Treating children as property can lead to abuse. This book exposes the possessive logic behind this danger, urging us to listen to children’s voices and redefine child protection by asking one crucial question: protection for whom?
In an age of sectarianism, Shakespeare sought tolerance for freedom of conscience. His histories show conflict results from human ambition, not Providence. His tragedies invite us to cope with life’s worst, and his insight into women’s suffering and need for freedom is vital.
What Comes After Occupy?
Occupy Wall Street in NYC received much publicity, but little attention has been given to the hundreds of Occupy groups in other locations. This volume rectifies this, with essays addressing the creative politics of occupation in these different contexts.
A distinguished team of philosophers addresses the internalism/externalism debate in language and mind. This volume demonstrates the debate’s significance on a wide range of issues, in a manner that is sophisticated yet accessible to non-specialists.
This collection of critical essays addresses debates on “suitable” texts for young audiences. It examines what adult writers “tell” child readers about sexuality, gender, death, trauma, race, and national identity in Irish and international fiction.
This illustrated book explores the diversity of children’s book illustration as a space for cultural dialogue. It considers how illustrations from different traditions are histories of art and style that enable us to traverse boundaries and dissolve barriers.
This title offers a comprehensive examination of the events surrounding the shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer on August 9, 2014, and their aftermath, and will serve to generate an on-going dialogue about the role race and class play in the criminal justice system.
Does art need to be beautiful? Is the experience of beauty confined to humans? This volume gathers authors from philosophy, neuroscience, anthropology, and more to investigate the most debated aspects of beauty and aesthetic experience.
This book unifies Freud’s scattered writings on healing to spell out exactly what happens in successful psychotherapy. It clarifies the healing process for neurotic, borderline, and psychotic illnesses, adding a new level of precision to the therapeutic process.
This book challenges conventional definitions of success. It argues that essential human work like caregiving is deeply undervalued in modern economies. By re-evaluating what we celebrate, this work calls for systemic change to build more inclusive and sustainable societies.
In an age of multimedia communication, the need for advanced study in writing and critical thinking has never been greater. These essays explore how the classical art of rhetoric is still relevant and how it connects to modern technologies and teaching.
What Literature Teaches in Times of Crisis
The Covid pandemic offers a new lens for old stories. This book explores how collective trauma deepens our understanding of authors like Joyce, Kafka, and Chekhov, revealing the enduring psychological power of classic literature.
This book examines eighteenth-century novels, focusing on the skills readers needed to master them. It analyses how these skills were shaped by the cultural and political climate, from debates on education to new philosophical and scientific theories.
What Rough Beasts presents an innovative and diverse collection of new research in Irish and Scottish Studies. Showcasing original material by both emergent and established scholars, this book covers issues including poetry and violence, film, history, and more.
This book challenges modern psychology’s view that we are victims of circumstance. It argues that by denying human freedom and personal responsibility, we risk undermining our civilisation, and offers a ‘purposive psychology’ to help individuals gain mastery of themselves.
Addressing the question “what’s in a balcony scene?”, this book discusses its representation in a number of adaptions of Romeo and Juliet. It shows that there are several fresh angles from which to look at the topic, which, in turn, provide unique insights into the balcony scene.
This book illustrates the Europe of the 1500s-1600s, focusing on England and Italy. It explores how military interventions, literature, art, and philosophy formed the continent we have inherited, and delves into the mystery of who wrote the Shakespearean works.
Linguists and translators address fundamental questions about text: What is it? Why do we study it? What are we looking for? This volume helps the reader appreciate the richness of text as a treasure-trove for scholars with various approaches to language.
When Courts Do Politics
Taking the phenomenon of public interest litigation as its primary focus, this text explores the manner in which the judicial branch of government in three East African countries has engaged with questions traditionally off-limits to adjudication and court-based resolution.
When East Meets West
This book serves as a reference that brings together theoretical perspectives and research on media from a Sino-American vantage point. It considers the issues China and the U.S. will encounter as they move toward greater interdependence, capturing a “decisive moment.”
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