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Global Norms in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Klaus-Gerd Giesen, Kees van der Pijl

£39.99

Global norms are no longer established by states alone, but by new actors like the private sector and NGOs. This collection of critical studies challenges convenient theories to explore the practical, theoretical and ethical implications of this new world.

Florida Studies

Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association

Edited By: Claudia Slate

£39.99

Florida’s long and colorful past is matched by its literary production, yet critical assessment has lagged. This volume corrects that oversight with papers on Florida literature, including studies of African-American figures and suggestions for teaching.

The Flesh of Being

On Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra

By: David Ross

£34.99

This text is a conversation with Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra. It is not about Nietzsche, but what it is for someone to read his text, a book for everyone and no one. The text is what the reader has to write through the reading.

The Practice of Altruism

Caring and Religion in Global Perspective

Edited By: Ruben L.F. Habito, Keishin Inaba

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Do people with religious commitment nurture altruistic action more than others? Social scientists present results of their empirical studies on Japanese, North American, European, Indian, and Thai societies to offer insightful reflections on this issue.

Women Moving Forward

Volume One

Edited By: Judith Barr Bachay, Raúl Fernández-Calienes

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These are the deeply moving narratives of women who uprooted themselves to seek a better life. United in their quest for a self-constructed future, they persevere and prevail. These are the stories of everyday heroes, a treasure that cannot be missed.

The School at the Frontiers of Modernity

Edited By: Maria Manuel Vieira, José Resende

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This book uses the social sciences to discuss emergent educational processes in late modernity, providing an overview of schooling's contribution to its construction.

This book uses the social sciences to discuss emergent educational processes in late modernity, providing an overview of schooling’s contribution to its construction.

Towards or Back to Human Values? Spiritual and Moral Dimensions of Contemporary Fantasy

Edited By: Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak, Marek Oziewicz

£34.99

Fantasy literature is a provocation. Against the dominant skepticism of the age, it points to hope and trust. This collection of essays explores how fantasy brings spiritual and moral values back to the center, rekindling the hope of finding meaning.

Naming the People of England, c.1100-1350

By: Dave Postles

£32.99

This book uses personal naming to challenge the narrative of cultural change in England after the Norman Conquest. It reveals that far from a single uniform culture, there existed complex, residual, and resistant regional cultures.

Politics and Culture in Post-War Italy

Edited By: Monica Boria, Linda Risso

£39.99

This volume offers original insights into lesser-known aspects of post-war Italian culture. It provides an interdisciplinary examination of Italian society since WWII, with innovative perspectives on literature, women’s studies, cinema, history, and politics.

Borders and Borderlands in Contemporary Culture

Edited By: Aoileann Ní Éigeartaigh, David Getty

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This book explores borders as socio-political constructs and the formation of identity. A series of articles interrogates the border as a limitation where spatial borders become mental ones, and examines individualism as a paradoxical prison cell and fortress.

Semiotics and Philosophy in Charles Sanders Peirce

Edited By: Susanna Marietti, Rossella Fabbrichesi

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This book explores the thought of pragmatist and semiotics founder Charles Sanders Peirce. Contributions by leading scholars are divided into three areas: Semiotics and the Logic of Inquiry, Abduction and Mathematics, and Peirce and the Western Tradition.

The World of South African Music

A Reader

Edited By: Christine Lucia

£39.99

This Reader is a selection of influential, rare, historic, and contemporary texts on South African music, chosen to provide a deep understanding of the music itself. Indispensable to scholars and enthusiasts, it is vital for those looking for a way into this world.

Globalization and Social Responsibility

Edited By: Kiymet Tunca Caliyurt, David Crowther

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Amid corporate scandals and environmental concerns, the relationship between organisations and society is under scrutiny. This book explores the vital topic of Corporate Social Responsibility, examining the social contract between a business and its stakeholders.

Spas in Britain and in France in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Edited By: Annick Cossic, Patrick Galliou

£14.99

Originating from a belief in healing waters, spas became exclusive resorts for 18th-19th century elites. Amid fierce competition, these centers of leisure and medicine declined, paving the way for modern thalassotherapy, the latest avatar of this long story.

Changing Concepts of Childhood and Children’s Literature

Edited By: Vanessa Joosen, Katrien Vloeberghs

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This collection of essays bridges European and US approaches to children’s literature studies. Two main themes surface: ideology in children’s literature and images of childhood, alongside globalisation and the tension between pedagogy and aesthetics.

From Plato’s Cave to the Multiplex

Contemporary Philosophy and Film

Edited By: Stephen Rainey, Barbara Gabriella Renzi

£34.99

This rich collection of articles explores the productive interaction between philosophy and film. The pieces offer philosophical analyses of specific films and the cinematic medium, revealing surprising connections and provoking philosophical reflection.

Travel and Travellers from Bede to Dampier

Edited By: Geraldine Barnes with Gabrielle Singleton

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These essays track travel narratives from the eighth to the eighteenth century. Their voyages, from the literal to the spiritual, show the enduring influence of the medieval geographical imagination upon post-medieval travel, discovery, and encounters between East and West.

Race and State

Edited By: Karen Fricker, Ronit Lentin

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Speaking about racism is difficult, yet state racism is more acceptable than ever. Immigration detention and racial profiling impact our daily lives. Race and State breaks the taboo of discussing the links between “race” and state from multiple perspectives.

Social Development and Family Changes

Edited By: Cristina Gomes

£39.99

This book analyzes family diversity across cultures and generations. It reveals the complex connections between individual lives and major social, economic, and demographic shifts, deconstructing myths and exploring changes in gender and generational roles.

Byron and Orientalism

Edited By: Peter Cochran

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Byron is often thought of as the Romantic poet most familiar with the East. This book examines this thesis, looking at Byron’s knowledge of the East and its religions, his Turkish Tales, his influence on Pushkin, and his own disorientated existence.