Social Sciences – Page 43 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Approaches to Religion and Mythology in Celtic Studies

Edited By: Alexandra Bergholm, Katja Ritari

£39.99

This pioneering collection applies new theories from Comparative Religion to Celtic mythology and religion. A landmark volume for scholars of Celtic studies and related fields.

Approaches to Specialised Discourse in Higher Education and Professional Contexts

Edited By: Alejandro Curado-Fuentes, Mª Mercedes Rico-García, Patricia Edwards Rokowski

£34.99

This collection of studies on languages for specific purposes (LSP) analyses discourse across academic and professional areas. It offers valuable insights into communicative strategies and methodological approaches for teaching specialised communication skills.

Approaching Cyprus

Proceedings of the Post-Graduate Conference of Cypriot Archaeology (PoCA) held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, 1st-3rd November 2013

Edited By: Jane Chick, Richard Maguire

£52.99

The chapters within explore aspects of the relationship between the island of Cyprus as an immutable geographical entity and its surrounding sea as an essentially transactional space. They range from the Late Bronze Age to the twentieth century, and from Greece to Egypt.

Aquinas and Us (Volume 18

Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics)

Edited By: Timothy Kearns, Gyula Klima, Alex Hall

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This volume considers the contemporary relevance of Aquinas’ thought in metaphysics, natural theology, physics, and philosophy of mind. Chapters intersect with key modern debates, interpreting his physics in light of contemporary findings and his account of human self-awareness.

Arabic and Hebrew Poetry in Andalusia between Light and Darkness

By: Abdallah Ebraheem Tarabieh

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This book discusses the development of Hebrew poetry in Andalusia and the Arab influence on its motifs. It shatters existing myths about the region during the period of Muslim rule.

Arabic Heritage in the Post-Abbasid Period

Edited By: Imed Nsiri

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This book introduces Arabic heritage from the post-Abbasid era to the nineteenth century, a period often labelled one of decadence. Exploring topics from Arab history and science to literature and political movements, it is a valuable resource for students and researchers.

Arabic Psychological Tests and Their English Versions

By: Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek

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This book presents a collection of personality and psychopathology scales, developed originally in Arabic and translated into English. Suitable for surveys and large-sample studies, these scales are useful in psychology, psychiatry, epidemiology, and social sciences.

Arabic Traces in the Hebrew Writing of Arab Authors in Israel

By: Aadel Shakkour

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This book explores the Hebrew writings of Arab authors in Israel who use the language to transmit authentic Arab culture. They see themselves as messengers building a bridge between Arabic and Hebrew cultures, and as potential contributors to resolving the Jewish-Arab conflict.

Arbitration Awards

Generic Features and Textual Realisations

Edited By: Vijay K. Bhatia, Chiara Degano, Giuliana Garzone

£44.99

Is international arbitration being contaminated by litigation, compromising its core principles? This book investigates this hypothesis by analyzing the language of international arbitration awards to identify elements that may provide evidence for this trend.

Archaeological Approaches to Shamanism

Mind-Body, Nature, and Culture

Edited By: Dragoş Gheorghiu, Herman Bender, Emilia Pásztor, George Nash

£61.99

This anthology delves into both ancient and modern shamanism, demonstrating its longevity and spatial distribution. It discusses the clear associations with this sometimes little-understood ritualised practice, and asks what exactly shamanism is.

Archaeological Encounters

Building Networks of Spanish and British Archaeologists in the 20th Century

By: Margarita Díaz-Andreu

£54.99

This book examines the relationship between British and Spanish archaeology from the 1920s to the 1970s. Based on the letters of archaeologist Luis Pericot, it explores the personal networks that shaped how knowledge was produced, transmitted, and received.

Archaeological Perspectives on Houses and Households in Third Millennium Mesopotamian Society

By: Alessandra Salvin

£61.99

Little is known about Mesopotamian houses. This book addresses this gap by analysing houses in the third millennium, a critical period for early urbanization, relating their characteristics to the socio-economical history of the period.

Archaeological Sites as Space for Modern Spiritual Practice

Edited By: Raimund Karl, Jutta Leskovar

£61.99

While the destruction of archaeological sites in war often makes the headlines, lesser disputes about local heritage sites go unreported. This book focuses on conflicts between archaeological conservation and religious faiths which use archaeological heritage in their practices.

Archaeology and The Politics of Vision in a Post-Modern Context

Edited By: Vítor Oliveira Jorge, Julian Tomas

£39.99

Archaeology presents a paradigm of visualised knowledge. However, vision is a partial and politicised way of apprehending the world. Authors address the problems facing the study of the past as realist modes of representation are increasingly open to question.

Archaeology Experiences Spirituality?

Edited By: Dragoş Gheorghiu

£39.99

This book goes beyond “material culture” to forge an archaeology of spirituality. Through a series of case studies, archaeologists use experientiality to approach the mystic experience of ancient peoples and ask how we can access the spirituality of the past.

Archaeology in the River Duero Valley

Edited By: Jose Carlos Sastre Blanco, Patricia Fuentes Melgar, Óscar Rodríguez-Monterrubio

£67.99

From Prehistory to the Middle Ages, the Duero River’s archaeological heritage is at risk. Before these sites are lost forever, the Zamoraprotohistórica society leads a programme to preserve them. This volume is a compilation of remarkable papers on the river's rich history.

Archaeology, Heritage and Tourism in West Africa

A Crossroads of Knowledge

By: Samuel Oluwole Ogundele

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The era of conceptualising archaeology as a purely academic exercise is over. This book argues for a curricular revolution in West Africa, uniting the field with heritage, tourism, and museum management to create employment through Cultural Resource Management (CRM).

Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the Contemporary Humanist

By: Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi, Rev. Fr. John Berinyuy

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This book explores Fulton Sheen’s perception of the contemporary individual. As advancements in science and technology fail to bring happiness, it argues that global crises cannot be resolved by focusing on the mundane, proposing a theology of life to make it worth living.

Architecture and Royal Presence

Domenico and Giulio Cesare Fontana in Spanish Naples (1592-1627)

By: Sabina de Cavi

£59.99

This book offers an interpretation of Spanish architectural patronage in Naples. Focusing on architects Domenico Fontana and his son Giulio Cesare, it shows how Naples participated in the imperial program and explains the delayed flowering of its Baroque architecture.

Architecture, Well-being and the Built Environment

An Essay in Quest of Cultural Balance

By: Almantas Samalavičius

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This book explores the link between well-being and the built environment, arguing that industrial design has harmed humans and nature. But we can reverse this decline. It revisits powerful, non-mainstream ideas that offer a more balanced approach than relying on technology alone.