Provides a cultural history of the myths, magic, and meaning surrounding shapeshifters. Featuring an array of examples from history, literature, film, TV, and computer games, it explores our secret desire to become something other than human.
Critiques neo-liberalism and provides an alternative understanding of contemporary world politics by arguing that the neo-liberal approach to international relations is deeply flawed, reproducing violence, instability, insecurity and marginalization.
This book provides a critical understanding of contemporary world politics by arguing that the neoliberal approach to international relations seduces many of us into investing our lives in projects of power and alienation. These projects offer few options for emancipation; conse…
English and spanish: world languages in interaction
This volume compares the evolution and current status of two of the world's major languages, English and Spanish. Parallel chapters trace the emergence of Global English and Spanish and their current status, covering aspects such as language and dialect contact, language typolog…
Category change, broadly defined as the shift from one word class to another, is often studied as part of other changes, such as grammaticalization or lexicalization, but not in its own right. This volume offers a survey of different types of category change and their properties…
Tatsachen über Deutschland
by Bischoff, Matthias, Chauvistré, Eric, Kleis, Constanze, Wille, Joachim
The work sets out to challenge the official reading that the troubles are now over and that the future of Northern Ireland will almost inevitably be one of prosperity and progress. It is a critical response to the choreographed optimism that defines both official discourse and m…
The work sets out to challenge the official reading that the troubles are now over and that the future of Northern Ireland will almost inevitably be one of prosperity and progress. It is a critical response to the choreographed optimism that defines both official discourse and m…
The work sets out to challenge the official reading that the troubles are now over and that the future of Northern Ireland will almost inevitably be one of prosperity and progress. It is a critical response to the choreographed optimism that defines both official discourse and m…
Facts about Germany
by Bischoff, Matthias, Chauvistré, Eric, Kleis, Constanze, Wille, Joachim