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English is a global language which has spread historically through imperialism and more recently through communication networks throughout the world. This research monograph examines English as it is spoken by the Xhosa people in South Africa, and is based primarily on an extensive spoken corpus of Xhosa English.

Presents an examination of the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur that focuses on his specific concept of interpretation. This book explores the philosophical resources provided by Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics in dealing with the challenges of a world framed by globalization.

Offers a response to the gap that exists in the analytical philosophical literature on the problem of whether or not God exists. This book seeks to disrupt the prevalent way of thinking about the problem of God amongst atheists and theists alike.

A study of Joseph Campbell (1904-1988), a popular scholar of myth and comparative religion of the 20th century. It shows that reflecting on C G Jung's influence on Campbell furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are of significance.

Presents an examination of the early Stoic theory of virtue. This book emphasizes in particular the theological underpinning of Stoic ethics, which Jedan contends has been underestimated in various accounts of Stoic ethics. It argues that the theological motifs in Stoic ethics are in fact pivotal to a complete understanding of Stoic ethics.

J A Froude was one of the finest English literary stylists of the Victorian age. But he was highly critical of Mary Tudor, whose reign he viewed as something of a disaster. This book takes a different view.

Features a critical assessment of Heidegger's interpretation and political use of Plato's "Republic". This book challenges Heidegger's 1940 interpretation of Plato as the philosopher who initiated the West's ontological decline into contemporary nihilism.

Offers an analysis of the philosophical connection between Hopkins and Heidegger. This monograph argues that the work of Hopkins does no less than propose solutions to a number of hitherto unresolved questions regarding Heidegger's later writings, vitalizing the concepts of both writers beyond their local contexts.

Focuses on the major issues in ecumenical dialogue - Jesus Christ, The Holy Trinity, Justification, The Church and The Sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist. This book explains the key issues at stake and offers signposts for the way forward so that the wish of Jesus may be fulfilled: That They May All Be One.

Do Martin Heidegger's statements on the nature of thinking compel a re-examination of Dewey's view? Does Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophy of experience advance beyond Dewey's experimental model? This book examines John Dewey's philosophy of education, and asks how well it stands up in view of developments in Continental European philosophy.

A monograph that examines Hobbes' political writings in the context of the rest of his corpus and the work of his contemporaries. It considers what it is that makes the study of Hobbes so compelling. It shows the relevance of Hobbes to contemporary debates around the radically democratic potential of the 'multitude'.

Offers a look at the state of journalism in the age of the 24-hour news cycle. This book demonstrates how media blitz scrambles the public's perspective in ways that potentially shape how we think, act and react as a global society.

Using a comparative and thematic approach, this book looks at key aspects of the dynamics in East Asian politics: security, political economy and society. It examines the impact of development at the societal, national, and international levels on the conduct of politics in East Asia.

Explores the life and thought of Walter Benjamin, imaginatively examining its implications in the political context of a post-War London estate. This title explores the emergence of Benjamin's thinking from a politicised Jewish theology forced to confront the rise of Nazism.

A study of the mental lexicon - the way in which the form and meaning of words is stored by speakers of specific languages. It provides a principled means of distinguishing those semantic features required by a mental lexicon that have a direct bearing on grammar from those that do not.

According to the doctrine of univocity there is a fundamental concept of being that is truly predicable of everything that exists. This book presents an interpretation of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger in terms of the doctrine of the 'univocity of being'.

Through an interdisciplinary approach that combines critical sociolinguistic ethnography, multi-modality, reflexivity, and discourse analysis, this book reveals the multiple (and sometimes simultaneous) ways in which individuals engage and invest in representations of languages and identities.

Presents the analysis of the representation of London in post-war fiction from Iris Murdoch to Zadie Smith, exploring the literary re-imagining of the city in post-war fiction and arguing that the image, history, and narrative of the city has been transformed alongside the physical rebuilding and repositioning of the capital.

A comprehensive analysis of Britain's changing position in the world during the twentieth century. It places British policy making in the appropriate domestic and international contexts, offers an alternative to the more negative, 'decline'-obsessed assessments of Britain's role and influence in global affairs.

A study of the ethical concern that defines Husserl's phenomenology and motivates its development. It traces the ethical concepts apparent throughout Husserl's main body of work and argues that Husserl's phenomenology of consciousness, experience and meaning is ultimately motivated by an ethical demand.

A philosophical study that addresses the conceptual and analytical question: how does the concept of reality function and how should we think with regard to the issue of reality's relations to appearances? It proposes that while realism is a sensible and tenable position, nevertheless there is something to be said for idealism as well.

Salomon Maimon was one of the most important and influential Jewish intellectuals of the Enlightenment. This translation of his principal work, "Essay on Transcendental Philosophy", expresses Maimon's response to the revolution in philosophy wrought by Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason".

A study of the neoconservative movement's leading thinker and magazine: Norman Podhoretz and "Commentary". It examines the origins, rise, and fall of neoconservatism and argues that much of what has been said about it is the result of willful distortion and exaggeration by both the neocons and their opponents.

Aims to provide a snapshot of research and innovations in the field of stylistics. This book presents a comprehensive survey of the state of the integrated study of language and literature.

From the very beginning James Joyce's readers have considered him as a Catholic or an anti-Catholic writer, and the tendency has been to recuperate him for an alternative and decidedly liberal form of Catholicism. This title argues that James Joyce's work can only be fully understood in the context of his unbelief.

Addresses the interface between literature and theory. This book examines a wide range of authors, from Dickens to Joyce, and engages directly with a number of major theorists - including Derrida, Miller, Bloom, Heidegger, Agamben. It takes the reader on a journey through the issues and ideas involved in reading literature, in theory.

A case study that profiles some of the best practices for sustainable development, indigenous human rights, and conflict resolution, providing original insights into Latin American environmental and development politics. It tests the mediation framework as suitable model for the resolution of environmental conflicts in Latin America.