Recovering Memory
This collection of essays examines representations of memory in Irish literature and culture. It explores public and private memory, the intersection between collective and individual, and the relation between memory, identity, and Ireland’s tragic past.
Scanning and Sizing the Universe and Everything in It
Philosophy often ignores the vast scale of the natural continuum for a human-centered view. This book puts our world in the context of all atomic matter, revealing the discrepancy between our ‘yardsticks’ and the reality of cosmic ‘light years’.
This book offers a unique view of welfare in Russia and Eastern Europe from an intersectional perspective of gender and agency. It analyzes the rapid changes since the collapse of socialism, using case studies to reveal gendered practices and activism.
Britten’s music is complex and contradictory. This collection of essays by performers, musicologists, and theorists challenges assumptions about musical constructs, text/music relationships, and the personal influences on his compositional technique.
Human psychological skills are our most precious capital. This book analyzes the organization which incubates this capital: the household. It emphasizes positive psychological aspects, exploring how the family fosters the skills necessary for a successful life and career.
The Life of James Hamilton Stanhope (1788-1825)
A soldier present at the deaths of Prime Minister William Pitt and General Sir John Moore, James Stanhope’s life was marked by war and tragedy. This first biography uses his letters and diaries to reveal his short, idyllic marriage and the heartbreak that led to his suicide.
This book examines why the global mining industry lacked a representative group for so long, and how it finally formed one at the turn of the millennium in response to global environmental policy and the emerging focus on sustainable development.
Restoring Our Humanity
This book discusses paths to restoring our humanity in today’s techno-scientific culture. It shows how talking, observing, doing, and making reconnect us with reality and our critical self-awareness, and provides six maxims on how to ‘be’ human.
The Making of Geography as a Secondary School Subject
This is the first history of geography as a senior school subject in Western Australia (1917-1997). Based on primary sources, this book contributes to international research on curriculum history and offers a model for future studies for other subjects and regions.
Watching Pages, Reading Pictures
While Italian cinema is known for Neo-Realism and Spaghetti Westerns, its crucial affair with literature is less familiar. This book explores this fruitful relationship through discussions of significant film adaptations that exemplify this alliance’s variety.
Migrants and Minorities
Europe is being irrevocably changed by immigration. This book pinpoints the trends shaping its future, exploring EU-level regulations, the challenges of Islam and xenophobia, and how different nations are integrating migrants and minorities.
Inspired by the ‘Historicising the Lesbian’ conference, this collection of essays covers a wide period in history, from the medieval to the modern. The chapters explore a huge range of subjects to widen our knowledge of lesbian history.
An Introvert in an Extrovert World
This anthology explores the challenges faced by introverts in an extrovert world. While often labeled “quiet,” their contributions are immense, from Van Gogh’s art to the personal computer. The book contains analyses of culture, film, and poignant personal narratives.
The Cross and the Star
A conversation between Christian scholar Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy and Jewish thinker Franz Rosenzweig sparked a stunning dialogue. Confronting Nietzsche’s critiques, their “new thinking” resurrected the redemptive cores of faith for the rejuvenation of society.
A collection of essays by scholars and artists exploring theatre’s role in political awareness through the voice of the marginalized. It shows how the theatre of differences denounces prejudice and regains its role as the brain and lungs of the community.
Modern industrial society is a fluke of history. This book argues our world is the result of accidental events, not inherent European values. Our advanced civilization is an unexpected explosion, unique and unlikely to be found anywhere else in the universe.
Judicial Activism in Bangladesh
This book reframes judicial activism as a balance between over-assertion and passivity. With particular reference to Bangladesh, it reveals judicial under-activism and argues that pragmatic intervention is critical for good governance and social justice.
On Personal Space, the Traversable Self, and the Happily Ever Experience
This book explores the symbolic relationship between personal space and the Cinderella fairy-tale. It characterizes personal space as a deeply individual realm of memory and self, where such nuanced associations are the essence of the happily ever after personal experience.
Road Safety Management in Africa
This book examines Africa’s capacity to reduce road deaths. It evaluates crash data accuracy, causes of death, and institutional weaknesses through detailed case studies, offering policy suggestions. Ideal for students and policy makers, this text encourages reflective practice.
Reveries of Home
Reveries of Home considers understandings of home in a globalized world. A series of case-studies reveals how home-making is an ongoing work, cementing the close connections that remain between home and identity, even in a world of movement.
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