A Logician’s Perspective on the Relation Between the Mind and Body
A recognized authority on modal logic examines the supervenience of the mental on the physical—the thesis that any mental difference requires a physical one. From a logician’s point of view, he questions not so much the truth as the significance of the supervenience thesis.
This book brings together researchers and language teachers on the challenges of teaching second language speaking skills. It advocates for a closer integration of theory and practice, exploring topics from task-authenticity to fluency, social media, and transferable skills.
The Ethics of Care in Times of Social and Moral Upheaval
Taking care means tending to our loved ones, ourselves, and the world. But in times of crisis, emergency scenarios and frenetic social changes strain our motivation to care. Do these challenges have the power to undo our sensitivities to caring for someone or something else?
This volume of essays dissects critical issues in postcolonial African theatre. It moves beyond conventional theory to focus on the concrete realities practitioners face, exploring diverse topics from censorship and cultural policy to text, performance, and production.
While we worry about over-population, swift undercurrents are reshaping our world: depopulation, increasing longevity, and reducing fertility, aggravated by economic pressures and COVID-19. This book delves deeper to understand these issues, which cannot be captured by censuses.
In his most controversial poetry, Horace is a writer in torment. This new interpretation reveals an artwork forged from the agony of expression—a book he may never have wanted to write. His fate is to be forever persecuted by his own masterpiece.
This book offers human resources practitioners and researchers a hands-on guide to applying quantile regression to indices of diversity in an organizational setting. With examples throughout, it illustrates how to analyze the IQV, Shannon, Simpson, and other indices.
This manual is a framework for starting a new government. It guides non-technical readers in building a successful representative democracy that can be adapted to any culture. This researched, equitable approach is for all humankind—on Earth, underground, underwater, or in space.
Citizen participation can improve local government performance, but it has a dark side: discrimination, exclusion, and elite capture. This book argues that success depends on circumstances like socioeconomic development, and that merely reforming institutions is not enough.
Anthropological Realism
Ethics lacks a strong theoretical basis and remains parochial as technologies become global. To move beyond unproductive stalemates, this book offers a next-generation theory of hybrid moral realism, promoting a sustainable global ethics of humaneness and human flourishing.
Audience Reception of Benin Cinema in Nigeria
This pioneering study explores Benin (Edo) cinema, a vibrant and largely unexplored frontier in Nigerian performing arts. It covers the history, filmography, and audience reception of these films, revealing a contemporary visual encyclopedia of Benin culture within Nollywood.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought ethics to the forefront. This book explores less-discussed dilemmas—surveillance, conspiracy theories, the moral distress of healthcare workers—examining issues like rationing and privacy through the lens of various ethical models.
This volume offers Biblical Theological investigations into God’s righteousness. Scholars explore how the attribute unfolds throughout Scripture’s progressive storyline, providing new research on topics that have not been adequately explored in the past.
This volume showcases new research on a wide range of topics in Ghana, including pidgin, music, agricultural policy, and the poetics of names. It will appeal particularly to students of Africana and Ghanaian studies.
Deconstructing Dreamscapes of Femininity
This book explores the interplay of two dimensions of consciousness: This World and The Otherworld. Together, they create the archetype Lolita, in the Mist—a protective dreamscape where a girl can explore her budding sexuality through film and social imagery.
Leonardo da Vinci and Verrazzano’s Royal Discovery of New York (1524-2024)
The discovery of explorer Verrazzano’s 500-year-old travel report led to a world map found among Leonardo da Vinci’s papers. Astonishingly, their families were neighbors. Did Leonardo influence his countryman? This book offers new evidence on their connection.
EFL Learners’ Acquisition of the English Article System
This book addresses controversies in second language acquisition, including the role of the first language and universal grammar, by investigating how speakers of Arabic and Japanese acquire English articles. Useful for researchers, students, and teachers in language education.
When financial hardship forced the Brooklyn Museum to sell a Book of Hours, a dealer purchased and dismembered it for profit. This book uncovers the moral complexities of the sale, identifies the manuscript’s original owner, and digitally reconstructs the priceless text.
The Tragic Transformed
This book provides a novel way of looking at Attic tragedies via three directors bearing the aesthetic imprint of Samuel Beckett: Theodoros Terzopoulos, Şahika Tekand and Tadashi Suzuki. Translation becomes a mode of physical action, using mimesis to reawaken tragic pathos.
Strategies for E-Learning in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
This book explores strategies for integrating digital technologies in EFL teaching. It provides practical applications to enhance language acquisition, engagement, and interactivity, reshaping pedagogy by bridging traditional methods with contemporary digital resources.