Politics within Parentheses
Gabor mediates between various culturally determined profiles of the discipline of Communication Studies. While directing attention to landmark American texts in intercultural communication, she also signals the potential to make reading a relational praxis.
A Federal Perspective on the Abkhaz-Georgian Conflict
Gurashi and Gabelia identify the nature and the origins of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict and the causes of the inefficiency of the official negotiation process, and evaluate the hypothesis of a possible federalist transformation of the institutions of both Georgia and Abkhazia.
In the sphere of Indian English literature, Indian English fiction after the end of the 1980s has emerged as a new “canon”. This monograph highlights the process of literary canon formation in Indian universities, and examines such fiction as an alternative literary canon.
This title addresses the challenges that arise at the interface of science and religion in the 21st century. Drawing from many disciplines, including psychology and history, it considers the crucial questions of how science and religion can help shape our worldviews today.
An Anatomy of an English Radical Newspaper
Curelly investigates the content of The Moderate, a radical newspaper of the British Civil Wars published in the pivotal years 1648-9. He captures the essence of this periodical, seen both as a political publication and a commercial product.
From fan-generated translation to user-generated translation, non-professional subtitling has come a long way since its humble beginning in the 1980s. This volume provides a comprehensive review of the current state of play of this user-generated subtitling phenomenon.
Drawing on feminist commentary, this book examines the re-emergence of witchcraft beliefs. It argues that accusations are used to marginalize women, leading to pervasive violence, and assesses the effectiveness of human rights law in protecting them.
Hashas introduces White’s geopoetics as a radical, postmodern and intercultural project that reclaims the return to communication with the earth, nature, and the self as part of a cosmic unity approach. He traces geopoetics’ beginnings, key concepts, territories and trajectories.
Deleuze on Art
Jasper considers the role of art in French philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s late writings. Using examples from twentieth-century architecture, film, literature, painting and sculpture, he follows Deleuze’s engagement with art to illustrate a new image of thought.
In the first book to offer a comprehensive synthesis of the known Pleistocene palaeoart of six continents, Bednarik contemplates the origins of art in a balanced manner, based on reality rather than fantasies about cultural primacy.
Seyadi provides insights that will go some way toward dissipating the concerns that are routinely raised about the procedural and practical soundness of arbitration in the Arab Gulf states. In addition, he places arbitration in the Arab Gulf states in its present legal systems.
Compiling analyses of a wide range of economic and financial subjects, this collection discusses economic transition and the future prospects of developing countries. It serves to raise awareness of the important opportunities and risks inherent in the global financial system.
Society and Law
This book investigates a range of hypothetical issues concerning the relationship between law and society and how it plays out, specifically in fields of legitimacy and social strategy. This will allow the reader to comprehend the hidden standards and ideas in socio-legal reviews
This compilation is the result of the 2016 conference of the UK’s Science and Religion Forum which brings together leading scientific and theological thinkers to reflect together on key issues in these two fields.
This title introduces a number of different types of writing taken from various periods in history and from well-known authors. It serves as an introduction to English-language prose. The texts compiled here are relevant to current social issues and problems.
Philosophy of Mind
The human mind is one of the most extraordinary mysteries of the contemporary sciences and philosophy. This anthology addresses contemporary issues within the field of philosophy of mind, considering the concept of Self, sensory experience, and Artificial Intelligence.
Effects of Interpersonal Relationships on Shared Reminiscence
Condon documents the results of a research project investigating the effects of interpersonal relationship factors on shared reminiscence, an important endeavour given the limited research measuring the specific interpersonal effects of trust and confidence on memory distortion.
Jean Liébault (1535–1596) contributed to the emergence of modern gynaecology by rescuing the Hippocratic medical tradition that recognized the specificity of the female body. Bernal presents the semi-diplomatic edition of the only known English version of Liébault’s work.
Street Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century
For centuries, street literature was the main reading material of the working classes. Fascinating today for the unique light it shines on the lives of ordinary people, it has long been neglected as a historical resource, and this title is the first book on the trade for decades.
Besides providing a thorough overview of advances in the concept of identity in Translation Studies, the publication brings together various approaches to identity as seen through translation. It offers first-hand insights into such topics as post-communist translation practices.
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