Continuum imprint: 595 books
Coleridge and German Philosophy
The Poet in the Land of Logic
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Samuel Taylor Coleridge frequently bridged the gap between British and European Romantic thought. This study sets Coleridge's mode of thinking within a German Romantic philosophical context as the place where his ideas can naturally extend themselves, stretch and find speculations of comparable...
Images of Jesus Christ in Islam
2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
Images of Jesus Christ in Islam 2nd Edition provides a general introduction to the question of Jesus Christ in Islam and a dialogical discussion of this issues' importance for Christian-Muslim relations. Its originality lies in its comprehensive presentation of relevant sources and research and...
by M. Andrew Holowchak
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Stoicism was a key philosophical movement in the Hellenistic period. Today, the stoics are central to the study of Ethics and Ancient Philosophy. In The Stoics: A Guide for the Perplexed, M. Andrew Holowchak sketches, from Zeno to Aurelius, a framework thatcaptures the tenor of stoic ethical thinking...
Language and Power
An Introduction to Institutional Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
How language is used in institutions and how institutions generate language is a key concern of both sociolinguistics and social theory. This readable and comprehensive introduction to language and power in institutions combines theoretical reflection with a strong analytical focus. Covering a range...
Blindness and Enlightenment: An Essay
With a new translation of Diderot's 'Letter on the Blind' and La Mothe Le Vayer's 'Of a Man Born Blind'
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Blindness and Enlightenment presents a reading and a new translation of Diderot's Letter on the Blind. Diderot was the editor of the Encyclopédie, that Trojan horse of Enlightenment ideas, as well as a novelist, playwright, art critic and philosopher. His Letter on the Blind of 1749 is essential...
Volpone
A critical guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
A comprehensive introduction to Ben Jonson's Volpone - introducing its critical history, performance history, current critical landscape and new directions in research on the play.
Holy Misogyny
Why the Sex and Gender Conflicts in the Early Church Still Matter
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
In Holy Misogyny, bible scholar April DeConick wants real answers to the questions that are rarely whispered from the pulpits of the contemporary Christian churches. Why is God male? Why are women associated with sin? Why can't women be priests? Drawing on her extensive knowledge of the early Christian...
by Associate Professor Jenny Rose
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
The significance of the Zoroastrian religion in the development of the history of thought is often only mentioned in passing, or is completely overlooked. Zoroastrianism has developed over a span of at least three thousand years, with roots in a common Indo-Iranian culture and mythology, then becoming...
Why Go to Church?
The Drama of the Eucharist
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2008
The Eucharist, writes Timothy Radcliffe, is a three part drama, forming us in faith, hope and love. In this book he examines what it means to celebrate the Eucharist. Other people experience it as boring and pointless. Listening to the readings, the homily and the creed all take us through the crises...
Deleuze and the Diagram
Aesthetic Threads in Visual Organization
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Deleuze and the Diagram charts Deleuze's corpus according to aesthetic concepts such as the map, the sketch and the drawing to bring out a comprehensive concept of the diagram. In his interrogation of Deleuze's visual aesthetic theory, Jakub Zdebik focuses on artists that hold an important place in...
Jacques Ranciere and the Contemporary Scene
The Philosophy of Radical Equality
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
This book forms the first critical
study of Jacques Rancière's impact and contribution to contemporary theoretical
and interdisciplinary studies. It showcases the work of leading scholars in
fields such as political theory, history and aesthetic theory; each of whom are
uniquely situated to engage...
States of Exception in the Contemporary Novel
Martel, Eugenides, Coetzee, Sebald
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
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": an emergency situation in which the normal rule of law is suspended. In such a situation, the need for good decisions is felt...
Do You Know Who I Am?
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
From his appearance as Ronald Merrick in the television adaptation of The Jewel in the Crown to his recent role in the hit play King Charles III, Tim Pigott-Smith has been recognised as one of Britain's most loved contemporary actors. On stage his work encompassed the Bristol Old Vic, Royal Shakespeare...
British Prime Ministers and Democracy
From Disraeli to Blair
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
Today representative democracy is the dominant political system in the world. Britain played a prominent part in the democratization of the world through both its constitutional reforms at home and its power and influence abroad. In that process, Prime Ministers played a prominent role through their...