From the ritual object which functions as a substitute for the dead - thus acting as a medium for communicating with the 'other world' - to the representation of death, violence and suffering in media, or the use of online social networks as spaces of commemoration, media of var…
Why is it that modern architects and planners - these benevolent and socially visionary 'experts' - have created environments that can make one feel so uneasy? Using a philosophical and psychoanalytical approach, this book critically examines expert knowledge within architecture…
Each of the figures examined in this study-John Dee, John Donne, Sir Kenelm Digby, Henry and Thomas Vaughan, and Jane Lead-is concerned with the ways in which God can be approached or experienced. Michael Martin analyzes the ways in which the encounter with God is figured among …
This book investigates the possibilities for partnerships between universities and museums, especially in relation to their potential for generating innovative patterns of research and learning. The authors examine how to enable more effective and creative connections between mu…
Responding to the increasingly powerful presence of dystopian literature for young adults, this volume focuses on novels featuring a female protagonist who contends with societal and governmental threats at the same time that she is navigating the treacherous waters of young adu…
This book is the first English translation of the German architect Bruno Taut’s early twentieth century anthology 'Die Stadtkrone' ('The City Crown'). Written under the influence of World War I, Taut developed 'The City Crown' to promote a utopian urban concept where people…
This book gives the first full account of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner's engagement with the BBC at a time when both were the dominant institutions in their own fields, Pevsner as the most persuasive figure in the area of architecture and art history, the BBC as the country's sole broad…
Dynamics of Political Violence examines how violence emerges and develops from episodes of contentious politics. By considering a wide range of empirical cases, such as anarchist movements, ethno-nationalist and left-wing militancy in Europe, contemporary Islamist violence, and …
Dynamics of Political Violence examines how violence emerges and develops from episodes of contentious politics. By considering a wide range of empirical cases, such as anarchist movements, ethno-nationalist and left-wing militancy in Europe, contemporary Islamist violence, and …
Dynamics of Political Violence examines how violence emerges and develops from episodes of contentious politics. By considering a wide range of empirical cases, such as anarchist movements, ethno-nationalist and left-wing militancy in Europe, contemporary Islamist violence, and …
Dynamics of Political Violence examines how violence emerges and develops from episodes of contentious politics. By considering a wide range of empirical cases, such as anarchist movements, ethno-nationalist and left-wing militancy in Europe, contemporary Islamist violence, and …
The first full-length study of the authorial and cross-media practices of the English novelist Elinor Glyn (1864-1943), 'Elinor Glyn as Novelist, Moviemaker, Glamour Icon and Businesswoman' examines Glyn's work as a novelist in the United Kingdom followed by her success in Holly…
