Books published by Continuum Publishing Corporation

An exploration of the rapid development of African Christianity, offering an analysis and interpretation of its movements and issues. It draws attention to the many key issues, including the translatability of the Christian faith, the process of contextualization in various cultures, the place and role of indigenous agencies, and more.

What is the relationship between education and reconciliation initiatives? Who encourages and enacts it and who discourages and detracts from it? This book explores the role education has played in fostering or hindering reconciliation between groups divided by violent and/or social conflict.

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. This book explores the full spectrum of Guattari's work.

Using a range of case studies, this book examines the impact technology has had on written communication.

Struggling or Recognition examines the important role psychological factors play in fostering changes toward more democratic structures.

Considers why summative assessment in English is difficult and explores viewing it as an arts subject rather than one which is quantifiable and assessable objectively. This title also considers some of the solutions that have been put in place to overcome the problem both in the UK and abroad.

Intends to explain how the rise of Islamism is changing the nature of the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours. Combining narrative and argument, the author uses first-person accounts of key moments in the conflict to highlight the human impact of this battle of wills.

An exploration of the use of re-writing by contemporary women writers that reveals a shift from 1960s irony to nostalgia in the twenty-first century. It traces the move in contemporary women's writing from the self-conscious, ironic parodies of postmodernism to the nostalgic and historical turn of the twenty-first century.

A study of D H Lawrence's presentation of narrative viewpoint, resolving the controversies in narratology and Lawrence criticism. It focuses mainly on Lawrence's third novel, "Sons and Lovers", occupying a crucial position in his oeuvre and judged by critics to be his first mature piece.

Richard Bradford argues that many traditional poets treat words as visual artefacts and that some poems demand to be interpreted like pictures.

Explores the complex nature of idiomaticity, by bringing a quantitative corpus-linguistic approach and judgement data. Adopting a usage-based perspective, this study addresses the question: Which factors do speakers rely upon when assessing the idiomaticity of a construction?

Georg Lukacs stands as a towering figure in the areas of critical theory, literary criticism, aesthetics, ethical theory and the philosophy of Marxism and German Idealism. This book explores contemporary insights into the work of Georg Lukacs in political theory, aesthetics, ethics and social and cultural theory.

Ethnographic study of the Lubavitcher movement, and a socio-psychological examination of Lubavitcher messianism.

Presents a study of various important aspects of Tamazight Berber syntax within the generative tradition. The author looks at three seemingly disparate ranges of syntactic phenomena, namely Subject-verb agreement, Clitic-doubling, and Negative Concord.

A dictionary that includes ailments, general medical concepts and cures and therapies in Shakespeare, but also body parts, bodily functions, and entries on 'the pathological body' taking into account recent critical work on the early modern body.

A study of the concept of kingship in classical Jewish literature, as well as three approaches to it found in the Bible. It empowers scholars, rabbis, educators and layleaders to develop new and diverse voices within the tradition, laying foundations for the future of Jewish life in Israel and around the world.

An introduction to key themes and topics in contemporary sociolinguistics. It looks at the study of language and society through the concept of identity. It is suitable for those who study contemporary sociolinguistics, suitable for undergraduates and postgraduates alike.

A critical exploration of the genealogy of Freire's thinking and the way in which Freire's work has influenced philosophical and political movements, offering an analysis of how Freire's work might be developed for the future. It is also of interest to postgraduate students looking at cultural and political theory.

Over the years German education policy and practice has attracted interest in England. This monograph provides an analysis of the rich material from government reports, the press, travel accounts, memoirs, and the archives to uncover the nature of the English fascination with education in Germany, from 1800 to the end of the twentieth century.

A new critical approach to Jewish thinking and praxis, drawing upon key thinkers such as Adorno, Wittgenstein, Godel, Heidegger and Celan.

Examines the metaphysical underpinnings of cynical philosophies both past and present in an attempt to diagnose and ameliorate contemporary forms of cynicism.

A comparative survey of the secularization policies of the Soviet Union and China that looks at the suppression, survival, and revival of religion in both countries. It offers original research for an in-depth survey that may interest those studying politics and religion, policies, as well as theories of desecularization.

A mixture of fieldwork and analysis of internal and public documents and media cases accurately survey the field and put it in context.

Presents an application of Ricoeur's principles of non-exclusive capability justice to contemporary debates surrounding recognitive and redistributive justice.