The Legacy of the Soviet Union offers a distillation by a group of eminent scholars of their experience of the post-Soviet years. Analysis of the post-Soviet landscape is accompanied by meditations on the impact of the post-Soviet transition on both policy-makers and academics.
Fifteen studies explore the way in which these cults were established, their function and operation, their dissemination and... Læs mere
Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Erich Fromm, Max Horkheimer, Otto Kirchheimer and Franz Neumann, it analyzes the relevance of religious traditions and of the Enlightenment critique of religion for modern conceptions of emancipatory thought, art, law, and politics.
This is the first book to cover the whole range of epistolary verse in the period, including the discursive type favoured by Pope and the familiar and... Læs mere
Why were so many late-nineteenth-century homosexuals passionate about the Italian Renaissance? This book answers that question by showing how the... Læs mere
This book explores the role of political factors in the occurrence of currency crises, using an eclectic approach that blends case studies, a rigorous theoretical discussion, and econometric analysis.
A lively account of the general election of 2008 and of its profound significance for Italy and beyond. It gets to grips with the... Læs mere
A fascinating discussion of the role played by fear in financial market panics. Professor Read demonstrates, in easy-to-understand terms, that... Læs mere
The first study of the depictions of the Ancient World on the Victorian and Edwardian stage, this book analyzes plays set in and dramatising the... Læs mere
The time is ripe for a new international organization, a Global Union based upon a limited sharing of sovereignty. This book examines the... Læs mere
Sugar is a commonplace product with a complex background, mainly because of the high degree of protectionism given to the industry and the benefits of ensuring... Læs mere
In this volume, contributors from a range of perspectives - evolutionary psychology to anthropology, sociology to cognitive and... Læs mere