Bøker utgitt av Oxford University Press

This volume brings together case studies and surveys of recent research to address foundational questions regarding the scope, structuring, use, and consequences of ritual language. The chapters examine traditional inquiries and more recent research, and draw on data from a wide range of language groups and societies.

Draws on unused archival material to demonstrate that weak central authority and pronounced regionalism was Ukraine's Soviet legacy, and that the established power of these regional clans made (post-Soviet) Ukrainian politics resistant to Russian?style authoritarianism, even when the Soviet centralised party-state system collapsed.

Can octopuses feel pain or pleasure? Can we tell if a person unresponsive after severe injury might be suffering? When does a fetus begin having conscious experiences? These questions about the edge of sentience are subject to enormous uncertainty. This book builds a framework to help us reach ethically sound decisions on how to manage the risks.

This book offers a comprehensive and comparative exploration of moral rights through the ages and across the globe, drawn from Mira T. Sundara Rajan's international experience and practical insights as an artist and author.

Reggie and Pipsquark hear about a terrifying ghost which is haunting Seagull Rock. The young detectives will have to use their ears, snouts, and tread with careful paws if they are to get to the bottom of this case.

In this joyful journey through the water cycle, Snow travels from her mountain top, down the river and joins the swirling, dancing clouds above.

This long-held and widely-practiced integration of aesthetics into promotion of mental health testifies to the power of the aesthetics to affect the well-being of humans and their communities. This handbook addresses the valuable role aesthetics plays in psychotherapy and psychiatry exploring both theory and practice.

Sacrifice and Modern War Writing presents the most extensive study to date of twentieth- and twenty-first-century war writing. Alex Houen argues that political, religious, and cultural frames of sacrifice continue to play a significant part in shaping how war's reality is shaped and experienced.

Drawing on a rich variety of ideas, theories, empirical cases, real and fictitious stories, as well as examples and images from art and literature, Monika Kostera demonstrates the splendid complexity of academic ecosystems.

Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelic Psychiatry addresses the fascinating philosophical questions raised by the renewed psychiatric use of psychedelics, with chapters from leading philosophers of mind, science, and psychiatry.

Letters from Old Babylonian Kish presents the primary publication of previously unstudied letters from the Old Babylonian Period. The volume provides a reconstruction of a virtual archive of more than 200 letters from Old Babylonian Kish. Until at least 1600 BC.

When ordinary boy Marvin wears his super-suit he becomes MARV. A superhero with infinite powers . . . In Marv and the Alien Invasion, supervillain Cosmic causes chaos at the Space Centre. When Cosmic and his alien sidekicks try to steal a rocket, Marvin launches his superhero alter ego to become the invincible, unstoppable, MARV!

In Borderlines in Private Law, leading academics and senior judges consider the borders of tort, equity, unjust enrichment, and property law, examining where they might intersect. It includes advice on how to structure, order, and understand English private law in real-world disputes making it essential reading for both practitioners and scholars.

A witch can't believe her luck when a little girl knocks at her door playing 'Trick or Treat'. It just so happens that 'a little girl' is the ingredient she's missing from her potion . . . But it turns out that it is the witch who is in for a trick in this sparklingly original Halloween treat!

When a bigfoot breaks into Jack's garden to steal his pants, he decides to take matters into his own hands. Now he's the fairy equivalent of grounded. Will Jack get his wand back, track down the monster, and make everything right again before he's kicked out of the magical kingdom for good?

Authors Beheshti, Saintier, and Thomas maintain the brilliance of late Professor Bradgate's comprehensive text and provide students with an equally erudite guide, presenting the complexity of modern commercial law with clarity and contextual links to practice.

This book engages with B R Ambedkar's primary works in both English and Marathi and the debates around them, positioning them in the South Asian context. A critical exploration of Ambedkar's political theory, this work is a comprehensive commentary on his political philosophy and its relevance for contemporary society.

Catullus in Twentieth-Century Music reinvigorates discussions around the nature of Catullus's lyricism, centring around four musical works from the twentieth century. Stephanie Oade considers how and why musical composers used Catullus's poetry as their stimulus to uncover new ideas about Catullus's poetry.

This book examines Max Weber's understanding of bureaucracy by applying his ideas to the development of officialdom from the ninth century to the present in six European countries. It shows that Weber's scorecard has a mixed record, especially weak in its account of the development of monocracy and formalism.

This Handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of the rich archaeology of Mesolithic Europe. Chapters from leading scholars examine the period in different European regions, with thematic chapters on different kinds of landscape, different forms of technology, and aspects of Mesolithic life, death, ritual, cosmology, and art.