Eleven original essays consider some of the ways in which key texts of the eighteenth century were situated, read, and transacted within the post-Romantic nineteenth century. Contributors examine the
Whilst Foucault's work has become a major strand of postmodern theology, the wider relevance of his work for theology still remains largely unexamined. Foucault both engages the Christian tradition an
Baalbaki compiles 18 articles on the various methods of analysis adopted by medieval Arab grammarians and their attempts to justify and defend linguistic usage, primarily in view of their belief that
Alley (Victoria U. of Wellington, New Zealand) looks at conflict within states as a phenomenon whose causes, dynamics, and impacts are incomprehensible outside the global sphere, and that now generate
In this thorough study, a revision of her dissertation (in medieval history, at Harvard U.), Valente systematically considers the revolt of the English nobles against the kings that ruled from the mid
The first three of the 14 articles examine Chinese historical sources for information about Chinese relations with the west and about the internal history of those regions. Others deal with identifyin
Did she choose that?a€? Or, more normatively, a€?Why would she choose that?a€? This book critiques and offers an alternative to these questions, which have traditionally framed law and policy discussi
Whether or not wrongdoers show remorse and how they show remorse are matters that attract great interest both in law and in popular culture. In capital trials in the United States, it can be a questio
Eight commissioned essays explore the relations between British Romantic culture poetry, fiction, painting, and non-fictional prose and the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars raging across Europe. Brit
Crime is always part of a social process. In many cases that process determines the form the crime takes. In this ground-breaking book, a wide range of crimes are examined in terms of the social psych
Despite the jarringly anachronistic use of Healthcare in the title, this is a fine group of articles by Green, all but one previously printed (since 1987). The studies are devoted to texts and cont
As a sequel to his 1985 collection for the series, Stead here presents 11 papers he considers to be the most important of his work from then until 1997. Most of them deal with the three named Christia
In this sampling of his work since 1971, medievalist Reynolds (affiliation cryptic) arranges nine essays around two themes building on earlier work examining shifts in the theology of sacred orders fr
Continues the series making available a critical selection of the published research that has stimulated and defined how modern scholarship understands the formative period of Islamic history, conside
A dozen articles published over the past three decades explore such topics as the canonists and the legitimacy of secular power, the contribution of the Medieval canon lawyers to the formation of inte
Six essays from a May 1996 conference at the University of Humberside, England, are augmented with an additional three contributions developing the main themes further. They discuss the quest for orth
Explores such aspects of medieval music theory as the influence of Pythagorean mathematics and musical thought, rhythm and meter, alphabetic notation, Hermann's major sixth, descant, counterpoint, har
A prolific music theorist and critic as well as an established composer, Johannes Mattheson remains surprisingly understudied. In this important study, Margaret Seares places Matthesona€?s PiA‥ces de
What makes a terrorist? Is an individual inherently predisposed to be attracted to political violence or does exposure to a certain environment desensitize them in such a way that violence represents
With the theory of secularization increasingly contested as a plausible development at a global scale, this book focuses on the changing significance of the religious element within a context of compl
Elementary Forms of Social Relations introduces the reader to social life as a perpetual quest by individuals to gain attention, respect and regard (status) accompanied by an effort to marshal defensi
Investigating the interrelationships between orality and writing in elite and popular textual culture in early modern Italy, this volume shows how the spoken or sung word on the one hand, and manuscri
Comprehensive and authoritative, this state-of-the-art review both charts and develops the rich sub-discipline geographies of sexualities, exploring sex-gender, sexuality and sexual practices. Emergin
This volume brings together a cross-disciplinary group of anthropologists, researchers of craft, and designer-makers to enumerate and explore the diversity and complexity of problem-solving tactics an
The four decades between the two Universal Exhibitions of 1888 and 1929 were formative in the creation of modern Barcelona. Architecture and art blossomed in the work of Antoni GaudA- and many others.
This landmark study in the sociology of religion sheds new light on the question of what has happened to religion and spirituality since the 1960s in modern societies. Exposing several analytical weak
Ever wondered what motivation is, and why organizations do not and cannot - until now - measure it? James Sale tackles the question of what motivation is, why we need it and what happens when we dona€
Drawing on a body of research covering primarily Europe and the Americas, but stretching also to Asia and Africa, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, this book explores the methodological
What is the relationship between economic crises and protest behaviour? Does the experience of austerity, or economic hardship more broadly defined, create a greater potential for protest? With protes
Contemporary Issues in the Worldwide Anglican Communion offers unique perspectives on an organisation undergoing significant and rapid change with important religious and wider sociological consequenc
Performance Coaching for Complex Projects recognises a world of complex undertakings for which the common transactional mindsets and methodologies will not produce the required results. The author adv
Although the immense importance for the Renaissance of Greek AcmigrAcs to fifteenth-century Italy has long been recognized, much basic research on the phenomenon remains to be done. This new volume by
The scale of ecological crises made us realize that every kind of politics has always been cosmopolitics, politics of a cosmos. Cosmos embraces everything, including the multifarious natural and mater
In her study of the interactions between tools of urban sustainability governance in key cities, Lisa Pettibone argues that a new factor-sustainability-minded groups-may be critical to building moment
As levels of urbanization increase around the world, the growing concentrations of population and economic activity increases vulnerability to natural disasters. Interdependencies among urban populati
The career of the French saint Vincent de Paul has attracted the attention of hundreds of authors since his death in 1660, but the fate of his legacy - entrusted to the body of priests called the Cong
Examining the appropriations and revisions of Indian identity first carried out by Anglo-American engravers and later by early Anglo-American women writers, Cathy Rex shows the ways in which iconic im
With close attention to the spheres of sport and religion as important sites of moral currency, this book draws on media coverage of major cases of hypocrisy, attending to differing meanings and conse
Marcus Gheeraertsa€?s portrait of a a€?Persian ladya€? - probably in fact an English lady in masquing costume - exemplifies the hybridity of early modern English culture. Her surrounding landscape and
