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Ontological and Historical Dimensions of Salvation According to Joseph Ratzinger
For Joseph Ratzinger, the separation between ontology and history constitutes the crucial problem that underlies all the difficulties of contemporary dogmatic theology since it …
Food and Eating in Medieval Europe
Eating and drinking are essential to life and therefore of great interest to the historian. As well as having a real fascination in their own right, both activities are an …
Resisting Theologies and the Everyday
This powerful volume provides dynamic ways of constructing theologies of resistance and liberation by engaging with the everyday practices of marginalised communities. In doing so, …
A Dynamic Approach to Hans Kelsen's General Theory of Norms
This timely and compelling book delves into the dynamic interpretation of Hans Kelsen's General Theory of Norms through the lens of 21st-century jurisprudential debates. Engaging …
J. M. Coetzee in Context and Theory
This work draws on a wide range of theoretical ideas and approaches to illuminate Coetzee's texts including: deconstruction and the 'school of singularity', ethics and power, …
Field Guide to Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises of North America
Practical and portable, this is the ultimate field guide for any whale-watcher in North AmericaThis outstanding field guide provides the most comprehensive, authoritative and …
Securing the State and its Citizens
The global security situation is challenging and constantly changing. Responding to threats requires the effective coordination of the various levers of national power. These must …
Philosophy and Play
Is philosophy a playful pursuit?This book’s central argument is that playfulness is an essential quality of philosophical practice. Ways of doing philosophy invariably require the …
Power and Urban Space in Pre-Modern Holland
Cities and urban societies have many faces. In this study, the pre-modern cities of Holland are presented as arenas where power relations between social classes are expressed in a …
Slurs and Expressivity
Slurs and Expressivity: Semantics and Beyond, edited by Eleonora Orlando and Andres Saab,focuses on the analysis of the expressive aspects of slur-words, namely, those words prima …
Confucian Ren and Feminist Ethics of Care
The rehabilitation of Confucian tradition raised new challenges to Chinese feminist thinkers. Can a Confucian ideal of reciprocity help women realize their equality? What is the …
Fantasy and the Politics of Subversion
Focusing on a corpus of fantasy texts written in colonial India during the late 19th and early 20th century, this book explores the origins, motivations, nature, and role of …