A knowledge-rich society cannot sustain itself without wisdom. This book defines wisdom as a science, arguing its application should be as commonplace as arithmetic to transform a chaotic civilization into a wise one.
What are the main issues in intercultural education today? With theoretical foundations, research, and case studies from diverse authors, this book helps readers go beyond stereotypes and effectively face complex diversity issues in multicultural settings.
Tally offers an inspiring perspective on representations of a new kind of female character who first appeared on US TV in the mid-2000s, the anti-heroine. She studies several TV women and shows, like Homeland, Weeds and Scandal, to show the dominance of the anti-heroine on US TV.
The neurodiversity movement alleges that neurologically divergent individuals must struggle for their civil rights. This book explores these questions, examining the policies and practices of institutions like higher education, social support, and healthcare.
The international group of historians represented here focus on several significant groups of minorities who were driven into exile from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. They discuss a broad range of topics, including the religious meaning they accorded to their exile.
Prisoners of War and Forced Labour
This book expands the historical perspective by connecting the Holocaust with the treatment of prisoners of war and forced labourers in the Third Reich. The volume consists of papers from international researchers presented at the Falstad symposium.
Hybridity
This volume critically assesses the notion of hybridity in literature and the visual arts from the eighteenth century to the present. It examines the concept as one held in contempt by purists, promoted by syncretists, and viewed with suspicion by its critics.
Exploring the deep connections between language, brain, and mind, this book surveys key trends in 21st-century linguistics. It unites diverse scholarly traditions on topics from broad theory to specific analysis.
A global exploration of religion’s role in shaping inclusion and exclusion in utopian and dystopian literature. This collection offers critical insights for scholars and students of literature, religion, and interdisciplinary studies.
Handmaids, Tributes, and Carers
This book studies the role of female figures in dystopian narratives, from fiction to film, addressing how such characters, from all stages of life, are often critical to these narratives, positing females as particularly powerful heroines or catalysts to action.
The Lake Poets in Prose
Focusing on their prose, this collection challenges assumptions about the Lake Poets. Far from idealistic dreamers or “Jacobins,” they consistently challenged the government, defended democratic impulses, and argued from a complex and surprising religious standpoint.
Theologian and philosopher Paul Tillich believed that to fully live, one must do so on the boundary. This book applies his work to pedagogy, demonstrating how a “Tillichian” approach can diminish students’ existential anxieties and prepare them to live in the modern world.
This easy-to-follow guide provides the necessary steps in discretizing continuous systems. It covers sampling, reconstruction, stability analysis, and the synthesis of digital controllers, including a practical guide to PID speed control of a DC motor using an Arduino card.
This book highlights international media education research, topical findings, and educational practices. It explores the use of digital skills from school to higher education and beyond, providing insights for researchers, teachers, and policymakers promoting media education.
This volume examines how self-presentation can facilitate our understanding of how individuals present their identities. Topics covered include identities shaped through the self-presentation of authors in Latin literature, and explorations on epigraphy and historical analyses.
This book provides a comprehensive picture of China’s Sci-Tech Innovation Board (STAR), a key stock market reform. It explains the STAR system, discusses investment opportunities by valuing representative enterprises, and is indispensable for investors and academic researchers.
Daydreams reveal a protagonist’s hopes, fears, and desires. But what do they truly mean for Hollywood cinema? This study investigates fantasy scenes to uncover the key functions daydreams serve from cinematic, thematic, psychological, and ideological perspectives.
International law recognizes children’s rights, but national legal and cultural practices often fail to see children as holders of rights. This book examines the child as a self-ruling subject of justice with an independent legal personality.
Placing the Origins of the Buddha
For two centuries, the Buddha’s origin story has been accepted as fact. But is it built on a flawed foundation? This book exposes the stunning inconsistencies in the evidence, demanding a radical rethinking of early Buddhism’s true beginnings.
British Religion and the World Wars
This is the first in-depth listing of literature on British religion and the World Wars. With over 1,200 items, it covers Christianity, Judaism, and alternative religion. An indispensable reference tool for those investigating the religious landscape of Britain during the wars.
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