Rowman Littlefield Publishers imprint: 5577 books
Educating across Cultures
Anatolia College in Turkey and Greece
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
This compelling book chronicles a remarkable American educational undertaking that spanned two continents and survived three wars. William McGrew recounts the challenges faced by Anatolia College’s leaders and the solutions they found to achieve their goals within the often-turbulent social, religious,...
Logotherapy
Viktor Frankl, Life and Work
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Following World War II, Viktor Frankl revolutionized the field of psychotherapy with the inception of logotherapy. With Logotherapy: Viktor Frankl, Life and Work, Soggie offers a compelling and comprehensive introduction to both the man and his contribution to psychotherapy. Through the examination...
Phantom Narratives
The Unseen Contributions of Culture to Psyche
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
In Phantom Narratives: The Unseen Contributions of Culture to Psyche, Samuel Kimbles explores collective shadow processes, intergenerational transmission of group traumas, and social suffering as examples of how culture contributes to the formation of unseen, or phantom, narratives. These unseen narratives...
The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy
How Foreign Nations and International Organizations Influence U.S. Policy
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
This unique book examines how U.S. domestic policy regarding the death penalty has been influenced by international pressures, in particular, by foreign nations and international organizations.
International pressure has mounted against America’s use of the death penalty, straining diplomatic ties....
Engaging Europe
Rethinking a Changing Continent
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2005
What and where and who is Europe? This unique collection contends that Europe cannot be defined as simply a particular geographic location or a group of citizens who inhabit the same place and share a culture. Instead, Europe is a question to be answered by the teachers and students who study it....
Nietzsche's Mirror
The World as Will to Power
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2002
Nietzsche's Mirror introduces the reader to one of the most central and pervasive themes in Friedrich Nietzsche's works—will to power. The book traces Nietzsche's use of the terms 'power,' 'will,' and 'will to power' as they are presented in both the works he authorized for publication and his literary...
Privacy Rights
Cases Lost and Causes Won Before the Supreme Court
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
Privacy Rights: Cases Lost and Causes Won Before the Supreme Court is a unique and timely study of the judicial process as it confronts four privacy issues: birth control, gay rights, abortion, and the right to die. The moral questions surrounding these subjects create intense and enduring debates...
Virtual Ascendance
Video Games and the Remaking of Reality
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike. Business and entertainment, health and medicine, politics and war, social interaction and education,...
Losing Your Head
Abjection, Aesthetic Conflict, and Psychoanalytic Criticism
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Losing Your Head: Abjection, Aesthetic Conflict, and Psychoanalytic Criticism looks at the subject of beheading in art as a trope of the destruction of the mind. This book discusses both psychoanalytic theory and art criticism. It addresses critics, readers, and spectators interested in the keys of...
Top Secret
When Our Government Keeps in the Dark?
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2007
Since September 11, 2001, the United States has investigated and prosecuted public employees, journalists, and the press for the dissemination of classified information relating to the national security. What is the cause of the recent tension between the government and the press? Perhaps the media...
How Math Works
A Guide to Grade School Arithmetic for Parents and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
We hear all the time how American children are falling behind their global peers in various basic subjects, but particularly in math. Is it our fear of math that constrains us? Or our inability to understand math’s place in relation to our everyday lives? How can we help our children better understand...
Surviving After Cancer
Living the New Normal
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
With so many people surviving cancer and living 'the new normal,' guiding survivors and their families through the phases of recovery has become an imperative. But learning to live as a survivor and dealing with both the triumphs and challenges, including fear of recurrence, depression, life and occupational...
Species of Origins
America's Search for a Creation Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2002
In Species of Origins, Karl W. Giberson and Donald A. Yerxa examine America's controversial conversation about creation and evolution. While noting that part of the discord stems from the growing cultural and religious diversity of the United States, they argue powerfully that the real issue is the...
by Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Now in a comprehensively updated edition, this indispensable handbook analyzes how international humanitarian law has evolved in the face of these many new challenges. Central concerns include the war on terror, new forms of armed conflict and humanitarian action, the emergence of international criminal...