Jean Sibelius’s Legacy
This conference proceedings draws upon the most current achievements of Sibelius research. It covers all of the genres in Sibelius’ production: orchestral works, incidental music, piano and chamber music, and songs, including both well-known works and rarities.
Personal Construct Psychology at 60
George Kelly’s personal construct theory was a radical new approach to psychology with a broad range of influence beyond the clinical setting. This volume presents contemporary applications, reflecting the continuing relevance and vitality of Kelly’s ideas and methods.
Symbols and Models in the Mediterranean
This anthology spans a vast chronology and territory, ranging from Old Kingdom Egypt to modern-day Slovenia. Each essay serves as a micro-study that demonstrates the many ways in which Mediterranean communities have co-opted, appropriated, and adapted symbols from one another.
The studies gathered here engage in different ways with the ideas of André Jolles (1874–1946), whose Einfache Formen (“Simple Forms”) was first published in 1930. This anthology will be of interest to scholars of medieval and early modern Spanish, Catalan and Latin literature.
Rejuvenating Medical Education
Returning to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey for inspiration, this monograph uses these epics as a medium through which we might think imaginatively about key issues in contemporary medicine and medical education.
Fictional Portrayals of Spain’s Transition to Democracy
Walsh looks at a selection of narratives published in Spain during the transition to democracy and compares them with more recent publications. She notes how fiction brings an extra dimension to the recreation of the past, by adding imagination to historical fact.
The fifteen chapters here look at a variety of popular and folk music from around the world, with examples of British, Slovene, Chinese and American songs, poems and musicals, demonstrating how lyrics set to music can reflect, express and construct collective identities.
Reflections on Persian Grammar
Soheili presents the first authoritative survey of the historical developments of Persian grammar, from the first attested work some 200 years ago to the present day. He examines the development of Persian linguistic thought in five different periods.
Crisis, Exposure, Imagination
Unprecedented crises expose new ways of understanding. This interdisciplinary volume examines the role of imagination in our response. Lifting the veil between crisis and creativity radically undoes the past, opens us to the future, and provides vision and hope.
Reshaping Opera
Trevisan holds up La Fenice, Venice’s main opera theater, as a successful example of a managerial turn in the performing arts that led to substantial improvements in efficiency and productivity levels. Her balanced critique also allows for critical reflection on arts management.
Cognitive science reveals how we truly learn. Aimed at teachers, this book provokes intellectual unease, challenging you to replace outdated ‘in-head theories’ with powerful, evidence-based teaching practices.
Baptiste explores the work of Frank Mundell, a late-Victorian author for the Sunday School Union. Mundell focused on heroism and represented various kinds of heroic deeds and figures, regardless of gender, in his books, and wrote for both educative and entertaining purposes.
This book introduces a new scientific approach to the economy: Socioeconomic Safety Management (SSM). Using risk models and analogies with engineering reliability, it shows how economic efficiency can increase when problems of socioeconomic safety are explored and managed.
Despite the enduring popularity of the works of Shadhiliyya master Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah, there has been no systematic analysis of his worldview. This book is the first study to highlight the interconnections in his writings, building a new understanding of his Sufism.
The Solidarity Economics in Ecuador
Solidarity economics introduces an outlook that emphasises the human being, ethics, and the environment. This collection of papers illustrates the pragmatic approach of researchers in Ecuador, providing answers to local problems like corruption, poverty, and income distribution.
Deriving from a conference on work and family, this book focuses on technology, managers, globalization, and gender, analysing the state of global affairs. It offers new approaches to how technology, globalization, managers and gender issues affect the work and family balance.
New Approaches and Tendencies in Entrepreneurial Management
This volume presents innovative approaches to international management, based on the latest scientific research. It is for management experts, researchers, and students who aspire to use the best practices of organisational leadership and entrepreneurial management.
This journal presents research on emotional intelligence, an important factor in the development of emotional competency and cognition. The contributions represent a useful resource for teachers and students of social sciences and adolescent psychology, and mental health workers.
The most significant phenomenon occurring around us today is the European crisis, whether in its political, economic, cultural or social manifestations. This volume brings together the contributions of twenty authors in response to this challenge.
Illicit Sex within the Justice System
This book exposes sexual immorality in the justice system. Researching scandals across the USA, it argues that when officials engage in misconduct, they forfeit their authority, leading to systemic breakdown and a dwindling power to enforce morality laws.
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