Constructing Identities
Border studies examines the conflicts and resolutions that occur when groups come into contact. This peer-reviewed selection of papers focuses on historical, national, gender, and racial borders, and their implications in the construction of an identity.
The Work of Avishai Ehrlich
This book is about Avishai Ehrlich’s life’s work in political sociology and his role as a public intellectual. Chapters include his articles, commentaries, and personal memories from distinguished academics, friends, and students who knew his influence well.
The American Occupation of Australia, 1941-45
During WWII, over 120,000 American troops were based in Australia. This book examines the resulting “fault lines” in the alliance: GI crime, jurisdictional disputes, and fraught race and gender relations, challenging the accepted history of this occupation.
Strange Brew
How did words and music become a magic potion that fueled a cultural revolution? Strange Brew traces psychedelic metaphor from its 1960s roots to its lasting influence, revealing its power to shape the songs that define us.
This compilation of essays examines the nexus between artists, their art, and society. Through a diverse group of artists, it explores important issues like the representation of the Other and the construction of the self, offering fascinating insights.
Scientists, historians, and philosophers join to examine computer simulations in scientific practice. This volume offers a multi-perspective view, including philosophical studies, case studies, and historical analysis of their potential and limitations.
This book addresses the main issues within Islamic banking. It analyzes the experiences of Islamic banks worldwide, providing an objective assessment of their successes and failures while discussing the challenges and future of interest-free banking.
New Literacies
The notion of change is central. As new technologies accelerate, the traditional definition of literacy as just reading and writing is too simplistic. This calls for a reorientation in how we teach, learn, and view literacy for the 21st century.
Innovative Business Practices
In an era of turbulence where conventional business strategies fail, agility and innovation are key. This book presents research and paradigms that transcend classical theory, showing how any business can thrive in the new reality.
Leibniz
Modern scientists and philosophers confront the prophetic legacy of Leibniz, whose 17th-century metaphysics presaged today’s research into relativity, quantum cosmology, complexity theory, and the computer era, revealing his profound impact on science.
Can philosophy help people with their personal problems? This volume explores philosophical counseling and its relationship to psychotherapy through readings by prominent philosophers and psychologists, asking if such matters are best left to therapists.
Coalition Warfare
Associations of nations fighting for common causes are no novelty. This anthology includes scholarly research on coalition warfare, past and present, exploring commonalities and differences. This complex reality is of importance to historians, politicians, and commanders.
Though the value of human integrity is increasingly consolidated in law, sexual exploitation of children remains widespread. This book analyzes the legal framework and the international responsibility of states to eliminate the crime, and to prosecute and punish offenders.
Journeys and Destinations
This collection brings together scholarship from diverse fields to explore how journeying is a core component of the fabric of identity and meaning.
Magnificent Obsessions
This volume is a tribute to the life and work of biographer Hazel Rowley. This collection of essays and creative writing responds to her many interests: biography, politics, questions of race and sexuality, and the lives of couples.
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Meyerbeer’s first opera, Jephtas Gelübde, transforms the Biblical tale of a tragic vow into a rescue opera. Containing the seeds of his future genius, the music points towards Weber and Wagner, realizing a powerful story of love and duty.
Alternative Voices
This volume presents Alternative Voices, exploring the complex links between language, culture, and identity in our globalised world. This research challenges the “monolingual bias” in the Language Sciences, analyzing complexities inadequately covered.
Learn Japanese characters and beginner vocabulary step by step with illustrations for visual learning. This book teaches sentence writing and includes exercises. The attached CD contains character sounds, vocabulary exercises, and typing instructions.
Cultural Identity and Civil Society in Russia and Eastern Europe
In memory of Charles E. Timberlake, this volume by his colleagues and students explores liberalism, Orthodoxy, and civil society in Russia and Eastern Europe from the late imperial era to the post-Soviet period.
Leading scholars of practical rationality and human action—including Alfred Mele, Michael Bratman, and Joshua Knobe—discuss central questions on agency, deliberation, and akrasia. The outcome is of great interest to philosophers, economists, and psychologists.