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Provides an informed and impassioned critique of the movement for global education in schools.

A monograph that presents a series of detailed perspectives on the conditions that underlie the relation between ethics and ontology in Heidegger. It examines the theme of continuity and its role in the constitution of the as such in Heidegger's ontology and argues that to address ontology is to engage in an ethical practice and vice versa.

Jonathan Franzen is one of the most influential, critically-significant and popular contemporary American novelists. This book studies his work and articulates where American fiction is headed after postmodernism. It provides a comprehensive analysis of Franzen's novels, revealing how Franzen's themes are reinforced by his novels' structure.

Presents an empirical study into the development of style in early mass media. This book analyzes how news discourse was shaped over time by external factors, such as the historical context, news production, technological innovation and current affairs, and as such both conformed to and deviated from generic conventions.

Technological advancements have revolutionised the field of learning over the years and are continuing to push the boundaries of institutions towards different forms of knowledge construction, social interaction and meaning making. This book examines the debates that have shaped that technological journey, from ancient to modern times.

For close to half a century now, scholars have debated over what comprises a 'genuinely' religious film, that is, a film that evinces an 'authentic' hierophany, or manifestation of the sacred. This book provides a clear summation of the history of the religion and narrative cinema field.

Offers a global exploration of the theory and practice in the teaching of stylistics and the implementation of stylistic techniques in teaching other subjects. This book discusses a broad range of interrelated topics including hypertext, English as a Foreign Language, English as a Second Language, poetry, creative writing, and metaphor.

Explores the continuity of ethnic and national politics during the Cold War. This book questions the prevalent assumption that ethnicity and nationalist politics had nothing to do with the Cold War and that, far from being 'frozen' until the fall of communism, they remained central to the conflict in Europe.

Examines Cornelius Castoriadis' thought and the radical alternative it presents to the legacy of Michel Foucault, focusing on three central notions that are central in both scholars' theories: the subject, the production of social meaning and representation, and social/cultural change.

Offers a comprehensive introduction to the nature of contemporary education policy, its purposes and political formation which supports readers to engage in contemporary policy analysis. This title charts the continuity of policy development along neo-liberal lines, moving from New Labour to the emerging position of the Coalition government.

An assessment of the influence and impact of the Islamic scholar and activist Fethullah Gulen, and those who are inspired by him, on contemporary Islam. It deals with the challenges and opportunities faced by Muslims and the wider society in Europe following the Madrid train bombings of 2003 and the London Transport attacks of 2007.

The scale of some environmental problems, such as climate change and human overpopulation, exceed any one nation state and require either co-ordinated governance or a shift in the culture of modernity. This title examines this crisis alongside Heidegger's ideas about technology and modernity.

Often set in domestic environments and built around protagonists of more modest status than traditional tragic subjects, 'domestic tragedy' was a genre that flourished on the Renaissance stage from 1580-1620. This title explores the ways in which Shakespeare exploits the conventions of the genre of domestic tragedy in "Othello".

How did religion become opposed to the secular and modern? If distinctions between sacred and secular are less adequate than commonly believed, how do these two categories interact? This book addresses these questions by exploring the persistence of religious categories on the cultural landscape of early modern France.

The East India Company's merchants were called Adventurers because they ventured their money in the risky markets of the Spice Islands and the fabulously wealthy Mughal Empire. This title offers an account of the challenging and contested role of the chaplains in a merchant company turning into an imperial power.

Offers approaches to the understanding of the Roman family and its transformation in late antiquity. This book seeks to explain developments within the structure of the family in antiquity, in particular in the later Roman Empire and late antiquity.

For Gilles Deleuze, time is 'out of joint'. For Michel Serres, it is 'a crumpled handkerchief'. In both of these concepts, explicit references are made to the non-linear dynamics of Chaos and Complexity theory, as well as the New Sciences. This title presents a critical appraisal of Deleuze and Serre's 'joint' conception of time and history.

Providing a fresh angle on adaptation studies, this study looks at how avant-garde directors and filmmakers have treated literary works in distinct ways.