Leadership for the Future
This volume explores leadership approaches from the past and present, analysing them for future challenges. Drawing from future studies, it introduces the reader to concepts of leadership that are ‘future-ready’.
Bringing together renowned scholars, this volume offers a multi-dimensional view of comparative and world literature. It connects disparate research contexts to illuminate the future of literary studies for scholars and readers interested in a cross-culturized world.
Reservoirs of Hope
This book is about hope and the personal spirituality that sustains school leaders. Based on interviews, it uses the metaphor of ‘reservoirs of hope’ to explore how a leader’s values in action can sustain a school, without their own reservoir running dry.
Nietzsche and Transhumanism
This collection deals with the question of whether or not Nietzsche can be seen as a precursor of transhumanism or not, addressing a variety of issues to show if there is a close connection between transhumanist concerns for progress and technology and Nietzsche’s ideas.
The ten articles here investigate the relationship between Chinese wisdom and the practice of modern management. The present-day application of the wisdom hidden within traditional Chinese culture and philosophy provides the study of modern management with fresh ideas.
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
What are the implications for human society of a sophisticated extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) operating on Earth? This book explores this question from a multidisciplinary perspective. Any contact with ETI will be a paradigm changer, and we must prepare for this transition.
Animals and Humans in German Literature, 1800-2000
These 10 essays explore the relationship between animality and poetics in German-language literature since the 19th century. Revising cultural dichotomies, they consider animals not as objects, but as active agents that have left forgotten traces in texts.
Husbands Bosworth Polish Resettlement Camp (1948-58)
This study of Polish resettlement camps in post-war Britain draws on eye-witness testimony—including the author’s own childhood experiences—and rare archives. It examines the unique nationalistic culture that emerged, a vital story in the history of multicultural Britain.
When rapid immigration challenged the Irish police, a pioneering solution was born: specialist Garda Ethnic Liaison Officers dedicated to building relations with new minorities. This book details that initiative, offering vital lessons for police and policymakers worldwide.
In 1478, Leonardo da Vinci opened his own workshop and began painting the Benois Madonna—a work marking a strong change in his style and representation of human emotion. This book analyzes his growth as an artist in this pivotal year, detailing his training and life in Florence.
Toward a Philosophical Approach to Psychiatry
Psychiatrist Kenneth S. Kendler presents a collection of papers applying the philosophy of mind and science to psychiatric research and practice. This work looks behind common assumptions without abandoning a commitment to scientific progress in the long run.
This book explores the Mississippi River’s influence on the Northern Gulf of Mexico. This highly productive coastal region, home to the most extensive marsh communities in the US, is eroding and stressed by excess nutrients and the Macondo oil leak as remediation is problematic.
From the “Academic Voices in Contrast” symposium, this book features research by distinguished scholars on the academic author’s voice. It explores interlingual and interdisciplinary differences, constituting a clear advancement in academic discourse research.
The Crowe Memorandum
An “outsider” in the Foreign Office, Sir Eyre Crowe was one of Britain’s most significant public servants. His 1907 Memorandum on Germany had a profound influence on foreign policy for forty years, shaping events from WWI to the eve of WWII.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
This book explores the latest research in education design for virtual and augmented reality. Using numerous studies and examples, it will help the reader gain a better understanding of the nature of these realities and their applications in theory and practice.
A Taxonomical Framework for Evaluating Piano Performances
Musicians find it difficult to put what they hear into words. This book offers a framework for evaluating six aspects of tempo. Analyzing 30 recordings of Chopin and Liszt, it shows how to precisely describe and evaluate a performer’s style of tempo and tempo variation.
Alpine Refugees
This collection of essays highlights how Alpine territories are facing challenges from migration, and how these can trigger policy innovations with beneficial impacts for both migrants and local inhabitants. It will appeal to practitioners, social scientists, and policy makers.
A New Theory of Mind
This book presents a unique way of understanding how humans think. It argues that narratives are the natural mode of thinking, that the “urge” to think narratively reflects known neurological processes and enables us to transcend our evolutionary limits and shape our own futures.
From Theory to Mysticism
Georgallides focuses on the main constituent of the Bild theory of sentences in Wittgenstein’s Tractatus: the term ‘object’. He highlights why the exact meaning of this concept is left unclear, and what difficulties result from this lack of clarity in the Tractatus.
Today’s profit-only management is obsolete, endangering the planet and disengaging employees. This book introduces 3D Management, a radical redesign that liberates organisations and replaces the bottom line with a model balancing profit, people, planet, and purpose.
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