This book explores Eventualism, a metaphysical theory concerning reality and every “anything” that exists. It argues that “anythings” are not just physical things, but also creations of the human mind and artificial intelligence, and provides an analysis of their structure.
What forces shape the lives of Punjabi women in Pakistan? This study analyzes the impact of education, media, and legislation on their socio-cultural, legal, and economic rights, drawing on extensive interviews and surveys to foster a compelling debate.
These philosophical essays cover a wide range of historical and contemporary topics, from the work of thinkers like Parmenides and Wittgenstein to the nature of knowledge and belief. Written over a long career, they are models of philosophical investigation and argument.
Training and Deployment of America’s Nuclear Cold Warriors in Asia
A near-launch that almost started a nuclear war. A lost hydrogen bomb. A fatal missile misfire. In these first-person accounts, soldiers at a 1960s nuclear base in Okinawa reveal how nuclear deployments, far from deterring, greatly increased the danger of war.
This book examines the nuclear negotiations between the Great Powers and Iran from 2003-2015. It also assesses the period following the US withdrawal from the JCPOA, and the current efforts to save the Iran Nuclear Agreement.
This book explores hypermodern documentary discourse through audiovisual analysis. Drawing on philosopher Gilles Lipovetsky, it provides a new understanding of the theoretical and aesthetic qualities of hypermodern documentaries within film and media studies.
Explore the history of Chinese food and drink through its utensils, ingredients, and dining practices. This collection of essays examines items from Han jade goblets to 18th century imperial tea houses to reveal the evolution of culinary concepts and food cultures in China.
We are surrounded by risks, but the media’s presentation of them is just as important. From causing public worry to legitimizing foreign policy, this book explores how the media covers risk and the profound consequences of its coverage.
This book explains how to eliminate the artificial and psychological boundaries that separate communities in modern societies. It shows how people of different nationalities and backgrounds can live together peacefully in a world divided by race, identity, and religion.
Literature against Paralysis in Joyce and His Counterparts
Dublin has inspired many literary masters, including James Joyce. This collection of essays on Irish writers analyses how their literature disrupts paralysis and entropy, making sense of our human “chaosmos” by juxtaposing local and universal concerns.
This book explores the victimization of women in Canadian and Indian fiction. Using feminist literary criticism, it debates issues of gender, feminism, and eco-feminism, showing literature’s power to transform contemporary gender relations.
Joining, Staying in, and Leaving the European Union
This book explores the legal, political, and economic perspectives of a Member State’s “circle of life” in the EU: accession, participation, and potential exit in the form of withdrawal or expulsion.
Teachers cannot stop the wars that create refugees, but they can influence how migrant children are accepted in their classrooms. This book presents a unique model of intercultural education, realized through the commitment of teachers, pupils, parents, and the local community.
Private Bill Legislation in the Nineteenth Century
The creation of canals, railways, and the infrastructure of Victorian Britain was impossible without private Acts of Parliament. How these Acts were promoted and passed has never been systematically analysed—until now. This book explores over 20,000 Acts from 1797 to 1914.
Analysing Media Discourse
Combining theory with interdisciplinary analysis, this study of media discourse enables readers to understand media communication and provides producers with effective instruments to understand the role of media in social life.
Education in Troubled Times
This volume examines how education operates in troubled times. From the COVID-19 pandemic and political manipulation to conflict situations, it explores serious challenges affecting education and suggests ways to overcome them in their respective contexts.
A History of Earth’s Biota
Our understanding of life’s evolution has been transformed. The fossil record now extends an astonishing sevenfold, and new genetic evidence reveals the co-evolution of plants and animals. This book presents the wondrous tale of how all life is linked, from microbes to man.
This book provides new insights into hybrid place-names in England. It uncovers patterns of formation, investigating the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian, and Norman French layers of toponymy. It will appeal to historians, linguists, and local history enthusiasts.
This book reveals how Bede Griffiths’ images for God are relevant for our times. Led by Christ, Griffiths promoted “the marriage of East and West,” the essential value of the feminine, and interreligious dialogue, all grounded in his motto to “always go beyond.”
Narrative Rewritings and Artistic Praxis in Derek Walcott’s Works
This book moves beyond Derek Walcott’s Nobel Prize-winning poetry to reveal his fundamental contribution to Caribbean theatre and art. Examining key works as postcolonial re-writings of European stories, it uncovers the strategies Walcott used to respond to colonial power.