Zeus, Jupiter, Jesus and the Catholic Church
Why get out of bed in the morning? This book finds an answer in Virgil’s Aeneid: “No day shall erase you from the memory of time.” It connects the Aeneid’s deceitful gods to the Bible’s Devil to reveal an offer of eternal happiness, freely given, not forced.
This book provides a novel, strategic solution for China’s future, investigating the scientification of its words, language, and culture. This ‘scientific Chinese trinity’ will create a scientific China and facilitate the development of the digital economy.
This toolbox eases the physiology exam-making process. It provides lists of concepts by topic for basic, advanced, or specialized areas. Grab questions “on demand” or create your own. Also includes bibliographies and teaching schedules to help you enjoy the joys of teaching.
This book explores the use of phraseological units (PUs) in discourse. It examines core and contextual uses, various modifications like puns and extended metaphors, and the serious challenge of their translation.
In fifteen expert essays, this volume delves into the foundations of lexicography and lexicology. Spanning historical manuscripts to digital corpus analysis, these studies offer new critical perspectives on the making and meaning of words across cultures and time.
Higher education is an important part of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This volume brings together research, teaching experiences, and reflections on actions taken in higher education institutes associated with these SDGs.
Philosophy and mathematics have been in constant companionship since the days of Plato. This book examines 15 of their interactions, featuring thinkers from Aristotle and Leibniz to modern greats like Einstein and Gödel, in a sampling of the author’s investigations.
The understanding of security has changed since the end of the Cold War. This has impacted intelligence, as states have needed to improve their security policies with new tactics. This volume investigates this new state of play in the international arena.
This volume explores space, place, and hybridity in today’s multicultural societies. It considers how art, film, and literature can reinvigorate representations of modern nations and celebrate their dynamic communities without relegating minorities to the margin.
Delving into the severe conflict over immigration in British Mandate Palestine (1922-1948), this book examines the clashing perspectives of the British, Jews, and Arabs, as Arab opposition escalated from strikes and demonstrations into open revolt.
This book offers better ways of teaching and learning Hindi as a foreign language. With customised teaching methods for learners and valuable information for researchers, it is a must-read for learners, researchers and teachers of Hindi as a foreign language.
Transpersonal Psychology and Science
Transpersonal psychology’s progress has been compromised by disagreement over its relation to science. This is the first book to bring together international experts to discuss this challenge, offering diverse perspectives and concrete recommendations for the field’s future.
What is a smart city? This book describes the phenomenon through sociological lenses, exploring its challenges, limits, and potentialities. It provides a holistic definition to guide readers who want to analyse the smart city and explore its future developments.
Soupy Sales and the Detroit Experience
While Soupy Sales achieved national fame in the 1960s, the template was set in Detroit. This study of his early WXYZ TV shows explores the manufacturing of a personality and offers insights into 1950s pop culture, the Cold War, Jewish-inflected humor, and jazz.
Positive Education and Work
Based on positive psychological research covering the whole lifespan, this volume critically discusses positive education and work and their connection to life-long flourishing. It will appeal to educators, researchers, and anyone interested in the foundations of well-being.
Contemporary Children’s and Young Adult Literature
This book explores how contemporary children’s and young adult novels write back to history and oppression. Analyzing works from across the globe, it investigates how these narratives raise vital questions about identity, power, language, and social justice.
This volume assists educational professionals in disciplines from preschool to higher education, leadership, and multicultural studies. An excellent resource for university coursework, this text is of particular interest to educators, administrators, psychologists, and students.
Pāli and Buddhism
Pāli preserves the earliest record of the Buddha’s teaching. This book argues the Buddha was multilingual, teaching not only in the common Indo-Aryan tongue but also in indigenous languages, revealing their profound impact on the structure and vocabulary of Pāli itself.
For the first time in a book, these three lectures by American philosopher Josiah Royce are essential for a complete picture of his philosophy of loyalty. They constitute a “missing link” between his 1908 classic The Philosophy of Loyalty and his subsequent major works.
This book explores dystopian British views of Serbia as a travel destination from 1717 to 1911. Travel accounts depict a politically unstable region on the fringe of the Orient, demonising Serbia’s national struggle while shedding light on its national awakening.