Socrates
Socrates made human questions central to rational inquiry, a foundation for European identity. But this view has been challenged by history, faith, and art. Can Socratic philosophy survive these critiques and still sustain political life?
Road Memories
This volume explores the image of the Traveller/Gypsy, the migrant, and the “Other.” In an age of mass migration, diaspora communities such as Travellers and Gypsies disrupt dominant cultural narratives and serve to hybridise the discourse.
Muses and Measures
This book is required reading for humanistic disciplines. Too often, scholars present theories without knowing how to test them empirically. In an engaging way, the authors teach statistics, leading students through projects to analyze their own gathered data.
This rich collection of essays engages with “refusal” as a form of social action and resistance. Ranging from activism to identity, it is an important contribution to our understanding of the tensions and contradictions of contemporary culture.
Land and Landscape in Francographic Literature
As globalization displaces bodies, landscape becomes a potent source for identity. This collection examines how contemporary French literature re-maps post-colonial worlds, exploring dispossession, resistance, and re-appropriation in a constructed literary space.
In an era of standardization, dialect and patois are marks of identity. No in-depth treatment has been offered as to the causes and consequences of language mixing from both linguistic and literary views. This book aims to fill this lack of analysis.
Etching Our Own Image
A celebration of Arab American art and identity. In the wake of 9/11, a movement of artists galvanized to define themselves, rather than be defined by others. By telling their own stories, these voices reclaim their image and tell the world who they are.
Rhizomes
This wonderful, multidisciplinary collection demonstrates the power and vitality of contemporary research. The diverse papers work across disciplinary boundaries, forcing readers to rethink comfort zones and making this a research ‘page turner’!
Seeking Identity
Language defines who we are. Our choices reflect not only how we see ourselves, but how we are viewed by society. This book explores how identity is constructed through language, from ethnicity and gender to the influence of advertising and the media.
Narrating our Healing
This book explores narrative as a way of working through trauma. It offers illuminating perspectives on “narrating our healing”: the re-creating of life narratives shattered by trauma and the search for meaning when all meaning seems to have been lost.
Into the Mainstream
This eclectic collection of essays on Spanish American and Latino culture espouses an inclusive approach. Established and developing voices blend high and low realms to reflect on a kaleidoscopic textuality and bring provocative subjects into the academic mainstream.
Global and Local Art Histories analyzes art outside of hegemonic Euro-American themes. Essays from a broad range of cultural perspectives contest concepts of history and culture, exploring global and local identities and questioning “the work of art.”
Modernity, Postmodernity, and Posthumanity
Communism has not been defeated, only its immature 20th century form. This text argues for a sophisticated 21st century communism, a task for those who would live dangerously, fitting dialectics within contemporary scientific discoveries like chaos theory.
Occult Joyce
Ulysses is an occult text that deliberately hides its meanings, compelling the reader to unveil its secrets. This penetrating study excavates Joyce’s cryptic system, showing his deep knowledge of the subject and challenging past interpretations.
Second Language Acquisition Research
This book reports on experimental SLA research across different languages, focusing on Processability Theory. Chapters outline key theoretical claims and methodologies, shedding light on the nexus between bilingualism and theory-driven SLA research.
In an age of multimedia communication, the need for advanced study in writing and critical thinking has never been greater. These essays explore how the classical art of rhetoric is still relevant and how it connects to modern technologies and teaching.
Myths are the blueprint for creativity. This volume presents an innovative theory of the creative process, explaining how authentic art transcends time to communicate with us today. It also explores the fascinating link between madness and creativity.
Culture, Trauma, and Conflict
Using Cultural War Studies, this book analyzes the constructions that glorify killing and make us forget its trauma. It explores how media, torture, and memory shape our understanding of war, revealing the cultural durability of conflict.
Travellers, Gypsies, Roma
This volume explores new areas of enquiry in Irish, Traveller, Romani and Migration Studies. In a rapidly changing Ireland, increased acknowledgement of diversity makes dialogue between mainstream society, older minorities and newer immigrant communities necessary.
A new generation of scholars is concerned with questions traditionally beyond the scope of history. The authors come from a range of disciplines, including literary studies, art, music, and science. Their cutting-edge research represents the latest trends.
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