Humanistic Philosophizing
Philosophy is the project of seeking for answers to “the big questions” regarding the condition of man, the nature of Reality, and man’s place within its scheme of things. Against this background, Rescher considers some major areas of philosophical concern.
The 20th century’s tectonic events created “big government.” As the bureaucracy grew, Congress fought for control. Now, conservatives challenge this “administrative state,” arguing it has too much power. This book provides the history behind this crucial modern debate.
The Possibility of the Sublime
After Professor Jane Forsey argued that a theory of the sublime is impossible, this volume gathers international scholars to challenge her claim. In a tightly focused debate, they defend the sublime as an aesthetic category, concluding with a final response from Forsey herself.
Due to a dearth of academic references in the area of English-Arabic audiovisual translation, this monograph represents a unique resource, in that it explores dubbing and subtitling into Arabic, a topic hardly discussed academically both in the Arab world and across the globe.
Names play pivotal roles in unlocking early Christianity, revealing theological positions and triggering the suggestion of a nameless god. This book is a primer for those who value objective observation over orthodoxy, offering a fresh, positive view of agnostic thought.
To Inspire and Instruct
This collection of essays tells the story of how medieval art was collected by individuals and institutions in the American Midwest, considering the motives of donors, the formation of major collections, and evolving curatorial practices.
Think Consumer
Contrary to mainstream thinking, this book argues that the quality function of a trade mark should be enforced by law. This encourages traders to improve goods over advertising, reducing consumer search costs and bridging the gap between legal theory and reality.
Charitini Christodoulou argues that a “dialogic openness” permeates Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation. Antithetical forces clash in unresolved tension, revealing that subjectivity and identity are always in the process of becoming.
This book explores work-integrated learning (WIL) programmes for the student, coordinator and supervisor. It integrates practical industry experience within the higher education curriculum to enhance student development, and highlights the diverse WIL approaches in South Africa.
Recognized scholars offer insights into the political, social, and cultural transformations of our globalized world. These state-of-the-art essays explore diverse topics, emphasizing interconnectedness and geography’s crucial role in shaping identity.
Cultivating Peace
This book embraces a new approach: cultivating peace. Using global case studies, its narratives offer constructive lessons on preventing violence, restoring shattered societies, and creating positive change through nonviolent, locally-driven initiatives.
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Morocco
This book explores the teaching of English in Morocco, providing insightful findings for secondary and tertiary education. Useful for teachers, researchers, and stakeholders, it addresses recent trends designed to meet the expectations of the 21st century learner.
Environmental Psychology
This book contains research papers in environment-behaviour studies that address a recurring debate: how can research findings be put into real-world practice? It outlines current views and suggestions on how to more effectively address this ‘research-practice’ relationship.
Contest(ed) Writing
This collection explores writing contests as a cultural practice, asking if they over-emphasize individual achievement over shared goals. Taking a cultural-rhetorical approach, it examines contests from ancient Greece to modern podcasting competitions.
The Committed Workforce
This research explores the relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction, showing how it is influenced by the economic sector. Job satisfaction is a key mediator, linking an employee’s commitment to positive organizational citizenship behaviours.
Fundamentalism is text-centred, but its complex and paradoxical relationship with literature remains largely unexplored. These essays explore this relationship, analysing literary representations of fundamentalism and revealing unexpected affinities between the two.
Contemporary Customary Land Issues in Africa
Drawing from the Land Use and Rural Livelihoods in Africa Project, the contributions here examine current trends in customary land issues in Africa, focusing on the practice of converting customary land into leasehold tenure, particularly in Zambia.
Formations of Identity
The contributions here explore the ways in which physical landscape has been appropriated by artists to represent political, social, and national identities in a variety of geographical and historical contexts.
The British Indian Army
This work explores the British Indian Army: a unique partnership of imperial and South Asian cultures. An instrument of expeditionary war that enjoyed its greatest triumph defeating Japan in 1945, it paradoxically became a potent vehicle for a free India.
I More than Others
How responsible are we for the world’s suffering? Inspired by Dostoyevsky, philosophers and theologians confront the nature of evil, our shared guilt, and the difficult struggle for hope.