This book is devoted to a quasi-classical treatment of quantum transitions, with an emphasis on magnetic and electric dipolar resonance. In addition to known results, it presents parametric resonance for electric dipoles, which may lead to spontaneous electric polarization.
Echoing Voices in Italian Literature
This anthology explores the reception of classics and translation from modern languages as two different, yet synergic, ways of engaging with literary canons and established traditions in 20th-century Italy.
Street Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century
For centuries, street literature was the main reading material of the working classes. Fascinating today for the unique light it shines on the lives of ordinary people, it has long been neglected as a historical resource, and this title is the first book on the trade for decades.
The Politics of Traumatic Literature
The essays here offer insights into the analysis of traumatic literary studies wherein language is used as a medium of expression so as to interpret man, psyche and memory. They make literature the partner of a dialogue with psychology, in order to better comprehend the psyche.
Jean Sibelius’s Legacy
This conference proceedings draws upon the most current achievements of Sibelius research. It covers all of the genres in Sibelius’ production: orchestral works, incidental music, piano and chamber music, and songs, including both well-known works and rarities.
War on the Human
The essays here explore the question of the human, both as a contested concept and as it relates to the wider global conjuncture. They explore the theoretical underpinnings of the term “human,” inviting the reader to reflect upon the contemporary human condition.
PaintingDigitalPhotography
This publication investigates aspects of interconnectivity between painting, the digital and photography in contemporary art practices. It contributes to discourses around networks of associations by examining where syntheses occur, and differences remain, between these media.
This publication gathers together a series of case studies of developed, emerging and developing countries, studying the evolution or decline observed in these countries and proffering insights into the influence of the economic model around the world.
This book presents mathematical models of neuroscience and natural phenomena like tsunami waves. It covers models of tsunamis and examines Fitzhugh-Nagumo systems to understand nerve impulse propagation. For students, researchers, and specialists in nonlinear waves.
This collection considers the human relationship with the natural environment from the perspective of religions and the social sciences. It makes it clear that religions can play a helpful role in raising ecological consciousness and supporting environmental preservation.
Undergraduate ELT in Sri Lanka
This book examines English language education in post-colonial Sri Lanka. It reveals how post-colonial attitudes hinder teaching and argues that the general principles of teaching English need specific modifications for South Asian societies.
This book presents multi-angled perspectives of socio-religious transition, adopting the cultural religiosity of the Asian people as a lens through which readers can re-examine the concepts of imperialism, religious syncretism and modernisation.
This book explores important developments in contemporary Indonesian cultural productions. The first part reflects on the traumatic 1965 coup and its place in collective memory. The second part explores how globalisation impacts local religion, urban development, and traditions.
Based on the principle “One size does not fit all,” this volume presents a wide range of topics on diversity in English language education. It covers student and teacher profiles, teaching practices, assessment, world Englishes, and culture in the classroom.
‘And there’ll be NO dancing’
Fourteen essays by scholars from Australia and Germany examine contexts and discourses of the “Northern Territory National Emergency Response” and subsequent policies impacting Indigenous Australia since 2007 from various perspective including history, law, and literature.
Dumitrașcu explores the intricate manifestations of contemporary power and the “resistance” and reaction to the dominant discourse in Jonathan Coe’s political fiction, covering the dismantling of the British social-democratic consensus, up to the new ideology of “Globalism.”
Book Illustration in the Long Eighteenth Century
Book illustration has entered mainstream scholarship. This collection is the first step in reconfiguring the visual periphery of eighteenth-century texts, offering a multifaceted approach to a society immersed in visual culture and communication.
In a globalized world, new media are dissolving linguistic boundaries, creating a pressing need to reconfigure identity. This book explores the centrality of language in this process, bringing together cultural and social perspectives from a range of disciplines.
Cosmic Consciousness and Human Excellence
Cosmic consciousness is a transcendence of self, a pathway to human excellence. It suggests the world cannot be improved without changing individual consciousness. This book places this idea at the centre of contemporary arguments on the nature of consciousness.
The emotive nature of myth lays the foundation of the research proposed for this trilingual volume, which encompasses a thorough and multifaceted study that offers guidelines and models capable of interpreting mythical-emotional phenomena.