This volume brings together DeNoraa€?s work published between 1986 and 2007. It includes thirteen essays, some of which have had a major impact on the field. The chapters trace the development of her
This volume collects a set of papers on ancient Platonism that span the nine centuries between Plato himself and his commentator Olympiodorus in the 6th century, many of them less easy to obtain. Much
In English translation. For further documents, see Second Series 71, 99 and 111. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1929. Owing to technical constraints it
Successive South African governments have had controversial views on HIV and AIDS which have led to allegations that South Africa is in a state of denial about the AIDS epidemic. This book attempts to
The theory of evolution is one of science's great achievements and it plays a pivotal role in guiding new research. But could the theory also be capable of illuminating phenomena outside the scope of
Through news reports and the film Blood Diamond most people are aware of the trade in diamonds in order to support military conflict. Far fewer know that this trade has been tremendously curtailed by
If grace is an inexbaustible and unexpectedly benevolent action, then hospitality is a form of grace. The practice of costly grace, in the name of Jesus, is the vocation of all Christian people. Geor
Geographies of the BookEdited by Miles Ogborn, Queen Mary University of London, UK and Charles W.J. Withers, University of Edinburgh, UKThe geography of the book is as old as the history of the book.
In the first book to take D. H. Lawrence's Last Poems as its starting point, Bethan Jones adopts a broadly intertextual approach to explore key aspects of Lawrence's late style. The evolution and mean
Contemporary western Paganism is now a global religious phenomenon with Pagans in many parts of the world sharing much in common - from a nature-revering worldview and lifestyle to a host of chants, i
From the twelfth century, a growing sense of cultural confidence in the Latin West (at the same time that the central lands of Islam suffered from numerous waves of conquest and devastation) was accom
This is a book about the power of the arts to enhance city images, urban economies and communities. Anchored in academic discussion of the Cultural Industries a€“ what they are, how they have emerged,
This book takes up the postcolonial challenge for law and explains how the problems of legal recognition for Indigenous peoples are tied to an orthodox theory of law. Constructing a theory of legal pl
The articles collected here (two appearing for the first time in English) cover a number of topics central to naval history and illustrate the author's contention that this is not only, or even chiefl
Corporate laws are based on the idea that the interests of shareholders should be the primary concern of company directors. However, some argue that the proper role for shareholders is to sit back and
The Church of Satan was founded by Anton LaVey on April 30, 1966. In his hands, Satan became a provocative symbol for indulgence, vital existence, natural wisdom and the human being's true animal natu
Anselma€?s Proslogion has sparked controversy from the time it was written (c.1077) to the present day. Attempts to provide definitive accounts of its argument have led to a wide and contradictory var
Halabi (Queen's U., Ontario and West Galilee College) adheres to the theory that policy is an outcome of politics wherein a group of policymakers contemplate a set of ideas in order to achieve certain
In recent decades, historians of early-modern Europe, and above all those who study the eighteenth century, have elaborated the concept of what has been called the 'fiscal-military state'. This is a s
This is a companion book to a 2004 Bryn Mawr art installation and symposium that was accompanied by interactive websites. The diversity of the media reflects the wide range of topics within the subjec
Three British social scientists take up the defense of Peter Winch's 1958 monograph the Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy. Winch felt that the questions one asks in social scienc
This book is a study of a Christian theology without words, focussing on theology in the Deaf Community. Deaf people's first and preferred method of communication is not English or any other spoken la
Teresa Healy here examines resistance within Mexican society during a period of sustained crisis at the regional and national level, as well as at the level of world order. She analyzes how working cl
Whilst much has been written about early modern urban history, the majority of this work has focussed on Western Europe with relatively little available in English on towns and cities in the former co
The disastrous protestant defeat in the Schmalkaldic War (1546-47) and the promulgation of the Ausburg Interim (1548) left the fate of German Protestantism in doubt. In the wake of these events, a sin
In 1962, the Heritage Series of Black Poetry, founded and edited by Paul Breman, published Robert Hayden's A Ballad of Remembrance. By 1975, the Series had published 27 volumes by some of the twentiet
In a volume that is part of a series on how law enforcement has been influenced by psychological theories and research, experts in fields from investigative psychology to zoology map the range of offe
Seemingly since the beginning of aviation history there has been discussion and speculation on the remarkable inability of the industry to generate profits. This is even more so the case now, when a n
The word 'iconoclasm' is most often used in relation to sculpture, because it is sculptures that most visibly bear witness to physical damage. But damage can also be invisible, and the actions of icon
The Reformation led those who embraced Martin Luther's teachings to revise virtually every aspect of their faith and to reorder their daily lives in view of their new beliefs. Nowhere was this more tr
Sending patrons through static displays when they have just come in from the world of video games may already be a lost cause. In this collection of articles designed to help administrators and curato
For some 500 years, craft guilds played a significant role in shaping the societies of which they were a part. This volume contains eight contributions by Prak (social and economic history, U. of Utre
Napoleon had invaded most of Europe; why not assume he would invade England as well? This logic formed British political culture after the collapse of the Peace of Amiens, and it affected, amongst oth
The focus in this volume of the International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory series is on recent challenges to the concept of sovereignty. The articles selected by Walker (European U. Insti
The self-pitying drunk, defeated by circumstance, spiraling into an early grave is the common portrayal of Russian men, says Kay (U. of Glasgow), and often an image used to typify the degeneration of
Wheatley (Smith College) depicts the struggles and stories of people who work to create circumstances they can live with as they navigate their course with a cardiac condition. Her focus is on the pro
Following significant changes in the legal profession since the 1980s, how do new organizational forms and actors at the edge of the law impact upon our understanding of the changing nature of the cor
Part of a substantial series of primary sources, this volume is the first of a three-volume corpus (each volume is sold individually) that reproduces four texts dealing with the content and impact of
This book describes and analyses the notion of Mahr, the Muslim custom whereby the groom has to give a gift to the bride in consideration of the marriage. It explores how Western courts, specifically
Jean-Luc Marion is one of the leading Catholic thinkers of our time: a formidable authority on Descartes and a major scholar in the philosophy of religion. This book presents a concise, accessible, an
