When geopolitical changes occur, they alter our identity. This book looks at contemporary history with new eyes, from a scholarly perspective that cancels borders. It explores migration, geopolitics, and human rights, making the old self-other dichotomy obsolete.
Aldo Capitini on Opposition and Liberation
Imprisoned as an anti-fascist, philosopher Aldo Capitini developed a civil rights movement between that of Martin Luther King and Gandhi. He championed nonviolence and social change from the bottom-up, proving that “today’s utopia can be tomorrow’s reality”.
The Jewish Diaspora after 1945
For millennia, Jews played an integral role in the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, and North Africa. The 1948 establishment of Israel was a transformational event leading to their mass expulsion and emigration, ending the existence of these vital communities.
This book develops a formal treatment of causation in mathematical models, replacing existing treatments which are often vague and unsatisfactory. Theory is accompanied by extensive examples from economics, and will be extremely useful in economics, biology, and biomedicine.
An Interactive Approach to Enhancing Early Word Learning
This volume translates complex research on child language into accessible strategies for parents and professionals. It informs best practices for building vocabulary from the ground up, enhancing word learning even before infants produce their first words to prevent delays.
Fitness Philanthropy
This book explores the boom in fitness fundraising, where sports-based charity events unite corporate marketing, medical research, and social causes. It examines the motivations of participants, donors, and sponsors, offering a new analysis of sport, health, and civic engagement.
This volume challenges how we think about pain and pleasure. It explores their literary expression as potent forces that shape both writer and reader, forging new meaning for these experiences in a world defined by the dynamics of power.
Paul C. Mocombe’s theory of phenomenological structuralism reveals language’s dual role: to capture reality and structure our world, even as we use ego-centered discourse to defer meaning.
Understanding Anne Enright is an introduction to one of the most original contemporary Irish writers. It analyses the evolution of themes and forms in her work, particularly her treatment of the corporeality of women’s experiences and the embodied language of her fiction.
Moving Pictures
This book argues that the most illuminating perspective for studying movies is ‘play’. Moving pictures were a major ludenic innovation, becoming a source of human knowledge and an important medium of not only popular entertainment, but also popular enlightenment.
Polish and Irish Struggles for Self-Determination
This book explores the little-known links between the Polish and the Irish. Subject to foreign rule, both nations fought for independence and were among the first to grant women voting rights, revealing a shared struggle for autonomy, mutual assistance, and self-organization.
Disruptions in Economic and Social Polity
Capitalism is in crisis and the neoliberal model has failed, causing major economic and social disruptions. This book analyzes these global issues, with particular reference to India, to find a direction for change and detail plans for future actions.
This book is an intensive case study of an Indian state representative of the country’s Muslim minorities. It investigates the problems of promoting inclusive higher education and presents findings useful for reshaping minority education plans and policies in India.
The Politics of Culture
This volume examines the impact of popular culture on politics and social issues. Contributions explore diverse topics including ecofeminism, queer identity, socio-political satire, and conservatism, showcasing the interplay between the personal and the political.
Animals and Humans in German Literature, 1800-2000
These 10 essays explore the relationship between animality and poetics in German-language literature since the 19th century. Revising cultural dichotomies, they consider animals not as objects, but as active agents that have left forgotten traces in texts.
This ground-breaking work explains the power of literary fiction. It expands the field of pragmatics to give due to the three fictional actors—author, character and reader—by bringing together Anglo-American pragmatics and European philosophy.
Media Rhetoric
This volume considers how media alters persuasive communication—how we think, argue, and feel. Focusing on advertising and digital media, scholars from around the world demonstrate how persuasive speech is exerted in, through, and by the media in the 21st century.
Elements of Peacemaking Revolutions
Intractable conflict traps generation after generation in a chain of destruction. This book introduces the study of peacemaking revolutions, a process required to turn opposing parties into a community and build a peaceful society.
The Creative Process
This book uses psychoanalysis, Marxism, and other theories to analyze creativity. It argues that everyone is creative, relating the concept to humor and everyday life—from TikTok to bagels. Includes the author’s drawings and journal notes that show his thinking process.
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