How are tourism and colonization related? This book explores the development of tourism in French Indochina from the early 1900s to WWII, revealing how it was used as a political tool to promote the colony and attract future colonists.
“We Learned that We are Indivisible”
A first-rate team of scholars examines the Shenandoah Valley’s Civil War story. This collection of essays explores leadership, key battles, the war’s impact on the diverse population, and postwar reconciliation efforts in the “Breadbasket of the Confederacy.”
A Short History of the Church of England
This book retraces the history of the Church of England, focusing on the complex relations between Church and State and the theological battles that have defined it. Today, its fragile unity is threatened by internal feuds and a secularizing society.
These essays advance the philosophical understanding of causation, agency, and moral responsibility. The volume investigates important questions: Can causation be perceived? Is a causal relation a necessary condition for moral responsibility?
Meaning and λόγος
This volume brings together approaches from across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences to explore the theme of “meaning and λόγος.” Topics range from Urartian archaeology and Roman sculpture to Peppa Pig, brain imaging, heavy metal, and Belfast murals.
Margaret Atwood’s Apocalypses features essays on Atwood’s poetry, The Handmaid’s Tale, and the MaddAddam trilogy. The collection traces the theme of apocalypse through her work using lenses like disability studies, theology, and ecofeminism.
Intercultural Dialogue
This book offers a philosophical analysis of intercultural dialogue as an alternative to “culture wars.” Drawing on diverse philosophical traditions, it argues that solutions to world problems require a dialogical transformation of society for a cosmopolitan order of peace.
International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis
This volume explores use-wear studies as a proxy for prehistoric techno-cultural reconstruction. Discussing various research methods, techniques, chronologies, and regions, this book will be of interest to both archaeologists and anthropologists.
This book argues that incorporating identity and culture is essential for community development globally. Treating culture as an intrinsic asset is beneficial for all community action, from social cohesion to economic development.
Reconsidering the Origins of Recognition
A new generation of researchers explores German idealism’s central topic: recognition. Overcoming classical divisions, they offer critical re-readings of foundational texts, showing how this philosophy continues to inspire new generations of thinkers.
Perception of English
This book examines perceptions of English in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim community. Studying universities, it reveals English is viewed as a tool for advancement, yet creates tensions with the Indonesian language and national identity, demanding a new balance.
A Different Germany
A Different Germany looks at film, popular literature, and theatre to show how diverse communities are thriving. The authors argue that Germany is much more than the few tropes that circulate through the Cold War lens in the English-speaking world.
This book explores the creation of writing systems where dialect variation exists. Authors examine how social and political factors drive standardization and question its value, revealing the conflicts that arise in language planning worldwide.
Contesting Categories, Remapping Boundaries
This book traces the evolution of Tamil Dalit writing from the early twentieth century to the present and explores its impact on academia. It analyses the literary works of Tamil Dalits and explores how students respond to this literature in university curricula.
The philosophical debate on truth has exploded in recent years. Sparked by the struggle over deflationism, the discussion has broadened and deepened. The essays in this book highlight how much is left to explore and how real progress can be achieved.
Empires and Nations from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century
Scholars analyze the relationship between multinational empires and the idea of the nation from the 18th to the 20th century. Topics include the birth of nation-states, colonialism, the Great War, the Cold War, and concepts of identity and sovereignty.
Solway Country
The Solway Country is a little-known world on the Anglo-Scottish border, its identity rooted in landscape and a turbulent history. This book captures its spirit, exploring a hybrid culture of ballads born from the theft and mayhem of the border reivers.
This volume provides accessible articles on masters of world cinema whose works explore human spirituality and religious faith. It examines canonical directors like De Sica and Hitchcock alongside contemporary auteurs like Asghar Farhadi and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
The Birth of a Celestial Light
This book examines Iranian women who are neither conventionally religious nor secular, but explore spirituality. It investigates the feminist potential of the “Inter-universal Mysticism” movement for women seeking to transform their lives and construct their own selves.
Bringing Back the Child
This book investigates three older Romanian orphans who experienced extreme deprivation and were effectively without language. It presents a study of their remarkable linguistic progress, which defies the predictions of the Critical Period Hypothesis.