Books published by Continuum Publishing Corporation

Vocational education is central to the plans of policy makers around the world; it underpins the development of the poorest economies, and the continued competitiveness of the richest. This title debates the key issues surrounding vocational education.

Examines the implications of the portrayals of Nazis in low-brow culture and that culture's re-emergence today. This title also examines when and why the Nazisploitation genre emerged as it did, how it establishes and violates taboos, and why this iconography resonates with contemporary audiences.

A monograph on Shakespeare's reception in Spain. It offers an account of Shakespeare's presence on the Spanish stage, from a production of the first Spanish rendering of Jean-Francois Ducis' "Hamlet" in 1772 to the creative and controversial work of directors like Calixto Bieito and Alex Rigola in the early 21st century.

Examines human rights education in India and offers key insights into larger international educational policy discussions. This title provides an in-depth study of the origins and effects of the Institute of Human Rights Education, a non-governmental program that operates in over 4,000 schools in India.

Specifically engaging with contemporary art examples, this title offers a comprehensive introduction designed to help students studying aesthetics for the first time to master the subject. It covers such topics as definitions and the ontology of art, interpretation and intention, aesthetic properties and evaluation, emotion and the arts, and more.

Limamou Laye, an Islamic leader from present-day Senegal, has proclaimed himself the reincarnation of Muhammad, with his son later proclaiming himself to be a reincarnation of Jesus Christ. This study analyzes Limamou Laye's goals for his community, his theology; as well as the various elements that created him to emerge as a religious leader.

Shows how an understanding of the intentionality underlining the pragmatism of Peirce and James can herald fresh interpretations of the interplay between philosophy and religion. This book also shows us how readings of "American Pragmatism" founded on mistakenly used categories of the Analytic tradition have led to misreadings of Peirce and James.

A guide to the key figures in the Philosophy of Science from Plato and Aristotle through to Popper, Puttnam and Cartwright. It offers a comprehensive historical overview of this field. It introduces and explores the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein.

A guide to the key figures in the Philosophy of Science from Plato and Aristotle through to Popper, Puttnam and Cartwright. It offers a comprehensive historical overview of this field. It introduces and explores the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein.

Explores how the contested relationships between policy, curriculum and pedagogy are reshaping the modern university and examines the impact of conceptualisations of teaching in public on this debate in this age of academic capitalism. This book traces the emergence of strategies for open access.

Drawing on insights from Continental, Feminist and Religious thought, this title explores alternative approaches to medical ethics. It considers such important subjects as attitudes to the body, informed consent, paternalism and the role of the law in medicine.

Immanuel Kant is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential thinker of modern Europe and the late Enlightenment. This title presents a comprehensive overview of historical and philosophical context in which Kant wrote and the various features, themes and topics apparent in his thought.

The continuing under-representation of women in political and public life remains a matter of concern across a wide range of countries, including the UK and Ireland. This book explores key questions in the development of women's rights in Britain and Ireland.

During the first fifty years of the American cinema, the act of going to the movies was a risky process, fraught with a number of possible physical and moral dangers. This title recaptures the lost history of the physical and moral perils that faced audiences at American movie theatres during the first fifty years of the cinema.

From the domains of contemporary Middle Eastern literature, this book stages a conversation on questions of cruelty, evil, rage, vengeance, madness, and deception. It forms a record of voices, movements, and thought - experiments drawn from the inner circles of the Middle Eastern region.

Presents an analysis of how respect of the rule of law varies across countries that share a common historical heritage and similar socio-economic challenges. This study focuses on the impact of the crime wave on citizens' respect for the law in countries such as Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

Offers an in-depth analysis of contemporary institutional theory, an essential tool to understand the world of politics and government. Through a series of questions, the author assesses the possibility of a unified theory within institutionalism and its potential as a paradigm for political science.

Deconstructing influential theories of justice by John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas and Axel Honneth, this title explores and critiques the early and later work of these three important liberal theorists.

Conversion is a main theological theme in the Lukan corpus. Since much attention has been paid to the issue in Acts, this work shows how the evangelist also conveys his theological emphasis on conversion in his gospel through material either unique to it or that Luke has edited to this purpose.

Infinite Jest has been hailed as one the great modern American novels and its author, David Foster Wallace, who committed suicide in 2008, as one of the most influential and innovative authors of the past 20 years. Don DeLillo called Infinite Jest a "three-stage rocket to the future," a work "equal to the huge, babbling spin-out sweep of contemporary life," while Time Magazine included Infinite Jest on its list of 100 Greatest Novels published between 1923-2006. David Foster Wallace''s Infinite Jest: A Reader''s Guide was the first book to be published on the novel and is a key reference for those who wish to explore further. Infinite Jest has become an exemplar for difficulty in contemporary Fiction-its 1,079 pages full of verbal invention, oblique narration, and a scattered, nonlinear, chronology. In this comprehensively revised second edition, Burn maps Wallace''s influence on contemporary American fiction, outlines Wallace''s poetics, and provides a full-length study of the novel, drawing out the most important themes and ideas, before surveying Wallace''s post-Infinite Jest output, including The Pale King.

A collection of essays examining the significance of philosophical inquiry in relation to the issue of climate change. It asks fundamental questions about human nature and, more importantly, the concept of nature itself. It proposes a way of beginning the important task of rethinking the relationship between humanity and the natural environment.

Did 1st century Mediterranean readers of the fourth Gospel have comparable literary examples to inform their comprehension of Moses as a character? This study analyses the character of Moses as used in the text of the fourth Gospel, and examines other Hellenistic narrative texts.

Paulo Freire is indisputably a major thinker in education. This title offers a coherent account of Freire's educational thought, including coverage of the reception and influence of his work and its relevance today.

Exploring the life, work and ideas of the great 19th Century utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, this study takes a look at his intellectual project from the point of view of the development of his political thought and later reassessment of his own ideas.

One of the most celebrated of Plato's ideas was that if human society was ever to function successfully then philosophers would need to become kings, or kings philosophers. In a perfect state, therefore, philosophic wisdom should be wedded to political power. This volume focuses on Plato and his contemporaries.

A thematic history of wine and the wine trade in Europe in the middle ages from c.1000 to c.1500