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In Sociocybernetics and Political Theory in a Complex World, Roberto Mancilla offers new takes on known ideas of political and constitutional theory; the advent of information technology and globalization puts them in crisis, as many stem from centuries past.

The Italian Pragmatists were a group of philosophers in the early 20th century. They gathered around the journal Leonardo, which was published in Florence. This volume emphasizes what they all shared, as well as their value for philosophy and culture.

Buddhist Philosophy of Consciousness explores a variety of different approaches to the study of consciousness developed by Buddhist philosophers in classical India and China. It addresses questions that are still being investigated in cognitive science and philosophy of mind.

In "The Turk" in the Czech Imagination (1870s-1923) Jitka Malečková examines Czechs' views of the Turks in the last half century of the existence of the Ottoman Empire and shows that they were significantly affected by nationalism and Pan-Slavism.

In Everyday Crime, Criminal Justice and Gender in Early Modern Bologna Sanne Muurling offers a historical account of the gender dynamics of crime and criminal litigation in the city of Bologna (Italy) during the 17th and 18th centuries.

In Ordained Ministry in Free Church Perspective Jan Martijn Abrahamse offers a methodologically innovative way to understand ordained ministry in terms of covenantal theology by returning to the life and thought of the English Separatist Robert Browne (c. 1550-1633).

This Special Issue of International Development Policy explores the relationship between international drug policy and development goals, including the drugs and development nexus, gaps and contradictions, and strategies and opportunities for better linkages between drug control and development programming.

In Renewing Royal Imagery: Akhenaten and Family in the Amarna Tombs, Arlette David offers a systematic analysis of the visual presentation of ancient Egyptian kingship during Akhenaten's reign (circa 1350 B.C.) in the elite tombs of his new capital.

Mediterranean Captivity through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798 is the first book that examines the Arabic captivity narratives in the early modern period. Based on Arabic sources in archives stretching from Amman to Fez to London and Rome, Matar presents the story of captivity from the perspective of the Arabic-speaking captives who have not been examined in the growing field of captivity studies.

This book offers twenty studies in pragmatic approaches to ancient drama that contribute to our understanding of both the Classical languages and the texts

Exploring 'Abdul-Bahá's visits to Britain expands the jigsaw of our knowledge of how "the east came west". The work posits that the "cultic milieu" thesis is incomplete and the arrival of eastern forms of religions penetrated more mainstream Christian forms.

The Modern Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles - the Roman Hercules - in western culture from the nineteenth century to the present day, exploring the hero's transformations of identity and significance in a wide range of media.

In Richard Pococke's Letters from the East (1737-1740), Rachel Finnegan provides edited transcripts of the full run of correspondence from Richard Pococke's famous eastern voyage from 1737-40, together with updated biographical accounts of the author and his correspondents (his mother, Elizabeth Pococke and his uncle and patron, Bishop Thomas Milles).

In Picturing the Islamicate World, Nadja Danilenko explores the message of the first preserved maps from the Islamicate world in al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms(10th century C.E.) and unravels how the treatise was transmitted for almost a millennium.

Ce volume comporte un dossier sur les dimensions du rire dans la Recherche: sociologique, esthétique, imaginaire et affective. Ensuite, des études sur Proust et Gracq, sur Proust 'veilleur de nuit', le pouvoir et ses emblèmes et sur la critique génétique combinée avec l'astrophysique. This volume includes a special on the functions of laughter in the Recherche: its sociological, aesthetic, imaginary and affective functions; otherwise there are articles on Proust and Gracq, Proust's sleepless nights, on power and its emblems and on genetic readings combined with astrophysics.

Kibbutzim have recently gone through far-reaching changes that came up to no less than a metamorphosis. This volume investigates this transformation and what it teaches about developmental communalism, from utopian gemeinschaft-like communities to more gesellschaft-like associations.

A sociological research on the current "narrations" of the crisis reflected by media and the relation between political discourses and popular myths, consists a revealing study of the dominant social representations worldwide. The real inequalities are counterbalanced by cultural industries' "fairytales".

Ecuador's "Good Living" Crises, Discourse, and Law by Gallegos-Anda, presents a critical approach towards the concept of Buen Vivir that was included in Ecuador's 2008 Constitution, presenting new inductive theories that analyse the context and power relations that forged it.

This book fills a gap in the study of mystery cults in Graeco-Roman Antiquity. Focusing on the visual language surrounding these cults, it aims to understand how images depict mysteries in different cults: Dionysus, Mithras, Mother of the Gods, and Isiac cults.

The Anonymous Old English Homily: Sources, Composition, and Variation unites important new manuscript and source discoveries with studies on the complex transmission and revision of early medieval English preaching texts.

This book addresses the 'stigmatic', a new type of mystic of the nineteenth century. Bearing physical stigmata, these young women were regarded as saints and celebrities at the same time, and drew the attention of many.

Like an Animal features a number of relevant critical animal studies scholars providing theoretical and empirical accounts on the intersection of border politics, displacement and nonhuman animals.

In this volume, Benjamin Kinsella offers a meticulous account of six Mexican families in New Jersey, identifying how birth order influences the different dimensions of heritage language maintenance.

Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism, Volume 2, with articles published during 2006-2017, treats many aspects of New Testament textual criticism, emphasizing the criteria for constructing the earliest attainable text, and extracting stories told by "rejected" variants that illuminate issues in the early Christian churches.

In Engendering the Woman Question, Zhang Yun examines the early Chinese women's periodical press as a mixed-gender public space to explore men's and women's gender-specific approaches to a series of prominent topics central to the Chinese "woman question."

The desire for a real religion, responsive to modern thinking and inspiring active social engagement, led British Quakers of the late nineteenth century to renew their attachment to early Quaker ideals alongside liberal Christian thinking of their day.

Wine law and policy have evolved significantly over the last century, progressively moving from national terroirs to a global market. In this process, countries and regions took different approaches to address new problems wish are analyzed in this book.

Roman Republican and Imperial colonies were established by diverse agents reacting to contemporary problems. By removing anachronistic interpretations, Roman colonies cease to seem like 'little Romes' and demonstrate a complex role in the spread of Roman imperialism and culture.

Tracing Behind the Image discusses how our relationship to images, collectively and individually is constantly shifting in our increasingly screen-based world. This volume offers pedagogies, analyses and strategies for developing visual literacy across education and industry.