This comprehensive introduction to the basic methods and current state of historical-critical Qur anic scholarship covers all of the field s major questions, giving readers the tools needed to work with and understand this vital but complex text.
This book charts the transformation of the political landscape of northern Britain between the eighth and the eleventh centuries. Central to this narrative is the... Læs mere
Celluloid Singapore is a ground-breaking study of the three major periods in Singapore’s fragmented cinema history, namely the golden age of the 1950s and 60s, the post-studio 1970s, and the revival from the 1990s onwards.
Lemm offers an original reading of Nietzsche's enigmatic term homo natura that brings back the ancient Greek idea of nature and sexuality... Læs mere
This book examines the 100 or so families who lived in Shakespeare's parish and demonstrates how their interests, work and connections formed part of the background environment that Shakespeare probably borrowed from as he reworked existing stories.
Offers a unique analysis of globally iconic and cult favourite television show, Columbo.
Robert Miner attends closely to the rhymes and aphorisms that make up The Gay Science – and make it so quotable yet so frequently misunderstood. Tracking Nietzsche’s mixture... Læs mere
25 essays showcase Malabou’s rounded philosophical project: 17 previously published and 8 brand new. In them, Malabou carves a philosophical space between structuralism, deconstruction, cognitive psychology, psychoanalysis and speculative realism.
The first English-language book to cover Danish cinema from the 1890s to the present day Contextualises the work of renowned filmmakers including Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von... Læs mere
Connects the found footage horror subgenre to significant traumatic events and societal anxieties in American history and contemporary America
Philosopher and neuroscientist Raymond Tallis brings together the preoccupations of some fifty years of writing and thinking about the overwhelming mystery of ordinary human life, and... Læs mere
This introduction to the topic of "degrowth", an increasingly influential idea within ecological economics, assesses what it would take for an economy to transition to a position that enabled it to prosper without growth.