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This book provides empirical research on controversial media. How are users affected by erotica? Do violent depictions increase violence in society? How does political content, from media bias to online content, affect voters?
This book provides empirical research on controversial media. How are users affected by erotica? Do violent depictions increase violence in society? How does political content, from media bias to online content, affect voters?
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Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa traded colonial oppression for corrupt, authoritarian rule. This book contrasts their betrayed revolutions with Tunisia, where a determined civil society forged a path to open democracy against all odds.
Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa traded colonial oppression for corrupt, authoritarian rule. This book contrasts their betrayed revolutions with Tunisia, where a determined civil society forged a path to open democracy against all odds.
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This is the first book to introduce the English-speaking world to "Sino-Christian Studies." Born from a 1980s academic movement in China exploring Christian thought's role in western culture, this collection features essays by prominent scholars.
This is the first book to introduce the English-speaking world to “Sino-Christian Studies.” Born from a 1980s academic movement in China exploring Christian thought’s role in western culture, this collection features essays by prominent scholars.
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Showcasing the latest breakthroughs in data science, this volume brings together contributions from leading experts. It covers key areas like machine learning and AI, anticipating future trends and serving as a valuable resource for novices and researchers alike.
Showcasing the latest breakthroughs in data science, this volume brings together contributions from leading experts. It covers key areas like machine learning and AI, anticipating future trends and serving as a valuable resource for novices and researchers alike.
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Through the Mirror
Reflections on the Films of Andrei Tarkovsky
This broad volume on Tarkovsky spans from classical film theories to theological analyses, an approach seriously neglected until now. This inspiring collection of critical essays strikes a compelling pose between cinematic and theological scholarship.
This broad volume on Tarkovsky spans from classical film theories to theological analyses, an approach seriously neglected until now. This inspiring collection of critical essays strikes a compelling pose between cinematic and theological scholarship.
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Beyond the Hijab Debates
New Conversations on Gender, Race and Religion
Public debates reduce complex issues to simplistic binaries. This collection cuts through the noise, offering incisive analyses and new possibilities for understanding the intersection of gender, race, and religion.
Public debates reduce complex issues to simplistic binaries. This collection cuts through the noise, offering incisive analyses and new possibilities for understanding the intersection of gender, race, and religion.
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Aldo Capitini on Opposition and Liberation
A Life in Nonviolence
Imprisoned as an anti-fascist, philosopher Aldo Capitini developed a civil rights movement between that of Martin Luther King and Gandhi. He championed nonviolence and social change from the bottom-up, proving that “today’s utopia can be tomorrow’s reality”.
Imprisoned as an anti-fascist, philosopher Aldo Capitini developed a civil rights movement between that of Martin Luther King and Gandhi. He championed nonviolence and social change from the bottom-up, proving that “today’s utopia can be tomorrow’s reality”.
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This book investigates the popularization of economic discourse. Analyzing online newspapers, it explores how specialized knowledge is transformed for a general audience, revealing the realistic vocabulary and professional jargon used in economics today.
This book investigates the popularization of economic discourse. Analyzing online newspapers, it explores how specialized knowledge is transformed for a general audience, revealing the realistic vocabulary and professional jargon used in economics today.
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Social-Ecological Resilience to Climate Change
Discourses, Frames and Ideologies
This book offers fresh insight into climate change communication. It investigates the online discourse of grassroots activists, exploring the positive outlook of social-ecological resilience compared to other narratives in the ongoing climate debate.
This book offers fresh insight into climate change communication. It investigates the online discourse of grassroots activists, exploring the positive outlook of social-ecological resilience compared to other narratives in the ongoing climate debate.
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The Enduring Effects of Prenatal Experiences
Echoes from the Womb
How do our experiences in the womb and at birth shape us? A leading specialist in prenatal psychology explores how these primary events influence our behavior and manifest in our art, religion, and politics, based on many years of research.
How do our experiences in the womb and at birth shape us? A leading specialist in prenatal psychology explores how these primary events influence our behavior and manifest in our art, religion, and politics, based on many years of research.
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While the 1588 Spanish Armada is famous, its impact on literature has long been neglected. This book presents the conflict through the literature of both nations, offering a view from Spanish and English voices: Shakespeare and Marlowe are flanked by Cervantes and Lope de Vega.
While the 1588 Spanish Armada is famous, its impact on literature has long been neglected. This book presents the conflict through the literature of both nations, offering a view from Spanish and English voices: Shakespeare and Marlowe are flanked by Cervantes and Lope de Vega.
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Karachi in the Twenty-First Century
Political, Social, Economic and Security Dimensions
Globalisation has had a major impact on Karachi, geographically and culturally situated within modern Pakistan, but a global city affected by global forces. This title shows how the process has exacerbated local and regional problems, pushing the city to the brink of chaos.
Globalisation has had a major impact on Karachi, geographically and culturally situated within modern Pakistan, but a global city affected by global forces. This title shows how the process has exacerbated local and regional problems, pushing the city to the brink of chaos.
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Science and the Wealth of Nations
The Physics of Economic Growth
Idea-based growth theory has been a bust. This volume presents an alternative approach, drawing from classical mechanics and thermodynamics. Consistent with the historical record and data, it explains the 1970s productivity slowdown, the Solow paradox, and policy failures.
Idea-based growth theory has been a bust. This volume presents an alternative approach, drawing from classical mechanics and thermodynamics. Consistent with the historical record and data, it explains the 1970s productivity slowdown, the Solow paradox, and policy failures.
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Citizen participation can improve local government performance, but it has a dark side: discrimination, exclusion, and elite capture. This book argues that success depends on circumstances like socioeconomic development, and that merely reforming institutions is not enough.
Citizen participation can improve local government performance, but it has a dark side: discrimination, exclusion, and elite capture. This book argues that success depends on circumstances like socioeconomic development, and that merely reforming institutions is not enough.
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The Outback Within
Journeys into the Australian Interior
Byrne explores the evolving national mythology of the Australian outback, discussing why narratives of outback journeys are so often suffused with the aura of death. He argues for a more conscious engagement with the process of symbolic death and rebirth in this environment.
Byrne explores the evolving national mythology of the Australian outback, discussing why narratives of outback journeys are so often suffused with the aura of death. He argues for a more conscious engagement with the process of symbolic death and rebirth in this environment.
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What kinds of worlds will exist in our future? How will technology shape our cities, homes, and ourselves? This collection of essays explores science fiction's new spaces—from utopias and dystopias to alien cityscapes—and discusses capitalism, equality, and feminist critique.
What kinds of worlds will exist in our future? How will technology shape our cities, homes, and ourselves? This collection of essays explores science fiction’s new spaces—from utopias and dystopias to alien cityscapes—and discusses capitalism, equality, and feminist critique.
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This book uses quantitative methods to study 10 medieval Swedish laws (c. 1225–1350). This novel framework reassesses long-standing problems in legal history, revealing a shift from criminal to civil law and a clear transition from casuistic to more abstract legal provisions.
This book uses quantitative methods to study 10 medieval Swedish laws (c. 1225–1350). This novel framework reassesses long-standing problems in legal history, revealing a shift from criminal to civil law and a clear transition from casuistic to more abstract legal provisions.
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A concise, practical introduction to learning and teaching in higher education. It covers key issues from how students learn and assessment to curriculum design and technology, while keeping a critical eye on the pressures faced by teachers and students today.
A concise, practical introduction to learning and teaching in higher education. It covers key issues from how students learn and assessment to curriculum design and technology, while keeping a critical eye on the pressures faced by teachers and students today.
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This book analyzes the relationship between image, music, and audiences in mainstream culture. Studying works like The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Blade Runner, it explores how audiovisual media shapes the way we understand reality.
This book analyzes the relationship between image, music, and audiences in mainstream culture. Studying works like The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Blade Runner, it explores how audiovisual media shapes the way we understand reality.
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This book proposes an innovative approach to contact linguistics and bilingualism. Focusing on the bilingual mind, it examines phenomena like codeswitching and second language acquisition to reveal the universal principles governing how languages in contact influence each other.
This book proposes an innovative approach to contact linguistics and bilingualism. Focusing on the bilingual mind, it examines phenomena like codeswitching and second language acquisition to reveal the universal principles governing how languages in contact influence each other.
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