"Wisdom and Philosophy: Contemporary and Comparative Approaches questions the nature of the relationship between wisdom and philosophy from an intercultural perspective. Bringing together an international mix of respected philosophers, this volume discusses similarities and diff…
"Wisdom and Philosophy: Contemporary and Comparative Approaches questions the nature of the relationship between wisdom and philosophy from an intercultural perspective. Bringing together an international mix of respected philosophers, this volume discusses similarities and diff…
"This workbook provides exercises to help students practise and build many of the English words and phrases that they will find useful for the popular TOEFLª (Test of English as a Foreign Language) examination, which is an entry requirement for non-native speakers at more than …
"The Recalcitrant Rich is a collection of sharp and fairly short sketches and explanations of the responses to developing-country demands by seven West European countries, the European Community, the United States of America and the U.S.S.R. It aims to analyse the responses of t…
"The Recalcitrant Rich is a collection of sharp and fairly short sketches and explanations of the responses to developing-country demands by seven West European countries, the European Community, the United States of America and the U.S.S.R. It aims to analyse the responses of t…
"This is a specialized study of the organization, ideology and activities of the Japanese Special Higherpolice, the Tokk, ̥ notorious in pre-war and wartime years for its harassment of opponents of the government. Within a comparative framework, this book explains the elements of…
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Contemporary Salvation Narratives -- 1. Only We Can Save Ourselves: An Atheist's 'Salvation' -- 2. Reflections on the Language of Salvation in Twelve-Ste…
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"The maximalist novel has a very strong symbolic and morphological identity. Ercolino sets out ten particular elements which define and structure it as a complex literary form: length, an encyclopedic mode, dissonant chorality, diegetic exuberance, completeness, narrratorial omn…
"The maximalist novel has a very strong symbolic and morphological identity. Ercolino sets out ten particular elements which define and structure it as a complex literary form: length, an encyclopedic mode, dissonant chorality, diegetic exuberance, completeness, narrratorial omn…
Jean-Luc Nancy and the Thinking of Otherness is the first book in English to provide a sustained account of the relationship between Nancy, Levinas and Heidegger. It investigates Jean-Luc Nancy''s reading of Heidegger, focusing on the question of Being-with, and starting with th…
"Across the global South, new media technologies have brought about new forms of cultural production, distribution and reception. The spread of cassette recorders in the 1970s; the introduction of analogue and digital video formats in the 80s and 90s; the pervasive availability …
