Ruminations, Peregrinations, and Regenerations
A critical approach to Doctor Who, this book examines the famous science fiction show as a cultural artifact. It explores the show’s dialogue with politics, religion, and culture, as well as the peculiarities of its audience response.
Collision
Interdisciplinary art has been largely ignored. This collection charts the radical explosion of interarts practices, exploring collisions of body, technology, space, and aesthetics, alongside perspectives from law, political activism, and spirituality.
This volume is for Language Teacher Trainers (LTTs), lecturers, and experienced teachers aspiring to the role. It offers the main issues, tools, and research for their daily practice and professional development, with suggestions for academic students.
Competitive Political Regime and Internet Control
Why do some democracies control the internet while authoritarian states don’t? This book argues regime type is not the key determinant. Instead, it proposes a new framework where control is shaped by online transgressiveness and the capacity of civil society to resist.
Au Naturel
The essays in this collection propose a major revision of Hispanic naturalism. Reframing it as a phenomenon that transcends time, they demonstrate how naturalist texts–literary and filmic–engage societal problems from the 19th century to the present day.
This exploration of women’s utopian and dystopian fiction reveals how imagined worlds critique gender roles and values. With a global perspective, essays focus on Doris Lessing and offer new perspectives on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
In this collection, diverse authors discuss key ethical and metaethical issues and their relation to applied ethics. Expert scholars and young researchers reframe current philosophical debates, stimulating and challenging anyone curious about what we hold valuable.
Investigating the human side of the UK’s temporary work industry, this study exposes the psychological toll of reduced protection and the fraught power dynamics between workers, agencies, and employers.
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.
Meteors that Enlighten the Earth
Napoleon blended Roman and French traditions to honor great men, comparing himself to Caesar and Charlemagne. This book analyzes his ever-changing personal cult of “great men” and his recognition of contemporaries who contributed to human civilization.
Esther Tusquets
This volume reviews the life and work of Spanish writer Esther Tusquets (1936–2012). The essays contained offer new readings of the author’s canonical fiction and delve into the largely unexplored terrain of her non-fiction.
This volume offers an overview of state-of-the-art lexicographical research in Europe, with contributions on historical and synchronic dictionaries for major European languages and the profound effects of information technology on designing and using them.
Living Outside the Walls
The influx of Chinese to Prato’s textile industry has stirred strong emotions. This is the first comprehensive English study of the migration, exploring the economic and social dilemmas from a full range of perspectives.
Auber and Scribe’s Les Diamants de la couronne is a refined fantasy where a Portuguese queen counterfeits the crown jewels to save her nation. The music is brilliant, with variations of the greatest virtuosity. This edition reproduces the Royal Edition vocal score.
This book explores metaphors as instruments for describing, understanding, and inspiring education research. Authors show how metaphors provide new perspectives on the philosophical assumptions and methodological issues of research.
This guide to retiree destinations worldwide is based on research and hands-on testimonies. Hear directly from retirees in Spain, Canada, and Ecuador, and learn what factors to consider. Chapters include destination profiles based on personal interviews with locals.
Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature
A human-centric worldview must be dismantled. But what takes its place? This volume brings Alfred North Whitehead’s philosophy into conversation with science, religion, indigenous traditions, and art to ignite new experiments in thought and action.
Confining Spaces, Resistant Subjectivities
This book offers a contemporary re-reading of postcolonial women’s narratives, focusing on female oppression, voice, and agency. An analysis of unconventional spaces of female resistance, such as prison and madness, yields surprising results.
This study locates five contemporary British poets in a counter-cultural tradition responding to state power. From Celtic druids to Thatcherism, these shamanic poets use ‘archaic techniques of ecstasy’ to wrest spirituality from religion and politics.
Embodying an Image
This book applies feminist cultural analysis to picturebooks, offering fresh insights into the gendered politics of identity. It investigates the child’s perspective and the power of visual imagery to embody the fantasies and desires of young children.
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