Disfellowshipping and Discrimination of a Religious Minority
This book assesses the Norwegian Government’s policy of denying Jehovah’s Witnesses state grants and registration through the lens of the European Convention on Human Rights, focusing on the overarching principles of religious autonomy and state neutrality.
Turning Points and Transformations
Turning points and transformations are central to literature, culture, and life. But why are they transformational, and what brings them about? The essays in this volume examine these questions, exploring personal and cultural shifts and how we cope with them.
This book describes the principles, applications, and types of analog multiplexers. It explains how they are used to implement both analog function circuits and digital circuits, familiarizing readers with these key components.
This book challenges ELT’s traditional over-focus on Anglophone culture. As most English communication now occurs as a lingua franca between non-native speakers, this book offers an approach which rebalances content for localised and multicultural contexts.
Latin American Buen Vivir and Rights of Nature
This book challenges the UN’s development goals with Ecuador’s “Good Living.” It champions the indigenous, biocentric worldview: “Let Mother Earth lead.” Human governance must follow the laws of the earth. A provocative and essential read for a world seeking a new path.
This book offers innovative solutions to our environmental challenges by bridging scientific research with practical applications. Dr. Zair provides actionable strategies for balancing ecological preservation with human needs, creating a sustainable and equitable future for all.
This book explores the silenced link between reason and madness. Reading Plato through Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Derrida, it forges a new logic to reclaim the human need for a meaningful life in a world that denies it.
English Studies from Archives to Prospects
This volume explores English Studies from the perspective of linguistics and applied linguistics. Authors provide an overview of topics from the well-established to the new, reflecting a modern approach and presenting the field as vibrant and full of novel ideas.
A Critique of British Marxism
This book argues that the British Marxist focus on human agency is misconceived. It recommends recovering classical concepts like ‘modes of production’ and focusing on the ideological unconscious, resulting in a radically new take on the history of ideological production.
A Journey into Ambiguous Set Theory
An introduction to the concepts of ambiguous set theory. Through concrete examples, the book demonstrates practical applications in decision-making, control systems, and medical imaging. It is designed to be approachable for students, researchers, and enthusiasts alike.
The first comprehensive study in English of the detective novel in Puerto Rico, from its origins in 1984 to the present. This book establishes a canon for the genre, analyzing some 50 works to reveal a diverse and innovative literary tradition on the island.
Politics and Left Politics
This unapologetically political study of the Left outlines the core ideas of Socialism, Humanism, and Emancipation. It argues for a better Left, one that can change the world.
The Home Entrepreneur Systems Model
This book chronicles a PhD student’s research into home-based businesses. Using Grounded Theory, it develops the Home Entrepreneur Systems model, a new way to understand how home business meets our needs for security, autonomy, balance, meaning and community.
Explore bulk and nanostructure crystals, from crystal lattices and band theory to energy gaps. This book discusses low-dimensional systems like graphene and carbon nanotubes and is an ideal introduction for students and researchers in condensed matter physics.
Discontents in Translation
This collection of essays contributes to debates in Translation Studies, with a focus on literary translation. It explores how translation contests the literary canon, gender, and genres, and examines the connection between translation, discourse, and power.
Humoring the Other
Sanhaji presents an inquiry into the ways in which entertainment discourse extends beyond entertainment and its initial humorous function due to its political and ideological underpinnings. In doing so, he justifies the importance of taking such discourse seriously.
With the Bees
Dissatisfied with commercial beekeeping? This guide offers a fresh, science-based method for the backyard beekeeper. It simplifies hive systems and minimizes interventions, making your hobby less labor-intensive, more affordable, and truly aligned with bees’ natural behavior.
Drawn from 30 years of research, these essays by Tim Murray range across archaeological theory and history, focusing on Australia. Murray explores the critical intersection of archaeology, philosophy, and cultural context, applying key concepts to Australia’s deep past.
The Naxos Papers, Volume I
This volume synthesizes modern linguistics and traditional scholarship for the study of historical English. It presents studies on Old and Middle English, casting doubt on old antagonisms and making the subject accessible to scholars and students of both backgrounds.
A Historical Social Science of Modernity’s Climate Catastrophe
We are changing the Earth’s climate in dangerous ways. This unorthodox text mixes fact, fiction, and prediction to locate climate change at the centre of future social change, creating a scenario where empathy triumphs over toxic politics and unsustainable economics.