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Rethinking Kant

Volume 3

Edited By: Pablo Muchnik

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The Rethinking Kant series bears witness to the richness of Kantian studies. This unique collection garners papers from a whole generation of thinkers, from new PhDs to established scholars. This third volume takes the pulse of current Kantian scholarship.

Hamlet of Morningside Heights

By: Kenneth Craven

£34.99

Craven uncovers Apostle Paul's ethics hidden in Hamlet, a discovery that unlocks seismic shifts in American culture and illuminates his own quest for power.

Craven uncovers Apostle Paul’s ethics hidden in Hamlet, a discovery that unlocks seismic shifts in American culture and illuminates his own quest for power.

Heinrich Böll and Ireland

By: Gisela Holfter

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Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll’s relationship with Ireland went far beyond his famous *Irish Journal*. This book charts his deep personal and literary connections, from his second home on Achill Island to his translations of Irish authors and the controversies he caused.

Dionysius the Areopagite between Orthodoxy and Heresy

Edited By: Filip Ivanović

£34.99

This book explores the thought of Dionysius the Areopagite, a controversial figure who masterfully integrated pagan Neoplatonic philosophy with Christian theology. It examines his sources and offers insights into the original points of his philosophy.

Policies, Principles, Practices

New Directions in Foreign Language Education in the Era of Educational Globalization

Edited By: Rita Cancino, Kirsten Jæger

£39.99

Globalization challenges university language teaching in non-anglophone countries. Using Denmark as a case study, this book offers remedies applicable to all universities aiming to stay competitive in the global market of university education.

The Automobile and the Environment

International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering CONAT 2010

Edited By: Anghel Chiru

£64.99

This book gathers papers from researchers and engineers on Automotive Powertrains, Alternative Fuels, Vehicle Dynamics, and Transport Safety. It offers new visions on sustainable development and innovation in the modern automotive industry.

IVth International Conference on Pragmalinguistics and Speech Practices

Edited By: Irina Zyubina

£39.99

This collection of articles presents the most important research in Pragmalinguistics and Speech Practices. The book consists of two parts and will be of interest to philologists, teachers, and students.

The Grammatical Voice in Japanese

A Typological Perspective

By: Junichi Toyota

£39.99

This book's main argument is that the Japanese passive originates from an earlier middle voice. This reframes the voice system from a conventional active-passive binary pair to a newly proposed active-middle-passive ternary pair.

This book’s main argument is that the Japanese passive originates from an earlier middle voice. This reframes the voice system from a conventional active-passive binary pair to a newly proposed active-middle-passive ternary pair.

Terrorism

Politics, Religion, Literature

Edited By: Diogo Pires Aurélio, João Tiago Proença

£34.99

This collection of essays offers theoretical insights into terrorism, examining the “who,” the “how,” and the “when” of its violence. It distinguishes modern terrorism from insurgency or revolution and analyzes it through politics, religion, film, and literature.

The People’s Pictures

National Lottery Funding and British Cinema

By: James Caterer

£39.99

When the UK’s National Lottery began funding “the people’s pictures,” a debate was sparked. Should public money support popular hits the public wants to see, or experimental cinema that requires state support? This book explores the controversies.

Sexuality, Eroticism, and Gender in French and Francophone Literature

Edited By: Aaron Emmitte, Melanie Hackney

£34.99

Uncover the provocative history of sexuality, eroticism, and gender in French & Francophone literature. From Zola’s challenge to rape to the feminism of Djebar, this book reveals a literary tradition long engaged with redefining desire.

Divine Madness

By: Harry Eiss

£54.99

Lila is the play of the gods, a free spirit of creation beyond the chains of reason and the clocks of time. Come, enter a realm of divine madness, where the trickster, the artist, and the savior weave the great tapestry of life. Join the play.

Censorship across Borders

The Reception of English Literature in Twentieth-Century Europe

Edited By: Alberto Lázaro, Catherine O’Leary

£39.99

These essays explore European censorship of English literature, revealing why authors like Joyce and Orwell were targeted by opposing ideologies, from conservative Catholic morality to communism. This study uncovers the complex relationship between the state and culture.

History and Narration

Looking Back from the Twentieth Century

Edited By: Marialuisa Bignami

£39.99

This volume explores the relation between narration and history, arguing we must be aware of the rhetorical strategies in historical writing. The essays consider narrativity in authors as diverse as V. Woolf, S. Rushdie, J. M. Coetzee, and A. Ghosh.

Selling James Bond

Product Placement in the James Bond Films

By: Tanya Nitins

£34.99

Selling James Bond offers an in-depth “behind the scenes” look at the series’ history of product placement. It charts the practice’s progression, drawing correlations to cultural events and showing how brands became embedded in the film narrative.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

New Approaches

Edited By: Janette McWilliam, Sonia Puttock, Tom Stevenson

£39.99

This book moves beyond the Seven Wonders framework to explore the unsurpassed reputation and unique importance of the Statue of Zeus. Using interdisciplinary perspectives, it traces the statue's influence from antiquity through to recent centuries.

This book moves beyond the Seven Wonders framework to explore the unsurpassed reputation and unique importance of the Statue of Zeus. Using interdisciplinary perspectives, it traces the statue’s influence from antiquity through to recent centuries.

The Surplus of Culture

Sense, Common-sense, Non-sense

Edited By: Ewa Borkowska, Tomasz Burzyński

£39.99

This volume presents the surplus of culture: the added value of irony, irrationality, and absurdity that subverts mainstream culture. It dwells at the risky intersection of untamed interpretation and tradition, where entrenched notions reveal their shattering nature.

Constructive Adpositional Grammars

Foundations of Constructive Linguistics

By: Marco Benini, Federico Gobbo

£39.99

This book presents a new grammar paradigm based on adposition. Using Constructive Mathematics, it offers a different perspective on topics like grammaticalization and dependency, validated with examples from diverse languages and a real-world application.

Nationalism, Ethnicity, Citizenship

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Edited By: Martyn Barrett, Chris Flood

£39.99

Global migration has challenged old certainties about nationalism, ethnicity, and citizenship. This book examines these issues from multiple perspectives, revealing that nationalism remains a dominant ideology and highlighting education's crucial role.

If It Was Not For Terrorism

Crisis, Compromise, and Elite Discourse in the Age of “War on Terror”

Edited By: Banu Baybars, Lemi Baruh

£39.99

This book investigates the power elites and media wield through the “War on Terror” discourse. International case studies debate the construction of “terrorism,” the creation of “us” vs. “others,” media framing of civil liberties, and resistance.