The popular referendum of 1974 which affirmed Italy's recently-won divorce law is widely regarded as a turning point in... Læs mere
Haikai is an art that parodies and often subverts its linguistic, generic, and personal predecessors, and its intersections include imaginative... Læs mere
This book places Germaine de Stael's influential novel, Corrine, or Italy (1807) in relation to preceding and subsequent stereotypes of Italy as seen in the works of Northern European and American travel writers since the Renaissance.
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Kirsten Sehnbruch uses the case study of Chile to show the failures and inner-working of neo-liberal labour policy. She shows... Læs mere
A dense web of private associations drawn from multiple social classes, interest groups and value communities makes for a firm foundation for strong... Læs mere
By examining theological and literary narratives through an engagement with well-known theorists of reading and religion, this collection of... Læs mere
Drawing on ancient texts and modern interpretations, this work explores the foundations for war in China's strategic culture Shih, Li and Tao. The work uses Shih theory to explain the anomalies that continue to perplex Euro-American observers in modern China's uses of force.
Focusing on how policy makers make decisions in foreign policy, this book examines how beliefs are causal... Læs mere
In this study of Bernard Mandeville's A Modest Defence of Publick Stews , Irwin Primer... Læs mere
Guynn offers an innovative new approach to the ethical, cultural, and ideological analysis of medieval allegory. Working between poststructuralism and historical materialism, he considers both the playfulness of allegory and its disciplinary force.
The book explains the social forces, forms of consciousness and structural constraints that undermined... Læs mere