This book explores Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer’s fictional world as a lifetime battle against apartheid. A crusader for human rights, Gordimer fictionalized her activism to fight the regime’s censorship and depict the denial of basic rights to Black people.
This book chronicles acupuncture’s remarkable fifty-year evolution in the US from an obscure practice to a pivotal modality in modern healthcare. It details the legislative battles and scientific research that allowed acupuncture to secure its place.
This book presents Luke’s Gospel as the source of the New Testament. A reading of Flavius Josephus and Latin inscriptions confirms the Evangelist’s reliability. His work was published so early, in the decade following the events, that even Mark and Paul knew of it.
Gender Identity in International Law
This book challenges prevailing narratives by refashioning gender identity as a belief. This reframing protects the conflicting rights of women, children, and LGB people, as well as the right of people to express a gender identity incongruent with their sex.
The Value of Employment for People with Disabilities Around the World
Historically, people with disabilities have had limited employment opportunities due to discrimination. This book is intended to build awareness and inspire action from CEOs, HR managers, and policymakers to facilitate employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Peacebuilding in Volatile Communities
This book explores the history and ongoing challenges of peacebuilding in Nigeria. It analyzes efforts to address armed banditry and community tensions, offering practical recommendations for sustainable peace. A vital resource for scholars, policymakers & practitioners.
This collection explores intercultural and transcultural studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, showcasing contributions from local scholars across medieval, modern, and postmodern eras. It strengthens transcultural exchanges and helps navigate cultural differences in today’s world.
A dramatic history of the Labour Party’s first hundred years. From Glasgow rent strikes to the danger of Hitler, this book describes how the party impacted ordinary people and shaped modern Britain. Accessible and challenging, it asks: How does Labour measure up after a century?
Relativity in Business
‘Relativity in Business’ reveals how physics shapes management science. It leverages concepts from quantum mechanics and chaos theory to forge a groundbreaking framework, translating intricate physics into actionable insights for optimising operations and spurring innovation.
In a world of facts without why, our culture swings between extremes. This book analyzes the shift from seeking Truth to asserting subjective meanings, lighting a path out of the chaos so we can live wisely and peacefully once more.
Monsters have always been border crossers, their transnational nature reflecting our era of global crisis. This book explores the cultural flow of monstrosity, examining its socio-political ramifications in a world framed by the Covid pandemic and our shared vulnerability.
Pilgrimage in the Twenty-First Century
This inquiry showcases the rich diversity of religious and secular pilgrimage. Scholars explore travel for transformation, revealing why it is one of tourism’s fastest growing segments and how this age-old phenomenon is central to what it means to be human.
Managerial Capitalism, Ethics, Secrets and the Business School
Tracing centuries of managerial development, this book is an exposé on management failures and academic greed. With daring insight, it reveals how we reached our current position and, more importantly, how we can progress toward a more ethical, sustainable future.
This study examines how 20th-century absurdist theatre reveals humanity’s angst by confronting the subconscious self with the socio-moral façade. It highlights the dramatic revolution of the mid-20th century through the plays of Beckett, Pinter, Ionesco, and others.
History shows that civilizations collapse when they fail to adapt to change. Today, new technology threatens to destroy our own world. This book analyzes its social disadvantages—from fake news to its earliest victims—and asks what must be done to adapt and use it for the good.
This book summarizes 75 years of developments in blood banking, from post-WWII to the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines the evolving science, medical practice, and policy debates through a unique social lens that distinguishes this work from other writings.
This essential resource offers an international perspective on the interplay between education and migration. Featuring contributions from academics, it delves into integration, entrepreneurship, and mediation, offering invaluable insights for researchers and policymakers alike.
The Philosophy of Yoga in Contemporary American Fiction
This book unveils the mystical motifs and yoga philosophies interwoven into the narrative structures of fictions by Saul Bellow, J.D. Salinger, John Updike, and Kurt Vonnegut, opening new vistas on the interface between Eastern philosophy and Western literature.
Sex-Based Harassment in the World of Work
This book explores the evolving jurisprudence on workplace sexual harassment. It examines the judiciary’s approach to complex issues: the ambit of ‘workplace’, handling vague or anonymous complaints, ensuring balance in inquiries, and the interplay with criminal proceedings.
Liberal democracy has enriched lives, but it is under threat from totalitarian regimes and ideological extremes. This book argues that its defence against rising authoritarianism is the great moral imperative of our time, combining legal analysis, history, and philosophy.