Since coming to power in 1997 the Labour government 's programme of constitutional reform represents an historic challenge to both British constitutional doctrine and Labour Party orthodoxy.
Moving beyond established ideas of haunted Henry James, this book argues that death is as important a concept for understanding James's fiction as gender, sexuality and modernity, which have come to dominate James studies.
The War of Ideas is about the fundamental principles of human society. It is a global war: the foes have resorted to arms to protect and promote their worldview. This book... Læs mere
The "existential" drama at the heart of the modern world is the result of a truly cataclysmic transformation in our institutions and modes of belief. We... Læs mere
This work is a study of the nature and origin of nationality and modern social ideals in the Middle East, particularly Egypt, in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries.
This book examines normative theories of civil society and deliberative democracy by using a case study of the East German 'citizen movements' that led the democratic opposition against the communist regime.
Challenges the notion of how early modern women may or may not have spoken for (or even with) nature. By focusing on various forms of 'dialogue,' these essays... Læs mere
The documentation of practice is one of the principle concerns of performance studies. Focusing on contemporary performance... Læs mere
This edited collection of essays examines how religions of the world represent, understand,... Læs mere
Explores the transformative power of ekphrasis in high and late medieval dream visions and mystical visions. Demonstrates that medieval... Læs mere
Christoph Laucht offers the first investigation into the roles played by two German-born emigre atomic... Læs mere