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Chapter 13 Stalinism, War, and Artistic Representation of Reality
(2023)
This chapter analyses Konstantin Simonov’s thought from the largely understudied point of view of de-Stalinization. Simonov showed already in 1956 how the representation of the Great Patriotic war was tightly intertwined ...
Chapter 4 Elements of an Evolutionary Approach to Comparative Economic Studies
(2023)
This chapter delineates an evolutionary approach to the comparative analysis of economic systems and illustrates its usefulness via an exemplary application to recent developments in the European Union. The first part of ...
A Practical Guide to Family Therapy
(2024)
Grounded in systemic family therapy and drawing on a variety of other models to enhance skills development, this book is a comprehensive, practical guide to working with families.
This second edition is thoroughly updated ...
Chapter Introduction
(2023)
This book posits that the normalization and devaluation of experiences of violence and trauma against certain cultural groups involved in the sealing debate, while framing others as deserving of some exception, has created ...
A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
(2024)
Cowspiracy; Environment and sustainability; Environmental humanities; SDGs; Sustainable Development Goals;Teaching Sustainability; The White tiger
The Poetry of Ennodius
(2022)
The Poetry of Ennodius offers the first translation into English verse of the entire eclectic corpus of sacred and secular poetry by Magnus Felix Ennodius (c. 473/4–521 CE), amply supplemented by detailed notes that elucidate ...
Chapter 15 Fantastic Finials
(2023)
Renaissance musical instruments frequently feature masterfully carved figures, intricate geometric and arabesque patterns, expensive and exotic materials, and a variety of pictorial representations. The headstocks and ...
Chapter 1 Introduction
(2015)
The Arctic region contains large amounts of natural resources considered necessary to sustain global economic growth, so it is unsurprising that it is increasingly susceptible to political, economic, environmental, and ...
Keywords in Western Literary Criticism and Contemporary China
(2021)
Since the reform and opening up of China in 1978, Western literary criticism has begun to flourish and gain in popularity within the country’s academic literature community. These two volumes meticulously select and examine ...
Chapter 13 The Digital Turn in Mental Health and Disability Law
(2024)
This chapter considers the use of automated and AI-enabled technologies in forensic mental health contexts, focusing on the use of predictive analytics in risk assessment. Risk assessment in forensic mental health care has ...
Adaptive Middleware for the Internet of Things
(2018)
Over the past years, a considerable amount of effort has been devoted, both in industry and academia, towards the development of basic technology as well as innovative applications for the Internet of Things. Adaptive ...
The Solow Model of Economic Growth
(2023)
In 1956, Solow proposed a neoclassical growth model in opposition or as an alternative to Keynesian growth models. The Solow model of economic growth provided foundations for models embedded in the new theory of economic ...
Chapter 8 Vulnerability through the Invulnerable Transhuman Lens
(2024)
This chapter examines representations of mental conditions in the dystopian backdrop for transhumanism in Netflix’s series Maniac. In the quest for human perfectionism, vulnerabilities are exposed and intensified by ...
A Somaesthetics of Performative Beauty
(2023)
actions, aesthetics, Argentine tango, awareness, dance studies,
enactivism, eros, Falk Heinrich, freedom, grace, movements,
performance studies, performative beauty, phenomenology,
poiesis, social dancing, somaesthetics
Parties as Governments in Eurasia, 1913–1991
(2022)
This book examines the political parties which emerged on the territories of the former Ottoman, Qing, Russian, and Habsburg empires and not only took over government power but merged with government itself. It discusses ...
Chapter 5 New Religious Legislation in Ukraine as a Response to Russian Aggression
(2024)
Security, Religion, and the Rule of Law argues that true, substantive, and sustainable national security is only possible through respect for the rule of law, human rights, and religious freedom.
Despite the emphasis on ...
Modern Ego Psychology and Human Sexual Experience
(2023)
This text examines human sexuality through psychoanalytic theory and modern ego psychology, which looks at emotional meaning and its organization in symbolic representations of affect as organized by the ego. It starts ...
The Changing Faces of Families
(2023)
With a focus on nine different national contexts, this book explores contemporary family diversity. With attention to the different welfare states and cultures of care in each setting, it problematizes the pre-eminence of ...
Aquaculture Law and Policy
(2006)
The aquaculture industry is fast expanding around the globe and causing major environmental and social disruptions. The volume is about getting a 'good governance' grip on this important industry. The book ...
Sexual History Evidence in Rape Trials
(2023)
This book provides an in-depth examination of current, high-profile debates about the use of sexual history evidence in rape trials and its impact on jurors. In doing so, it presents findings of the first mock jury dataset ...