Maimonides on God and Duns Scotus on Logic and Metaphysics (Volume 12
Moses Maimonides and John Duns Scotus are key figures who bookend a major thirteenth-century philosophical tradition. This volume explores Maimonides’s work on God and creation alongside the revolutionary logic and metaphysics developed by Scotus.
This thorough study of radio-pathological correlation in breast cancer offers a pathology of the disease and 35 practical case studies. It is an essential resource for breast clinicians, pathologists, and students.
Applied Social Sciences
This collection of studies in administration, management, and law explains complex concepts through theoretical and empirical research. It is an educational support for professionals and is accessible to a broader audience interested in an interdisciplinary approach.
This book introduces a new genre: the shamanic story. Analyzing tales from different cultures—including the Book of Jonah and Georgian and Korean folklore—it reveals the pervasive, universal influence of shamanism on storytelling.
States of Decadence
This two-part anthology focuses on the literary and cultural phenomenon of decadence, with particular attention given to literature from the end of the 1800s. It goes beyond literary studies too, drawing on a number of the tropes and themes of decadence in the arts and culture.
These essays explore how conversational exchanges in Early Modern England informed cultural productions. Conversation functioned as a method for creation and interpretation, a metamorphic force that did not simply reproduce, but transformed with each interaction.
Polish Theatre after the Fall of Communism
In investigating how Polish theatre has changed since 1989 and the fall of Communism. Śmiechowicz highlights the creativity of Polish contemporary theatre, and details the major points of difference between it and the theatre traditions of many other European countries.
Retold Stories, Untold Histories
This text explores how Maxine Hong Kingston and Leslie Marmon Silko challenge official history. Coming from marginalized groups, both writers use creative writing to reconstruct silenced pasts and counter stereotypical narratives of American identity.
Songs at Twilight
A visually impaired author and thirty contributors explore their experiences of living with a visual impairment and its effect on their identity. Through collaborative narrative, they challenge sighted assumptions about blindness.
‘I, Me, Mine?’
Skrimsjö reconsiders perceptions of record collecting and collectors, through a discussion of existing stereotypes surrounding such practices, and explores how such collectors view themselves and their practices.
This book explores the cultural and social aspects of space in archaeology. Using cutting-edge spatial methods, it reveals how people have used space to subsist, recreate culture, and understand landscape, social relationships, and cultural heritage.
The Foreignness of Foreigners
This collection examines Britain’s encounters with the Other through literature, art, and politics. It explores how figures of the foreigner were imagined and fabricated, revealing the crucial role Otherness played in fashioning Britain’s national identity.
Whiteness in Academia
How do white academics contribute to racial oppression, even in fields designed to resist it? This book uses fictional tropes—from science fiction to detective fiction—in a series of ‘counter stories’ that critique whiteness in academia and explore power.
Tabish Khair
This volume approaches Tabish Khair’s writings from numerous perspectives, analyzing his social and political concerns. It is highly enriched by Khair’s unpublished play, a satirical commentary on tourism and the ability of common Indians to adapt and thrive.
Ancient genres were contested, hybrid and ambiguous. This volume presents case studies on understandings of genre, examining well-known texts like Ovid and late-antique works from Rome and Greece to Gaza and Syria.
This cross-cultural study investigates what happens when 20th century European plays are adapted to the Indian context. Go into the minds of creators and directors through interviews that reveal the theatrical, cultural, and ideological concerns of reimagining landmark works.
Investigating the Role of Language in the Identity Construction of Scholars
This volume explores major hindrances to communication in the way we over-generalise, stereotype and undermine the people with whom we communicate. It investigates the consequent need for greater intercultural awareness on the part of educators and students.
Measuring the Evolution Controversy
Why do so many people reject evolution? The authors postulate the “incompatibility hypothesis”: a fundamental conflict between scientific rationalism and supernatural belief. They test this by examining how education and religiosity impact evolution’s acceptance.
Acts of Love and Lust
Over six decades, Australia has undergone a sexual revolution. This collection by leading historians explores how sexuality was constructed by the state, law, and media, and how love and lust were experienced by individuals, shaping society and culture.
This volume brings together findings on the disputed role of non-standard dialects in education. It offers insights on policy, classroom use, and bidialectalism to help create an environment that respects the linguistic rights of all speakers.