How did writers understand the soul in late seventeenth-century England? This book considers depictions of the soul in…

Through its engagement with different kinds of texts, Exploring the Limits of the Human through Science Fiction represents a…

Based upon thesedifferent conceptualisations of politics andby critically evaluating some of the most leading sociologies,…

Gender is not a 'security issue', but it tells us a lot about how, why and when certain subjects are written as security…

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A collection of eight articles by 17 specialists, this volume provides very recent research on the factors which contribute…

Veteran Joyce scholar Margot Norris offers an innovative study of the processes of reading Ulysses as narrative and focuses…

How great is the capacity of the EU to orchestrate 'competitiveness'? Can common policy instruments produce consistent…

Are world views once formed during childhood and adolescence stable over life or do they change when they come under…

Negotiation is a key part of daily lives, but learning how to negotiate successfully is a valuable skill. The author…

This collection of essays suggests new ways of looking at the intertwining of political and religious agonies in the period…

Unmasking Financial Psychopaths suggests that an increasing number of financiers labeled "financial psychopaths" are not…

Mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative approaches), including social network analysis, uncover formal and informal…

This book re-conceptualizes civil society engagement with global governance institutions in the field of development in…

Teaching Adaptations addresses the challenges and appeal of teaching popular fiction and culture, video games and new media…

New urban developments such as office blocks, warehouses and retail complexes are increasingly common in outer city regions…

Doctors drew on ideas from social Darwinism, eugenics, and social anthropology to explain the incidence of syphilis among…

This book explains Italy s endless political instability and its historical, cultural and economic roots. This book explains…

Departing from an International Relations perspective, this book inquires how industry self-regulation affects the role of…

Loxley examines the impact of globalization on different countries and regions. Four recent developments likely to have…

In a lively and subversive analysis, psychologist John Lambie explains how to see another person's point of view while…

Teaching piety and the highest good have been goals from the beginning of the Academy. Princeton University and Theological…

Does theism dominant the language and practices of public life in the United States? This volume explores this question from…

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Social interaction is the engine which drives an individual's psychological development and it can create changes on all…

The current resurgence of ethics in the beleaguered humanities reflects an increasing anxiety about the value and utility of…

Reimagining Black Difference and Politics in Brazil examines Black Brazilian political struggle and the predicaments it…

This volume summarizes the origins and development of the organization ecology approach to the study of interest…

The book is devoted to the analysis of promotional material of tourist activities on tourism websites, including walking,…

Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines…

Entrepreneurship is widely embraced today in political discourse, popular culture, and economic policy prescriptions.…

An exploration of the role of the news media in the development of EU-China relations after the end of the Cold War, this…

This book contests the idea that lesbian and gay categories are disappearing, and that sexuality is becoming fluid, by…

Contains a collection of articles applying fundamental concepts of power, property, regulation and the compensation…

The first book-length study of metaphysical nihilism: an analytical treatment of one of the most intriguing and fundamental…

This book reassesses the cultural and political dimensions of the Irish Revival's heroic ideal and explores its implications…

Presents an empirical test of Marx's theory of the "falling rate of profit" by deriving estimates of the Marxian rate of…

Drawing on case-studies from the industrialization of East and Southeast Asian nations, this text critically examines the…

This book reconnects The Federalist Papers to the study of American politics and political development, arguing that the…

The aim of this book is to use geometry as the main medium of exposition to take those with a basic knowledge of economics…

This book argues that the implementation of compulsory, highly regulated, privately administered, defined contribution…

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Eva Gross analyzes changing national preferences towards the EU CFSP and ESDP by providing detailed accounts of British,…

Chechens: Culture and Society is an ethnography that elaborates the lived experiences of Chechens, focusing primarily on…

Pasco analyzes innovative nineteenth- and twentieth-century French works to suggest a definition of the novel, in all of its…

This edited volume addresses how the state system, the organizing political institution in world politics, copes with…

A Theory of the Absolute develops a worldview that is opposed to the dominant paradigm of physicalism and atheism. It…

Shahar Hameiri argues that state building interventions are creating a new form of transnationally regulated statehood.…

This book is a study of the multiple meanings of European citizenship, which has been represented and publicly communicated…

The book will therefore be ideal reading for students and researchers of political sociology, radical politics, modern…

With contributions ranging over three centuries, Culture, Capital and Representation explores how literature, cultural…