Under Any Sky
Under Any Sky showcases the cross-cultural relevance of George Santayana, a leading 20th-century intellectual. International scholars explore the major themes of his thinking, from ontology and skepticism to aesthetics, culture, and social philosophy.
What can past experiences of the body tell us about what it can become? As cyborgs and patented genes put the future of the human body at stake, this volume develops strategies for bodily empowerment to get “back to the future of the body”.
This collection explores how Balkan literary and national poetics interrelate. Through innovative analysis of literature and film, it reveals a unique “mythistory”—a blend of myth and historical fact used to construct national identity.
A wealthy philanderer attempts to buy the favors of his three beautiful married cousins. He succeeds with two, but it is the wild and impetuous Camila who resists his temptations and holds our attention. A major work from Spain’s greatest novelist.
“Clearing the Ground”
Was the Field Day Theatre Company the “cultural wing” of Sinn Fein and the IRA, or a new critical voice challenging traditional representations? This study critiques the successes and failures of a company that discussed identity, memory, and history in new ways.
Betwixt and Between
This book examines the fraught relationship between place and cultural translation. Examining translation across multiple contexts and genres, it argues for the fruitful dislocation of translation to challenge the destructive politics of nationalism and cultural homogeneity.
Scholars explore how Britons have imagined America over 400 years. American life, culture, music and theatre were filtered through a shifting gaze ranging from admiration to outright hostility. Included are essays on Dickens, Orwell, and Radiohead.
What cultural, social and political work do global networks accomplish? This path-breaking collection brings together scholars and activists to explore the multiple meanings and performances of global networks.
This encyclopedic account details the great white sharks preserved in European museums. It also covers their evolution, anatomy, and feeding. Enhanced by photographs and drawings, this book brings the extraordinary world of the great white shark to life.
Recovering Memory
This collection of essays examines representations of memory in Irish literature and culture. It explores public and private memory, the intersection between collective and individual, and the relation between memory, identity, and Ireland’s tragic past.
Experience rebetiko music-making in Thessaloniki today. This ethnography explores the human encounters and lived experiences of the rebetiko revival, while also recounting the story of an ethnographer engaged in fieldwork ‘at home’.
Orientalism is typically associated with Western scholars. This book presents alternative views from regions like Latin America, also affected by colonialism. Rather than constructing the Orient as an inferior other, these essays attempt to understand the Asian within us.
This collection explores the relationship between computing and philosophy, from AI and ethics to how computers relate to human lives within specific cultures. It breaks new ground by highlighting the cultural dimensions of these issues, particularly in Asia.
“Survivor” – Representations of the “New Irish”
This book is a window on the new multicultural Irish experience. As the poems and paintings in this volume attest, the experiences of exile and renewal remain as perennial as human nature itself. I ndeireadh na dála, níl ach cine amháin ann agus sin an cine daonna.
Ghosts, Stories and Histories
This collection reflects on ghost stories from the seventeenth century to our ghosts in the machine. Analyzing the ghostly figure in narratives from Daniel Defoe to Toni Morrison’s Beloved, it shows how spectral vocabulary is finding its place in cultural theory.
Beyond the World of Titans, and the Remaking of World Order
Contrary to conventional wisdom, U.S. dominance is ending. The world is evolving towards a ‘post-post-Cold War era’—a world of titans and new empires remaking world order. This shift reveals the future emergence of a ‘union of the unions’ on earth and in space.
“Revelations of Character”
In the Essais, Montaigne weighs ancient rhetorical and ethical theories as he develops his own paradoxical and dynamic notion of ethos. This collection of essays explores the ramifications of his quest for more human and humane modes of expression.
Brain Development in Learning Environments
This volume on bioeducational research forges a dialogue between education, neuroscience, and biology. It analyses biodynamic perspectives on how learning environments shape brain development, embodied cognition, and perceptual knowledge.
Morality of the Past from the Present Perspective
This monograph explores morality in Slovakia during the first half of the 20th century. Set in its unique socio-political context, it examines the era’s key philosophical, ethical, and professional aspects, and the reflection of morality in Slovak literature.
Crash Cinema
Cinema does more than simply amuse or horrify; it communicates to us about ourselves. This book analyzes the politics of representation, asking whose ‘truth’ is being represented and why, and uncovering cinema’s power to shock, surprise, and explore the taboo.
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