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An exploration of some of Deleuze's key concepts and an introduction to Deleuze's Cinema books. It takes up Deleuze's idea that the true objects of the theory of cinema are the concepts that cinema generates when understood as a practice of images.

When it was published in 2011, Law Making and the Scottish Parliament offered the first wide-ranging critical analysis of legislative developments in those areas of law and policy devolved to the Scottish Parliament under the devolution settlement. This paperback edition makes it more accessible to a wider audience. It begins with a brief account of the devolution settlement and summarises the themes emerging from the seventeen chapters. Each chapter is dedicated to a discrete area of the law and is written by an acknowledged expert in the field, providing a critical overview of the Scottish Parliament's contribution, highlighting what it has achieved, what it has failed to do and what might be done in the future. In a single volume, Law Making and The Scottish Parliament: The Early Years provides a scholarly evaluation of the legislative achievements of Scotland's devolved parliament in its first decade. It will appeal to legal and other scholars and students, lawyers and anyone with an interest in Scottish politics, policy-making and law. Edited by Professor Elaine E. Sutherland, Dr. Kay E. Goodall, Professor Gavin F.M. Little and Professor Fraser P. Davidson, all of the School of Law, University of Stirling.

Explores Chinese artistic and stylistic influences on Modernist practice in early twentieth century Britain. This volume examines the ways in which an intellectual vogue for a mythic China was a constituent element of British modernism. It offers a coverage of literature, painting and poetry, as well as performance and visual media, and more.

The Sasanian Empire was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan. This book explores key phenomena which contributed to its wealth and power, from the empire s armed forces to agriculture, trade and treatment of minorities. The latest discoveries feature prominently.

The Style of Sleaze' reasons that the aesthetic and thematic approach of the key texts within three distinct exploitation demarcations blaxploitation, horror and sexploitation indicate a concurrent evolution of filmmaking that could be seen as an identifiable cinematic movement.

Explores how the study of modern Arabic literature was transformed by Mustafa Badawi. This book illustrates the critical affiliations and teaching methods of the outstanding scholar of modern Arabic literature in the 20th century. It assesses some of the problems faced by an intellectual and translator in bridging Arabic and western cultures.

This collection of essays explores how the 2014 Scottish referendum was presented in the media not only in Scotland but elsewhere in the United Kingdom, in Europe and beyond.

This collection of essays explores how the 2014 Scottish referendum was presented in the media not only in Scotland but elsewhere in the United Kingdom, in Europe and beyond.

Offers a collection on social science methodologies for approaching Roman legal sources. This book furthers the ongoing debate about law and society in the Roman world. It focuses on themes such as the interaction between legal history practice, Roman legal thought, and law and economics.

The first sustained exploration of Simondon's work in English

This is a unique, systematic comparison of empires and of their consequences for sovereignty in the Middle East and Central Asia. It brings theory on empire and sovereignty to bear on empirical variation across the two regions.

Explores the actual and possible roles of evil in contemporary political theory

How do we prove the existence of God? The second volume in the Reason and Religion series tackles head-on this fundamental question.

Quentin Meillassoux - described as the fastest-rising French philosopher since Derrida - is one of the most exciting philosophers writing today. Suitable for philosophers just starting with Meillassoux, this dictionary defines all of the major terms of his work. It defines Meillassoux's 75 most important concepts and themes.

Fully cross-referenced A-Z entries define French philosopher Quentin Meillassoux's 75 most important concepts and the key figures who have influenced him.

Examines the functions of French in various spheres, domains and genres. This volume explores the impact of the French language and culture on Russian high society and consciousness in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It contributes to knowledge of the development of national self consciousness in Russia.

Examines the ideas central to Muhammad Iqbal's thought and life: religion, science, and nationalism. This volume brings together a range of prominent voices within American and European Islamic studies to share the developments on Iqbal's thought. It shows connections between Iqbal and his European philosophers, including Bergson, and more.

Looks at the processes and realities of Muslim participation in local and national politics in a range of Eastern and Western European countries: voting patterns in local and national assemblies, membership of elected councils and national parliaments, and the tensions between ethnic, political and religious identities.

In this book leading cultural historians come together to examine how the daily activities of Scottish people reflected a constant re-construction of culture, religion, ideology and identity between 1900 and 2000.

Gender in Scottish History offers a new perspective on Scotland's past since around 1700, viewing some of the main themes with a gendered perspective.

This is a history of the trees, woodlands and forests of Scotland and of the people who used them.

Written by a group of international scholars, the essays in this collection investigate how Kant helps us think about issues related to the interplay among the state and global governance, peace and human rights enforcement, migrant crisis management, European federalisation, global educational reforms and a cosmopolitan culture.

Reading a century of American poetry through the prism of short form, this book analyses the centrality of an aesthetic of brevity to American modernist verse.