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A fascinating new perspective on the Space Race combining brilliant film scholarship with gender studies and feminist theory.

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A fascinating new perspective on the Space Race combining brilliant film scholarship with gender studies and feminist theory.

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Looks at the philosophical debates surrounding special educational needs and inclusion. This edition highlights the critical perspectives that philosophy can bring to bear on the education policy and provides a varied discussion of the issues. It aims to stimulate debate and to contribute to better informed educational initiatives.

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An original and broad-ranging reassessment of Spinoza's intellectual legacy.

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An original and broad-ranging reassessment of Spinoza's intellectual legacy.

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New and invaluable insights into the understanding of possession and trance based on case studies from around the world.

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Investigates spiritual tourism - tourism characterised by an intentional search for spiritual benefit - from a contemporary religious studies perspective. This title provides an important opportunity to comment on the role of tourism in contemporary conceptions of spirituality and spiritual practice in Western society.

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A coherent account of St Augustine's educational thought, including coverage of the reception and influence of his work and its relevance today. >

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An exposition of the life and teachings of the diminutive Carmelite Friar whose influence has been so very profound. It argues that St John of the Cross as a multifaceted, 'myriad minded man' is an Outstanding Christian Thinker.

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A thorough exploration of staff-student partnerships in Higher Education, drawing together perspectives from students and staff.

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A thorough exploration of staff-student partnerships in Higher Education, drawing together perspectives from students and staff. >

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A collection that draws out the full implications of Stanley Cavell's writings and ideas for literary studies. It makes clear the relevance of Cavell's ideas for literary criticism.

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Stanley Melbourne Bruce was at the centre of Imperial politics from the early 1920s until the end of the Second World War. Educated in Melbourne and Cambridge, Bruce, as a businessman, was alive to the importance of international commerce, and Anglo-Australian trade. This title presents Bruce as a consistent internationalist.

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Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. A key architect of American nuclear strategy, Brodie was one of the first civilian defense intellectuals to cross over into the military world. This book examines Bernard Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age.

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Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. This book presents an exploration of Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age and of his effort to reconcile Carl von Clausewitz's theories to the new challenges of the nuclear era .

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In the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, the political situation in both the United States and abroad has often been described as a 'state of exception': a situation in which the normal rule of law is suspended. This book investigates the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of decisions in post-9/11 contemporary fiction.

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Born in Vienna in 1881, Stefan Zweig was one of the most respected authors of his time. Zweig was an incessant correspondent but as the 1930s progressed, it became difficult for him to maintain contact with friends and colleagues. This book provides an analysis of the Zweigs' time.

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Born in Vienna in 1881, Stefan Zweig was one of the most respected authors of his time. This book provides an analysis of the Zweigs' time together and presents personal letters, written by the couple in Argentina and Brazil, along with editorial commentary.

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Discusses how humans have described the Divine. This book looks at how humans have engaged the Divine across religions and centuries, through ritual, art, sacred places, language and song.

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Presents an examination of the early Stoic theory of virtue. This book emphasizes in particular the theological underpinning of Stoic ethics, which Jedan contends has been underestimated in various accounts of Stoic ethics. It argues that the theological motifs in Stoic ethics are in fact pivotal to a complete understanding of Stoic ethics.

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An important new monograph offering the first sustained examination of the early Stoic theory of virtue.

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In July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East End factory and into the history books. The author gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themselves, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant, began it.

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A collection of essays on Coetzee that examines how his novels create and unsettle literary authority. It shows how Coetzee provokes us into reconsidering certain basic formal and existential questions such as the nature of literary realism, the authority of the author and the constitution of the human self in a posthumanist setting.

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An innovative and accessible linguistic description of those features of the language that can be exploited to generate structural ambiguities.