The Concept of Fluidity in the Baroque Age
Liquid Mirrors
The Baroque world was a flowing one, a realm of presences in constant flux. Everything was in endless motion—space, time, emotions, and the individual itself. This absence of solidity would define the era. This book charts the fluidity of the age, from geographies to souls.
The Baroque world was a flowing one, a realm of presences in constant flux. Everything was in endless motion—space, time, emotions, and the individual itself. This absence of solidity would define the era. This book charts the fluidity of the age, from geographies to souls.
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The Concept of Motherhood in India
Myths, Theories and Realities
This book explores motherhood from ancient times to the present, analyzing how the ideal is manufactured by society through archetypes, religion, and media. It rereads the myths surrounding motherhood as social constructs and contrasts them with its lived reality.
This book explores motherhood from ancient times to the present, analyzing how the ideal is manufactured by society through archetypes, religion, and media. It rereads the myths surrounding motherhood as social constructs and contrasts them with its lived reality.
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The Concept of the Soul
Scientific and Religious Perspectives
The idea of the soul will not go away, despite criticism of traditional dualism. This book explores the concept from theological, scientific, and philosophical perspectives, presenting diverse approaches and conclusions from leading scholars.
The idea of the soul will not go away, despite criticism of traditional dualism. This book explores the concept from theological, scientific, and philosophical perspectives, presenting diverse approaches and conclusions from leading scholars.
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When does an event become historical experience: at the moment it occurs, or later as it is remembered? This work argues that history is a relationship between the present of the historian and the past, a dynamic where history moves with us. It is for historians and researchers.
When does an event become historical experience: at the moment it occurs, or later as it is remembered? This work argues that history is a relationship between the present of the historian and the past, a dynamic where history moves with us. It is for historians and researchers.
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This book uses cognitive semantics to analyze the concept of “The Christian Life” in John Henry Newman’s sermons. It identifies metaphorical models, such as “A Journey” and “A Race,” that blend everyday concepts with the domain of Christianity.
This book uses cognitive semantics to analyze the concept of “The Christian Life” in John Henry Newman’s sermons. It identifies metaphorical models, such as “A Journey” and “A Race,” that blend everyday concepts with the domain of Christianity.
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The Conformists
Creativity and Decadence in the Bulgarian Cinema 1945-89
Explore the paradoxes of Bulgarian cinema under Communist rule. This work reveals why intellectuals chose loyalty to the state-controlled film industry over rebellion, challenging the view of Eastern Bloc art as propaganda by showing its parallels with the West.
Explore the paradoxes of Bulgarian cinema under Communist rule. This work reveals why intellectuals chose loyalty to the state-controlled film industry over rebellion, challenging the view of Eastern Bloc art as propaganda by showing its parallels with the West.
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The Confucian Revival in Taiwan
Xu Fuguan and His Theory of Chinese Aesthetics
Xu Fuguan is a central representative of Modern Confucianism. This book focuses on his fundamental contributions to philosophy, particularly his reinterpretations of Confucian and Daoist aesthetics. It highlights the link between ethics and aesthetics in his innovative theories.
Xu Fuguan is a central representative of Modern Confucianism. This book focuses on his fundamental contributions to philosophy, particularly his reinterpretations of Confucian and Daoist aesthetics. It highlights the link between ethics and aesthetics in his innovative theories.
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This book details the conservation, care, and management of Indian manuscripts. It covers their materials, writing techniques, and dating methods, as well as preventive measures for preservation, including ancient indigenous practices and the hazards of using chemicals.
This book details the conservation, care, and management of Indian manuscripts. It covers their materials, writing techniques, and dating methods, as well as preventive measures for preservation, including ancient indigenous practices and the hazards of using chemicals.
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This book challenges the myth that the UK's post-war Welfare State was solely a Labour Party creation. It examines the contributions of figures like Churchill and Beveridge to argue that, over the half-century, the greater share of credit belongs to the Conservative Party.
This book challenges the myth that the UK’s post-war Welfare State was solely a Labour Party creation. It examines the contributions of figures like Churchill and Beveridge to argue that, over the half-century, the greater share of credit belongs to the Conservative Party.
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The Constant and Changing Faces of the Goddess
Goddess Traditions of Asia
Essays trace the multiplicity of Asian goddesses as symbols of wisdom, power, transformation, and creation. This volume draws from Indian, Nepali, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese traditions, a scope seldom found in other works.
Essays trace the multiplicity of Asian goddesses as symbols of wisdom, power, transformation, and creation. This volume draws from Indian, Nepali, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese traditions, a scope seldom found in other works.
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This book moves beyond state-centric politics to explore how communities and leaders shape socio-political identities. It emphasizes the importance of identities and narratives within the cultural, religious, and social contexts of the Middle East and Mediterranean region.
This book moves beyond state-centric politics to explore how communities and leaders shape socio-political identities. It emphasizes the importance of identities and narratives within the cultural, religious, and social contexts of the Middle East and Mediterranean region.
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The Construction of Latina/o Literary Imaginaries
Essays on Alternative Worldviews
This monograph explores the cultural and historical imaginary expressed in literary works that emphasize Latina/o world views. It employs critical approaches based on discourse and cultural analyses that highlight individual and collective identity.
This monograph explores the cultural and historical imaginary expressed in literary works that emphasize Latina/o world views. It employs critical approaches based on discourse and cultural analyses that highlight individual and collective identity.
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The Construction of Motherhood and Maternal Experiences
An Exploratory Qualitative Study
Women have been called inadequate, yet are sanctified as perfect mothers. This book offers a new lens on motherhood, examining its history, its experiences across cultures, and the effects of this sacred ideal in a world shaped by poverty, trauma, and social media.
Women have been called inadequate, yet are sanctified as perfect mothers. This book offers a new lens on motherhood, examining its history, its experiences across cultures, and the effects of this sacred ideal in a world shaped by poverty, trauma, and social media.
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Once marketed, brands belong to consumers, who give them meaning. This book explains what brands mean to consumers, how they use them to communicate, and how advertising has become an integral component of the cultural communication system that is consumption.
Once marketed, brands belong to consumers, who give them meaning. This book explains what brands mean to consumers, how they use them to communicate, and how advertising has become an integral component of the cultural communication system that is consumption.
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The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture
An Arab-Western Dialogue
This book challenges the projected image of a dominant West as a necessary model for a dependent ‘rest of the world.’ It calls for a decolonization of human knowledge, using recent Arab contributions as an example of an alternative to the globalization of Western norms.
This book challenges the projected image of a dominant West as a necessary model for a dependent ‘rest of the world.’ It calls for a decolonization of human knowledge, using recent Arab contributions as an example of an alternative to the globalization of Western norms.
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The Contemporary Art Gallery
Display, Power and Privilege
Carrier and Jones enliven readers’ latent knowledge of galleries, like architectural motifs, the intended impression conveyed to the visitor, and their human interactions. Much has been written about the art, but the secretive culture of the galleries themselves is now uncovered.
Carrier and Jones enliven readers’ latent knowledge of galleries, like architectural motifs, the intended impression conveyed to the visitor, and their human interactions. Much has been written about the art, but the secretive culture of the galleries themselves is now uncovered.
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This volume examines the contemporary African intellectual's engagement with the State, the people, and hegemony. Featuring new and established voices, it explores the challenges of critiquing power and enacting change from within Africa or in exile.
This volume examines the contemporary African intellectual’s engagement with the State, the people, and hegemony. Featuring new and established voices, it explores the challenges of critiquing power and enacting change from within Africa or in exile.
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This volume provides new insights into the complex contexts of legal discourse across digital media. It addresses topical issues of web technologies and social media in professional communication, providing a multifaceted overview of ongoing research and knowledge in the field.
This volume provides new insights into the complex contexts of legal discourse across digital media. It addresses topical issues of web technologies and social media in professional communication, providing a multifaceted overview of ongoing research and knowledge in the field.
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While Derrida is often portrayed as a critic of logocentrism, this book’s central premise is that he implicitly affirmed its necessity. It explores this affirmation of logocentrism as a stable foundation for meaning that can be revised to create new possibilities.
While Derrida is often portrayed as a critic of logocentrism, this book’s central premise is that he implicitly affirmed its necessity. It explores this affirmation of logocentrism as a stable foundation for meaning that can be revised to create new possibilities.
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The Continuum of Mental Disorders and Unitary Psychosis
History and Perspectives
This investigation of Griesinger, Kahlbaum, and Kraepelin’s foundational works in psychiatry illuminates the current debate on classification and diagnosis. It offers a new perspective on unitary psychosis, demanding a comprehensive view of mental disorders.
This investigation of Griesinger, Kahlbaum, and Kraepelin’s foundational works in psychiatry illuminates the current debate on classification and diagnosis. It offers a new perspective on unitary psychosis, demanding a comprehensive view of mental disorders.
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