Moorings and Disembeddedness
This book follows Chinese international students in Norway who convert to evangelical Christianity. It explores the social isolation they find abroad and how religion helps them overcome it, empowering them to become the modern, globetrotting cosmopolites they aspire to be.
Empathy connects us, but social isolation and polarization are driving us apart. A lack of empathy causes society to suffer, making it harder to work with others. How can we learn to demonstrate more empathy? This book sheds light on that question.
A. N. Whitehead was one of the 20th century’s most significant thinkers. His concepts are in a perpetual state of development within contemporary scholarship. This volume probes these modern assessments across education, arts, ethics, community, medicine, psychology, and AI.
Orator, lawyer, and actor, Dudley Field Malone defended John Scopes in the “Monkey Trial” and suffragist Alice Paul. But his life was also a tragedy of scandal and financial ruin, ending in bankruptcy with only a claim for $114 to his name. A fascinating, tragic figure.
This book critiques the regressive and colonial character of global capitalism. It argues that coloniality permeates the contemporary architecture of power, and that commitment to a Eurocentric notion of “progress” leads to the next iteration of the capitalist/colonial order.
This coursebook helps computer science students develop the English skills for academic and professional success. It covers essential topics with practical exercises in listening, reading, speaking, and writing, placing special emphasis on expanding technical vocabulary.
In a post-truth age, this book provides an ethical critique of contemporary British drama. Focusing on the innovative work of playwrights David Greig, Marina Carr, and Martin Crimp, it offers a vital contribution to theatre studies and Ethical Criticism.
A Multimodal Exploration of Non-Fiction Read-Aloud Performances in English as an Additional Language
This book explores how non-fiction picturebooks can be mediated for children’s language education in an EAL context. It examines multimodal mediation, showing how storytellers use spoken language, gesture, and props to scaffold comprehension and invite active participation.
This book explores how contemporary fiction confronts global challenges by reshaping genre conventions. It highlights how hybrid narratives address themes of identity, memory, and survival, offering critical insights into literary innovation in the twenty-first century.
An essential guide for international students undertaking an MBA dissertation. This book provides clear guidance on every stage, addressing unique challenges and equipping you with practical tools, expert tips, and real-world examples to meet the highest academic standards.
Eurocentrism, Art and Art Education
David Gall exposes Eurocentrism in art education, philosophy, and aesthetics. Overcoming this ethnocentrism is not optional if we are to combat resurgent fascism and realize a more comprehensive humanity. This book offers alternative ways of viewing aesthetic experience.
Collections reflect the passions of their owners, but how did people get to see them? This book investigates an understudied field: “access” to collections before public museums. The essays show there were diverse types of access that served a range of purposes.
Our Human Quest for Unity and Freedom
In the face of planetary crises and possible self-extinction, these essays envision a way toward a viable human future. Drawing on philosophical literature from West and East, they focus on the urgent need to unite humanity under the principle of unity in diversity.
Science Research and Education in Africa
This conference proceedings discusses how Africa may be about to undergo a profound change in scientific and medical development. Its themes include health research improvement and disease surveillance education, and deadly epidemic diseases.
Contrary to the belief that Judaism was oblivious to art, this book shows that a sophisticated visual language flourished in Byzantine-era synagogues. This probing language of introspection and scrutiny reveals a hidden culture that could rival the best of modern art movements.
This book explores various topics relevant to understanding the complexities of biological effects generated by solar radiation, and evaluates solar-energy-absorbing substances, including sunscreen agents, and their influence on cancers and diseases.
This book explores postcolonial translation studies, questioning its assumptions and critically examining its failures. With perspectives on Africa, the Global South, and the Global North, it considers the postcolony in a variety of settings worldwide.
This text brings together papers, on different hidden and implicit aspects of language and the ways of disclosing and explicating them. Language is interpreted in different ways here, as a cognitive ability, a specific semiotic structure interwoven with culture, and a discourse.
The Nuts and Bolts of Arabic-English Translation
This book contrasts Arabic and English beyond traditional grammar, covering stylistics, cohesion, text-typology, and semantics. It develops professional translation competence in students and trainees by providing a wide range of bidirectional practice materials.
Leadership Theories and Case Studies
Effective leadership does not occur by chance; leaders must be trained for the daunting responsibility of leading organizations. McGiboney shows here that this is possible and illustrates why and how, based on research and case studies from an epidemiological perspective.
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