Interculturality
In an era of accelerating globalization, intercultural issues are crucial. This book creates a platform for dialogue between practitioners and researchers through concrete case studies to promote constructive understanding and combat racism and xenophobia.
Internet Tomography
This book introduces Internet tomography, from basic principles to applications. It focuses on designing Internet Tomography Measurement Systems to map Internet performance, with uses in network design, wireless networks, and Service Level Agreement compliance.
Thinking is overrated. We perform best when distracted and under pressure. This book challenges the traditional picture of human action, arguing that our habits and skills allow us to be free and fully rational even when we act mindlessly.
Peeping Through the Holes
These essays on Psycho, the novel and the film, invite you to that peculiar house on the hill. Leave all hope behind and enter at your own risk. The Bates’ terrifying rollercoaster welcomes you. Nothing is over here… at least not until it overcomes you.
This book examines the 2011 Occupy LSX protest at St Paul’s Cathedral in relation to media spectacle. Based on extensive ethnographic research, it demonstrates how protestors subverted media and manifested formidable resistance to capitalism.
Under the Microscope
A wood anatomist’s study of the Tripitaka Koreana looks to physical evidence—the woodblocks themselves—for answers. The findings challenge so-called facts and offer insights into the creation, material, and miraculous conservation of this 13th-century artifact.
ELT in a Changing World
A novel resource for language specialists, this book presents compelling ideas on English teaching from a seminar in Pakistan. It explores global trends, local research, and innovative pedagogical approaches for Pakistan and the developing world.
Whiteness in Academia
How do white academics contribute to racial oppression, even in fields designed to resist it? This book uses fictional tropes—from science fiction to detective fiction—in a series of ‘counter stories’ that critique whiteness in academia and explore power.
The Silence of Fallout
How do we address the nuclear question in a post-Cold War world? Scholars of Nuclear Criticism converse with emergent voices, renewing this conversation and taking it in exciting new directions for future generations caught in a struggle with nuclear legacies.
Family
From the “In Defence of the Family” conference, these papers tackle the global challenges facing children and families. They champion a dialogue across cultures to build a more humane and promising future for humanity.
Clusivity
This book develops an original framework for analyzing inclusion and exclusion in political discourse. It proposes a model explaining how speakers create ‘us’ vs. ‘them’ through tactics of association and dissociation to legitimize their power.
This book explores metaphors as instruments for describing, understanding, and inspiring education research. Authors show how metaphors provide new perspectives on the philosophical assumptions and methodological issues of research.
The Chinese Chameleon Revisited
This volume examines portrayals of the Middle Kingdom by focusing on the “producers” and “consumers” of China’s image. It shows how Western writers often reveal more about their own contexts, making the country a mirror for their anxieties and ambitions.
This book explores how Kuwait can convert its oil “resource curse” into a blessing. It considers the strategic points surrounding oil governance and its implication for growth, arguing that a planned investment in innovation is critical for development.
The Communicative Mind
This multifaceted investigation into linguistic meaning argues for the indispensability of dialogue in cognition. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy, and literary studies, it demonstrates the centrality of subjectivity and turn-taking interaction in natural semantics.
Essays in Defence of the Female Sex
This volume explores the pivotal figures and contradictions of the *querelle des femmes* in Stuart England. Through an analysis of early feminist pamphlets, it sheds light on women’s difficult path towards emancipation and a new kind of thought.
A Just World
Scholars from diverse disciplines offer a multi-disciplinary analysis of social justice. Addressing today’s most pressing problems, this volume reveals deep-seated causes and provides practical, sustainable solutions toward a more just world.
New Trends in Italian Cinema
Far from being exhausted, the spirit of Italian Neorealism continues to sustain contemporary artists. The essays in this collection highlight how filmmakers recapture the ethical and moral urgency of the masterpieces of Rossellini, De Sica, and Visconti.
This collection of essays by international scholars explores Henry James’s use of duplicity—a key strategy in his arsenal of ambiguity. The essays examine duplicitous characters, subtexts, and self-representation in his fiction and non-fiction.
Esthetic Experiments
This book investigates the cultural and political aspects of technology in American society. Presenting critical accounts of writing, media, surveillance, and war, these essays explore the coalescence of technology and text to reformulate the American experience.