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A comprehensive exploration of the issues surrounding of concept generation and theory building in educational research, drawing on international research.

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Depression is being experienced in epidemic proportions in many Western societies, and there is great concern over the number of young people who are suffering, sometimes to the extent of committing suicide. This book aims to help prevent stress and depression by taking a positive approach to the promotion of health and well being in young people.

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A collection of essays exploring the implicit dispute between Gilles Deleuze's transcendental empiricism and Kant's transcendental idealism, a key philosophical concern. It addresses the varied and various connections between these two great European philosophers.

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This book aims to define the concept of 'child' from a philosophical perspective.

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Shows, through close readings of three major novelists, how Modernist fiction developed new ways of expressing thought.

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Shows, through close readings of three major novelists, how Modernist fiction developed new ways of expressing thought.

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Examines some of the primary questions for the impassibility debate through the lens of contemporary philosophy of emotion. This title provides an exploration of the intelligence and value of the emotions of compassion, anger and jealousy.

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Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus are representatives of the 'Golden Age' of scholasticism. They are known for their work in natural theology, which seeks to demonstrate tenets of faith without recourse to premises rooted in dogma or revelation. This book offers an examination of natural theology in the 'Golden Age' of scholastic philosophy.

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This book presents a major study of one of the 20th century's key philosophers of science.

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The myths of the Norse god Thor were preserved in the Icelandic Eddas, set down in the early Middle Ages. The bane of giants and trolls, Thor was worshipped as the last line of defence against all that threatened early Nordic society. This title explores the extraordinary regard in which Thor has been held since medieval times.

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The myths of the Norse god Thor were preserved in the "Icelandic Eddas", set down in the early Middle Ages. The bane of giants and trolls, Thor was worshipped as the last line of defence against all that threatened early Nordic society. This title explores how the legend of Thor has been adopted, adapted and transformed through history.

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Whether initiating girls or healing cattle, bringing rain or protesting taxation, many in Africa share a vision of a world where the cultural, symbolic and cosmic categories of 'male' and 'female' serve, through ritual, to both reimagine and transform the world

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An examination of Friedrich Nietzsche's radically original ideas on time and becoming. It explores Nietzsche's approach to temporality, showing that his metaphorical and literary presentations lend themselves, in surprising detail, to the debates that have engaged other thinkers.

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A new examination of Nietzsche's radically original ideas on time and becoming.

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For Gilles Deleuze, time is 'out of joint'. For Michel Serres, it is 'a crumpled handkerchief'. In both of these concepts, explicit references are made to the non-linear dynamics of Chaos and Complexity theory, as well as the New Sciences. This title presents a critical appraisal of Deleuze and Serre's 'joint' conception of time and history.

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In a night of unforgettable tragedy, the world's most famous liner Titanic struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and sank. Over 1500 people died. Whose fault it was, and how the passengers and crew reacted, has been the subject of continuing dispute over the 100 years since the disaster. This title offers an account of Titanic's tragic maiden voyage.

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Many of Brenner's readers assumed that Brenner completely negated Jewish existence and sought to form a new way of life completely disconnected from the traditional Jewish existence. This book deals with the question of the meaning and rationale that the writer Joseph Chayim Brenner attributes to Jewish existence.

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Many of Brenner's readers assumed that Brenner completely negated Jewish existence and sought to form a new way of life completely disconnected from the traditional Jewish existence. This book deals with the question of the meaning and rationale that the writer Joseph Chayim Brenner attributes to Jewish existence.

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Suitable for lay people about contemplation and the life of prayer.

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The two apochryphal books, Tobit and Judith, are Jewish legends presumably created in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE. This text discusses the problems between real history and historical fiction, the genres and purposes of the two books, and the literary and religious motives of the tales.

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Provides an exploration of the phenomenon of conversion, the contribution of European converts and the evolution and future of British Islam. This title assesses efforts to bridge the gap between the Muslim community and wider British society, and by extension Euro-Muslim understanding.