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Earthly Honest Things

Collected Essays on Piers Plowman

By: A. V. C. Schmidt

£49.99

This collection of twenty-five shorter writings is from a leading authority on William Langland. Including four new pieces, these revised essays are an indispensable companion for specialists and an exciting introduction for students.

Crafting Infinity

Reworking Elements in Irish Culture

Edited By: Rory T. Cornish, Marguerite Quintelli-Neary

£39.99

This collection of essays investigates how traditional Irish culture has been revised and repackaged. Contributors reveal how artists, writers, and emigrants re-interpreted and reshaped Irish myths, music, and history, crafting an infinite legacy.

Inside Arguments

Logic and the Study of Argumentation

Edited By: Henrique Jales Ribeiro

£49.99

This collection of essays by the finest specialists provides a decisive input to the study of logic and argumentation theory. The authors clarify the relationship between these concepts, taking stock of the most recent developments. An essential tool.

Postmodern Aristotle

By: Alfredo Marcos

£34.99

The modern world was born reacting against a partial image of Aristotle. Today, we are in a unique position to apply his philosophy to contemporary problems. This book uses Aristotelian concepts to solve the dualisms of modern times.

Philosophy and Education

Introducing Philosophy to Young People

Edited By: Roberta Israeloff, Jana Mohr Lone

£39.99

Are children natural philosophers? This book shows how to build on their inherent curiosity about life’s big questions. It describes models for introducing philosophy into schools using literature, games, and activities to help students develop analytic skills.

Outer Space Development, International Relations and Space Law

A Method for Elucidating Seeds

By: Edythe Weeks

£39.99

The development of outer space is happening now, but few are aware. The vast wealth it generates threatens to create unprecedented inequality. This is a call to action to ensure the final frontier benefits all of humanity, not just a select few.

Exploring Travel and Tourism

Essays on Journeys and Destinations

Edited By: Jennifer Erica Sweda

£39.99

These essays examine the significance of travel and the tourist experience over the last two hundred years. From Borneo to Cuba to Niagara Falls, the authors unpack the meanings of nationality, postcolonialism, place, gender, and class in travel studies.

Irony, Misogyny and Interpretation

Ambiguous Authority in Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche

By: Tom Grimwood

£34.99

How do we judge the misogyny of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Schopenhauer when it might be ironic? This book argues that ironic ambiguity is a formative aspect of their texts, not an excuse, and explores the ethical problem this poses for interpretation.

Protection of Minorities

Regimes, Norms and Issues in South Asia

By: Borhan Uddin Khan, Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman

£39.99

This book critically examines international standards for minority protection and their application in South Asia. It explores why minorities still face deprivation despite compatible domestic laws, and assesses the potential of regional cooperation.

In the Light and Shadow of an Emperor

Tomás Pereira, SJ (1645–1708), the Kangxi Emperor and the Jesuit Mission in China

Edited By: Artur K. Wardega

£54.99

These essays explore the decisive moments of the Jesuit mission in China during the Kangxi era, focusing on the neglected Tomás Pereira. A musician and diplomat closer to the emperor than any Westerner, his influence was ultimately undermined by a papal legation.

Language Studies

Stretching the Boundaries

Edited By: Andrew Littlejohn, Sandhya Rao Mehta

£39.99

Language is a cornerstone of human identity and culture. This collection explores its centrality across an array of subjects—from social psychology and forensics to computer science—demonstrating that the study of language offers limitless possibilities to understand our world.

Current Formal Aspects of Spanish Syntax and Semantics

Edited By: Melvin González-Rivera, Sandro Sessarego

£44.99

This book compiles articles on Spanish grammar, integrating up-to-date research with current theoretical syntax and semantics. It is for linguists, researchers, and students interested in Spanish, Romance languages, and generative grammar.

Portraying the Other in International Relations

Cases of Othering, Their Dynamics and the Potential for Transformation

Edited By: Sybille Reinke de Buitrago

£34.99

International scholars analyze how "othering" shapes global politics, legitimating behaviour in interstate relations and counterterrorism. This volume explores the dynamics of self-other constructions and presents ways they may be transformed for peace.

International scholars analyze how “othering” shapes global politics, legitimating behaviour in interstate relations and counterterrorism. This volume explores the dynamics of self-other constructions and presents ways they may be transformed for peace.

New Perspectives on Tudor Cultures

Edited By: Zsolt Almási, Mike Pincombe

£44.99

This volume presents new explorations of Tudor literature. The papers cover the mid-Tudor period, from Skelton to the young Shakespeare, with topics ranging from philosophy and social commentary to lyric and tragedy.

Mapping Parameters of Meaning

Edited By: Martine Sekali, Anne Trévise

£34.99

This book addresses meaning construction, showing how syntax, semantics, and pragmatics converge during interpretation. It explores the link between contextual parameters and stable linguistic systems, valuable to researchers and students of linguistics.

The Heroic Female

Redefining the Role of the Heroine in the Tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri

By: Stephanie Laggini Fiore

£34.99

This re-reading of Vittorio Alfieri's tragedies challenges traditional analyses that marginalize the female character. It argues that Alfieri undermines traditional gender roles, portraying his heroines as determined, active, and intelligent women.

This re-reading of Vittorio Alfieri’s tragedies challenges traditional analyses that marginalize the female character. It argues that Alfieri undermines traditional gender roles, portraying his heroines as determined, active, and intelligent women.

The Impact of the UK Temporary Employment Industry in Assisting Agency Workers since the Year 2000

By: Simon Toms

£44.99

Investigating the human side of the UK's temporary work industry, this study exposes the psychological toll of reduced protection and the fraught power dynamics between workers, agencies, and employers.

Investigating the human side of the UK’s temporary work industry, this study exposes the psychological toll of reduced protection and the fraught power dynamics between workers, agencies, and employers.

African Zion

Studies in Black Judaism

Edited By: Edith Bruder

£44.99

Forged in slavery, exile, and subjugation, some black African and American societies have adopted a Judaic identity. This book explores the historical mosaic of black Judaism, reshaping the standard accounts of their collective religious experience.

Gender Power and Mediation

Evaluative Mediation to Challenge the Power of Social Discourses

By: Jamila A Chowdhury

£44.99

This book shows how evaluative mediation, rooted in Eastern practices, can provide fair justice for women facing gendered power disparity and family violence. Using verbatim quotes from real sessions, it demonstrates how theories are operationalised in real life.

Enemy Images in War Propaganda

Edited By: Marja Vuorinen

£34.99

Where does today's passionate intensity come from? To understand modern ideological enmity, this book investigates the propaganda of the past, from Hitler’s enemy images to the Rwandan genocide and the invisible enemies of the future.

Where does today’s passionate intensity come from? To understand modern ideological enmity, this book investigates the propaganda of the past, from Hitler’s enemy images to the Rwandan genocide and the invisible enemies of the future.

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