The main theme of the 21 papers is the context of cultures, identity, immigration, and their literatures. Among the specific topics are the rhetoric of power, what judges should not say about the poli
Finding the most fundamental connection between the three topics in the disproof of positive law, muses on such themes as the semiosis of liberty, negation and property as institution, the metaphysics
The author investigates the development of children raised bilingually or multilingually. Parents and caregivers completed a questionnaire, providing information on 36 children growing up with two or
This book revisits psychology’s appropriation of natural scientific methods. The author argues that, in order to overcome ongoing methodological debates in psychology, it is necessary to confront the
This volume of thematic studies offers multifaceted interpretations of education for sustainable and solidary development (ESSD). It is a joint work of academics, teachers and researchers covering the
As our experience regarding the practice of deliberation grows, the position from which we evaluate it, and the criteria of this evaluation, change. This book presents a synthesis of recent research t
This volume brings together sixteen essays on British, Irish and American poets from the late nineteenth century to the present day. It offers a series of entertaining and compelling readings of the l
To independent scholar Gordon and Gordon (philosophy emeritus, Ben-Gurion U.) the landscapes of Hobbema call out and bring truth out from concealment. Here they have compared that capacity with the th
A specialist on D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), American scholar Scherr draws on the ideas of the British novelist to interpret notions of French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-84). His topics include Sept
Tracing the development of Borges' metaphysics through a close reading of his work, this volume examines his philosophical worries, reflections, and musings as they appear in his fiction, essays, and
Muslim Women and White Femininity: Reenactment and Resistance is a much-needed book in a time when Muslim women are speaking out but also embodying White femininity. This book focuses on how Whiteness
Pathology & Technology is the first comprehensive look at "technopathologies." Since the days of the telegraph, electric communication technologies have been associated with causing or worsening menta
What does the phrase "ubiquitous media" actually mean? Individual definitions are just as varied and ubiquitous as the media to which they refer. As a result, there is to date no large-scale theoretic
The author examines social mobility in the enlarged EU by analysing the work sequences of 1865 movers and stayers in Poland. Using indicators of upward and downward social mobility, she explores the r
Academic literacy used to be considered a complex set of skills that develop automatically as a by-product of academic socialization. Since the Bologna Reform with its shorter degree programmes, howev
Binczyk discusses caring about the future of the collective: monitoring technoscience in the sociology of risk and science and technology studies. She begins by describing the modern shape of technosc
Documenting an October 2012 conference in Heidelberg, Germany, 28 papers engage in the debate regarding science and religion and report on multi-year research programs on it. Among the topics are comm
What can philosophy tell us about privacy? Quite a lot as it turns out. With Privacy and Philosophy: New Media and Affective Protocol Andrew McStay draws on an array of philosophers to offer a refresh
Sociolinguists explore the interface between language policy mechanisms and practices in educational and additional sites, and examine the ways individuals experience multilingualism and mobility in t
Any appropriate philosophy of time presupposes an appropriate philosophy of images, argues Nyiri, and it is not possible to build up an argument for the reality of the passage of time without acceptin
Linguists working alone or in teams explore what language can reveal about the role of objective and subjective time and the multiple temporalities people live in, think, and talk about. They discuss
This collection brings together established and emerging scholars in communication studies to examine the relationship between communication and the economy in contemporary society. Providing context
Volume three in Warsaw Studies in Culture and Society from Peter Lang Academic Research, this book documents an ethnographic study of teenagers in Poland. The goal was to understand their everyday use
Globalisms and Power examines the effects neoliberal globalization is having on Spanish and Portuguese educational and curriculum policies and practices. The book dissects the nexus between globalizat
This book contributes to the debate of the complex relations between development and adult learning in Europe, both at a local and global level. This integrated analysis provides models for interpreti
US scholars of communication and education tease out differences in the behaviors of men and women in casino and non-casino gambling, and in the process demonstrate how the phenomenon of gambling can
Zichy (English literature, Canadian literature, and European literature in translation; U. of Saskatchewan) offers a detailed reading of Kroetsch's 1969 Canadian novel, drawing often from other discip
History and Education is a text that engages the history of the global class war, from the United States to the former Soviet Union, from the People’s Republic of China to the Democratic People’s Repu
Fiction plays a vital role in describing history and transmitting culture. How writers understand and use history can play an equally important role in how they navigate a novel. This book explores th
Editors Klimczyk and Swierzowska present students, academics, and researchers with a collection of scholarly essays and academic articles that examine of the music of genocide and the connections betw
Editors Yilmaz, Trandafoiu, and Mousoutzanis present students, academics, and researchers with a collection of essays focused on the relationship between cosmopolitanism and the media in contemporary
This book has won the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award 2014. Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has evolved from a niche service to a mass phenomenon; it has become instrumental for everyday c
Theoreticians from China and philosophers and sociologists from Central and Eastern Europe trade insights and understandings about how to modernize while retaining collective identity. They look at Ce
Bridges and Walls is a first step towards a comparative confrontation between the social-cultural situation of Slovenian emigrants in the past and the current social-cultural situation of various grou
Since translation cannot be approached in isolation from meaning, anything that is said about translation must necessarily be placed in the context of meaning. Accordingly, the first volume of the boo
The essays presented here pay tribute to Hans Sauer as a specialist on English medieval literature and culture. This book shows what we can safely infer from medieval texts and where we need to be cau
Human beings are cultural by nature. The human mind is as much the individual result of exquisite evolutionary engineering, as it is the outcome of an intense synergy with other minds in a densely soc
