Why is music censored? It’s not always about the lyrics. This volume examines music censorship from a global perspective, arguing that the reasons for bans often lie beyond verbal messages and in the complex historical, structural, and emotional interpretations of sound itself.
Making a case for existentialist design ethics, this book reveals an unsettling reality: there is no exit for designers but to accept their freedom and responsibility. It lays the ground for a radical transformation of how we conceive design, ethics, and the role of designers.
A Conceptual Metaphor Account of Word Composition
This book describes the emergence of new meanings in English and Chinese. Using a corpus methodology, it presents metaphors as a key instrument of cognition and explains how word composition develops through metaphorization, highlighting socio-cultural influences.
In the 19th century, comparative philology was not just a science but a tool for nation-building and identity politics. This book explores how Scandinavian cultures were used to create imaginative geographies of belonging, revealing how scientific models depended on local needs.
Taiwanese and Polish Humor
Is there a specifically ‘Taiwanese’ or ‘Polish’ humor? Do people from Taiwan and Poland share the same sense of humor? How is humor related to politics, religion and the LGBT community? Lee Chen grapples with these questions, among others, in this monograph.
Hate Crime in Turkey
Göktan considers how hate crime, as a contemporary legal concept, is introduced and represented in Turkish public discourse, addressing how effective the hate crime debate in Turkey has been in identifying bias-motivated violent incidents.
This publication investigates the challenges faced by Turkey in the last twenty years through case studies of the humanitarian, cultural, economic and political dimensions of its role in a diffuse neighbourhood, in which the country has tried to exert its power in recent decades.
Critical Interculturality
Dervin offers new critical insights into intercultural communication and education, assembling previously unpublished lectures delivered in different countries (namely, Canada, China, Finland, Russia and the USA), as well as notes on intercultural events and encounters.
The Land of Fertility II
This volume presents a detailed analysis of cities in the Fertile Crescent, the region where human civilisation began. It covers their formation, development, the urbanisation process, and urban ideology from the beginning of the Bronze Age to the Muslim Conquest.
Illicit Sex within the Justice System
This book exposes sexual immorality in the justice system. Researching scandals across the USA, it argues that when officials engage in misconduct, they forfeit their authority, leading to systemic breakdown and a dwindling power to enforce morality laws.
Kaaber investigates the exact age of the eponymous prince in Shakespeare’s play, a topic which has been subject to frequent debates. As he shows, Henry Wriothesley, the third Earl of Southampton, once indisputably Shakespeare’s patron, is likely the inspiration for the character.
Land Writings
Arranging itself around a number of journeys in pursuit of the early twentieth century poet and nature writer, this monograph provides a personal and moving tale of encountering literature in landscape, retreading Edward Thomas’s footprints for the last four years of his life.
Deriving from a conference on work and family, this book focuses on technology, managers, globalization, and gender, analysing the state of global affairs. It offers new approaches to how technology, globalization, managers and gender issues affect the work and family balance.
The Solidarity Economics in Ecuador
Solidarity economics introduces an outlook that emphasises the human being, ethics, and the environment. This collection of papers illustrates the pragmatic approach of researchers in Ecuador, providing answers to local problems like corruption, poverty, and income distribution.
New Approaches and Tendencies in Entrepreneurial Management
This volume presents innovative approaches to international management, based on the latest scientific research. It is for management experts, researchers, and students who aspire to use the best practices of organisational leadership and entrepreneurial management.
The most significant phenomenon occurring around us today is the European crisis, whether in its political, economic, cultural or social manifestations. This volume brings together the contributions of twenty authors in response to this challenge.
This journal presents research on emotional intelligence, an important factor in the development of emotional competency and cognition. The contributions represent a useful resource for teachers and students of social sciences and adolescent psychology, and mental health workers.
Despite the enduring popularity of the works of Shadhiliyya master Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah, there has been no systematic analysis of his worldview. This book is the first study to highlight the interconnections in his writings, building a new understanding of his Sufism.
This book introduces a new scientific approach to the economy: Socioeconomic Safety Management (SSM). Using risk models and analogies with engineering reliability, it shows how economic efficiency can increase when problems of socioeconomic safety are explored and managed.
Baptiste explores the work of Frank Mundell, a late-Victorian author for the Sunday School Union. Mundell focused on heroism and represented various kinds of heroic deeds and figures, regardless of gender, in his books, and wrote for both educative and entertaining purposes.
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