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Illegibility
The philosophical significance of Maurice Blanchot’s writings has rarely been in doubt. Specifying the nature and implications of his thinking has proved much less easy, particularly in reference to the…
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Interpreting Chinese Philosophy
Understanding Chinese philosophy requires knowledge of the referential framework prevailing in Chinese intellectual traditions. But Chinese philosophical texts are frequently approached through the lens of Western paradigms. Analysing the most…
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Intralingual Translation of British Novels
Shortlisted for the ESSE 2022 Book AwardsShortlisted for the 2022 SAES / AFEA Research PrizeBuilding on an upsurge of interest in the Americanisation of British novels triggered by the Harry…
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Lacan
Lacan: A Genealogy provides a genealogical account of Lacan’s work as a whole, from his early writings on paranoid psychosis to his later work on the real and surplus enjoyment….
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Language and Decoloniality in Higher Education
Language and Decoloniality in Higher Education brings together a collection of diverse papers that address, from various angles, the issue of decoloniality, language and transformation in higher education. It reflects…
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Literature and Film from East Europe’s Forgotten “Second World”
Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia-no longer on the map. East Europe of the socialist period may seem like a historical oddity, apparently so different from everything before and after. Yet the masterpieces of…
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Lived Wisdom in Jewish Antiquity
Moving away from focusing on wisdom as a literary genre, this book delves into the lived, embodied and formative dimensions of wisdom as they are delineated in Jewish sources from…
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Memory and the Built Environment in 20th-Century American Literature
From the paving of the Los Angeles River in 1938 and the creation of the G.I. Bill in 1944, to the construction of the Interstate Highway System during the late…
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Movies with Stanley Cavell in Mind
In Movies with Stanley Cavell in Mind, some of the scholars who have become essential for our understanding of Stanley Cavell’s writing on film gather to use his landmark contributions…
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Multilingual Literature as World Literature
Multilingual Literature as World Literature examines and adjusts current theories and practices of world literature, particularly the conceptions of world, global and local, reflecting on the ways that multilingualism opens…
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Multilingualism
Multilingualism is everywhere in our globalised society. Delving into the ‘social life’ of languages, John Edwards provides a brief yet compelling overview of multilingualism and its socio-cultural implications and consequences….
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Multilingualism
Multilingualism is everywhere in our globalised society. Delving into the ‘social life’ of languages, John Edwards provides a brief yet compelling overview of multilingualism and its socio-cultural implications and consequences….