A Belle in the Prison of Socrates presents the historical philosopher to critique contemporary life. The play sheds light on the fragility of Democratic practices, luring readers to compare Democracy in ancient Athens with its modern variations.
This book addresses the emergence of linguistic abilities during the critical first three years of life. Experts examine the continuity between language components, broadening the discussion with perspectives from phylogeny, pathology, and animal communication.
This book examines the relationship between modernism and postmodernism, visual culture, and East-West aesthetics. It argues that recent postsocialist visual art contradicts canonical theories of the avant-garde, offering a global view on the philosophy of art.
This volume shows there is much more to analysing literature than traditional studies. It demonstrates, in non-technical language, how diverse perspectives from psychology to computer science can offer new insights into literary texts, their readers, and effects.
Inspired by the ‘Historicising the Lesbian’ conference, this collection of essays covers a wide period in history, from the medieval to the modern. The chapters explore a huge range of subjects to widen our knowledge of lesbian history.
Algernon Sidney Crapsey
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.
Education Landscapes in the 21st Century
With contributions from scholars and practitioners on five continents, this volume focuses on pressing themes in 21st-century pedagogy. It offers a plurality of approaches with universally applicable findings for professionals in classrooms worldwide.
You are What You Eat
This collection offers tantalizing essays on the culture of food in literature. Exploring works by authors from John Milton to J.K. Rowling, it covers topics from feminist theory to film, appealing to students, food enthusiasts, and scholars alike.
Conversations in Philosophy
These essays demonstrate philosophy’s relevance to fundamental human problems. Crossing disciplinary and regional boundaries from Africa to America, they explore pressing issues like development, conflict, and apathy, reflecting the vitality of philosophical discourse.
Crime and Madness in Modern Austria
This collection explores the history, politics, and representation of crime and madness in modern Austria. It reveals how cultural responses are steeped in mythmaking, while literary representations expose deep-seated attitudes about Austrian society.
EIN FELDLAGER IN SCHLESIEN
Composed in 1844 for the King of Prussia, Meyerbeer’s patriotic opera *Feldlager* was a success confined to Berlin. Yet its music achieved global fame, with melodies adapted for the ballet *Les Patineurs*, known by many ignorant of their true source.
Re-Reading Richard Hoggart
Richard Hoggart put the working class on the cultural map. The first critic to take popular culture seriously, he founded Cultural Studies and was a key witness in the Lady Chatterley trial. This volume explores his life and significant role in cultural shifts.
The Future of Post-Human Unconsciousness
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the exploration of anomalous phenomena has tremendous implications for the future of intelligent life. This book focuses on the controversial relationship between the nature of unconsciousness and anomalous experience.
Irish Studies
This collection of essays explores the intersection of gender, sexuality, and geography in Irish studies. From Magdalen laundries and prisons to the domestic garden, it examines the local and human contexts of identity formation and performance.
Fourteen authors present their work on children in past societies, from the Palaeolithic to the Middle Ages. These studies explore the lives and deaths of children, challenging our notions of the past. The past will never be the same after its children have entered the scene…
Women, Social and Cultural Change in Twentieth Century Ireland
This book explores women, social and cultural change in twentieth-century Ireland. The interdisciplinary work gathered here challenges monolithic representations of Irish female identity, exposing women’s disparate backgrounds and varied experiences.
Challenging the divide between objective history and fiction, this book explores the means and consequences of contemporary interactions between historiography and art. Scholars from diverse fields deconstruct old beliefs and reveal the social impact of representing the past.
Teaching Art History with New Technologies
New technologies offer possibilities for art history instruction. This text assists faculty with case studies from early adopters who have advanced the discipline’s pedagogy. It provides practical suggestions and summarizes lessons learned for all educators.
Soviet repressions and a nationalist focus on Christian roots have made researching shamanism in Armenia no easy business. This study confronts this impasse, helping to set in motion the process of uncovering these ancient and suppressed practices.