Varian Studies Volume Two
A study of Emperor Elagabalus’s architecture and sculpture in Rome. This book confirms the Palatine site and astronomical implications of the Varian Temple, and analyses relief sculpture to explore the cosmology, theology, and ritual of the Syrian sun god’s cult.
Biologists in the Age of Totalitarianism
These gripping biographies reveal the hidden lives of biologists in the Third Reich. Dr. Nowak, who knew many personally, uses newly opened archives to tell the stories of victims and perpetrators caught in the ideological nets of Nazism, Stalinism, and Maoism.
Africa and the First World War
This anthology brings together essays written by scholars of African history, society, and military about African experiences of the war. It complements and problematises some key themes on Africa and the First World War, and offers a stimulating historiographical excursion.
The contributions here are the product of papers presented at a conference, and cover a broad spectrum of subjects such as indigeneity, music, song and identity, politics, national reconciliation, education, product development and national development.
This anthology gathers the insight, knowledge, and wisdom found in different manifestations of “resistance art” to further our understanding of the impact of resistance on contemporary life.
Integrating ancient wisdom with modern science, this book investigates myth’s effect on development. Using Homer’s Hymn to Demeter and music in a therapeutic setting, it reveals personal epiphanies that can change perceptions and contribute to a healing process.
Teaching Languages and Cultures
Explore diverse perspectives on language and culture teaching in a globalized world. This volume offers insights into foreign language instruction, intercultural competence, and learning strategies for researchers and practitioners in Europe and beyond.
An Indonesian Study of Mixed Methods
This book shows how to combine quantitative with qualitative methods in a real research project. It evaluates the suitability of land for development in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, considering disaster risk and social implications for settlement.
Poland in Transatlantic Relations after 1989
This book brings together a number of scholars to examine the transformation of Poland within the context of regional and global power relations, focusing in particular on analyses of the country’s political and social development in the area of transatlantic relations.
This book articulates Christian anthropology as a foundation for psychotherapy. Contributors integrate scientific psychology with Christian theology, viewing spirituality as an intrinsic part of humanity that influences health and the search for meaning.
This volume addresses fundamental questions about the interplay between ethics and spirituality. How can love, compassion, and tolerance encounter mistrust, enmity, and violence? And how can spirituality contribute to the newly emerging global ethics?
Chakhachiro challenges entrenched literary views that promote the impracticality of linguistic, stylistic and functional approaches to the translation of irony, considering these fields of enquiry as the building blocks on which ironic devices in English and Arabic are grounded.
This monograph illustrates Professor Zeng Shiqiang’s insightful observations on the essence of the Chinese style of management science, which has developed around how modern management strategies can be integrated with ancient Chinese philosophical wisdom and ideology.
Workers’ Cooperatives
After the failure of state socialism, what is the alternative to capitalism? This volume explores workers’ cooperatives across the globe, examining worker-owned enterprises as the foundation for a redefined socialism based on self-organisation.
This book examines the political role of architecture through a study of Tehran’s bazaar. Going beyond conventional discourse, it considers architecture as an event, using concepts from Foucault to analyze how it transforms individuals through the act of exchange.
The Value of Life
Research on the monetary value of saving life has produced nonsensical results, yet the field thrives. An almost forgotten theory of science explains why researchers persist and how scientific theories can be upheld even when the evidence against them seems massive.
Renovating the Sacred
In this exploration of the cultural context of the English Reformation, Larking places the emphasis not just on law makers or the major players, but also, and more importantly, on those individuals and parish communities that lived through the twists and turns of reform.
Multiple Voices in Academic and Professional Discourse
This book provides a global view of interdisciplinary research and innovative proposals in teaching specialized languages for the sciences and other professions. Chapters cover discourse analysis, specialized translation, terminology, and ICT.
The International Emblem
The emblem, a Renaissance genre combining text and image, was a powerful tool for propaganda and piety. This collection of essays follows its development from its European origins to its global influence and its ongoing vitality in literature and scholarship.
Philanthropy in Toni Morrison’s Oeuvre
Hollmach discusses Toni Morrison’s highly influential works through the lens of philanthropy. This approach allows for new insights into one of today’s most influential authors, and explores the productivity of the concept of philanthropy for literary and cultural studies.