Ibidem Press: 164 books
A Theatre of Affect
The Corporeal Turn in Samuel Beckett's Drama
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Combining phenomenological analysis with dance and performance analysis and affect theory, A Theatre of Affect: The Corporeal Turn in Samuel Beckett's Drama takes stock of the various ways in which the body in Samuel Beckett's drama participates in the affective ecology of performance. Affect is here...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
This groundbreaking collection from scholars and artists on the legacy of Beckett in contemporary art provides readers with a unique view of this important writer for page, stage, and screen. The volume argues that Beckett is more than an influence on contemporary art—he is, in fact, a contemporary...
The Democratic Developmental State
North-South Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
The concept of a democratic developmental state is part of the current development discourse advocated by international aid agencies, deliberated on by academics, and embraced by policymakers in many emerging economies in the global South. What is noticeable in this discourse is how little attention...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
This book examines the integration of trade unions from the six biggest countries of the EU's Eastern enlargement of EU governance structures. Based on more than 150 in-depth interviews, comprehensive data, document research, and eight detailed case studies, contributions describe the activities and...
Dealing with Evils
Essays on Writing from Africa
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Annie Gagiano addresses more than twenty texts from various African regions and periods, ranging from transcriptions of ancient folktales to classic African English texts and recent writings on social and gender issues. Gagiano focuses on these texts' engagement with the forces that damage and threaten...
Spatial Social Thought
Local Knowledge in Global Science Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This volume presents perspectives on spatially construed knowledge systems and their struggle to interrelate. Western social sciences tend to be wrapped up in very specific, exclusionary discourses, and Northern and Southern knowledge systems are sidelined. Spatial Social Thought reimagines the social sciences as a place of encounter between all spatially bound, parochial knowledge systems.
Discourses on Identity in 'First' and 'Other' Serbia
Social Construction of the Self and the Other in a Divided Serbia
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Serbia is still widely thought of as an unfinished state, whose people struggle to establish a compelling identity narrative in answer to the question 'who are we?'. While existing literature has over-analyzed Serbian nationalism, the Serbian public sphere remains largely ignored. This engaging and...
Poland and Slovakia: Bilateral Relations in a Multilateral Context (2004–2016)
Essays on Politics and Economics
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
This book investigates the complex relations between the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic in the context of ongoing processes in the European Union's political and economic system. The basic assumption of the study is that Polish-Slovak relations are affected and shaped not only by the interaction...
The Instrumentalisation of Mass Media in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes
Evidence from Russia's Presidential Election Campaigns of 2000 and 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Focusing on the case of Russia during Putin's first two presidential terms, this book examines media manipulation strategies in electoral authoritarian regimes. Which instruments and approaches do incumbent elites employ to skew media coverage in favor of their preferred candidate in a presidential...
The Hungarian Far Right
Social Demand, Political Supply, and International Context
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
This timely book examines far-right politics in Hungary—but its relevance points much beyond Hungary. With its two main players, the radical right Jobbik and populist right Fidesz, it is at the same time an Eastern European, European, and global phenomenon. Jobbik and Fidesz, political parties with...
The February 2015 Assassination of Boris Nemtsov and the Flawed Trial of His Alleged Killers
An Exploration of Russia’s “Crime of the 21st Century”
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
This book provides a detailed description of “the Russian crime of the twenty-first century” as well as a thorough examination of the eighty sessions of the nine-month-long trial (during 2016-2017) of Boris Nemtsov’s alleged killers. It directs attention to the chief obstacle in determining...
European Engagement Under Review
Exporting Values, Rules, and Practices to the Post-Soviet Space
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
This timely book seeks to contribute to the debate on the transfer of values, rules, and practices by European actors to former Soviet countries. The actors in focus include multilateral organizations, such as the European Union, the Council of Europe, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation...
EU: Beyond the Crisis
A Debate on Sustainable Integrationism
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Though crises arise organically in all political systems, this volume treats the current challenges facing the EU as a unique situation. It takes stock of its losses, gains, and opportunities and what constitutes a viable solution to the EU's current predicament. By envisioning the EU as an evolving...
From New National to World Literature
Essays and Reviews
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
From New National to World English Literature offers a personal perspective on the evolution of a major cultural movement that began with decolonization, continued with the assertion of African, West Indian, Commonwealth, and other literatures, and has evolved through postcolonial to world or international...