Old Masters in New Interpretations
Readings in Literature and Visual Culture
This volume presents a variety of new interpretations of a selection of well-known works of verbal and visual culture. It describes how the two spheres of literature and broadly understood art interfuse, affect, re-shape, and complement each other.
This volume presents a variety of new interpretations of a selection of well-known works of verbal and visual culture. It describes how the two spheres of literature and broadly understood art interfuse, affect, re-shape, and complement each other.
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Old Stories, New Readings
The Transforming Power of American Drama
This volume explores how stories are told on the American stage and how neglected realities gain attention through a playwright's telling. Focusing on "small stories" that have received less critical attention, it fills a void in the study of American drama.
This volume explores how stories are told on the American stage and how neglected realities gain attention through a playwright’s telling. Focusing on “small stories” that have received less critical attention, it fills a void in the study of American drama.
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This book is a major contribution to studies on the Acts of the Apostles, examining how the New Testament writer quotes and interprets the Old Testament. It focuses on the nine explicit quotations in Stephen’s speech of Acts 7 and is for all students, ministers, and scholars.
This book is a major contribution to studies on the Acts of the Apostles, examining how the New Testament writer quotes and interprets the Old Testament. It focuses on the nine explicit quotations in Stephen’s speech of Acts 7 and is for all students, ministers, and scholars.
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This history of New Mexico covers early Pueblo societies, Spanish incursions, and the fortitude of indigenous people as they faced conquistadors and American “Frontier” soldiers.
This history of New Mexico covers early Pueblo societies, Spanish incursions, and the fortitude of indigenous people as they faced conquistadors and American “Frontier” soldiers.
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Older Adults’ Empowerment in Sustainable Development
Bridging Generational Gaps
This collection reframes aging as an opportunity, exploring how older adults actively contribute to sustainable development. Featuring real-world examples of age-friendly cities and community-led initiatives, it offers a roadmap for building equitable, age-inclusive societies.
This collection reframes aging as an opportunity, exploring how older adults actively contribute to sustainable development. Featuring real-world examples of age-friendly cities and community-led initiatives, it offers a roadmap for building equitable, age-inclusive societies.
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This book analyzes the life satisfaction of older Germans as the household's role in providing a better later life diminishes. Using quantitative statistics, it uncovers unexpected findings, making it a worthy read for scholars, students, and older people concerned with ageing.
This book analyzes the life satisfaction of older Germans as the household’s role in providing a better later life diminishes. Using quantitative statistics, it uncovers unexpected findings, making it a worthy read for scholars, students, and older people concerned with ageing.
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Oligarchic Structures and Majority Faction
Philosophical Essays on Morals, History and Politics
High hopes for global prosperity have given way to crisis, division, and conflict. This book places contemporary threats to American democracy and the rise of authoritarian systems within the context of US history, moral authority, and the need for constitutional balance.
High hopes for global prosperity have given way to crisis, division, and conflict. This book places contemporary threats to American democracy and the rise of authoritarian systems within the context of US history, moral authority, and the need for constitutional balance.
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Olivier Messiaen
The Centenary Papers
Olivier Messiaen, one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, was a great nature poet and mystic. This volume of essays by international experts marks his centenary, exploring the diverse and lasting sphere of his legacy.
Olivier Messiaen, one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, was a great nature poet and mystic. This volume of essays by international experts marks his centenary, exploring the diverse and lasting sphere of his legacy.
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While most books on the Olympics focus on economics or management, this collection remains faithful to Coubertin’s original vision of youth, sport and education. Leading academics and young researchers analyse Olympism as a philosophical and educational idea.
While most books on the Olympics focus on economics or management, this collection remains faithful to Coubertin’s original vision of youth, sport and education. Leading academics and young researchers analyse Olympism as a philosophical and educational idea.
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On Affirmation and Becoming
A Deleuzian Introduction to Nietzsche’s Ethics and Ontology
This book re-explores Nietzsche’s critique of nihilism through Gilles Deleuze. Using Deleuze’s experimental reading, it introduces Nietzsche’s ethics of affirmation and ontology of becoming, moving beyond traditional metaphysics to a new image of thought.
This book re-explores Nietzsche’s critique of nihilism through Gilles Deleuze. Using Deleuze’s experimental reading, it introduces Nietzsche’s ethics of affirmation and ontology of becoming, moving beyond traditional metaphysics to a new image of thought.
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On Allegory
Some Medieval Aspects and Approaches (with an Introduction by Eric Stanley and an Afterword by Vincent Gillespie)
This collection of essays explores the allegorical imagination in pre-modern western culture. Contributors study its impact on literature, philosophy, and the visual arts, revealing the variety and complexity of allegory at the heart of medieval civilisation.
This collection of essays explores the allegorical imagination in pre-modern western culture. Contributors study its impact on literature, philosophy, and the visual arts, revealing the variety and complexity of allegory at the heart of medieval civilisation.
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On and Off the Page
Mapping Place in Text and Culture
This collection of essays explores the pervasive and alluring concept of place. Including research from a broad range of fields, it reveals the complex cultural interplay between place and identity, and how we make sense of our own “places” in the world.
This collection of essays explores the pervasive and alluring concept of place. Including research from a broad range of fields, it reveals the complex cultural interplay between place and identity, and how we make sense of our own “places” in the world.
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What happens when we remember? This book argues that autobiographical memory is not a recollection but an active, imaginative reconstruction of our past, linking historical philosophy from Bolzano and Husserl with contemporary cognitive science.
What happens when we remember? This book argues that autobiographical memory is not a recollection but an active, imaginative reconstruction of our past, linking historical philosophy from Bolzano and Husserl with contemporary cognitive science.
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On Being True or False
Sentences, Propositions and What is Said
What sort of thing is true or false? This book argues that the main answers—sentences, beliefs, propositions—are mistaken. The chief truth-bearer is what someone says or writes. Being true or false is rooted in human talk. This broad examination also criticizes linguistics.
What sort of thing is true or false? This book argues that the main answers—sentences, beliefs, propositions—are mistaken. The chief truth-bearer is what someone says or writes. Being true or false is rooted in human talk. This broad examination also criticizes linguistics.
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This book overcomes the traditional dichotomy between knowledge and values. Drawing on European critical rationalism from Kant to Husserl, it illustrates a new conception of knowledge, showing its value and limits for scholars and anyone interested in a new image of science.
This book overcomes the traditional dichotomy between knowledge and values. Drawing on European critical rationalism from Kant to Husserl, it illustrates a new conception of knowledge, showing its value and limits for scholars and anyone interested in a new image of science.
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On Exceeding Determination and the Ideal of Reason
Immanuel Kant, William Desmond, and the Noumenological Principle
This book argues that Kant’s metaphysical system conceals a deeper reality behind phenomenal appearances. Drawing on William Desmond, Shaw critiques Kant's theological limits and lays the groundwork for a new discourse: “Noumenology”.
This book argues that Kant’s metaphysical system conceals a deeper reality behind phenomenal appearances. Drawing on William Desmond, Shaw critiques Kant’s theological limits and lays the groundwork for a new discourse: “Noumenology”.
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What does it mean to be gendered? This book bridges philosophy and science—from biology to neuroscience—to reveal how nature and nurture forge identity. It unites research on both cisgender and transgender experiences to build a new path toward equity.
What does it mean to be gendered? This book bridges philosophy and science—from biology to neuroscience—to reveal how nature and nurture forge identity. It unites research on both cisgender and transgender experiences to build a new path toward equity.
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Texts can be a remedy for forgetting or a vivid testimony to trauma. This volume focuses on Paul Ricœur’s work on memory, history, and forgetting, with special emphasis on the dissension between individual and collective memory.
Texts can be a remedy for forgetting or a vivid testimony to trauma. This volume focuses on Paul Ricœur’s work on memory, history, and forgetting, with special emphasis on the dissension between individual and collective memory.
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On Ibsen and Strindberg
The Reversed Telescope
This unique study views Ibsen and Strindberg through a reversed telescope. From this distant perspective, their intense rivalry and the legendary actors who first performed their work are revealed in a paradoxical, illuminating new light.
This unique study views Ibsen and Strindberg through a reversed telescope. From this distant perspective, their intense rivalry and the legendary actors who first performed their work are revealed in a paradoxical, illuminating new light.
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On Intangible Heritage Safeguarding Governance
An Asia-Pacific Context
What is governance for intangible cultural heritage (ICH)? This book explores ICH safeguarding through the 2003 Convention, analyzing major issues and the interaction between global and local governance. Case studies provide tools to enhance safeguarding.
What is governance for intangible cultural heritage (ICH)? This book explores ICH safeguarding through the 2003 Convention, analyzing major issues and the interaction between global and local governance. Case studies provide tools to enhance safeguarding.
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