Social Sciences – Page 214 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Distributing Worlds through Aesthetic Encounters

Edited By: Sarah A. Mattice, Joshua Stoll, Shuchen Xiang

£58.99

This collection of papers on comparative philosophy challenges academic philosophy’s focus on Western thought. By opening a dialogue across cultures, these chapters explore philosophy's politico-aesthetic dimension, demonstrating the equality of marginalized voices.

This collection of papers on comparative philosophy challenges academic philosophy’s focus on Western thought. By opening a dialogue across cultures, these chapters explore philosophy’s politico-aesthetic dimension, demonstrating the equality of marginalized voices.

Transgender Children and Young People

Born in Your Own Body

Edited By: Heather Brunskell-Evans, Michele Moore

From £39.99

This collection approaches the current theory and practice of transgendering children. Essays are written against the grain of the popularised medical definition of ‘the transgender child’ as a young person whose ‘true’ gender lies in the brain, or pre-social ‘identity’.

Comparative Examinations of Cleaned Paint Surfaces

Edited By: Paul-Bernhard Eipper

From £32.99

This volume explains methods for examining oil and acrylic paint surfaces. It compares untreated and treated samples of historic and modern paints to reveal ideal cleaning systems, presenting tests of materials ranging from demineralized water and sponges to detergents.

Politics and Poetics of Belonging

Edited By: Mounir Guirat

£61.99

The contributions here bear witness to the fact that belonging is a multi-faceted concept that necessitates different and shifting idioms of expression. Informed by current debates, they propose new critical directions in understanding national and transnational belonging.

Political Philosophy in Motion *.mkv

By: Dan Dungaciu

£61.99

This book offers a precise way of “looking at things” to re-define the relationship between film and political philosophy. It provides new reflections on the domain’s themes, appealing to academics interested in political philosophy, media studies, and cultural studies.

Languaging Diversity Volume 3

Language(s) and Power

Edited By: Elena Digiovanni, Francesca Raffi

£61.99

Languages, diversity and power. This volume explores how power relations are expressed and enforced through language. From TV courtrooms to post-war cinema and filmmaking in Africa, the contributions span decades and continents, providing in-depth analyses of diverse contexts.

Berkeley’s Theory of Radical Dependence

By: Gavan Jennings

£58.99

Jennings traces the theory of Radical Dependence through its various forms in Berkeley’s philosophical works, showing how this idea unifies Berkeley’s various phases of philosophical development.

Sidney, Spenser and the Royal Reader

By: Shormishtha Panja

£61.99

Elizabeth I’s controversial marriage proposal angered courtiers Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser, who used their writing to express their dissent. This book interweaves history and literature to analyze the workings of gender, desire, politics, and poetics in her reign.

International Journal of Business Anthropology, Volume 7 (1)

Edited By: Gang Chen

£58.99

This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.

Arctic Modernities

The Environmental, the Exotic and the Everyday

Edited By: Heidi Hansson, Anka Ryall

From £35.99

The modern Arctic is more than melting glaciers; it's a mix of indigenous tradition and a mundane everyday. This volume examines how heroic images continue to shape our view of the region: as a utopian future, a symbol of modernity, or a mythic, nostalgic past.

The modern Arctic is more than melting glaciers; it’s a mix of indigenous tradition and a mundane everyday. This volume examines how heroic images continue to shape our view of the region: as a utopian future, a symbol of modernity, or a mythic, nostalgic past.

Charlotte de La Trémoïlle, the Notorious Countess of Derby

By: Sandy Riley

£61.99

“Three women ruined the Kingdom: Eve, The Queen and the Countess of Derby.” This biography pieces together the life of Charlotte de La Trémoïlle, a Huguenot who defended Lathom House during a brutal siege and was the only woman sequestered by Oliver Cromwell’s Parliament.

Islām and the People of the Book Volumes 1-3

Critical Studies on the Covenants of The Prophet

Edited By: John Andrew Morrow

From £78.99

Over forty-five academics present scholarly studies on the treaties Prophet Muhammad concluded with Jewish, Christian, and other communities. This work offers unprecedented insight into the pluralistic nature of the state he created and includes translations of his Six Covenants.

Hidden Legacies of Baroque Thought in Contemporary Literature

The Realms of Eternal Present

By: Jelena Todorović

£58.99

This monograph presents, from the point of view of the early modern historian, the legacy of Baroque thought in modern and contemporary literature. It highlights the patterns of thought that our time owes to the age of Baroque, namely both temporal and spatial plurality.

Archaeological Approaches to Shamanism

Mind-Body, Nature, and Culture

Edited By: Dragoş Gheorghiu, Herman Bender, Emilia Pásztor, George Nash

£61.99

This anthology delves into both ancient and modern shamanism, demonstrating its longevity and spatial distribution. It discusses the clear associations with this sometimes little-understood ritualised practice, and asks what exactly shamanism is.

Contemporary Identity and Memory in the Borderlands of Poland and Germany

By: Aleksandra Binicewicz

£70.99

Binicewicz analyses issues associated with the contemporary and memory in the Polish-German borderlands, showing it to be a complex, multidimensional cultural and geographic area.

The Invention of Northern Aesthetics in 18th-Century English Literature

By: Yvonne Bezrucka

From £29.99

To challenge Europe's dominant aesthetics, 18th-century Britain forged a new 'Northern' identity. This book explores the roots of British Romanticism in a celebrated past of Celtic heroes, King Arthur, and the fantasy world of myth.

To challenge Europe’s dominant aesthetics, 18th-century Britain forged a new ‘Northern’ identity. This book explores the roots of British Romanticism in a celebrated past of Celtic heroes, King Arthur, and the fantasy world of myth.

Social, Cultural, and Psychological Resonance in John B. Keane’s The Field

What Lies Beneath

By: Brian Devaney

£61.99

This book explores the cultural and psychological resonances in John B. Keane’s masterpiece, The Field. Applying psychological and post-colonial filters, it analyzes representations of gender and history to encourage a re-appraisal of this often overlooked Irish playwright.

Challenges in the Construction of an Inclusive Society

Edited By: António Lopes, Merja de Mattos-Parreira

£58.99

Is intercultural exchange truly possible in societies riddled with tensions? This collection of studies addresses the challenges posed by diversity and inequality in the construction of inclusive societies.

Power in Politics and Academia in Jonathan Coe’s Novels

By: Denisa Dumitrascu

£64.99

Dumitrașcu explores the intricate manifestations of contemporary power and the “resistance” and reaction to the dominant discourse in Jonathan Coe’s political fiction, covering the dismantling of the British social-democratic consensus, up to the new ideology of “Globalism.”

Exploring the Old Stone Town of Mogadishu

By: Nuredin Hagi Scikei

£61.99

Explore the incredible and neglected history of Mogadishu, a prosperous medieval trading city and cultural crossroad. Rich and rare photographic evidence reveals its mosques, ruins, and residences—medieval treasures threatened by destruction and decline.