New Approach to Association and Dissociation in Political Discourse

By: Anna Ewa Wieczorek

£44.99

This book develops an original framework for analyzing inclusion and exclusion in political discourse. It proposes a model explaining how speakers create 'us' vs. 'them' through tactics of association and dissociation to legitimize their power.

This book develops an original framework for analyzing inclusion and exclusion in political discourse. It proposes a model explaining how speakers create ‘us’ vs. ‘them’ through tactics of association and dissociation to legitimize their power.

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