Social Sciences

The Spectacular In and Around Shakespeare

Edited By: Pascale Drouet

£34.99

This volume addresses the economy of the spectacular in Shakespeare’s plays, from early modern England to twenty-first-century adaptations. It asks what is behind the spectacular. Is there a manipulative purpose? How far-reaching are the political and ideological stakes?

A Pluralistic Universe

Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy, by William James; A New Philosophical Reading

Edited By: H.G. Callaway

£34.99

This new edition of William James’s classic, A Pluralistic Universe, critiques monism and explores philosophical alternatives. Featuring a new introduction and annotations, it casts light on James's legacy and its relevance to contemporary American society.

This new edition of William James’s classic, A Pluralistic Universe, critiques monism and explores philosophical alternatives. Featuring a new introduction and annotations, it casts light on James’s legacy and its relevance to contemporary American society.

Postmodern Ethics

The Re-appropriation of Committed Writing in the Works of Antonio Tabucchi and Leonardo Sciascia 1975-2005

By: Elizabeth Wren-Owens

£34.99

Postmodern Ethics offers a new reading of Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi. It argues that in a climate of postmodern doubt, the writers embraced the absence of fixed truths to forge a new kind of socio-political engagement through literature.

Myth

German and Scandinavian Studies

Edited By: Victoria Lenshyn, Evan Torner

£34.99

Myth presents interdisciplinary research on myths in German and Scandinavian societies. These essays analyze how cultural and social practices influence each other, showcasing new inquiries and methods across fields from history to film studies.

Interpreting the New Milenio

Edited By: M. Carmen Gómez Galisteo, José Antonio Gurpegui

£34.99

This collection of essays analyzes the past, present, and future of Chicano Literature. Covering well-known authors like Sandra Cisneros and lesser-known 19th-century Hispanic writers, it seeks the keys to interpret the challenges of the new millennium.

Evolutionary Aesthetics of Human Ethics in Hardy’s Tragic Narratives

By: Rıza Öztürk

£34.99

This analysis of Hardy’s tragedies finds his famed pessimism is a mask for evolutionary ethics. Women's suffering is an adapted parental investment in survival, a force of superiority granting greater fitness than the heroic deeds of men.

This analysis of Hardy’s tragedies finds his famed pessimism is a mask for evolutionary ethics. Women’s suffering is an adapted parental investment in survival, a force of superiority granting greater fitness than the heroic deeds of men.

Children, Identity and the Past

Edited By: Liv Helga Dommasnes, Melanie Wrigglesworth

£34.99

Fourteen authors present their work on children in past societies, from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages. These studies explore the lives and deaths of children, challenging our notions of the past. The past will never be the same after its children have entered the scene…

Neo-Romantic Landscapes

An Aesthetic Approach to the Films of Powell and Pressburger

By: Stella Hockenhull

£34.99

This reappraisal of Powell and Pressburger's films challenges their status as 'un-British' outsiders. Focusing on the use of landscape, it connects their wartime cinema to Neo-Romantic painting, resituating them firmly in British visual art traditions.

This reappraisal of Powell and Pressburger’s films challenges their status as ‘un-British’ outsiders. Focusing on the use of landscape, it connects their wartime cinema to Neo-Romantic painting, resituating them firmly in British visual art traditions.

Shifting Borders

Edited By: Jean-François Bélisle, Reid Cooper, Luke Nicholson

£34.99

Shifting Borders explores borders in visual culture. While globalization advocates for fewer national barriers, veiled borders rise to maintain cultural exclusion. These essays re-examine inherited knowledge to open up new understandings of cultural difference.

Making Peace In and With the World

The Gülen Movement and Eco-Justice

Edited By: Heon Kim, John Raines

£34.99

This study of the Gülen movement explores contemporary Islamic thought on eco-justice. It argues that true peace requires two dimensions: peace between differing human communities and peace between humanity and nature, challenging exclusivist views.

The East and the Idea of Europe

Edited By: Pekka Korhonen, Katalin Miklóssy

£34.99

How is the line between East and West drawn? This book examines the linguistic tools used to build and dismantle geopolitical boundaries, shaping identities and power struggles across the Eurasian space.

A Cognitive Approach to Adverbial Subordination in European Portuguese

The Infinitive, the Clitic Pronoun Se and Finite Verb Forms

By: Rainer Vesterinen

£34.99

This book challenges the traditional structural analysis of Portuguese adverbial clauses. It argues that the choice between infinitive and finite verb forms is not merely structural, but evokes different meanings determined by context and conceptual content.

Carver Across the Curriculum

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching the Fiction and Poetry of Raymond Carver

Edited By: Katherine Ashley, Paul Benedict Grant

£34.99

Carver Across the Curriculum presents innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to teaching Raymond Carver’s work. Drawing on international scholars, this collection is a guide and inspiration for instructors, offering new insights into his fiction and poetry.

Cultural Migrations and Gendered Subjects

Colonial and Postcolonial Representations of the Female Body

Edited By: Silvia Castro-Borrego, Maria Isabel Romero Ruiz

£34.99

This collection explores women's identities as migrant subjects. The essays examine the female body as a site of violence, fighting stereotypes and analyzing contemporary issues of race and gender through the lens of the colonial past.

This collection explores women’s identities as migrant subjects. The essays examine the female body as a site of violence, fighting stereotypes and analyzing contemporary issues of race and gender through the lens of the colonial past.

Mourning and Disaster

Finding Meaning in the Mourning for Hillsborough and Diana

By: Michael Brennan

£34.99

Why did the Hillsborough disaster and the death of Princess Diana provoke such contrasting scenes of public mourning? This book asks what these events reveal about society, identity, and the ways we grieve for those we don't know personally.

Searching for America

Essays on Art and Architecture

Edited By: Robert Sheardy Jr.

£34.99

These essays explore American paintings, prints, sculpture, and architecture from diverse, multidisciplinary points of view. From traditional analysis to post-modernist deconstruction, these critical works represent the multicultural identities of America.

Trauma, History, Philosophy (With Feature Essays by Agnes Heller and György Márkus)

Edited By: Murray Noonan, Matthew Sharpe

£34.99

In an age of terror, this essay collection explores trauma's renewed relevance, examining 9/11, the Shoah, and tyranny through the thought of Derrida, Zizek, Lacan, and Freud.

In an age of terror, this essay collection explores trauma’s renewed relevance, examining 9/11, the Shoah, and tyranny through the thought of Derrida, Zizek, Lacan, and Freud.

Irish Studies

Geographies and Genders

Edited By: Marti D. Lee, Ed Madden

£34.99

This collection of essays explores the intersection of gender, sexuality, and geography in Irish studies. From Magdalen laundries and prisons to the domestic garden, it examines the local and human contexts of identity formation and performance.

A Creative Passion

Anarchism and Culture

Edited By: Jeff Shantz

£34.99

Anarchism—the idea that people can live free from rulers—remains a misunderstood philosophy. This book offers insights into anarchist cultural practices, exploring how, as Bakunin proclaimed, the passion for destruction is also a creative passion.

Information and Communication Technology and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

From Theory to Practice

Edited By: Diane Poulin, Sébastien Tran

£34.99

ICT can be a source of competitive advantage for SMEs. This book provides a synthesis of the advantages of ICT, illustrating the technologies used with theoretical and practical views. It is an indispensable reference for both academics and practitioners.

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