The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Sri Lanka offers a comprehensive survey of issues facing the island country and an overview delineating some key moments in the country’s contemporary polity, economy, and sociality. This book outlines aspects and influences foundational to understanding a country defined by it...

For decades, scholars and politicians have vigorously debated whether Confucianism is compatible with democracy, yet little is known about how it affects the process of democratization in East Asia. In this book, Doh Chull Shin examines the prevalence of core Confucian legacies and their impacts on civic and politic...

There is hope for your healing! Are you battle-weary and need a breakthrough in your health? With contagious faith, USA Today bestselling author and pastor Steve Austin takes you on a biblical journey through the healing promises found in Scripture, empowering you to stand firm as you wait for your breakthrough. Fil...

We all know about the problem of greed. Greed is causing division in society. Greed is destroying our planet. But what is greed exactly? Why are humans so naturally greedy? Is it really going to cause our demise? What can we do about it? This book aims to give you some of these answers.

Als epochales Ereignis hat die Französische Revolution weit über den nationalen Rahmen hinaus tiefe Spuren in der politischen und sozialen Entwicklung anderer Länder hinterlassen. Sie wurde zum Motor des Verfassungswandels und der Entstehung liberaler politischer Kulturen. Hans-Ulrich Thamer lässt in diesem Band noc...

The Routledge Handbook of Global Islam and Consumer Culture is an outstanding inter- and transdisciplinary reference source to key topics, problems, and debates in this challenging research field. The study of Islam is enriched by investigating religion and, notably, Islamic normativity (fiqh) as a resource for prod...

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'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.' In The Trouble With Being Born, E. M. Cioran grapples with the major questions of human existence: birth, death, God, the passing of time, how to relate to others and how to make ourselves get out of bed in the morning. ...

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The twenty-first century has been deemed the “Age of Crisis”. We are witnessing the catastrophic unfolding of environmental crisis, financial crisis, pandemic and conflict. But are we to understand these crises as new phenomena? Is their seemingly simultaneous existence purely coincidental? Or rather do they instead...

This open access book explores the politics of emotions under the ruling Justice and Development Party in Turkey and the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It examines how emotional politics and, particularly, the use of a Neo-Ottomanist narrative created a new national mood and contributed to the durabil...

**The #1 New York Times bestseller. "A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.” ーAnne Lamott From the legendary m...

**A sweeping and intellectually rigorous work of literary criticism that moves the field forward, from one of the preeminent public scholars “[Said’s] book is relaxed and discursive, original, immensely learned, fluently written.”ーJohn Bayley, The New York Times Book Review** Edward W. Said, author of Beginnings an...

從食物的角度解析村上春樹的小說世界和人生哲學！ 　 ★ 一本尋味村上春樹小說美食的文學旅記 ★ 從食物的角度解析村上春樹的小說世界和人生哲學 　 為什麼獨居的中年男子，適合邊聽著古典樂邊準備義大利麵呢？ 為什麼偏偏就是喝啤酒，不提喝哪個牌子呢？ 三明治這種食物，為什麼能代表「孤獨的都市人」？ 鰻魚飯為什麼非得找理由吃不可？ 難以...

Bare Bones: This is the main documentation of the work in question, with just advertising and Collected Works formatting. You do not get the extra padding that you would get with my material that I am asking a pittance for. What’s missing? Title Page Preface Coffee Breaks with differing subject matters Breaking Brea...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of academic papers and presentations delivered at the conference. It brings together research from various disciplines within the humanities and social sciences, such as cultural studies, sociology, psychology, education, literature, and history. It meticulously covers severa...