Walter Benjamin and the Actuality of Critique
This book explores the striking actuality of Walter Benjamin’s work. It focuses on his critique of violence, a central topic in contemporary political debate, and his critique of experience, the bedrock upon which his whole philosophy rests.
This volume looks at the future of museums, confronting challenges like funding cuts and a dubious art trade. It also explores exciting prospects, from new possibilities in display and visitor experience to the rising visitor numbers at major museums worldwide.
This book propounds a different conception of producing ideas, introducing semiotic reality—signs and sign systems. It shows how the interplay of three realities (the material world, signs, and the human mind) gives rise to new notions like metathinking.
Children, Childhood, and the Future
The science of a “good childhood” is based on Western children, ignoring the global majority. This volume bridges that gap by exploring childhood in African countries, offering ways to develop joint ideas about childhood instead of imposing one-sided standards.
Trial and Error in Journalism and Communication Education
This book explores teaching journalism and communication in a changing media environment. Bringing together professors and students from across Europe, it offers training proposals and insights to strengthen university teaching for professional communicators in the digital age.
This collection of essays addresses pivotal problems about our planet’s environment and ecology. It highlights the inter-relation of science, philosophy, ethics, and religion, concluding with an ethical analysis of the overlapping challenges that require urgent attention.
Higher education is an important part of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This volume brings together research, teaching experiences, and reflections on actions taken in higher education institutes associated with these SDGs.
Technomimetics versus Biomimetics
Nature inspires us to achieve maximum results with minimum resources. This book investigates the advantages, challenges and limitations of using data science and artificial intelligence to mimic nature in techno-biomimetic systems, from robots to nanotechnology.
This collection of film profiles explores the relevance of twentieth-century films to literature and culture. The films are viewed as moves in mind, trading the look of things brought to presence by the shocking directness of eyesight.
This study explores the work of feminist authors who responded to the Italian Risorgimento (1799-1861). Through novels, poetry, and political analyses, women from Mary Shelley to Cristina Belgiojoso championed democracy, civic justice, and gender equality.
This collection of essays examines dystopian fiction in literature, TV, and games. Capturing the dilemmas of our precarious epoch, it offers new interpretations of classics like Orwell and Atwood and pop culture phenomena like The Hunger Games and Fallout.
The Syntax of Surprise
Some languages use negative sentences to assert affirmative and surprise propositions. This book sheds light on this puzzle, called expletive negation, with a theoretical analysis and experimental study, exploring its contexts and distinction from standard negation.
This groundbreaking study introduces an innovative approach to biometric authentication using photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals. Discover how optical sensors extract these unique biometric traits to achieve an exceptional accuracy rate of 99.46%, revolutionizing identification.
This volume introduces 10 different teaching approaches—including Montessori, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf Pedagogy—that emerged from great transformations in schooling. It will appeal to students and researchers in the field of education and educational sciences.
This book proposes an approach linking social exchange to market activity and organizational performance. It explains value creation theory, why it supersedes classical organization theory, and offers factors for researchers and practitioners to improve performance.
Unlocking the persuasive power of Romantic music. While musical rhetoric is often linked to the Baroque, this book reveals how Romantic composers built powerful arguments into their works, shaping our cognitive responses through musical structure.
The European Union in the Age of (In)Security
Paving a road to a United States of Europe, this book analyses the challenges the Union faces, from migration and populism to fake news and insecurity. It explores the evolution of the European Union, where security remains the top priority for its citizens.
Why Slavery Endures
Slavery, seemingly abolished in the nineteenth century, was never eradicated. With an estimated 21 to 46 million slaves today, its legacy endures. These essays critically examine the historical roots of slavery, the issue of reparations, and contemporary human trafficking.
Foreign Policy Posture in Post-Apartheid South Africa
This book explores the link between domestic and foreign policy in South Africa, tracking its evolution since the 1990s. Combining theoretical perspectives and empirical case studies, it demonstrates the complex motives behind the country’s involvement in global affairs.
The 2011 Arab uprisings echoed similar waves of change from the 1950s. This book analyzes the revolutionary periods of Egypt in the 1950s and 2010s, comparing them to provide insights into the people’s demands for change and their struggle for dignity.
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