Narrating Midlife: Crisis, Transition, and Transformation explores how managing and living through change at midlife is ultimately a communicative endeavor. Using autoethnography, contributors narrate
Anas Karzai’s timely book emphasizes how modern progressive sociological and political thought including the work of Weber, Adorno, and Foucault, is based on an often unacknowledged debt to Niet
African Americans have long used the military for gaining legitimacy and the ultimate path to citizenship. Blacks in the Military and Beyond chronicles their tumultuous journey from slavery through th
This volume examines halakha and the challenge of the Israeli sovereignty. It traces the use and collective recognition of halakhic sources from the late 19th century to the first decades of the estab
This book looks at critical regional topics, such as the conflicts in Moldova, Crimea, Georgia, and South Ossetia and compares the countries’ energy politics.
Drawing on insights from Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Art and Selfhood: A Kierkegaardian Account defends the idea that art matters in our society today because it can play a pivotal rol
This collection examines corruption and abuses of power in China from the end of the imperial period to the present. The interdisciplinary group of contributors examines how the Chinese Communist Part
This book addresses the impact of Chile’s postdictatorial legal framework on its historically and structurally disadvantaged groups, concentrating on the various issues and challenges that affec
This book examines the often-complex relationships between issues of gender and the environment in science fiction films and fiction. Its contributors discuss a range of texts: early apocalyptic scien
The book provides innovative pedagogical approaches and instructional tools for educators to inspire, motivate, and lead students to take active steps toward environmental respect, sustainability, and
The European Political Economy: Theory and Policy provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide on how the European Union works in theory and in practice. It thoroughly analyzes the policy making of E
This book provides insight into why Black Mirror has garnered so much attention. Featuring international scholars, the book reverse-engineers Black Mirror episodes and invites readers to consider thei
This book develops a rights-based theory of justice that maintains that genuine repentance creates a right to be forgiven. Examining the nature of rights and theological conceptions of forgiveness, th
The book looks at the ways in which Israel’s integration into the global economy has affected its main stream culture. Ofengenden uses works of Israeli film, literature, and television, from the
This volume asks how and why the concept of nature has changed its meaning in modernity and whether a rearticulation of premodern ideas about nature is possible. Building on the work of Voegelin, Stra
Prominent scholars analyze how the dominant political parties in Malaysia and Singapore, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People’s Action Party (PAP), have stayed in power. Wit
This book responds to the common objections to alternative business structures, describes the opportunities that such structures offer, exposes how lawyer self-regulation operates to obstruct the mode
In this collection of essays, authors from a variety of disciplines critically examine the peacebuilding implications and societal impact of the Hizmet Movement. Increased scholarly attention is being
Comparative advertisements—the kind that refer to “the other guys” or actually identify competitors by name—can be tremendously successful, or lead to a marketing disaster. The
This book examines Washington Irving’s biography of the Prophet Muhammed and his other writings that engage Islamic history and the Muslim world. It explores the influence of Spain, Muslim and C
This book addresses issues connected with political, ontological, existential, and spiritual borders that define our being-in-common. Engaging with various debordering practices relating to migration,
Cost-Benefit Analysis: Theory and Application, Second Edition provides exposure to welfare economic theory and a comprehensive framework for conducting a complete and theoretically consistent project
This study challenges contemporary discussions of justice by bringing moral frameworks back into full view. By examining Plato and Aristotle’s approach to the question of justice and connecting
This book offers a new interpretation of the Phaedo, arguing that the central issue of the dialogue is the relation between logos and the defining activity of the soul, which is gathering the multipli
Framing the concept of transcendence, this study covers over a dozen traditional African American works in an original and thought-provoking analysis that places canonical approaches in enlightened di
This interdisciplinary collection examines Tokyo in the cultural imagination. The contributors analyze how Tokyo has been perceived and experienced through such cultural lenses as novels, poetry, shor
This book provides a detailed analysis of recent agricultural development in selected countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia within the context of globalization. It reveals the different and oft
This book integrates insights from philosophy, gender studies, political theory, and media studies to present an in depth analysis of masculinity politics in contemporary U.S. culture. While primarily
This book explores Ricoeur’s philosophical anthropology and political philosophy. It is unique in its emphasis on the personalist perspective in the work of Paul Ricoeur and on the existence of
This book collects the work of leading scholars on Alain Badiou and G.W.F. Hegel, creating a dialogue between, and a critical appraisal of, these two central figures in European philosophy.
In this book Michael Strawser argues that Kierkegaard should be interpreted primarily as a philosopher of love who ultimately presents readers with a first phenomenology of love.
This study examines the ongoing minority protests in China from the perspective of Chinese-American scholars. The contributors analyze policy patterns, political systems, and social institutions by id
