Associations and Other Groups in Science
This collection explores the historical and contemporary role of scientific associations in science and society. It combines historical approaches with contemporary analyses that highlight public engagement, using the Portuguese scientific system as its focus.
Astrobiology and Humanism
This book reviews the frontiers of humanism as they interact with astrobiology. The existence of life raises deep questions meaningful to both, but disagreements in this dialogue are shown to be due to the delusion that the frontiers of science can be ignored.
Astrology in Time and Place
These contributions explore astrology across cultures, from China and the ancient Near East to early modern Europe and Mesoamerica. Topics include ritual, magic, science, and time. An essential read on humanity’s long relationship with the cosmos.
This book explores the progress of astronomy and astrophysics in Spain from the late 19th to the early 20th century. The eclipses of 1900 and 1905 were a crucial turning point, connecting Spanish scholars with the international community.
Asylum Seekers
Asymmetries in Acquisition of Interrogative Sentences
This book charts the acquisition of wh-questions in child Romanian, investigating developmental asymmetries. Analyzing production and comprehension data, it evaluates the explanatory power of Child Relativized Minimality (CRM) and the AGREE Interference approach (AIA).
At Whom Are We Laughing?
At whom are we really laughing? This collection of scholarly papers explores humor across the centuries in the literatures of Italy, France, and the Iberian Peninsula, revealing diverse aspects of wit little known to the general reader.
Atheism, Morality, and the Kingdom of God
This treatise argues that moral virtue is independent of God. It shows that Jesus’ Parables, stripped of their theological overlay, reveal an account of real-time, secular flourishing—a good life incompatible with faith and achievable only here and now.
This book presents detailed European reflections on the current ways of conceptualising multiculturalism as expressed across Europe. Each chapter indicates the areas in which the volume’s study will have a particular impact.
Atticism and Koine in Greek Prose Texts by Jewish Authors
This book evaluates the Bible’s linguistic and literary background, revealing its Hebrew and Greek traditions. It offers valuable information for scholars of religion and language, and a wider audience interested in the controversial language of Jesus and the first Christians.
Explore stancetaking’s theory and practice across diverse contexts, from political trials to informal chats. Analyzing events like the COVID-19 pandemic, this interdisciplinary volume offers key applications for teaching and improving inter-ethnic communication.
This study of medieval poetry explores the interaction between Muslim and Jewish culture in Andalusia. It sheds light on the figure of the “Other”—the Jew in Islam—through the authentic voice of poets, offering a perspective beyond the histories written about the period.
Au Naturel
The essays in this collection propose a major revision of Hispanic naturalism. Reframing it as a phenomenon that transcends time, they demonstrate how naturalist texts–literary and filmic–engage societal problems from the 19th century to the present day.
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.
This volume explores how audiovisual media shapes identity in Southeastern Europe. Using photos and sound recordings, scholars offer a comparative and historical view on how self-images are constructed and negotiated through postsocialist change.
This volume explores posthumanism’s challenges in artistic expression and the humanities. It asks whether posthumanism is an expansion of humanism or a transcendence. Authors from diverse backgrounds offer a varied perspective on this critical contemporary question.
Audiovisual Translation
This book explores the main issues, opportunities, and challenges in audiovisual translation (AVT). Covering topics from culture and technology to subtitling and dubbing, it highlights new directions showing how AVT is moving beyond its traditional settings.
Wright assesses the relevance of aural in a university music degree and as a preparation for a classical musician’s career. The main areas investigated are the relationship between aural ability and success in a music degree, and views about aural and its career relevance.
AUSIT 2012
This volume collects papers from an Australian Institute for Interpreters and Translators conference. The presentations explore training, community interpreting, and translation, combining the practical with the theoretical to address key professional questions.
Australia and Human Rights
Was the Howard government’s human rights retreat an aberration? Examining policies on refugees, China, and the UN, this book reveals a deeper legacy of failure, questioning Australia’s supposedly proud human rights history.
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