Social Sciences

Rethinking Secularization

Philosophy and the Prophecy of a Secular Age

Edited By: Gary Gabor, Herbert De Vriese

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A philosophical appraisal of secularization in light of religion's re-emergence. This volume challenges dominant theories of a linear emancipation from a religious past to a secular age, considering philosophy's role in such prophecies and offering a more complex view.

A philosophical appraisal of secularization in light of religion’s re-emergence. This volume challenges dominant theories of a linear emancipation from a religious past to a secular age, considering philosophy’s role in such prophecies and offering a more complex view.

The Post-War Angola

Public Sphere, Political Regime and Democracy

By: Paulo C. J. Faria

£49.99

In post-war Angola, political reform is the key challenge. The state controls the 'public sphere,' but how do people speak truth to power? This book explores the public's role, using Foucault's ideas to look afresh at Angola's democratic future.

In post-war Angola, political reform is the key challenge. The state controls the ‘public sphere,’ but how do people speak truth to power? This book explores the public’s role, using Foucault’s ideas to look afresh at Angola’s democratic future.

Contemporary Populism

A Controversial Concept and Its Diverse Forms

Edited By: Sergiu Gherghina, Sergiu Mişcoiu, Sorina Soare

£49.99

What is populism? This book approaches the phenomenon from a theoretical and empirical perspective, making reference to its developments on several continents. It helps to clarify the concept and presents the diverse forms populism has taken worldwide.

Chymia

Science and Nature in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Edited By: Miguel López-Pérez, Jose Rodriguez

£49.99

This book consists of selected papers on the history of alchemy, shedding light on little-studied medieval and early modern texts, important doctrines, and prominent figures like Paracelsus. It also offers new insights on the history of Spanish alchemy.

Public Communication in the European Union

History, Perspectives and Challenges

Edited By: Giorgia Nesti, Chiara Valentini

£49.99

This collection of essays analyzes EU communication policies from diverse theoretical perspectives. Combining the latest empirical research with different frameworks, it offers a clear picture of the role communication has within EU governance and its potential.

Current Research in Applied Linguistics

Issues on Language and Cognition

Edited By: Teresa Fanego, Evelyn Gandón-Chapela, Paula Rodríguez-Puente

£49.99

This volume offers a selection of papers on language and cognition. The book is structured into four parts, covering syntactic studies, word formation, second language acquisition, discourse analysis, and psycholinguistics.

Ireland

A Colony Once Again

By: Seán Ó Nualláin

£49.99

In 1916, revolutionaries marched in Dublin. In 2010, IMF technocrats arrived to begin Ireland's re-colonisation. This book explains why resistance had been destroyed and argues that an opportunity now exists to re-imagine and re-invent the nation.

In 1916, revolutionaries marched in Dublin. In 2010, IMF technocrats arrived to begin Ireland’s re-colonisation. This book explains why resistance had been destroyed and argues that an opportunity now exists to re-imagine and re-invent the nation.

Pangs of Love and Longing

Configurations of Desire in Premodern Literature

Edited By: Anders Cullhed, Carin Franzén, Anders Hallengren

£49.99

This book explores historic attitudes towards sexuality, pleasure, and bodies as represented in European literature from Antiquity to the Early Modern period. Its aim is to demonstrate the plurality of premodern desire and offer fresh perspectives on our present.

Academic Identities—Academic Challenges? American and European Experience of the Transformation of Higher Education and Research

Edited By: Tor Halvorsen, Atle Nyhagen

£49.99

EU reforms promote the US university system as a model for economic growth. This book demonstrates that this contradicts basic European values, ignores the social costs of copying an elite system, and neglects crucial issues of elitism and democracy.

Self-Action Leadership (Volume II)

An Action Research-Based Character Development Model

By: Jordan R. Jensen

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Self-Action Leadership provides the first comprehensive, secular manual for personal leadership and character education. Rooted in 30 years of extensive research, it introduces an original model that executives, scholars, and teachers alike can universally utilize.

Imagining Spaces and Places

Edited By: Saija Isomaa, Kirsi Saarikangas

£49.99

This interdisciplinary volume explores how art, literature, and culture forge “scapes”—from landscapes to mindscapes. It examines how cultural works shape our perception and experience of place, contributing to a deeper understanding of space itself.

Youth Unemployment and Joblessness

Causes, Consequences, Responses

Edited By: Alfredo Sánchez-Castañeda, Francesca Sperotti

£49.99

Youth unemployment is a major global issue. This book analyzes the school-to-work transition, exploring policies for enabling youth access to the labour market. It seeks a better understanding of causes, consequences, and responses through an interdisciplinary approach.

Minority Languages, Microvariation, Minimalism and Meaning

Proceedings of the Irish Network in Formal Linguistics

Edited By: Alison Henry, Catrin Rhys

£49.99

This volume presents papers on microvariation and the linguistics of the Celtic languages. The essays examine dialect variation, challenge traditional descriptions of Celtic languages, and explore current topics in the formal analysis of syntax and semantics.

The Amerindian Microcosm

Anthropology, Comparative History, Ecology, Genetics and Evolution

By: Francisco M. Salzano

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Explore the epic history of the Americas, from hunter-gatherers to vast cities. This book uses revolutionary genomic science to trace the past, present, and future of Native peoples, uncovering a story essential to all humankind.

10th Conference on British and American Studies – Crossing Boundaries

Approaches to the Contemporary Multicultural Discourse

Edited By: Marinela Burada, Oana Tatu

£49.99

This collection of papers explores language, literature, and culture through the overarching notion of Englishness. It provides a snapshot of the multiple vantage points from which these phenomena can be studied, focusing on English-speaking communities.

Football Fans, Their Information, The Web and The Personal Home Page

By: Shant Narsesian

£49.99

This book examines the role of the Personal Home Page (PHP) as an information resource, using English professional football as a case study. While rich with unique information, these fan sites are often underused. This study proposes a new blueprint for a communal website.

De-Centring Cultural Studies

Past, Present and Future of Popular Culture

Edited By: Patricia Bastida-Rodríguez, José Igor Prieto-Arranz

£49.99

This volume proves that cultural studies is blooming, even in Southern and Eastern Europe. These interdisciplinary essays explore the borders between popular and canonical culture, studying film, pop music, and literature from the perspectives of gender and age.

Soft-Shed Kisses

Re-visioning the Femme Fatale in English Poetry of the 19th Century

By: Małgorzata Łuczyńska-Hołdys

£49.99

The femme fatale of 19th-century poetry symbolises an intractable mystery and a refusal to be defined. This book interrogates the fatal woman motif in poems by Keats, Shelley, Tennyson, Rossetti and Swinburne, enriched by visual art and cultural background.

Finding the Plot

Storytelling in Popular Fictions

Edited By: Loïc Artiago, Diana Holmes, David Platten

£49.99

Plot is basic to our experience, yet criticism has often passed it over. This book redresses this neglect, bringing together international scholars to explore the pleasures of consuming stories across a variety of media. How do plots work and why do they matter?

Interdiscursive Readings in Cultural Consumer Research

By: George Rossolatos

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This book offers interdiscursivity as a platform for understanding contemporary culture. Re-engaging Foucault, it provides novel theoretical approaches and methodological innovations to scrutinize cultural consumption, from Web 2.0 social movements to micro-celebrities.

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