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.
Education and Teacher Education in the Modern World
This book discusses current problems, policies, and trends in modern teacher education. It explores the challenges facing teachers from various geographical, cultural, socio-political, demographic, and economic points of view.
Despite efforts by ethnographic museums to acknowledge contemporary cultural practices and aesthetic expressions, this book reveals how the institution of the museum as such continues to be haunted by its previous, restrictive ideas of the other while talking about the self.
This publication brings together original scientific studies on current economic and developmental issues in the Balkan region, analysing the area from a variety of perspectives, including tourism, regional trade, European integration policies, and import-export policies.
The heroines of ancient myth remain potent today, challenging popular beliefs about the roles of women. This collection of essays examines their legacy from page to stage to screen to understand how they have evolved to retain and increase their power.
A Reflexive Inquiry into Gender Research
Questions of gender and violence against women have been placed firmly on the agenda of research within the humanities in recent years. This book represents an important combination of scholarly insights and provides multiple reflections on gender research in the African context.
Four Questions on Visual Self-recognition
There are very few clear-cut answers to questions regarding human self-perception, vanity and concerns over one’s appearance, with a lack of consensus on how the brain underlies self-recognition. David Butler provides a broad theoretical framework for understanding these issues.
Crossed Correspondences
This collection of essays analyses letters between literary peers in which writers comment not only on the production of their correspondent, but also on their own artistic approach and their own work while it is still in progress or not yet published.
Englishness and Post-imperial Space
Milton Sarkar investigates the English mind-set immediately after British withdrawal from the colonies, and examines how the loss of power and global prestige affected the poetry of Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes, who returned to archetypal English customs and conventions.
God and the Financial Crisis
This volume of essays brings together contributions by theologians and social scientists to explore the theological, economic, and moral implications of the financial crisis of 2008 and the years that followed.
Interface between Literature and Science
This volume explores the permeable boundaries between science and literature in Latin American narrative. It uses a cross-disciplinary approach to offer new readings of authors like Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, and Ernesto Sábato.
Form and Process in Music, 1300-2014
Drawing together papers delivered at the 2014 meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, this volume explores a wide range of musical cultures, and reflects a strong emphasis on understanding the forms and processes of music through analysis.
Project Management Research
This book presents the latest thinking in project management from leading international academics and practitioners. Essays focus on themes of project maturity, governance, portfolio management, and new techniques, concluding with the future of the profession.
Using Information and Communication Technology tools in the teaching and learning of history has become a common practice worldwide. This book gathers the experiences and reflections of researchers from three continents, based on their own activities and empirical studies.
The convergence of robotics, informatics, genetics, information technologies, and cognitive sciences will have a significant impact on society in the years to come. This volume provides some of the theoretical tools necessary to tackle the opportunities and risks of the future.
An Ethnography in an Irish Girls Secondary School
This ethnographic study explores the cultural experiences of a group of Irish 6th year girls, and provides a feminist perspective on the agency-structure debate. It highlights how hegemony is evident in visible and invisible ways in interactions among the cultural group.
Growing Democracy in Africa
This edited collection critically examines the record on democratization in Africa thus far, questioning the state of governance in sub-Saharan Africa, and seeks a new, integrated, focused approach to the study of governance.
International Symposium on East Anatolia—South Caucasus Cultures
The Southern Caucasus is a region of great historical and cultural importance, yet it remains an under-researched field. This publication presents 75 selected articles from an international symposium on the region’s cultures from earliest times to the Middle Ages.
Curating Differently
This title offers critical perspectives on, and analyses of, intersections of feminisms, art exhibitions, and curatorial spaces from the 1970s onward, bringing together case studies from Australia, Israel, Europe, and North America.
This double-blinded peer-reviewed journal offers a forum for practitioners, students, community members, and faculty interested in all facets of business anthropology to exchange ideas and research.
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