A brilliant analysis of the transition in world economics, finance, and power as the era of globalization ends and gives way to new power centers and institutions. The world is at a turning point. Whi
This book examines how Irishness as national narrative is consistently understood ‘from a distance’. Irish Presidents, critics, and media initiatives focus on how Irishness is a global resource chiefl
The image of the university is tarnished: this book examines how recent philosophies of education, new readings of its economics, new technologies affecting research and access, and contemporary novel
This is the first book-length study of the humanities and the Irish university. Ireland was a deeply religious country throughout the twentieth century but the colleges of its National University neve
The image of the university is tarnished: economists argue that modern universities foster 'meritocratic extremism'; educationalists say they perpetuate inequality; novelists describe for us the 'barb
This is the first book-length study of the humanities and the Irish University. Ireland was a deeply religious country throughout the twentieth century but the colleges of its National University neve
The Incarnation of Language investigates how the notion of incarnation has been employed in phenomenology and how this has influenced literary criticism. It then examines the interest that Joyce and P
Examining thenature of weakness has inspired some of the most influential aesthetic andphilosophical portraits of the human condition. By reading a selection ofcanonical literary and philosophical tex
This slim volume provides details about patient evaluation, color matching, assessment of completed restorations, and decision making for restoration of non-vital teeth. The 11 contributions provide g
Brendan Behan was already a legend of the literary world when he died in 1964 at the age of 41. Today his stature as a celebrated writer and wit, rebel and rake is firmly established, yet posterity t
This collection is unique in bringing together key thinkers on language and literature to discuss the future of English in Asia. Many of the contributors are themselves responsible for important sub-g
Spiritual capital is a concept that is being embraced by a range of theorists in response to the great destruction being wrought by the global economic crisis. Spiritual Capital seeks to re-focus disc
This volume addresses the need to investigate how humanities in universities issues, almost exclusively drawn from Western contexts under the banner of the ever-popular “crisis in the humanities,” pla
This collection is unique in bringing together key thinkers on language and literature to discuss the future of English in Asia. Many of the contributors are themselves responsible for important sub-g
Follows the adventures of Violet Rose, a junior detective with the power to speak to inanimate objects--including Ciara, a spirit from a Renior painting--as she solves supernatural mysteries in her se
