Books published by Continuum Publishing Corporation

"Aristotle's Metaphysics" is an extremely rich and important philosophical work, unique in that it is an inquiry devoted to discovering a doctrine, rather than a treatise that defends a doctrine. This title presents an introduction to the text, offering guidance on: philosophical context; key themes; reading the text; and, reception and influence.

Provides a historical survey of Greek cinema from its very beginning (1905) until today (2010). This title focuses on the attempts to establish a national cinema useful to social cohesion and national identity. It analyses the problems and the dilemmas that many Greek directors faced in order to establish a distinct Greek cinema language.

Offers an introduction to the main branches of ethics: meta-ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. This book provides students with a comprehensive and philosophically introduction to the major thinkers, issues and debates. It includes coverage of key aspects of value-theory and key issues concerning agency and moral responsibility.

A collection of essays, demonstrating how comic books can be used as primary sources in the teaching and understanding of American history. It examines the ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States. It also demonstrates the different ways in which comic books can be used as resources.

Provides an introduction to Deleuze in the field of politics by putting his thought directly into dialogue with contemporary debates in political theory. This book focuses on Deleuze's contribution to the debates in political theory.

A study of the phenomenon of vibration and its history and reception through culture. It explores a range of sensory experience and makes a contribution to this field by focusing not simply on the senses as such, but on the material experience - vibration - that underpins them.

As a philosophical approach, phenomenology is concerned with structure in how phenomena are experienced. This title uses phenomenological insights to explain the significance of style in modern art, most notably in Impressionism, Expressionism, Cezanne and Cubism, Duchampian conceptualism and abstract art.

Organized around five key themes, this title offers a survey of the affective turn in contemporary political science. It reflects the affective turn in the analysis of political world. It intends to advance the debate on the relation between politics and the emotions.

Explains how to read, interpret and write about the world around us in a critical and informed way. This book answers the needs of students of composition, rhetoric, creative writing, stylistics or literature. It teaches the reader how to perform semiotic analysis, and formulates a logical set of instructions on how to write it up.

During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. This book offers an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies.

Intertwines a dual emphasis on evolving institutional priorities and major shifts in artistic production.

Gilles Deleuze's relationship with theology is a complex one. This book shows the ways in which Deleuze's thought can in fact advance issues in political and feminist theology in particular, exploring the important theological and spiritual aspirations contained in Deleuze's philosophy itself, as part of his lifelong quest for the Absolute.

Highly original research into Iran's unofficial rock music scene in an ever-changing and notoriously unstable political climate.

Cutting edge introduction to news discourse, offering an authoritative guide to analyzing language and images and in print and online.

Philosophy for Children (P4C) is an approach to learning and teaching that aims to develop reasoning and judgement. This book offers practical guidance, lesson stimuli and online resources for embedding P4C into secondary level subjects.

Introduces the world of low-budget, DIY documentary filmmaking. This book features incisive and helpful interviews with dozens of industry professionals, on subjects as diverse as interview techniques, the NBC News Archive, music rights, setting up your own company, camera hire, filmmaking ethics, and online marketing and distribution.

Offers an accessible overview of Greek and Roman history writing. This introductory guide helps to unravel some of the difficulties involved in dealing with ancient source material, placing the work of ancient historians in its political, social and historical context for the contemporary reader.

Challenges the neglect of the 1970s in studies on teen film and youth culture by locating a number of subversive and critical narratives. Taking a closer look at teen film in the 1970s, this title uncovers previously marginalized voices that rework the classically male, heterosexual American teenage story.

Reveals the complexity of the language used in SMS text communication, and how it exploits various linguistic resources to create identities. This book describes the language used in a corpus of over 11,000 text messages, as yet the largest collection in the UK.

Examining such issues as political violence, the role of religion in terrorism, the impact of technology, and the political aspects of homeland security, this work demonstrates how such activities as terrorism are limited by their clandestine nature.

What is feminism? What does it mean? This title provides answers to the questions, outlining the various strands of feminist theory: liberal, cultural, Marxist-socialist, Freudian, and radical.

Provides a review of the Ordained Local Ministry (OLM) experiment - its achievements, its weaknesses, and its ongoing relevance for the Church.

Presents the American history of the 'city on a hill' metaphor from its Puritan beginnings to its role in Reagan's American civil religion and beyond. This title challenges the widespread assumption that Americans have always used this potent metaphor to define their national identity.

When we say we act 'for a reason', what do we mean? And what do reasons have to do with being good or bad? Introducing readers to a foundational topic in ethics, this book explores the answers that have been given to some of these fundamental philosophical questions. It considers the ethical reasoning that lies behind our actions.

An examination of the strategic leadership and legitimacy of the RAF bombing offensive against Germany in the Second World War. It offers a fresh approach to the debate on the RAF's strategic bomber offensive by using modern strategic leadership theory as an analytical tool to examine the campaign.

Illustrates how contemporary horror films explore visceral and emotional reactions to the attacks and how they underpin audiences' fears about their safety. This title examines how scary movies have changed as a result of 9/11 and, conversely, how horror films construct and give meaning to the event in a way that other genres do not.