Understanding Mīmāṃsā
This text explains the extended meaning known as Vakyartha according to the Prabhakara school of Purva Mimamsa, the ancient Indian theory of meaning. It discusses Expectation, Merit and Juxtaposition, recognised as the causes of deriving the meanings of words and sentences.
Literary and Cultural Readings of Goddess Spirituality
Mukhopadhyay examines goddess spirituality in cultural critique, and presents literary readings and cultural phenomena from this perspective. He contemplates the possibilities of inserting the figure of the Great Mother into the critical domain of cultural pluralism.
This title addresses a diverse range of important topics concerning the notion of knowledge, connecting them in a unifying way, and providing answers to a number of key questions concerning this concept.
Animal Narratives and Culture
Barcz’s monograph explains how realism is a narration that tests nonhuman vulnerable experience. The first part gives examples of realism’s redefinition in trauma studies, the second probes what is added to the narrative by literature, and the third analyses cultural texts.
This title covers literature from the beginning of the Jacobean period to the end of the Victorian era. Centring on the city of London, it explores different aspects of the interaction of literature and place, covering works by major figures within this time period.
This volume investigates the myriad ways in which performance and gender are inextricably bound to identity. It shows how gender, performance and identity play themselves out, in order to illumine the very instability and fluidity of identity as a static category.
Sports and Violence
The essays collected here reflect on the confluence of violence within organized sports. They detail past phenomena of sports violence, but also offers ethnographic and sociological explorations alongside philosophical treatments of sports violence.
The Neo Abu Sayyaf
East follows the rise of criminality in the greater Mindanao region regarding the participation of major players in the suppression of the Moros—indigenous Muslims. He contemplates, among other things, why a murderous group such as the Abu Sayyaf has so much local support.
Late Nineteenth-Century Italy in Africa
Bruner looks at an 1891 affair concerning a claim that officials in Italy’s Red Sea colony ordered the secret and brutal killing of certain indigenous notables. He studies how this affair re-shaped the Italian outlook on colonialism, opening the door to conflicts and battles.
This volume incorporates responses to the charge that there is something irrational about believing in God, given all the evil in the world. It critiques the problem of evil, offers a narrative response, and relates the problem of evil to developments in modern analytic theology.
Culture and Power
This collection explores identity and identification in cultural studies. Incorporating theoretical contributions and practical case studies, this monograph adds to contemporary debates on topics such as gender politics, postcolonialism, and the nation.
This collection of articles considers how popular cultures create a global cultural exchange, precipitating new adaptations and connections. The collection demonstrates that the everyday lives of ordinary people are unified through their expressions of shared humanity.
This volume of Meyerbeer’s non-operatic work is devoted to his secular choral writing for male voices, solo songs with chorus, and songs with instrumental obbligato and local colour. These include patriotic anthems, a tribute to Beethoven, and laments.
This volume introduces East European linguistic thought, offering unique paradigms that differ significantly from Western traditions. It focuses on understanding in communication and promotes views that may boost new perspectives in linguistic research.
The world’s deep-seated problems, from environmental crisis to social injustice, arise from technological society and structures of domination. This book offers guidance, providing a plurality of moral and spiritual perspectives to find reasonable responses.
This book discusses the manuscript sources for the music of Luigi Boccherini, a foremost 18th-century composer. Experts explore manuscript types, chronology, catalogues, and specific works, making this an indispensable tool for any scholar of his life and work.
These essays use social psychology theories to explore new research on vulnerable groups and mental health. This book is a useful tool for professionals in psychology, education, and social work, and accessible to a wider audience.
Explore 20 interdisciplinary essays on the social factors shaping education from youth to adulthood. A vital tool for professionals and anyone passionate about lifelong learning, this collection offers fresh insights into continuous education.
This book presents linguistic impoliteness as a field of study in its own right, not just “politeness gone wrong.” Researchers offer diverse theoretical approaches and case studies on rudeness in television, literature, philosophy, and modern communication.
Confessing the International Rights of Children
This book brings together all international documents significant to the protection of the rights of children. While children’s rights obviously exist, the implementation of those rights is not so easy.
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