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The Victorians and the Ancient World
Archaeology and Classicism in Nineteenth-Century Culture
The 19th century was preoccupied with antiquity. As new discoveries challenged the pre-eminence of Greece and Rome, the Victorians explored a complex tension between great civilisations and primitive barbarity, influencing all aspects of their culture.
The 19th century was preoccupied with antiquity. As new discoveries challenged the pre-eminence of Greece and Rome, the Victorians explored a complex tension between great civilisations and primitive barbarity, influencing all aspects of their culture.
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World Governance
Do We Need It, Is It Possible, What Could It (All) Mean?
Do we need a world government to ensure peace and well-being? While security and sustainability are strong arguments for it, many fear it would become tyrannical. This book explores the necessary components of an effective and just global order.
Do we need a world government to ensure peace and well-being? While security and sustainability are strong arguments for it, many fear it would become tyrannical. This book explores the necessary components of an effective and just global order.
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Gender mainstreaming is an essential strategy for equality, but it is plagued by conceptual confusion and practical challenges. This book critiques the politics of mainstreaming, using UK local government case studies to offer new insights for progress.
Gender mainstreaming is an essential strategy for equality, but it is plagued by conceptual confusion and practical challenges. This book critiques the politics of mainstreaming, using UK local government case studies to offer new insights for progress.
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A Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Analysis of English and Slovene Onomastic Phraseological Units
Of particular interest to scholars of Slavonic languages, this title provides cross-linguistic and cross-cultural research into an understudied segment of phraseology by utilising two databases composed from monolingual English and Slovene phraseological dictionaries.
Of particular interest to scholars of Slavonic languages, this title provides cross-linguistic and cross-cultural research into an understudied segment of phraseology by utilising two databases composed from monolingual English and Slovene phraseological dictionaries.
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Morality of the Past from the Present Perspective
Picture of Morality in Slovakia in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
This monograph explores morality in Slovakia during the first half of the 20th century. Set in its unique socio-political context, it examines the era's key philosophical, ethical, and professional aspects, and the reflection of morality in Slovak literature.
This monograph explores morality in Slovakia during the first half of the 20th century. Set in its unique socio-political context, it examines the era’s key philosophical, ethical, and professional aspects, and the reflection of morality in Slovak literature.
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The Life and Legacy of George Leslie Mackay
An Interdisciplinary Study of Canada’s First Presbyterian Missionary to Northern Taiwan (1872 – 1901)
This study explores George Leslie Mackay, a 19th-century Canadian missionary in Taiwan. He defied colonial norms by ordaining aboriginal ministers and marrying a Taiwanese woman, creating a unique “biculture” of foreign initiative and aboriginal agency.
This study explores George Leslie Mackay, a 19th-century Canadian missionary in Taiwan. He defied colonial norms by ordaining aboriginal ministers and marrying a Taiwanese woman, creating a unique “biculture” of foreign initiative and aboriginal agency.
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Recognized scholars offer insights into the political, social, and cultural transformations of our globalized world. These state-of-the-art essays explore diverse topics, emphasizing interconnectedness and geography's crucial role in shaping identity.
Recognized scholars offer insights into the political, social, and cultural transformations of our globalized world. These state-of-the-art essays explore diverse topics, emphasizing interconnectedness and geography’s crucial role in shaping identity.
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In the French Third Republic (1870-1914), literature was mobilized for political and social warfare. These essays analyze how literature became the site for fierce culture wars over national identity, secular education, women’s liberation, and more.
In the French Third Republic (1870-1914), literature was mobilized for political and social warfare. These essays analyze how literature became the site for fierce culture wars over national identity, secular education, women’s liberation, and more.
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Where does today's passionate intensity come from? To understand modern ideological enmity, this book investigates the propaganda of the past, from Hitler’s enemy images to the Rwandan genocide and the invisible enemies of the future.
Where does today’s passionate intensity come from? To understand modern ideological enmity, this book investigates the propaganda of the past, from Hitler’s enemy images to the Rwandan genocide and the invisible enemies of the future.
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Peter Pan and the Mind of J. M. Barrie
An Exploration of Cognition and Consciousness
Ridley considers the work of Barrie from the perspective of the science of his time and the insights of modern cognitive psychology, arguing that Barrie describes the limited mental abilities of infants and animals in order to illuminate the structure of human adult cognition.
Ridley considers the work of Barrie from the perspective of the science of his time and the insights of modern cognitive psychology, arguing that Barrie describes the limited mental abilities of infants and animals in order to illuminate the structure of human adult cognition.
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Wretched Refuge
Immigrants and Itinerants in the Postmodern
This book reimagines the immigrant experience as part of a larger motif: the postmodern itinerant. As a figure of displacement and dispersion, the itinerant suggests a cosmopolitan response to anxieties about global hegemony in works by Diaz, Lahiri, and others.
This book reimagines the immigrant experience as part of a larger motif: the postmodern itinerant. As a figure of displacement and dispersion, the itinerant suggests a cosmopolitan response to anxieties about global hegemony in works by Diaz, Lahiri, and others.
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On stage, hunger becomes a powerful spectacle. This volume explores the paradox of the thinning body, revealing how staged starvation—material, spiritual, and emotional—has shaped powerfully transgressive dramaturgies throughout history.
On stage, hunger becomes a powerful spectacle. This volume explores the paradox of the thinning body, revealing how staged starvation—material, spiritual, and emotional—has shaped powerfully transgressive dramaturgies throughout history.
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What would a piece of clay say if it could speak? This book revisits the enigma of the Phaistos Disc, exploring archaeological excavations, archaic languages, and myths to uncover new information and allow “The Stones to Speak.”
What would a piece of clay say if it could speak? This book revisits the enigma of the Phaistos Disc, exploring archaeological excavations, archaic languages, and myths to uncover new information and allow “The Stones to Speak.”
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You Gotta’ Stand Up
The Life and High Times of John Henry Faulk
Texas humorist and First Amendment advocate John Henry Faulk consciously risked a lucrative television career to bust the 1950s media blacklist. Known as “the man who broke the blacklist,” he spent a life baffling those who tried to pigeonhole him.
Texas humorist and First Amendment advocate John Henry Faulk consciously risked a lucrative television career to bust the 1950s media blacklist. Known as “the man who broke the blacklist,” he spent a life baffling those who tried to pigeonhole him.
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Manikin Plays
Two Contemporary Plays
Two plays reflecting on contemporary Indian society. Stone Idols deconstructs the Buddha myth to explore identity. The Beauty Parlour shows a woman victimized by the male gaze. The collection addresses sexuality and gender with innovative style and insight.
Two plays reflecting on contemporary Indian society. Stone Idols deconstructs the Buddha myth to explore identity. The Beauty Parlour shows a woman victimized by the male gaze. The collection addresses sexuality and gender with innovative style and insight.
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Censoring the 1970s
The BBFC and the Decade that Taste Forgot
This book explores the British Board of Film Censors in the 1970s. Beyond famous cases like A Clockwork Orange, it uses archival files to reveal a complex process of negotiation that saw the BBFC push cultural boundaries while facing accusations of bias.
This book explores the British Board of Film Censors in the 1970s. Beyond famous cases like A Clockwork Orange, it uses archival files to reveal a complex process of negotiation that saw the BBFC push cultural boundaries while facing accusations of bias.
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The Paris of the left is an icon, but the Paris of the right has received far less attention. This book examines the relationship between Paris and the right, exploring how political leaders controlled the city and how it inspired right-wing novelists.
The Paris of the left is an icon, but the Paris of the right has received far less attention. This book examines the relationship between Paris and the right, exploring how political leaders controlled the city and how it inspired right-wing novelists.
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Rock n Roll and Nationalism
A Multinational Perspective
In essays on countries from the United States to Russia, scholars, performers, and journalists explore the fascinating interplay between national identities and the rock music idiom, leading to a new understanding of rock and nationalism.
In essays on countries from the United States to Russia, scholars, performers, and journalists explore the fascinating interplay between national identities and the rock music idiom, leading to a new understanding of rock and nationalism.
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This collection provides a critical introduction to celebrated novelist David Peace. It explores his writings on the Yorkshire Ripper, the 1984 miners’ strike, and post-war Japan, offering an essential guide and unique insight into his canon to date.
This collection provides a critical introduction to celebrated novelist David Peace. It explores his writings on the Yorkshire Ripper, the 1984 miners’ strike, and post-war Japan, offering an essential guide and unique insight into his canon to date.
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This volume brings together thoughtful and provocative essays on the complex interrelationship of language, thought, and action. From popular to technical, light to deadly serious, this collection calls attention to the importance of language to politics.
This volume brings together thoughtful and provocative essays on the complex interrelationship of language, thought, and action. From popular to technical, light to deadly serious, this collection calls attention to the importance of language to politics.
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