This book examines John Locke’s political thought and activity surrounding oceans with a focus on law and freedom at sea. By examining Locke’s Two Treatises of Government alongside his work on England
Sarah A. Mattice develops a comparative intervention in contemporary metaphilosophy. Drawing on resources from hermeneutics, cognitive linguistics, aesthetics, and Chinese philosophy, she explores how
This book discusses the many meanings of “sustainability,” explores the importance of economics in environmental policy-making, and highlights the schools of thought in environmental ethics. It conclu
This book brings together leading edge scholarship and emerging approaches to conflict transformation from a communication perspective. It illustrates the centrality of communication in analyzing, und
This edited collection investigates the state of Muslim integration in New Zealand and Australia by examining issues like parallel societies, Islamophobia, radicalization, tolerance, adaptation and mu
Prison Management, Prison Workers, and Prison Theory develops a new conception of prison infrastructure, organization, and policy to explore how workers and administrators are essential in the develop
This critical ethnography describes the context, vision, and social change tactics of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas. It explicates the important roles of intergroup alli
This book challenges economists to bring the insights of behavioral economics into their reflections on the macroeconomy as well as on individual decision-making and it challenges everyone, economist
Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities analyzes the construction of femininities within the key social institutions of school, work, and the media. The book draws from
This book addresses sensitive issues that often lead to misperception between Christians and Muslims. Considering the current state of the world, this timely work makes an important contribution that
"This is a very important and necessary book. Democratic governments require transparency-and, in some contexts, secrecy as well. Professor Suzzane J. Piotrowski, a leading researcher on transparency
"This is a very important and necessary book. Democratic governments require transparency---and, in some contexts, secrecy as well. Professor Suzanne J. Piotrowski, a leading researcher on transparen
Alain Locke, the central promoter of the Harlem Renaissance, is placed in conversation with leading philosophers and cultural figures in the modern world, from Aristotle to Obama. For teachers and stu
Politics and Religion in France and the United States explores the current status and views of Jews, Christians, and Muslims regarding the conduct of politics in two great states. The approach is hist
This book addresses the growing concern that few practicing teachers in the United States are prepared to handle the demands of educating students for our changing global context.
In this book, Libby retrieves the moral and theological vision of the biblical prophets in light of contemporary judgments regarding the epistemological significance of community and concerns about th
Relevance and Narrative Research turns the vaguely defined evaluative tool “relevance” into an object of study, firmly situating questions of relevance in the context of narrative theory.
This book offers a discussion of Elizabeth Bishop’s translations through close-readings of a selection of poems, with particular attention to the features that relate them to translation, and su
This book addresses the question of how the American continent engages with various forms of interregionalism, including how different regions within the Americas deal with other regions of the world
This book deals with the evolution of jihadism in the past centuries and its impact on the world as an existential threat to humanity in view of worldwide terrorist attacks while imperiling the democr
Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History, Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an interdisciplinary stu
This book shows the Emersonian arc in environmental ethics and nature writing extending into contemporary discussions of those topics. Dunston connects Emerson’s nature literacy and natural phil
This book examines the trinitarian underpinnings of a form of inclusivism that has been propounded by British theologian Gavin D’Costa by drawing from the work of the Cappadocian Father Basil of Caesa
The essays centered on Gandhian philosophy collected in this book reflect on contemporary global issues and explore peaceful ways to address them. It is based on the premise that the Gandhian method o
Using a variety of methodological perspectives, this volume explores ethical and doctrinal implications in the social practice of music. Grouped according to the threefold ministry of Christ (prophet,
This study examines the policies of twentieth-century US presidents regarding the status of Jerusalem. It investigates the influence of presidential advisors and lobbyists, tracks the conflicting hist
Marxism and Urban Culture is the first volume to reconcile social science and humanities perspectives on culture. Covering a range of global cities—Bologna, Buenos Aires, Guatemala City, Liverpool, Lo
Deleuze remains indifferent to the ambient pathos related to the end of metaphysics and compares the undertakings of destruction, overcoming and deconstruction of metaphysics with the gestures of murd
This book explores the rich philosophical content of the writings of Jonathan Swift. It discusses these philosophical topics against their ideengeschichtliche background and demonstrates that Swift’s
This book offers a discussion of Elizabeth Bishop’s translations through close-readings of a selection of poems, with particular attention to the features that relate them to translation, and suggests
This volume examines some of the most contentious social justice issues present in the corpus of Augustine's writings. Whether one is concerned with human trafficking and the contemporary slave trade,
This volume examines Augustine's writings and shows their importance for framing questions of human and divine nature, as both shape our concept of and relationship to the environment. These essays wi
This book develops the interplay between phenomenology as a historical movement and as a descriptive method within Continental philosophy and the arts.
The Who was one of the most influential of the 1960s British Invasion bands—not just because of their loud and occasionally destructive stage presence—but also because of its smart songs and albums su
Merleau-Ponty and Buddhism explores a new mode of philosophizing through a comparative study of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and philosophies of major Buddhist thinkers including Nagarjuna, C
This book of new critical essays and interviews with writers interrogates the current usage of the term and the category of the post-colonial as a theoretical concept, discourse and state of mind. By
