La 4e de couv. indique : "The Still Divided Academy examines the inner workings of the academic community by addressing a broad range of issues including academic politics, tenure, perceived and real political imbalance, academic freedom, and diversity. Administrators, professor…
The cultural study of work
Preconditions: antisemitism, racism, and common prejudices in early twentieth century Europe -- Leadership and will: Adolf Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and Nazi Ideology -- From revolution to routine: Nazi Germany, 1933-1938 -- Open aggression: in search…
There has been a recent revival of interest in reading Kierkegaard as an ontologist, as a thinker who engages with questions about the kinds of entity or process that constitute ultimate reality. This new way of reading Kierkegaard stands alongside a revival of interest in ontol…
Is it possible to incite a turn towards Media Philosophy, a field that accounts for the autonomy of media, for machine agency and for the new modalities of thought and subjectivity that these enable, rather than dwelling on representations, audiences and extensions of the self? …
1 From War and Peace to Violence and Intervention: Permanent Moral Dilemmas Under Changing Political and Technological Conditions: Pierre Hassner 2 Military Intervention and National Sovereignty: Recasting the Relationship: J. Bryan Hehir 3 Peacekeeping, Military Interventio…
As Pope Francis continues to make his mark on the church, there is increased interest in his Jesuit background-what is the Society of Jesus, how is it different from other religious orders, and how has it shaped the world? In The Jesuits, acclaimed historian John W. O'Malley, SJ…
We are living in the "Age of Migration" and migration has a profound impact on all aspects of society and on religious institutions. While there is significant research on migration in the social sciences, little study has been done to understand the impact of migration on Chris…
Vietnam?s Prodigal Heroes' examines the critical role of desertion in the international Vietnam War debate. Paul Benedikt Glatz traces American deserters? odyssey of exile and activism in Europe, Japan, and North America to demonstrate how their speaking out and unprecedented le…
Juvenile Delinquency: Why Do Youths Commit Crime? focuses on why juveniles commit crime. It includes discussions on what constitutes criminal behavior by juveniles, the general theories on delinquency, and discussions that tie the theories with real life situations. The book ope…
Sports and play in Christian theology
Sport is a major preoccupation of the modern world. It consumes the time and energies of millions of people around the globe. In fact, for many participants, it operates much like a functional equivalent of religion, giving them a way to interpret and understand the world. Sport…
Sport is a major preoccupation of the modern world. It consumes the time and energies of millions of people around the globe. In fact, for many participants, it operates much like a functional equivalent of religion, giving them a way to interpret and understand the world. Sport…
Mission Matters' sheds a fresh light on how to envision relevant and impactful museums. Anderson takes the understanding of mission relevance to a new level. The premise of the book makes direct links to external contemporary realities and the need for museums to better position…