Having written widely about Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) Ionescu explores in detail the reception of his work in Romania. She begins by discussing the ambivalent Indo-European foundations of h
Stories turn up all the time: altercations on airliners, brawls in bars, or domestic disputes that end in gunfire. The catchphrase is usually the same: “Alcohol was involved.” Alcohol often fuels less
As they intervene in families to reduce the risk of harm to children, child-protection social workers are confronting increasingly high levels of hostility and aggression from some parents. Child Prot
As they intervene in families to reduce the risk of harm to children, child-protection social workers are confronting increasingly high levels of hostility and aggression from some parents. Child Prot
We live in a fractured world. Deep cleavages divide into competing camps those who could helpfully enrich and balance each other. As hostilities deepen, collaboration becomes impossible. Impasses deve
What is strange? Or better, who is strange? When do we encounter the strange? We encounter strangers when we are not at home: when we are in a foreign land or a foreign part of our own land. From Freu
The rise in sociopathic behavior among adults, adolescents, and children, whether in tense inner cities or tranquil suburban and rural settings, is chronicled by Dr. Wolman, a leading psychologist an
Spiritual sickness troubles American medicine. Through a death-denying culture, medicine has gained enormous power-an influence it maintains by distancing itself from religion, which too often reminds
The world is aflame with religious hostility. Thousands of people are dying for their religion or because of it. Stark and Corcoran have assembled remarkable facts and figures with which to assess rel
Receiving the Stranger in Shakespeare provides critical analysis of the most important moments of hospitality or its denial in Shakespeare’s plays, situating them historically in order to fully explor
Recent historical studies on the Ottoman Empire have taken for granted that subjects of the Ottoman polity flourished under a so-called “Pax Ottomanica.” This edited volume probes the rosy narrative o
