Social Sciences

Rockin’ the Borders

Rock Music and Social, Cultural and Political Change

Edited By: Björn Horgby, Fredrik Nilsson

£39.99

This volume investigates how rock music has shaped identities and lifestyles since the 1950s. It offers a comparative perspective on rock's role in everyday life in the USA and Europe, including states on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

This volume investigates how rock music has shaped identities and lifestyles since the 1950s. It offers a comparative perspective on rock’s role in everyday life in the USA and Europe, including states on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

Primogeniture and Entail in England

A Survey of Their History and Representation in Literature

By: Zouheir Jamoussi

£39.99

This book examines the history and literary representation of primogeniture, the English custom making the eldest son sole heir. Denounced as unjust yet fiercely defended, it dominated social life for centuries, sparking a major ideological debate.

Insights into the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL)

Edited By: David Newby

£39.99

This book provides insights into key aspects of language teacher education. It explores theoretical issues supporting the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL), discussing reflection, autonomy, and case studies for educators and students.

Women’s Memory

The Problem of Sources

Edited By: D. Fatma Türe, Fatma Türe

£39.99

This book brings together researchers to address the problems of sources and archives in women's studies. The articles examine perceptions of women in collective memory through oral, written, and visual culture, aiming to form accessible international archives.

This book brings together researchers to address the problems of sources and archives in women’s studies. The articles examine perceptions of women in collective memory through oral, written, and visual culture, aiming to form accessible international archives.

The Arab Authoritarian Regime between Reform and Persistence

Edited By: Henner Fürtig

£39.99

Arab authoritarian regimes use liberalisation as a tool to avoid democracy. But what if these self-serving reforms backfire? This book analyses how policies meant to strengthen authoritarian rule may unintentionally destabilise it, leading to democracy by accident.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Mind and Body, Word and Deed

Edited By: Jean-Pierre Boulé

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This book celebrates Sartre’s polyvalence with an examination of his philosophy, literature, and politics. Twelve scholars explore his thought on the body, time, and ideology, and narrate a neglected visit to Japan, making a strong case for his relevance today.

Romualdo Marenco

Excelsior and Sport

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£39.99

In Manzotti's spectacular allegorical ballet Excelsior, the rise of human civilization is an embittered struggle between Light and Darkness. As inventions triumph, Marenco’s exhilarating music celebrates an apotheosis of light, progress, and peace.

In Manzotti’s spectacular allegorical ballet Excelsior, the rise of human civilization is an embittered struggle between Light and Darkness. As inventions triumph, Marenco’s exhilarating music celebrates an apotheosis of light, progress, and peace.

Music and Technologies

Edited By: Darius Kučinskas

£39.99

Music and Technologies is a collection of articles by musicians, computer scientists, and educators from all over the world. It explores contemporary ideas in the field, from automatic cognition and simulation to the re-creation of music, with sound and scoring at its core.

Technology and the Philosophy of Religion

By: Dr. David Lewin

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Despite unimaginable technological progress, we feel a profound unease. While philosophers have analyzed technological society, their secular ideas are limited. This book argues that where philosophy ends, a religious discourse is needed to articulate our ultimate concerns.

Betwixt and Between

Place and Cultural Translation

Edited By: David Johnston, Stephen Kelly

£39.99

This book examines the fraught relationship between place and cultural translation. Examining translation across multiple contexts and genres, it argues for the fruitful dislocation of translation to challenge the destructive politics of nationalism and cultural homogeneity.

Georg Simmel in Translation

Interdisciplinary Border Crossings in Culture and Modernity

Edited By: David D. Kim

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Though his name was forgotten, Georg Simmel’s writings on modernity left a significant mark. In this collection, scholars trace his influence through time and space, from Imperial Berlin to contemporary Singapore, and in the works of other intellectuals.

Emblems of Adversity

Essays on the Aesthetics of Politics in W. B. Yeats and Others

By: Rached Khalifa

£39.99

These essays explore the complex political articulation in Yeats's poetry, where politics and history are inextricable from aesthetics. The biographical, national, and historical are envisioned—apocalyptically—as emblems of adversity.

These essays explore the complex political articulation in Yeats’s poetry, where politics and history are inextricable from aesthetics. The biographical, national, and historical are envisioned—apocalyptically—as emblems of adversity.

Translation and Censorship in Different Times and Landscapes

Edited By: Maria Lin Moniz, Teresa Seruya

£39.99

This volume explores translation and censorship, focusing on the Iberian dictatorial regimes of Spain and Portugal. Presenting new case studies, it offers a critical view of censorship from Brazil and China to Victorian England and examines self-censorship.

Taking a Hard Look

Gender and Visual Culture

Edited By: Amanda du Preez

£39.99

This volume takes a hard look at the creative intersection of gender and visual culture. It explores how visual culture is gendered and questions debilitating role models, creating a dialogue with international theory from a South perspective.

The Taylor Effect

Responding to a Secular Age

Edited By: Ian Leask with Eoin Cassidy, Alan Kearns, Fainche Ryan

£39.99

The Taylor Effect presents a diverse collection of essays addressing Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age. With contributions from philosophy, theology, literature, and political science, this is a central reference point for any future discussion of Taylor’s work.

Algernon Sidney Crapsey

The Last of the Heretics

By: Dr. Stephen T. Neese

£39.99

Algernon Crapsey’s life reflected America's shift from a religious to a secular culture. Once a leading Episcopal missioner, his liberal thinking led to a heresy trial that captivated the nation and ended in his excommunication.

Algernon Crapsey’s life reflected America’s shift from a religious to a secular culture. Once a leading Episcopal missioner, his liberal thinking led to a heresy trial that captivated the nation and ended in his excommunication.

Selected Essays on Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Literatures

By: Igor Maver

£39.99

These essays on Canadian, Australian and New Zealand literatures consider texts and authors within the post-colonial paradigm, focusing on diasporic writing, national consciousness, and prominent authors like Margaret Atwood.

Reservoirs of Hope

Sustaining Spirituality in School Leaders

By: Alan Flintham

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This book is about hope and the personal spirituality that sustains school leaders. Based on interviews, it uses the metaphor of ‘reservoirs of hope’ to explore how a leader's values in action can sustain a school, without their own reservoir running dry.

This book is about hope and the personal spirituality that sustains school leaders. Based on interviews, it uses the metaphor of ‘reservoirs of hope’ to explore how a leader’s values in action can sustain a school, without their own reservoir running dry.

Feminist Insiders-Outsiders

Muslim Women in Nigeria and the Contemporary Feminist Movement

By: Ibrahim Olatunde Uthman

£39.99

This book examines the Islamic feminism of Nigerian Muslim women. It argues that their struggles are rooted in Islamic texts from the Prophetic era, contrary to stereotypes of patriarchal domination, and shows how they use organizations for feminist changes.

The American Village in a Global Setting

Selected papers from an interdisciplinary conference in honor of Sinclair Lewis and Ida K. Compton

Edited By: Michael E. Connaughton, Suellen Rundquist

£39.99

Selected from a conference honoring Sinclair Lewis, these papers consider his world through today’s lens. Scholars address community, comparing his vision to other authors and media, and use his work as a springboard to discuss today’s global issues.

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