Niall: 234 books

In recent years the body has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Transgressive Bodies offers an examination of a variety of non-normative bodies and how they are represented in film, media and popular culture. Examining the non-normative body...

This lively and engaging text introduces students to the key contemporary issues in the study of gender and the media. Integrating cultural theory with text-based criticism, Gender in the Media analyses recent debates in feminist cultural theory, masculinity studies and queer theory, before applying...

Demonstrating how ideas are in short supply and critical thinking is under attack in the present day, this unique study pits the author’s brand of humor and intellect against conservative power brokers. Arguing the notion that free thought—not free trade—is the basis of democracy, these exciting and provocative essays engage with the most contentious issues of today.

This book explores the benefits and challenges of transnational history for the study of modern Ireland. In recent years the word "transnational" has become more and more conspicuous in history writing across the globe, with scholars seeking to move beyond national and local frameworks when...

The settlement at Bornais consists of a complex of mounds which protrude from the relatively flat machair plain in the township of Bornais on the island of South Uist. This sandy plain has proved an attractive settlement from the Beaker period onwards; it appears to have been intensively occupied...

The Gadamer Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Meticulously researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major works, ideas and influences and provides a firm grounding in the central themes of Gadamer's thought. Students...

As ‘Siddhartha’ by Hermann Hesse reimagined the story of The Buddha for the 20th Century, so ‘The Illustrious SHE’ does for the 21st Century. The divinations have indicated that the Illustrious One has Reincarnated in the Western World, so the monk, Brother Satsang, is ordered to lead a small...

For much of the 20th century the modernist city was articulated in terms of narratives of progress and development. Today the neoliberal city confronts us with all the cultural 'noise' of disorder and excess meaning. As this book demonstrates, for more than 40 years London-based writer, film-maker...

Der Niedergang des Westens wird seit langem vorausgesagt. Doch heute sind die Symptome dieses Niedergangs nicht mehr zu übersehen: nachlassendes Wachstum, explodierende Staatsschulden, alternde Bevölkerungen, auseinanderbrechende Sozialgefüge. Was sind die Ursachen? Die Antwort sieht Ferguson im...

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