How can we live philosophically? Drawing on Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Plato, these essays probe life’s great questions through aesthetics, poetry, and existentialism. This challenging, interdisciplinary guide explores ethics, meaning, and philosophy as a way of life.
This book focuses on integrating Knowledge Management (KM) with Project Management (PM) for all project types. This integration improves organisational performance, delivering products better, faster, and cheaper by enhancing communication, decision making, and collaboration.
This study examines how 20th-century absurdist theatre reveals humanity’s angst by confronting the subconscious self with the socio-moral façade. It highlights the dramatic revolution of the mid-20th century through the plays of Beckett, Pinter, Ionesco, and others.
Exploring the English Language
This guide to structure-based writing explains the ‘why’ behind the language. Rather than a set of rules, it presents grammar as a way to produce more effective writing. With engaging exercises, it is ideal for both native and intermediate non-native speakers.
South Asian Women’s Narratives
This collection explores works by South Asian women authors, discussing themes of gender, identity, diaspora, trauma, and the new ‘self.’ Their writings critically engage with social discrimination, empowerment, and the political issues of their times.
This book examines how urban narratives explore the complexities of city life, from its diverse inhabitants to social and economic disparities. It delves into crime, poverty, gentrification, and the struggle for identity and belonging in bustling metropolises.
This collection presents research on modality in the English language. It includes comprehensive analyses of modal verbs in diverse genres, including non-literary texts, contributing to the current knowledge on the system of modal verbs in English.
Discontents in Translation
This collection of essays contributes to debates in Translation Studies, with a focus on literary translation. It explores how translation contests the literary canon, gender, and genres, and examines the connection between translation, discourse, and power.
Unveiling Migration and Education in Marina Budhos’s Fiction
This work offers penetrating insights into the lived experiences of resilient young immigrants. Using intersectionality as a framework, it unravels the interplay of race, gender, and class, nurturing empathy and advocating for a more compassionate society.
Multicultural and Intercultural Identity Recognition
This book explores the debate between multiculturalism and interculturalism. Reviewing philosophical approaches and the role of religious dialogue, it examines the limits of multiculturalism to propose a new intercultural paradigm—a third way tailored for the Italian context.
The Foundations of Urban Education
This volume explores key 21st-century issues impacting urban schools. It prepares teachers by focusing on theoretical and historical foundations, discussing topics like the achievement gap, charter schools, teacher pay, culturally relevant pedagogy, and teacher motivation.
Uncovering Machiavelli’s sources, from Livy to Boccaccio, these essays trace surprising connections to Shakespeare and Mantegna, revealing how and why Christian authors drew on the pre-Christian world.
This book presents fundamental studies on EEG analysis, introducing a new method for analyzing synchrony to differentiate diseases like schizophrenia and depression. It also covers sleep analysis, choosing an optimal reference electrode, and includes free software tools.
The Politics of Nuclear Power in Finland
A Finnish nuclear deal with Russia’s Rosatom reveals the invisible bonds of trust that hold a community together. An eye-opening look into the cultural roots and hidden forces that drive high-stakes political decision-making.
Populism and Illiberalism in Western Societies
Radical right forces threaten to supplant liberal democracy. This book offers a fresh perspective on the populism behind this challenge, applying Niklas Luhmann’s theory of autopoietic social systems to analyze its rise in Britain, Europe, and the United States.
Linguistic Mapping of the Regional Varieties of Khasi
This linguistic analysis of Khasi varieties uncovers intricate regional variations. Using innovative GIS mapping, it highlights dialect borders and explores vowel and consonant patterns. The study reveals fascinating lexical and phonetic differences among the varieties.
Sexual Pain, a Thorny Embrace
Sexual difficulties can arise from medical conditions or cancer treatment, leading to pain and straining intimacy. This book helps couples understand the link between illness and sexuality, offering awareness and solutions through clinical cases and therapeutic approaches.
Decolonising Political Modernity
Applying a decolonial perspective to racism and nationalism, this book proposes a UK museum of colonial modernity. It uses oceanic thinking to present alternative visions of belonging and critiques several existing European museums.
An essential guide exploring the intersection of energy, public international, and environmental law. It covers fossil fuels, renewables, energy economics, diplomacy, and dispute settlement, providing a holistic view for practitioners of international law and management.
Bashir Ahmad rescued Indo-Persian miniature painting from the cusp of extinction. This book details his apprenticeship with its last masters, his modernization of the art, and its evolution through his students, including Shahzia Sikander. With color illustrations.