Books published by Continuum Publishing Corporation

A collection of essays that introduces the thriving illicit industries and activities within the global economy whose growth challenges traditional notions of wealth, power, and progress. It argues that far from being marginal, illicit activities are a fundamental part of globalization.

Pragmatic and sociolinguistic analyses of im/politeness have usually been dependent on context and cultural frames of reference. This title presents a fresh approach to the pragmatic and sociolinguistic study of im/politeness, which explores the concept of 'situatedness'.

An analysis of the relationship between memory, history and the protocols of mourning in key novels by Paul Auster, Jose Saramago, David Mitchell, Haruki Murakami. >

Examines the role of ethics in new media with particular emphasis on specific contexts and applications This book engages with enduring ethical questions while addressing critical questions concerning ethical boundaries at the forefront of new media development.

Examines the role of ethics in new media with particular emphasis on specific contexts and applications. This work engages with enduring ethical questions while addressing critical questions concerning ethical boundaries at the forefront of new media development.

A collection of essays that introduces the thriving illicit industries and activities within the global economy whose growth challenges traditional notions of wealth, power, and progress. It argues that far from being marginal, illicit activities are a fundamental part of globalization.

Offers a comprehensive survey of the ways in which linguistics is being used by researchers in a range of interdisciplinary areas. This title provides a snapshot of the field of applied linguistics, and illustrates how linguistics is informing and engaging with neighbouring disciplines.

A study of the political significance of theories of tragedy and ordinary language uses of 'tragedy'. It offers a fresh perspective on democracy in contemporary times. It considers how tragedy has been used to promote democratic activism, foster civic solidarity in times of democratic transition, and form a sense of national identity.

Explores how researchers can engage effectively in networks and carry out research on networks and networking. This book considers of how educational research as a field is developing, identifies new research skills, approaches and practices, and presents an emerging new role: the 'researcher-as-networker'.

Explores Russia's military and demographic competition with the Crimean Khanate and Ottoman Empire for control of the Black Sea steppe in the eighteenth century. This book examines how these conflicts characterized the course of Russian military development in response to Ottoman and Crimean Tatar threats.

Reflects the wide-spread belief that the twenty-first century is evolving in a significantly different way to the twentieth, which witnessed the advance of human rationality and technological progress, including urbanisation, and called into question the public and cultural significance of religion.

An examination of work by Anne Enright, Colum McCann and Eilis Ni Dhuibhne raising questions about gender, bodies and history in Contemporary Irish fiction. It pinpoints common concerns for contemporary Irish writers: the relationship between the body, memory and history, and between generations.

Brings together internationally renowned experts on the work of the French psychoanalyst, philosopher and political activist Felix Guattari with philosophers, psychoanalysts, sociologists and artists who have been influenced by Guattari's thought.

Examines how for Merleau-Ponty the work of art opens up, without conceptualizing, the event of being. This title treats Merleau-Ponty's renderings of the artwork - specifically in his later writings during the period ranging from 1952-1961 - as a path into the being that precedes phenomenology.

A study of the mass sequestration of Armenian property by the Young Turk regime during the 1915 Armenian genocide. It details the emergence of Turkish economic nationalism, offers insight into the economic ramifications of the genocidal process, and describes how the plunder was organized on the ground.

Sokol places Bentham in his historical context, locating his thought within the late eighteenth-century debates on legal, political, philosophical and literary considerations of marriage. >

Julian Barnes is one of the most refined British writers and distinguished intellectuals of his generation whose rich body of work has been awarded many literary prizes both in the UK and abroad. This title provides a wide range of critical perspectives on Barnes' work from early bestselling novels "Flaubert's Parrot" to "Arthur and George".

Reflects the wide-spread belief that the twenty-first century is evolving in a significantly different way to the twentieth, which witnessed the advance of human rationality and technological progress, including urbanisation, and called into question the public and cultural significance of religion.

In the decade following the Good Friday Agreement (1998), dissident Irish Republicanism has survived as an ideology, a form of politics, and violent action. This title explores the political and psychological context to the rise of violence by dissident Irish Republicans and the danger dissident activities present to the peace process.

Corpus-based Translation Research (CTS) is recognized as a major paradigm informing a wide range of areas within the translation studies discipline. This book showcases research in CTS. It deals with the implementation of the basic concepts and methodologies in the field, providing the reader with practical tools for their own research.

Re-assesses the contributions of Hegel and Schelling to post-Kantian metaphysics and the contributions of these great German Idealist thinkers to contemporary thought. This book shows how far we still have to go in mining the thought of Hegel and Schelling and how exciting, as a result, we can expect twenty-first century philosophy to be.

Looks at communication in elderly care and how we can best understand and improve its quality. This book examines the way people talk to each other in eldercare settings from an interdisciplinary and globally cross-cultural perspective.

A collection of essays that offer a perspective on four major areas of discussion: Religion and Epistemology; Religion and Morality; Religion and Metaphysics; and Religion and Worldview Assessment.

A rounded conceptual vision of criticality in higher education for the twenty-first century, demontrating ways forward in theory, research and practice of critical thinking.

Benedictus Spinoza (1632-77) was among the most important of the post-Cartesian philosophers of the second half of the 17th century. He made original contributions in every major area of philosophy. This book offers an accessible, encyclopedic account of Spinoza's life and ideas, his influences and commentators, and his lasting significance.

Demonstrates the corpus stylistic approach to the study of literary revision, comparing the difference two versions of John Fowles' "The Magus". This book serves as a case study and exemplar of how corpus techniques may be used generally in the study of linguistics. It provides student resources and research material in stylistics.