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Hardback. Applying new readings of Four Quartets, this book completes a trilogy on the Christian character of Eliot's writing. Num Pages: 114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470836
- ISBN
- 9781137470836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardcover. Art and literature during the European fin-de-siecle period often manifested themes of degeneration and decay, both of bodies and civilizations, as well as illness, bizarre sexuality, and general morbidity. This collection explores these topics in relation to artists and writers as diverse as Oscar Wilde, August Strindberg, and Aubrey Beardsley. Editor(s): Walsh, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 293 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; ACV; DSBF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470881
- ISBN
- 9781137470881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.92
€ 160.92
Hardcover. This collection, comprising essays by an array of scholars from Europe and the United States, offers a new look at transatlantic political activity since 1800. It reperiodizes transatlantic politics to include early and mid-19th and post-1945 eras, while showing the ideological heterogeneity of transatlantic political exchange Editor(s): Scroop, Daniel; Heath, Andrew. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBTK; HBTQ; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470959
- ISBN
- 9781137470959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Masculinity, Class and Same-Sex Desire in Industrial England, 1895-1957 explores the experiences of men who desired other men outside of the capital. In doing so, it offers a unique intervention into the history of sexuality but it also offers new ways to understand masculinity, working-class culture, regionality and work in the period. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470980
- ISBN
- 9781137470980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Hardcover. This book argues that there is an ongoing planetary crisis, in both the social and natural worlds, that is of urgent importance. This demands a new politics, a politics of total liberation, one that grasps the need to unite the disparate movements for human, animal, and earth liberation. In the book, Best outlines a way forward despite challenges. Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471116
- ISBN
- 9781137471116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.24
€ 116.24
hardcover. Through a rich foray into popular literary culture and medical history, this book investigates representations of regular and irregular medical practice in early modern England, exploring what it meant to the early modern population for a group of practitioners to be associated with both the trade guilds and an emerging professional medical world. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 495.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471550
- ISBN
- 9781137471550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.88
€ 116.88
Hardcover. This book reframes British First World War literature within Britain's history as an imperial nation. Rereading canonical war writers Siegfried Sassoon and Edmund Blunden, alongside war writing by Enid Bagnold, E. M. Forster, Mulk Raj Anand, Roly Grimshaw and others, the book makes clear that the Great War was more than a European war. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471642
- ISBN
- 9781137471642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471673
- ISBN
- 9781137471673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Faith, Secularism, and Humanitarian Engagement: Finding the Place of R...
Ager, Alastair, Ager, Joey
Hardcover. Strengthening local humanitarian engagement demands not only rethinking dominant understandings of religion, but also revisiting the principles and practices of humanitarianism. This book articulates key aspects of the 'transborder discourse' necessary for humanitarian dialogue in the 21st century. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 131 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472137
- ISBN
- 9781137472137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.80
€ 115.80
Hardcover. This book helps explain some of Max Weber's key concepts such as charisma, asceticism, mysticism, pariah-people, prophets, salvation, and theodicy and places them within the context of Weber's sociology of religion. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472175
- ISBN
- 9781137472175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. The book presents interpretations of culture, health, politics, and religion in Sweden today, Sweden transforms from the well-functioning but existentially bland economic wonder to a more fragmented and gloomy society. Contributors include scholars from film studies, literary studies, political science, religious studies and theology Editor(s): Demker, Marie; Leffler, Yvonne; Sigurdson, Ola; Wolff, Janet. Num Pages: 205 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; HRA; JFC; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472229
- ISBN
- 9781137472229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardback. Translator(s): De Sanctis, Sarah. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472465
- ISBN
- 9781137472465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardcover. Knowing that we are finite, how can we live to the fullest? Philosopher George Santayana suggested 'spirituality' enables us to enjoy what we have. This book clarifies and extends Santayana's account of spirituality, while suggesting how the detachment of spirituality can relieve human suffering, enrich our lives, and make us better human beings. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472472
- ISBN
- 9781137472472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. This book explores the correlation between anti-theological thought and the rise of Islamism in the twentieth century by examining Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the leadership of Umar al-Tilmisani (d. 1986). Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRHT; HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473578
- ISBN
- 9781137473578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.49
€ 126.49
Hardback. This study seeks to explain the impact of historical narratives on the inclusiveness and pluralism of citizenship models. Drawing on comparative historical analysis of two post-imperial core countries, Turkey and Austria, it explores how narrative forms operate to support or constrain citizenship models. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DVT; HBJD; HBTQ; JPB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473653
- ISBN
- 9781137473653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary project is situated at the boundary between literary studies and philosophy. Its chief focus is on American Romanticism and it examines work by a number of prominent writers and philosophers, from Whitman and Thoreau to Barthes and Rorty. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474186
- ISBN
- 9781137474186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. Editor(s): Middeke, Prof. Martin; Reinfandt, Christoph. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 2. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474278
- ISBN
- 9781137474278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.77
€ 139.77
Hardcover. No study has been carried out examining the gnostic undercurrents in medieval England. For the first time, Natanela Elias investigates the existence of these gnostic traces, using prominent late medieval English literary works such as Piers Plowman and Confessio Amantis and ultimately shedding light on a previously overlooked religious dimension. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474766
- ISBN
- 9781137474766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. This book develops creative imagining of traditional doctrines. Chapters show the effectiveness of Latina/mujerista, evangelica, womanist, Asian American, and white feminist imaginings in the furthering of global gender justice. Editor(s): Daggers, Jenny. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRCX6; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137475459
- ISBN
- 9781137475459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Colonial Contexts and Postcolonial Theology focuses on what postcolonial theologies look like in colonial contexts, particularly in dialogue with the First Nations Peoples in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. The contributors have roots in the Asia-Pacific, but the struggles, theologies and concerns they address are shared across the seas. Editor(s): Brett, Mark G.; Havea, Jione. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1MBF; 1MK; HRLB; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137475466
- ISBN
- 9781137475466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80