This book proposes a new explanation for early modern philosophy. It suggests the concept of relation, grounded in causal influence, can illuminate developments concerning causality, sense perception, and substance, showing it is closer to Aristotle than supposed.
Working with Different Text Types in English and Arabic
An accessible course-book for students and practitioners of Arabic-English-Arabic translation. Incorporating both theory and application, it offers guidance on strategies for various text types, from legal and scientific to media and political, to help develop practical skills.
In this dictionary, 300 Greek maxims and proverbs are given, accompanied by their counterparts in 8 European languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, and Russian. Moreover, the introduction relates the history, origin and importance of proverbs.
This book investigates the meaning of God’s existence. After reviewing classic proofs, it suggests a new meaning: God as a connector between entities. This idea sheds new light on the mind-body problem, free will, the laws of nature, and the impact of modern physics on belief.
Kılıç re-reads Milton’s Paradise Lost in the light of his political views as reflected in his earlier political pamphlets. He argues that, using his epic poem as a medium of expression, Milton created a political subtext which reflected the social panorama of his England.
Inspired by a pantheist worldview, this text advocates an alternative globalization based not on the economy and politics, but on humanity’s transcendence to a collective consciousness, presenting a counter-trend against nationalism, religious extremism, xenophobia, and racism.
Land Writings
Arranging itself around a number of journeys in pursuit of the early twentieth century poet and nature writer, this monograph provides a personal and moving tale of encountering literature in landscape, retreading Edward Thomas’s footprints for the last four years of his life.
The Language of Literature and its Meaning
Exploring how the language of literature and its meaning have been dealt with in both Indian and Western aesthetic thinking, Shrawan focuses on the intersections between the theories of vakrokti and Russian formalism, and those between dhvani and deconstruction.
This volume explores the social, historical and cultural dimensions of medicine. It covers medical knowledge, public health, and the experience of illness, raising ethical and philosophical questions that will open up new vistas of study for the reader.
Reflections on Contemporary Values, Beliefs and Behaviours
This book presents important issues that affect us all, from sex and religion to parenting and self-confidence. Illustrated with personal anecdotes and contrasting philosophy with science, it explores why our advanced world still faces unhappiness and conflict.
Humanistic Philosophizing
Philosophy is the project of seeking for answers to “the big questions” regarding the condition of man, the nature of Reality, and man’s place within its scheme of things. Against this background, Rescher considers some major areas of philosophical concern.
Managerial Intelligence
Through a comprehensive framework, this text condenses over 60 years of clinical efforts in hundreds of organizations into a set of clear, concise, understandable principles and concepts that can be applied by managers to improve their performance and that of their organizations.
Sociothermodynamics
Why do social groups segregate in hard times and mix in affluent ones? This book uses game theory and thermodynamics to show that segregation can be beneficial for all—like sugar separating in cold water. In the long run, however, social evolution leads to a homogeneous mix.
Conflict Analysis and Transformation
This book is a concise guide on how to analyze and address conflict to transform relationships and work towards peace with justice. It details a systematic process and offers a framework to build cultures of peace, based on a critical analysis of hegemony and power.
Since the “cultural turn” in the 1990s, increasing attention has been paid to ideological concerns and gender issues in translation studies. This volume is a further illustration of this trend, offering insights into various cross-cultural, geographical and historical contexts.
This innovative volume will serve to provoke cognitive dissonance and intellectual unease, as it explores cognitive theories and inspires researchers and teachers to update and invigorate some of the theories that have been embedded in their minds since their own school years.
Europe’s Hybrid Threats
Hybrid threats from state and non-state actors pose considerable challenges to EU and NATO allies. This volume presents expert analyses on these transnational security issues and the need for effective Euro-Atlantic cooperation. An essential source for scholars and practitioners.
Mammadov covers a broad range of issues in the studies of text and discourse, combining a theoretical framework with empirical engagement. In doing so, he brings together various approaches to these two phenomena from the structural, functional and cognitive perspectives.
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.
This title endeavours to create a general aesthetics to face the problem of mimesis and subordination of art, using the ancient concept of continuity. As such, it is of special interest to readers of aesthetic and critical thinking, and literary and sociocultural scholars.
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