Social Segmentation and Clientelism in the Extreme West
This volume explores the importation of Western institutional models and their effects on social structures, especially in non-Western societies. It focuses on resulting problems like the persistence of clientelism and corruption within official institutions.
This book offers much-needed descriptions of communication within language classrooms. Using authentic data, it offers new insights into patterns of interaction beyond individual learner language, with implications for Second Language Acquisition.
Cinema, Television and History
Rethinking the relationship between cinema, television and history, this collection of essays explores how historical events are interpreted and adapted for the screen, as well as the work of the historian exploring the archive.
Analogies and Models in Science and Theology
This book uses Hesse’s Network Model of Theory to debunk scientism and argue for the indispensability of socio-cultural and theological values in the search for objective knowledge. It shows how both science and theology rely on interpretation, models, and metaphor.
How do we live when no one seems to be in charge? This history of Western culture charts the collapse of authority and our modern struggle to manage frustration and find fulfillment without falling into radical narcissism.
The single market and trade policy are Europe’s major economic achievements and its best assets in times of increasing globalisation. This title addresses the various facets of these two pillars of European integration.
“The Real Thing”
Tom Stoppard is the most significant living British dramatist. The critical essays in this volume celebrate his insightful and wry work, addressing well-known plays like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead as well as his critically neglected fiction.
Can the past cure the ills of the present? This anthology explores how ancient literature possesses a profound power to heal our souls. Scholars explore timeless wisdom from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Marcus Aurelius as sources of peace of mind.
This book is a monograph on Albert Einstein’s odyssey to Special and General Relativity. Bringing together recent studies, it offers an in-depth analysis of the genesis of his theories, Einstein’s own derivations, and the philosophical perspectives of his work.
Practices of Proximity
This study investigates the appropriation of English in the literary contact zone between ‘white’ and Indigenous Australia. It insists on the multilateral ownership of the language, seeing Indigenous literature as a space to rethink co-habitation and sovereignty.
The Conformists
Explore the paradoxes of Bulgarian cinema under Communist rule. This work reveals why intellectuals chose loyalty to the state-controlled film industry over rebellion, challenging the view of Eastern Bloc art as propaganda by showing its parallels with the West.
Philosophical Considerations on Contemporary Music
Fronzi describes how complexity in music of the 20th and 21st centuries can be tackled philosophically, starting from certain characteristics. He identifies nine characteristics that permit us to open up philosophical-cultural paths and interpret contemporary music developments.
Empirical Approaches to Cognitive Linguistics
This collection takes a cognitive linguistic view on analyzing language and provides innovative contemporary Finnish research to the international audience. The areas covered vary from semantics to grammatical description, from terminological choices to language acquisition.
Decolonising Peacebuilding
Exploring conflict in Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka, this book highlights the importance of decolonising peacebuilding. Challenging Western-centric knowledge, it begins a conversation on a new re-conceptualization of ethno-national conflict in deeply divided societies.
After a period of neglect, interest in Charles Williams—Inkling, novelist, and theologian—is growing once more. This symposium contributes to the serious study of his work, exploring his novels, theology, and influence, which is being recognized more and more.
Africa, arguably the world’s richest continent, lags in development and is politically marginalized. This book debates strategies to advance a Union of African States, arguing it is critical to provide the clout needed to spur development and gain global relevance.
Spaces Imagined, Places Remembered
In post-war Australia, planners and architects envisioned ideal environments for children. But for the children who grew up there, these abstract spaces were places imbued with personal meanings, a perspective markedly different from the expert notions of the era.
Contemporary Architecture
This book offers an exciting journey into recent architectural achievements. In contrast to many books, architecture is not described chronologically here, but independently for each trend. This allows a better explanation of the evolution and continuity of each movement.
George Bellows Revisited
The artwork of one of the most important 20th-century American painters and printmakers, George Bellows, is studied in this essay collection. Innovative research is offered that probes his oeuvre from multiple viewpoints, challenging widely-held perceptions of Bellows.
Exchanges between Literature and Science from the 1800s to the 2000s
This collection responds to the intense interest that the relations between the discourses of literature and those of science have obtained. It focuses on the cultural significance of scientific discoveries and practices and scientific representations in literature and the arts.
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