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Bibliotēkzinātne. Grāmatniecība | 3
Ekonomika. Uzņēmējdarbība | 4
Etnoloģija. Antropoloģija. Folklora | 8
Filozofija. Loģika. Ētika | 9
Izglītība. Pedagoģija | 15
Komunikācijas zinātne | 18
Literatūra. Literatūrzinātne | 21
Militārā zinātne | 24
Muzeoloģija | 27
Politika | 28
Psiholoģija | 33Reliģija. Mitoloģija | 34
Socioloģija. Sociālās zinātnes | 37
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Valodniecība | 46
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Latvijas Nacionālās bibliotēkas (LNB) Jaunieguvumu apskata (JA) maija numurā turpinām iepazīstināt ar brīvpieejas krājuma papildinājumiem svešvalodās humanitārajās un sociālajās zinātnēs.
Krājumu papildina vērtīgi uzziņu izdevumi, tostarp: The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism(Carmichael et al., 2023), The Cambridge History of Socialism (Van der Linden, 2023), The Cambridge History
of Global Migrations (Gabbacia, 2023), The Cambridge World History of Genocide (Kiernan, 2023) u. c.
Vēstures, politikas un tiesību zinātņu nozarēs ienākuši aktuāli Letikas* izdevumi. Piemēram,daudzsējumu izdevumos, kas veltīti Centrāl- un Austrumeiropas vēsturei 20. gs., aplūkoti modernitātes izaicinājumi, valstiskums, intelektuālie apvāršņi, kā arī konflikti un kara darbība (53.-54. lpp.). Lauri
Mälksoo (2022) pieskaras Baltijas valstu aneksijai un to legālajam statusam pēc neatkarības atgūšanas
1991. g. Savukārt Andris Kudors (2024) analizē Latvijas un Krievijas starpvvalstu attiecības, pretstatot
sharp power (agresīvas, subversīvas darbības, kuru mērķis ir manipulēt) un soft power izpausmes (kultūras un politisko vērtību popularizēšana).
Izdevumā “Sprache im Spannungsfeld von Nation und Demokratie” autore (Frank, 2023) analizē
valodas politikas attīstību Igaunijā, Latvijā, Ukrainā un Moldovā kopš Padomju Savienības sabrukuma.
Padziļināta analīze tiek veltīta Latvijai, izvērtējot, vai un kā demokratizācija un nacionālisms ir savstarpēji savienojami procesi. Literatūrzinātnieki Māra Grudule un Benedikts Kalnačs (Steinby et al., 2024)
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Bibliotēkzinātne. Grāmatniecība

Purdy, J.G., & Oates, R.
(Eds.). (2021).
Communities of Print :Books and Their Readersin Early Modern Europe.
Brill.
ISBN 9789004448919

This book provides a new perspective onbook history by exploring communities createdby the production and consumption of printed
material. Essays by leading scholars explore theconnections between writers, printers, booksellers and readers and examine changes andcontinuities across the period 1500 to 1800. As
well as investigating the networks behind the
production and dissemination of printed material, this collection examines the ways in which
readers consumed, used and shared their printed
texts. By focusing on the materiality of earlymodern texts, contributors to this volume offer
new interpretations of the history of reading, thebook trade, and the book as an object in earlymodern Europe.
EBSCOhost Ebook Academic Collection

Rudy, K.M. (2023).
Touching Parchment :Officials and Their Books(vol. 1). Open Book
Publishers.
ISBN 9781800649590

The Medieval book, both religious andsecular, was regarded as a most precious item.
The traces of its use through touching andhandling during different rituals such as oathtaking, is the subject of Kathryn Rudy’s researchin Touching Parchment. Rudy presents numerous
and fascinating case studies that relate to theevidence of use and damage through touchingand or kissing. She also puts each study withina category of different ways of handling books,
mainly liturgical, legal or choral practice, and inturn connects each practice to the horizontal orvertical behavioural patterns of users within apublic or private environment. With her keen eyefor observation in being able to identify various
characteristics of inadvertent and targeted wear,
the author adds a new dimension to the Medieval
book. She gives the reader the opportunity toreflect on the social, anthropological and historical value of the use of the book by sharpening
our senses to the way users handled books indifferent situations. Rudy has amassed an incredible amount of material for this research andthe way in which she presents each manuscript
conveys an approach that scholars on Medieval
history and book materiality should keep in mind
when carrying out their own research. Whatperhaps is most striking in her articulate text, is
how she expresses that the touching of books

was not without emotion, and the accumulated
effects of these emotions are worthy of preservation, study and further reflection.
EBSCOhost Ebook Academic Collection** Izdevums meklējams norādītajā datubāzē.
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Ekonomika. Uzņēmējdarbība

Rodrik, D. (2016).
Economics Rules : The
Rights and Wrongs of theDismal Science.
W.W. Norton & Company.
ISBN 9780393353419

Urbaniec, M. (Ed.).
(2023). The Digital
Economy and theEuropean Labour Market.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032184616

Drawing on the history of the field andhis own experience, a prize-winning economist
presents a surprisingly positive look at thecurrent state of economics by homing in on its
greatest strength – explanatory frameworks –and highlights the profound positive influence ofeconomics properly applied.
Examines the strengths and weaknesses of
economics as a discipline, arguing that economics
can be a powerful tool that improves the world,but only if economists abandon universal theories
and focus on issues within context.
ET330.8/Ro207

With a focus on the European labour
market, this book seeks to understand how
digital transformation affects changes in employee-employer relations. These consequences
include shifts in job security and job flexibility
as well as alternative work arrangements in thedigital economy. This phenomenon has both
positive and negative implications for employees
and employers.
The book presents a theoretical, conceptualand empirical analysis of employment relationsin the digital economy, which are manifested,among others, in flexible or non-standard formsof employment, contract work and a radical shift
from position-based to skill-based work.
The approach taken in the book provides
researchers and students of economics, businessand other social sciences with an overview ofinterdisciplinary theoretical and conceptual
perspectives and frameworks on labour market
and employment relations. In particular, it
presents a comprehensive range of researchon flexible forms of employment in the digital
economy. The range of issues covered is also
tailored to business practitioners who wish tounderstand the ongoing changes in employment
relations and the emergence of new forms ofwork as a result of digital transformation. It will
also be of value to representatives of labour

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Brandão, M.,
Lazarevic, D., &Finnveden, G. (Eds.).
(2022). Handbook of
the Circular Economy.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
ISBN 9781788972710

market institutions involved in implementing
new forms of work and employer-employee
relationships in Industry 4.0.
ET331.1/Di417

This crucial Handbook investigates
an urgent area for policy-makers, academia
and industries alike: the circular economy.
International experts on the subject bring
together the latest thinking on this critical global
issue. Providing a comprehensive overview of themechanisms and consequences of the circular
economy, as well as its limitations, it raises important questions concerning how the world should
proceed when non-renewable resources, such as
fossil fuels and minerals, are being depleted andthe environment is struggling to cope with thewaste and emissions of unsustainable production
and consumption systems. Contributors explore
a broad range of themes, such as new sustainable production and consumption systems, newdesign requirements, recycling systems, newbusiness models and the social impacts of thecircular economy, while also consolidating themany ways in which the topic has been dealt within research, business and policy-making.
Shedding light on a concept that has
become increasingly relevant during the last
decade, the Handbook of the Circular Economy
is essential reading for students, academics
and policy-makers trying to make sense of theplethora of ways in which the term has been
applied and interpreted.
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Ekonomika. Uzņēmējdarbība

Jakobsen, S.,Lauvås, T., Quatraro, F.,
Rasmussen, E., &Steinmo, M. (Eds.). (2023).
Research Handbook of
Innovation for a Circular
Economy. Edward Elgar
Publishing.
ISBN 1800373082

The transition to a circular economy
requires innovation at all levels of society. This
insightful Research Handbook is the first comprehensive edited work examining how innovation
can contribute to a more circular economy.
Illustrating the critical part played byindividuals, organisations, and system-level actors
in the development of circular innovations, thisResearch Handbook demonstrates that while many
firms are working towards a circular economy,
most of the innovations are incremental. Hence,
the loop is far from closed, and much more radical
work remains to be done by both academics andpractitioners. The content and structure reflect
a multi-level understanding of innovation for acircular economy, with conceptual chapters andstrong empirical research with both quantitativeand qualitative research designs. Highlighting theurgent need for a circular economy, authors callfor more comprehensive and radical innovation
efforts to achieve it.
This Research Handbook will be an invaluable resource for academics and students ofinnovation and entrepreneurship, as well as thosemore broadly interested in the circular economy.
Practitioners and policymakers will also find thisuseful for providing practical examples of how tounderstand innovation processes and frameworks that contribute to a circular economy.
ET338:502.174.1/Re702
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Aliber, R.Z., &Kindleberger, C.P. (2015).
Manias, Panics andCrashes : A History of
Financial Crises (7th ed.).
Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN 9781137525758

Since its introduction in 1978, this book has
charted and followed the volatile world of financial markets. Charles Kindleberger’s brilliant, panoramic history revealed how financial crises follow
a pattern. Events of recent years and the current
Eurozone continue to dominate policy and headline debates around the globe. In this updated
and expanded seventh edition, Robert Z. Aliber
probes the most recent calamities and changes
in the markets, including the unique nature of
economic activities in China. Most significantly,
Robert Z. Aliber proposes, for the first time, thatthe sequence of global financial tensions in recent
years are not independent events, or a case of ‘bad
actors’ at play, but symptomatic of an inherent
instability in the international system. The popularboxed highlights continue throughout (referring
to such global phenomenon that affect us all suchas Bitcoin) so allowing readers to dip in and out asthey wish.
With an updated Foreword from Robert
M. Solow and a new Afterword from Lord Robert
Skidelsky, this edition exemplifies the continued
importance of Kindleberger’s work and Aliber’s
ongoing examination of financial crises aroundthe world.
ET338.124.4/Al420

Dąbrowski, Ł.D.,& Suska, M. (Eds.).
(2022). The European
Union Digital Single
Market : Europe’s
Digital Transformation.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032201641

According to the European Commission,
two recent policies: the Digital Service Act andthe Digital Market Act will allow for the regulation of a significant part of the EU Digital Single
Market (DSM), to an extent similar to the creationof the traditional internal market in the early
1990s. The provisions are intended to improveconditions in the EU DSM to ensure that themarket is as free and fair as it is safe for users ofthe digital economy.
This interdisciplinary book analyses
the impact of digital technologies on specificmarkets and, more broadly, the society and theeconomy. It identifies and assesses the different
features, challenges, trends and dimensionsof the EU DSM, from a legal and economic
viewpoint, and also from a Polish perspective.
Poland is presented as one of the EU countries
participating in the creation of the EU DSM andis analysed alongside the average, as well as thebest and the worst performing EU member states
and compared with other non-EU members.
The book addresses several broad areasin which the implications of digitalisation are
particularly visible, and which are important to
the “average” person: giant online platforms,
freedom of speech, e-commerce, digital levy,
energy infrastructure, and the labour market. The
authors have presented opportunities and threats

related to the functioning of the digital market.
These opportunities and threats are typical ofhighly developed countries while reflecting thespecific features of the EU DSM. The starting pointof the considerations are the diverse experiencesof the EU member states.
The book adds a voice to the publicdebate on the role of the digital economy in thecontemporary world and will be a useful guidefor students and researchers in economics, law,and international relations.
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Ekonomika. Uzņēmējdarbība

Ibrahim, Y. (2021).
Posthuman Capitalism :Dancing with Data in
the Digital Economy.
Routledge.
ISBN 9780367763541

Posthuman Capitalism critically reviews
the manifestation of capitalist agenda online byexamining the phenomenon of the ‘posthuman’in the data economy.
The chapters examine our posthumancondition, where we are constantly asked topartake in platforms which perform to capitalist
agenda while socializing us into new platforms ofliving, consuming and interacting online. Labellingthese modes of our experiential extractions, transactions and re-making of our mortal lives as posthuman capitalism, the book reviews the humanentanglements from sociality, friendship, desire,
memory, transgressions of privacy and co-production of value through the data economy.
Offering innovative and interdisciplinary
conceptualisations and vantage points on ourcontemporary data society, this book will be a
key text for scholars and students in the areas ofdigital media, communication studies, sociology,
philosophy and social psychology.
ET339:004.738.5/Ib870

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Hillson , D. (Ed.) (2023).
The Risk Management
Handbook : A Practical
Guide to Managing theMultiple Dimensions of
Risk (2nd ed.).
Kogan Page.
ISBN 9781398610613

The Risk Management Handbook offers
readers knowledge of current best practice andcutting-edge insights into new developments
within risk management.
Risk management is dynamic, with newrisks continually being identified and risk
techniques being adapted to new challenges.
Drawing together leading voices from the majorrisk management application areas, such as political, supply chain, cybersecurity, ESG and climatechange risk, this edited collection showcases
best practice in each discipline and provides acomprehensive survey of the field as a whole.
This second edition has been updated
throughout to reflect the latest developments in
the industry. It incorporates content on updated
and new standards such as ISO 31000, MOR andISO 14000. It also offers brand new chapters on
ESG risk management, legal risk management,
cyber risk management, climate change risk
management and financial risk management.
Whether you are a risk professional wanting tostay abreast of your field, a student seeking abroad and up-to-date introduction to risk, or abusiness leader wanting to get to grips with therisks that face your business, this book will provide
expert guidance.
ET005.334/Ri760

Pyzdek, T., & Keller, P.
(2024). The Six Sigma
Handbook : A Complete
Guide for Green Belts,
Black Belts, and Managers
at all Levels (6th ed.).
McGraw Hill.
ISBN 9781265143992

This thoroughly revised, industry-standard
guide delivers all the information you need toapply Six Sigma techniques and dramatically
improve processes, profitability, sustainability, andlong-term growth. Written by two of the foremost
authorities in Six Sigma, the book shows you, stepby step, how to build the best teams and foster
effective leadership while maximizing customer
satisfaction and boosting profits. This new edition
features a number of important updates, includingAI, big data and machine learning, healthcare
statistics, and modern supply chain challenges.
This hands-on resource also lays out cutting-edge
applications for social media data, decision trees,
remote technology, and web scrapers.
Coverage includes:• Six Sigma implementation and management;• Recognizing and capitalizing on opportunity;• Data-driven management;• Selecting and supporting Six Sigma
projects;• Six Sigma tools and techniques;• The define phase;• The measure phase;• Measurement systems evaluation;• The analyze phase;• The improve/design phase;• The control/verify phase.
ET005.6/Py860

Becerra-Fernandez, I.,
Sabherwal, R., & Kumi, R.
(2024). Knowledge
Management : Systems
and Processes in the AI
Era (3rd ed.). Routledge.
ISBN 9781032428024

Knowledge Management: Systems andProcesses in the AI Era, Third Edition, is aimed
at students and managers who seek detailed
insights into contemporary knowledge management (KM). It explains the concepts, theories,
and technologies that provide the foundation
for knowledge management; the systems andstructures that constitute KM solutions; and theprocesses for developing, deploying, and evaluating these KM solutions. This book serves as acomplete introduction to the subject of knowledge management, incorporating technical andsocial aspects, as well as concepts, practical examples, traditional KM approaches, and emerging
topics. This third edition has been revised andexpanded to include more coverage of emergent
trends such as cloud computing, online communities, crowdsourcing, and artificial intelligence.
Aimed at advanced undergraduate, postgraduate,
and MBA students who are seeking a comprehensive perspective on knowledge management,
Knowledge Management is also complemented byonline support for lecturers including suggested
solutions to the many review questions and application exercises contained within the book.
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Ekonomika. Uzņēmējdarbība

Yorgov, I. (2024). The
Abusive Customer :Breaking the Silence
around Customers’
Aggressive Behavior.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032515007

Breaking the silence around an all-toocommon problem, this book offers insights into
the triggers of customer aggression against
service employees, explores its consequences,and provides practical advice for handlingabusive customers and mitigating the damage
they inflict. Today, more than half of the world’s
population is employed in the service sector. This
fundamental economic shift is accompanied byheightened attention to customer service andthe ‘customer is always right’ paradigm. But whencustomers act aggressively, everyone pays a price:frontline employees, their families, their companies, and even the abusive customers themselves.
Unlike breezier titles on the subject, this bookis based on academic research – exploring the‘why?’ and ‘when?’ behind abusive behavior – that
underpins its practical approach, illustrated withreal-world stories from professionals on the front
lines of customer service. The book’s useful tools
include a sample anti-customer abuse policy andmanagement process, a cheat sheet of practices that work for handling its consequences, asummary of effective service recovery processes
and practices, and abuse-handling training list
and curriculum templates. Managers and workers
in customer-facing roles, in industries such asretail, hospitality, tourism, banking, and contact
centers, will welcome this essential resource as

7part of their efforts to stop aggressive customer
behavior, and improve employee morale, job
satisfaction, and engagement.
This book offers insights into the triggers ofcustomer aggression against service employees,
explores its consequences, and provides practicaladvice for handling abusive customers and mitigating the damage they inflict.
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Etnoloģija. Antropoloģija. Folklora

Weizman, Y. (2022).
Unsettled Heritage :Living next to Poland’s
Material Jewish Traces
after the Holocaust.
Cornell University Press.
ISBN 9781501761744

In Unsettled Heritage, Yechiel Weizman
explores what happened to the thousandsof abandoned Jewish cemeteries and placesof worship that remained in Poland after the
Holocaust, asking how postwar society in small,provincial towns perceived, experienced, andinteracted with the physical traces of former
Jewish neighbors.
After the war, with few if any Jews
remaining, numerous deserted graveyards anddilapidated synagogues became mute witnesses
to the Jewish tragedy, leaving Poles with thecomplicated task of contending with these ruins
and deciding on their future upkeep. Combiningarchival research into hitherto unexaminedsources, anthropological field work, and culturaland linguistic analysis, Weizman uncovers theconcrete and symbolic fate of sacral Jewish sites
in Poland’s provincial towns, from the end of theSecond World War until the fall of the communist
regime. His book weaves a complex tale whose
main protagonists are the municipal officials,
local activists, and ordinary Polish citizens who
lived alongside the material reminders of theirmurdered fellow nationals.
Unsettled Heritage shows the extent towhich debating the status and future of thematerial Jewish remains was never a neutral
undertaking for Poles – nor was interacting with

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Gyönki, V., &Maraschi, A. (Eds).
(2022). Food Culture inMedieval Scandinavia.
Amsterdam University
Press.
ISBN 9789462988217

their disturbing and haunting presence. Indeed,
it became one of the most urgent municipal
concerns of the communist era, and the main
vehicle through which Polish society was
confronted with the memory of the Jews andtheir annihilation.
EBSCOhost Ebook Academic Collection

The making, eating, and sharing of food
throughout society represents an importantand exciting area of study with the potential toadvance the field of scholarship, particularly in thecontext of Scandinavian Studies. This book analyses the historical, legal, and literary sources of
the region during the medieval period to explore
different aspects of Scandinavian culture relating
to food and drink: production, consumption(including feasts), trading (distribution), and theassociated social rituals. Using new and innovative
approaches, this collection of studies offers broad
insights into a great variety of social practices
and includes fresh information on not only social
history but also traditional topics such as trade,
commercial exchange, legal regulation, and political organisation. The book unites contributors
from a variety of backgrounds, further enriching
the content of a collection that promises to makea significant contribution to the state of current
research.
EBSCOhost Ebook Academic Collection

Mitchell, S.A. (2023).
Old Norse Folklore :Tradition, Innovation,
and Performance inMedieval Scandinavia.
Cornell University Press.
ISBN 9781501773402

The medieval northern world consisted of avast and culturally diverse region both geographically, from roughly Greenland to Novgorod andculturally, as one of the last areas of Europe tobe converted to Christianity. Old Norse Folklore
explores the complexities of this fascinating worldin case studies and theoretical essays that connect
orality and performance theory to memory
studies, and myths relating to pre-Christian Nordic
religion to innovations within late medieval
pilgrimage song culture.
Old Norse Folklore provides critical new
perspectives on the Old Norse world, some ofwhich appear in this volume for the first time in
English. Stephen A. Mitchell presents emerging
methodologies to offer a better understanding of
Old Norse materials. He examines, interprets, andre-interprets the medieval data bequeathed to
us by posterity – myths, legends, riddles, charms,
court culture, conversion narratives, landscapes,
and mindscapes – targeting largely overlooked,
yet important sources of cultural insights.
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Metodoloģija

Filozofija. Loģika. Ētika

Vaughn, L. (2024).
Writing Philosophy :A Student’s Guide to
Reading and Writing
Philosophy Essays(3rd ed.). Oxford
University Press.
ISBN 9780197751916

Kagan, S. (2023).
Answering Moral
Skepticism. Oxford
University Press.
ISBN 9780197688984

Writing Philosophy: A Student’s Guide to
Writing Philosophy Essays is a concise, self-guided
manual that covers the basics of argumentative essay writing and encourages students tomaster fundamental skills quickly, with minimal
instructor input. Opening with an introductory
chapter on how to read philosophy, the bookthen moves into the basics of writing summaries
and analyzing arguments. It provides step-bystep instructions for each phase of the writing
process, from formulating a thesis, to creating an
outline, to writing a final draft, supplementing
this tutorial approach with model essays,
outlines, introductions, and conclusions. Skills
essential to evaluating arguments, citing sources,
avoiding plagiarism, detecting fallacies, andformatting final drafts are dealt with in detail.
The final two chapters serve as a reference guideto common mistakes and basic skills in sentence
construction, writing style, and word choice.
• Step-by-step instructions on how to read
and write argumentative essays;• A quick-start approach with rapid progression to writing philosophy papers;• A rulebook format that encapsulates core
principles of good writing;• Introductory chapter on how to readphilosophy;• A chapter on recognizing, reading, andevaluating arguments;9• A reference guide to common writing
errors and skills.
New to this Edition:• Updated material on avoiding biased anddiscriminatory language;• A section in Chapter 8 on commonly
confused words;• Two new boxes: “How to Argue Online”
and “When Partisanship Wrecks You”.
SH1/Va900

Most thoughtful people worry at one timeor another about whether there can actually besuch a thing as objective moral truth. They might
wonder, for example, whether the prevalenceof moral disagreement makes it reasonable toconclude that there aren’t really any moral facts atall. Or they might be bothered by questions likethese: What could objective moral facts possibly
be like? Isn’t it obvious that morality is simply
relative to particular societies and particular
times? If there were moral facts, how could weever come to know anything about them? Can
morality really have the motivating and rational
force we normally take it to have? How can one
possibly find a place for objective moral values ina scientific worldview?
Some people are driven by questions likethese to the conclusion that we should embrace
skepticism about morality, denying the very
existence of anything worthy of the name. In
Answering Moral Skepticism, Shelly Kagan shows
how those who accept the existence of objective
moral truth can provide plausible answers tothese questions. Focusing throughout on issues
that trouble reflective individuals, Kagan provides
an accessible defense of the belief in objective
morality will be of interest to both students ofmetaethics as well as anyone worried about theobjectivity of their own moral judgements.

• Provides an introduction to metaethics fornon-specialists;• Surveys and answers arguments in supportof moral skepticism;• Focuses on worries about morality andmoral truth that might trouble ordinary reflective
individuals.
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Filozofijas vēsture

Filozofija. Loģika. Ētika

Dillon, J.M. (2024). The
Roots of Platonism :The Origins andChief Features of a
Philosophical Tradition.
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781108426916

How does a school of thought, in the areaof philosophy, or indeed of religion, from rootsthat may be initially open-ended and largely
informal, come to take on the features that latermark it out as distinctive, and even exclusive?
That is the theme which is explored in this bookin respect of the philosophical movement known
as Platonism, stemming as it does from the essentially open-ended and informal atmosphere of
Plato’s Academy. John Dillon focuses on a numberof key issues, such as monism versus dualism, themetaphysical underpinnings of ethical theory,
the theory of Forms, and the reaction to the
Sceptical ‘deviation’ represented by the so-called‘New Academy’. The book is written in the lively
and accessible style of the lecture series in Beijing
from which it originates.
• Explores the process by which thephilosophy of Plato gradually became a dogmatic
system;• Highlights a series of basic features ofPlatonism, and traces their origins and development;• Composed in a lively style as a result of its
origin as a set of lectures.
SH14(38)/Di530

10Martin, L., Muratori, C.,& Brink, C. (Eds.). (2023).
Jacob Böhme in ThreeWorlds : The Reception inCentral-Eastern Europe,
the Netherlands, andBritain. De Gruyter.
ISBN 9783110720495

Hedley, D., &Hengstermann, C. (Eds.).
(2024). An Anthologyof the Cambridge
Platonists : Sources andCommentary. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032023847

Notwithstanding their neglect in many
histories of ideas in the West, the Cambridge
Platonists constitute the most significant andinfluential group of thinkers in the Platonic
tradition between the Florentine Renaissance andthe Romantic Age. This anthology offers readers aunique, thematically structured compendium of
their key texts, along with an extensive introduction and a detailed account of their legacy. The
volume draws upon a resurgence of interest in
thinkers such as Benjamin Whichcote, 1609-1683;
Ralph Cudworth, 1618-1688; Henry More, 16141687; John Smith, 1618-1652, and Anne Conway
1631-1679, and includes hitherto neglected
extracts and some works of less familiar authors
within the group, like George Rust 1627?-1670;
Joseph Glanvill, 1636-1680, and John Norris 16571712. It also highlights the Cambridge Platonists’important role in the history of philosophy
and theology, influencing luminaries such as
Shaftesbury, Berkeley, Leibniz, Joseph de Maistre,
S.T. Coleridge, and W.R. Emerson. An Anthologyof the Cambridge Platonists is an indispensableguide to the serious study of a pivotal group ofWestern metaphysicians and is of great value forboth students and scholars of philosophy, literature, history, and theology.

Key Features:• The only systematic anthology to theCambridge Platonists available, facilitating quick
comprehension of key themes and ideas;• Uses new translations of the Latin works,
vastly improving upon faulty and misleading
earlier translations;• Offers a wide range of new perspective on
the Cambridge Platonists, showing the extent of
their influence in early modern philosophy andbeyond.
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Jacob Böhme (1575–1624) has been recognized as one of the internationally most influential German authors of the Early Modern period.
Even today, his writings continue to impact fields
as diverse as literature, philosophy, religion andart. Yet Böhme and his reception remain understudied. As a lay author, his works were often
suppressed and circulated underground.
Borrowing Böhme’s idea of “three worlds” orplanes of existence, this volume traces the transmission of his thought through three stations:from his first underground readers in Central andEastern Europe, to the Netherlands, where mostof his writings were first published, to Britain,
where early translations made him a popular
author for generations to come.
Drawing on the work of both establishedand younger researchers from around theworld, this volume charts new territory. It fills
many lacunae and reveals a number of exciting
discoveries, especially regarding the production
and diffusion of manuscripts and previously
overlooked sites of engagement. This bookwill be of interest to a wide range of scholars
interested in the development of philosophical,
religious, literary and artistic thought from the17th century to the present day.
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Merle, J.C., & Freiin
von Villiez, C. (Hrsg.).
(2023). Zwischen Rechten
und Pflichten : Kants
Metaphysik der Sitten.
De Gruyter.
ISBN 9783111255163

Failla, M., & Sánchez
Madrid, N. (Eds.). (2023).
Kant on Emotions :Critical Essays in theContemporary Context.
De Gruyter.
ISBN 9783111266022

Kant nimmt in der Einleitung zur Metaphysik der Sitten eine Einteilung in innere undäußere Gesetzgebung vor. Beide leitet er aus
demselben in der Grundlegung zur Metaphysik
der Sitten formulierten kategorischen Imperativ
ab, und fügt Letzterem weitere Elemente einer
Grundanthropologie hinzu, die das Material für
die einzelnen Teile der Rechts – und Tugendlehre darstellen. Die Zusammenhänge zwischen
Rechts – und Tugendlehre sind aber komplexer
als die Einteilung in äußere und innere Gesetzgebung es nahelegt. Sie teilen etwa dieselben
Anwendungsmethoden und Metaphern, undbei einer näheren Untersuchung der einzelnen
Teile erweist sich diese Einteilung als entweder
problematisch oder unscharf. In der Textinterpretation der einzelnen Beiträge kommen die
genannten Zusammenhänge und Beziehungenzum Vorschein – insbesondere weil ein Teil derAutoren dieses Bandes zum Kommentar beider
Werken beiträgt. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt
dieser Textinterpretationen liegt bei der kritischen Untersuchung des Ertrags dieser Werke
für die entsprechenden heutigen Debatten und
die Auseinandersetzung mit heutigen im weiten
Sinne “Kantischen” Positionen.
ET340.12/Zw570

Kant’s account of emotions has only
recently begun to receive the attention that this
topic deserves, as it casts new light over the
manifold features of transcendental philosophy. The authors expand the contemporary
overview of the Kantian treatment from both aneuroscientific and a continental philosophicalperspective. The volume opens paths to reevaluate neglected aspects of the Kantian model ofhuman rationality.
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Hegel, G.W.F.
(2023). Hegel : The
Phenomenology of Spirit(M. Inwood, ed.). Oxford
University Press.
ISBN 9780198899648

G.W.F. Hegel’s first masterpiece, thePhenomenology of Spirit, is one of the great worksof philosophy. It remains, however, one of the mostchallenging and mysterious books ever written.
Michael Inwood presents this central work to themodern reader in an intelligible and accurate newtranslation. This translation attempts to convey,
as accurately as possible, the subtle nuances ofthe original German text. Inwood also provides adetailed commentary that explains what Hegelis saying at each stage of his argument and also
discusses the philosophical issues it raises. This
volume will therefore prove invaluable to those
who want to get to grips with Hegel’s thoughtprocesses and to follow his complex argument.
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Moyar, D. (Ed.). (2023).
The Oxford Handbook ofHegel. Oxford University
Press.
ISBN 9780197671757

The Oxford Handbook of Hegel is a comprehensive guide to Hegel’s philosophy, from his
first published writings to his final lectures. There
are six chapters each on the Phenomenology of
Spirit and The Science of Logic, in depth analysesof the Encyclopedia and essays on the major partsof the Philosophy of Right. Several chapters cover
the many newly edited lecture series from the1820s, bringing new clarity to Hegel’s conceptionof aesthetics, the philosophy of religion, and thehistory of philosophy. The concluding part focuseson Hegel’s legacy, from his role in the formation ofMarx’s philosophy to his importance for contemporary liberal political philosophy. The Handbook
includes many essays from younger scholars who
have brought new perspectives and rigor to thestudy of Hegel’s thought. The essays are marked
by close engagement with Hegel’s difficult
texts and by a concern to highlight the ongoing
systematic importance of Hegel’s philosophy.
• The most comprehensive collection of
Hegel scholarship available in one volume;• Examines Hegel’s writing in a chronological order, from his very first published works to
his very last;• Includes chapters on the newly edited
lecture series Hegel conducted in the 1820s.
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Brobjer, T.H. (2023).
Nietzsche’s ‘Ecce Homo’and the Revaluation of
All Values : Dionysian
Versus Christian Values.
Bloomsbury Academic.
ISBN 9781350193741

Challenging the standard interpretationof Nietzsche’s last published work, Ecce Homo,
as frivolous autobiography, Thomas H. Brobjer
provides an original and detailed analysis of Ecce
Homo as fundamental to Nietzsche’s unfinishedmasterwork on the revaluation of all values.
Arguing that Ecce Homo laid the foundations for his planned four-volume work on
values, Brobjer draws together the intentions andmotivations behind Nietzsche’s late work to create
a new narrative on it. He situates this period in
the desire to undermine the system of Christianvalues that Nietzsche believed were unchecked as
the standard moral gauge for his time. To engage
in this project, Brobjer shows that it was essential
for Nietzsche to explore the self and life-denying
qualities of a Christian system of values within
a broader framework of ideas about morality,
altruism, egotism, pessimism, humility and pride.
By fully outlining the context of Ecce Homo,
Brobjer provides a complete corrective to its
reception as a self-referential and eccentric textof little philosophical significance, enabling a newunderstanding within the history of philosophy
and Nietzsche’s oeuvre.
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Grätz, K. (2024).
Kommentar zu Nietzsches
Also sprach Zarathustra
I und II (Historischer und
kritischer Kommentar
zu Friedrich Nietzsches
Werken, B. 4/1).
De Gruyter.
ISBN 9783110293050

Der Band 4/1 enthält den Kommentar
zum ersten und zweiten Teil von Nietzsches Also
sprach Zarathustra. Entstanden in den Jahren
1883 bis 1885, handelt es sich um das populärste
Werk Nietzsches, das aufgrund seiner poetischen
Form und seiner Rätselhaftigkeit enorme Strahlkraft entfaltet hat, aber auch, weil es mit dem“Übermenschen” und der “ewigen Wiederkunft”
zentrale Konzepte Nietzsches vorstellt.
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Edmonds, D., &Eidinow, J. (2001).
Wittgenstein’s Poker : The
Story of a Ten-MinuteArgument Between Two
Great Philosophers. Ecco.
ISBN 0066212448

On October 25,1946, in a crowded room in
Cambridge, England, Ludwig Wittgenstein andKarl Popper came face-to-face for the first andonly time. The encounter lasted just ten minutes,
and did not go well.
Their loud and aggressive confrontation
became the stuff of instant legend. Almost immediately, rumors spread around the world thatthe two great philosophers had come to blows,
armed with red-hot pokers.
Twenty years later, when Popper wrote an
account of the incident, he portrayed himself
as the victor, provoking intense disagreement.
Everyone present seems to have remembered
events differently.
What really happened in those ten
minutes? And what does the violence of this brief
exchange tell us about these two men, modern
philosophy, and the significance of language insolving our philosophical problems?
Wittgenstein’s Poker is an engaging mix ofphilosophy, history, biography and literary detection. David Edmonds and John Eidinow evokewith dazzling clarity the tumult of fin-de-siècle
Vienna, Wittgenstein’s and Popper’s birthplace;the tragedy of the Nazi takeover of Austria; andCambridge University, with its eccentric set ofphilosophy dons, including Bertrand Russell, who
acted as umpire at the meeting. At the center ofthe story stand the two philosophers themselves– proud, irascible, larger-than-life – and spoilingfor a fight.
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Gadamer, H.-G. (2019).
Hermeneutics between
History and Philosophy(The Selected Writingsof Hans-Georg Gadamer,
vol. 1). Bloomsbury
Academic.
ISBN 9781350091405

Hermeneutics between History andPhilosophy collects together Gadamer’s remaining
important untranslated writings on the problemof history and the major philosophical traditionsof the 20th century from the standpoint of hermeneutics. In these writings, Gadamer examines
important thinkers such as Husserl, Heidegger,
Sartre, Bourdieu and Habermas and their ongoinglegacies.
This volume includes a preface by theeditors and translators, presenting the structureof the volume, and a substantial introduction
situating Gadamer’s particular project and examining the place of hermeneutics in relation to thedisciplines of history and philosophy in the 20th
century. The translation is followed by a glossaryof German terms and Greek and Latin expressions,as well as a bibliography of all the works cited andalluded to by Gadamer. Together, the essays andcritical apparatus provide an overarching accountof Gadamer’s understanding of human life asembedded within history.
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Behrent, M.C. (2024).
Becoming Foucault : The
Poitiers Years. Universityof Pennsylvania Press.
ISBN 9781512825145

Though Michel Foucault is one of the mostimportant thinkers of the twentieth century, little
is known about his early life. Even Foucault’s biographers have neglected this period, preferringinstead to start the story when the future philosopher arrives in Paris.
Becoming Foucault is a historical reconstruction of the world in which Foucault grew up:
the small city of Poitiers, France, from the 1920s
until the end of the Second World War. Beyond
exploring previously unexamined aspects ofFoucault’s childhood, including his wartime
ordeals, it proposes an original interpretation of
Foucault’s oeuvre. Michael Behrent argues that
Foucault, in addition to being a theorist of power,
knowledge, and selfhood, was also a philosopher of experience. He was a thinker intent on
making sense of the events that he lived through.
Behrent identifies four specific experiences inFoucault’s childhood that exercised a decisive
influence on him and that, in various ways, helater made the subject of his philosophy: his family’s deep connections to the medical profession;
his upbringing in a bourgeois household; theGerman Occupation during World War II; and his
Catholic education.
Behrent not only reconstructs the specificnature of these experiences but also shows how
reference to them surfaces in Foucault’s later

Mandik, P. (2023). This is
Philosophy of Mind : An
Introduction (2nd ed.).
Wiley-Blackwell.
ISBN 9781119718888

work. In this way, the book both sheds light on
a formative period in the philosopher’s life andoffers a unique interpretation of key aspects of histhought.
SH14(44)(092)/Fo850B

Discover fascinating and illuminating contributions to historical and contemporary issues
in the philosophy of mind. In the newly revised
second edition of This is Philosophy of Mind: An
Introduction, accomplished philosopher Pete
Mandik delivers an accessible primer on the core
issues animating contemporary and historical
discussions in the philosophy of mind. The book ispart of the This is Philosophy series that introduces undergraduate students to key concepts
and methods in the study of philosophy. Thisparticular edition walks readers through perennial
issues like the mind-body problem, artificial intelligence, free will, and the nature of consciousness.
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Cotnoir, A.J. , &Varzi, A.C. (2024).
Mereology. Oxford
University Press.
ISBN 9780198908937

Fuhrmann, A. (2023).
Vorlesungen überPhilosophische Logik.
Logos Verlag.
ISBN 9783832556549

Is a whole something more than the sumof its parts? Are there things composed of thesame parts? If you divide an object into parts,and divide those parts into smaller parts, will thisprocess ever come to an end? Can something
lose parts or gain new ones without ceasing tobe the thing it is? Does any multitude of things(including disparate things such as you, this book,and the tail of a cat) compose a whole of some
sort? Questions such as these have occupied us
for at least as long as philosophy has existed.
They define the field that has come to be known
as mereology-the study of all relations of partto whole and of part to part within a whole-and
have deep and far-reaching ramifications in
metaphysics as well as in logic, the foundationsof mathematics, the philosophy of language, thephilosophy of science, and beyond. In Mereology,
A.J. Cotnoir and Achille C. Varzi have compiled
decades of advanced research into a comprehensive, up-to-date, and formally rigorous picture.
The early chapters cover the more classicalaspects of mereology; the rest of the book deals
with variants and extensions. Whether you are an
established professional philosopher, an interested student, or a newcomer, inside you will find
all the tools you need to join this ever-evolving
field of inquiry and theorize about all things
mereological.
SH16/Co147
14“Philosophische Logik” bezeichnet einen
Fundus von Theorien und Methoden, ohne dieweite und zentrale Teile der heutigen Philosophe – in beinahe wörtlichem Sinne – gar nicht
denkbar sind. Im Wechselspiel mit ihren Anwendungen hat sich dabei der Begriff der Logik
selbst weiterentwickelt. An den Schnittstellen zu
Nachbardisziplinen der Philosophie, wie der Informatik und Linguistik, hat sich die Entwicklung
besonders rasant vollzogen und ist wiederumfruchtbar für die philosophische Theorienbildung
geworden. Fuhrmanns Frankfurter Vorlesungenversuchen in dieses moderne Verständnis philosophischer Logik einzuführen. Das Buch ist als
Lehrbuch geeignet, leitet den Leser jedoch auch
zur kritischen Beurteilung formaler Theorien in
der Philosophie an. Zentrale Themen werden
kapitelübergreifend entwickelt. Dennoch sinddie Kapitel in sich abgeschlossen und können
so als gründliche Einführungen in ausgewählte
Theorien gelesen werden.
Kapitel: Grundlagen – Zeitlogik – Modallogik – Konditionale – Parakonsistente Logik– Relevanzlogik – Anfechtbares Schließen –Überzeugungswandel.
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Bodenmann, G.,
Perrez, M., & Schär, M.
(Hrsg.) (2023). Klassische
Lerntheorien : Grundlagenund Anwendungenin Erziehung und
Psychotherapie (4. Aufl.).
Hogrefe Verlag.
ISBN 9783456861845

Umfassend und anschaulich werdenin diesem Lehrbuch die lerntheoretischen
Grundlagen unter Einbezug neuer Forschungsbefunde vorgestellt: die Klassische und Operante
Konditionierung, neuere behaviorale Ansätze
sowie kognitive, soziale und gestaltpsychologische Modelle. Diese bilden unter anderem daslerntheoretische Fundament der Kognitiven
Verhaltenstherapie.
Nach einer kurzen historischen Einführung werden die bekanntesten Vertreter dereinzelnen Theorien und ihre Modelle dargestellt. Zahlreiche Fallbeispiele veranschaulichen
die theoretischen Annahmen und zeigen ihre
Bedeutung zum Verständnis von Verhalten auf.
Jeder Ansatz wird auf seine praktische Anwendbarkeit im Alltag, im erzieherischen Kontext
und im Bereich der Psychotherapie diskutiert.
Das Lehrbuch leistet damit einen wertvollen
Brückenschlag zwischen Theorie und Praxis.
Zu den didaktischen Elementen zählen
Übungsfragen, Definitionsboxen und Beispiele.
Die vierte, vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage des beliebten Lehrbuchs integriert
die aktuelle Forschungsliteratur. Es werden
Implikationen der Lerntheorien für altbewährte
und neuere psychotherapeutische Methoden
unter Einbezug digitaler Formate erörtert.
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Eaton, R.I., Hunsaker, S.V.,& Moon, B. (2023).
Improving Learning and
Mental Health in theCollege Classroom. West
Virginia University Press.
ISBN 9781952271809

Mental health challenges on college
campuses were a huge problem before COVID19, and now they are even more pronounced.
But while much has been written about higher
education’s mental health crisis, very little
research focuses on the role played by those on
campus whose influence on student well-being
may well be greatest: teachers. Drawing frominterviews with students and the scholarship ofteaching and learning, this book helps correct theoversight, examining how faculty can – insteadof adding to their own significant workloads or
duplicating counselors’ efforts – combat student
stress through adjustments to the work they
already do as teachers.
Improving Learning and Mental Health in
the College Classroom provides practical tips that
reduce unnecessary discouragement. It demonstrates how small improvements in teaching canhave great impacts in the lives of students withmental health challenges, while simultaneously
boosting learning for all students.
SH37.015.3/Ea930

Parker, W.C. (2023).
Education for Liberal
Democracy : Using
Classroom Discussion
to Build Knowledge andVoice. Teachers College
Press.
ISBN 9780807768181

Our democracy is in crisis. Both politicaltrust and a shared standard of truth are broken. In
this book, Walter Parker shows why and how civic
education can help. Offering a centrist approach
suitable for a polarized society, Parker focuseson two linked curriculum objectives: disciplinary
knowledge and voice. He illustrates how classroom discussion, alongside concept formationand deep reading, expand students’ minds whiledeveloping their ability to speak with others andform opinions. When children come to school,
they emerge from the private chrysalis of babyhood and kin to interact with a diverse student
body along with teachers, curriculum, instruction,and the school’s unique mission: education.
Parker argues that these assets make school theideal place to teach young people the liberalarts of studying and discussing public issues andacademic controversies, both in and beyond
school. The chapters in this collection, spanning
20 years and coming from one of civic education’s
most influential scholars, show that voice can betaught right alongside disciplinary knowledge.
Drawing students into dialogue with one anotheron the curriculum’s central questions is a teacher’s most ambitious goal and, when it happens,teaching’s greatest accomplishment.
SH37.017.4/Pa543

Seitz, P., & Hill, S.L. (Eds.).
(2023). Assessmentof Online Learners :Foundations andApplications for Teacher
Education. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032390123

Assessment of Online Learners offers
essential foundations, insights, and real-world
examples for preservice teachers preparing toassess students in today’s digitized classrooms.
When aligned with intended curricula and bestpractices, assessment not only informs but
enhances both instruction and student achievement, though the recent large-scale adaptationof face-to-face learning to online platforms has
yielded new challenges and responsibilities forteachers. This book explores shifts in the researchand practice of assessment in online environments, the reconceptualization of course content
and assessment frameworks in teacher education,
the collection of fair and accurate assessment
evidence reflecting students’ virtual learning,and more. Drawing from experienced Canadian
instructors who overcame the inherent technological obstacles, these chapters showcase how
unprecedented changes in schooling can leadto pedagogical renewal, program reevaluation,
and a broader understanding of instruction andassessment practices.
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Philipp, T., & Schmohl, T.
(Eds.). (2023). Handbook
Transdisciplinary
Learning. Transcript
Verlag.
ISBN 9783837663471

Fonsén, E. et al. (Eds.).
(2023). Early Childhood
Education Leadershipin Times of Crisis :International Studies
During the COVID-19
Pandemic. Verlag Barbara
Budrich.
ISBN 9783847426837

What is transdisciplinarity – and what are
its methods? How does a living lab work? What isthe purpose of citizen science, student-organizedteaching and cooperative education? This handbook unpacks key terms and concepts to describe
the range of transdisciplinary learning in thecontext of academic education. Transdisciplinary
learning turns out to be a comprehensive innovation process in response to the major global
challenges such as climate change, urbanization
or migration. A reference work for students,
lecturers, scientists, and anyone wanting to understand the profound changes in higher education.
SH37.091.3/Ha373
Open Research Library OA

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramaticallyaffected all aspects of professional and private life
worldwide, including the field of early childhood
education and care (ECE). This volume sheds lighton leadership in ECE: How did leaders experience the challenges they were facing and what
coping strategies did they apply in order to deal
with the changes in everyday life and practices
in ECE centres? Authors from twelve countries
present empirical findings gaining information ondifferent crisis management mechanisms in ECE
systems around the world.
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Manning-Morton, J.
(2024). From Birth toThree : An Early Years
Educator’s Handbook.
Routledge.
ISBN 9780367256951

This accessible handbook offers an in-depth
exploration of the distinctive features of the play,development and learning of children from birth
to three years old. Key theoretical ideas relating
to social, emotional, cognitive and physicaldevelopment are discussed in relation to everyday
practice, offering a wealth of information andguidance on working with this unique age group.
The book emphasises the connections
between all aspects of a child’s experience anddevelopment; addressing key questions of whatbabies and young children need, enjoy and havea right to experience. It demonstrates how earlyyears educators can develop their practice andorganise their provision in a way that is positive
for babies and young children and their families.
Focusing on the holistic nature of early development, chapters explore the following:• The importance of interactions and relationships between educators and children;• How to develop a holistic pedagogy thatgives equal consideration to children’s care, playand learning;• The value of the connections that children
make with the world around them, and how
educators can create an environment conducive
to nurturing these connections;• Observation and self-evaluation of practiceand provision.

Each chapter features case studies, links to
key aspects of practice and practical tasks to help
readers apply the ideas to their own context.
Opening a window on what it is like to be ababy or young child in an early years setting, thisis an essential tool for all early years educators andstudents on a wide range of early years courses.
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Izglītība. PedagoģijaMonaghan, C.H.,
Isaac-Savage, E.P.,& Putman, P.G.
(Eds.). (2024). Career
Pathways in Adult
Education : Perspectives
and Opportunities.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032195278

Career Pathways in Adult Education showcases the wide-ranging possibilities for a satisfying career in the field of adult education.
Along with practical advice for launching
and advancing a career in adult education, thisbook includes personal stories and insights fromadult education professionals which focus on the
research, practices, programs, and services within
multiple industries. Divided into two parts, thebook begins by examining transferable skills that
adult educators need to be successful in any adulteducation career. Chapters in the second part
focus on specific career opportunities for thosewith adult education backgrounds, including
discussions around career lifecycle from entry toadvancement, career development, and future
trends. Written by active practitioners in adulteducation, chapters are designed to be practical,
informative, and thought-provoking regarding
career entry, progression, development, andadvancement.
A truly one-of-a-kind text, Career Pathways
in Adult Education is the ideal companion forstudents and professionals looking to transition
into adult education as well as graduate programadministrators who wish to share the importanceof their programs.
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Hayden, S., & Jordan, E.
(2024). Language forLearning in the Primary
School (3rd ed.).
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032342597

The third edition of Language for Learning in
the Primary School: A Practical Guide for Supporting
Pupils with Speech, Language, and Communication
Needs Across the Curriculum is an indispensable
resource, packed full of practical suggestions
on how to support 5-11-year-old children withspeech, language, and communication needs.
Colour coded throughout for easy referencing,
this unique book supports inclusive practice byhelping teachers to:• Identify children with speech, language,
and communication needs;• Understand speech, language, and communication skills;• Consider roles and responsibilities atprimary school;• Plan a differentiated and adapted curriculum;• Consider the language demands acrosssubjects;• Adopt a whole-school approach;• Make use of a wide range of positive strategies to support children in the classroom;• Empower children to access the curriculum.
SH376-056.264/Ha943

Przybysz-Zaremba, M.,
Siedlaczek-Szwed, A.,& Polok, K. (2023).
Assessing and Diagnosing
Speech Therapy Needs
in School : Pedagogical
Diagnostics in Theory andPractice. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032407982

Assessing and Diagnosing Speech Therapy
Needs in School is a unique text that offers practical guidance in pedagogical diagnosis of speechand communication difficulties within educationalsettings.
It outlines theoretical assumptions of
the diagnosis process and presents hands-on
solutions for pedagogical and speech therapy.
Underpinned by theoretical knowledge andwritten by experienced practitioners, the bookequips its readers with tools to understand the
diagnostic process and make accurate diagnoses
based on each child’s individual circumstances.
It starts by clearly distinguishing between pedagogy and speech therapy and outlines issues andtheoretical considerations in diagnosing these
disorders. To contextualize the theorical observations, it goes on to present case studies, andtouches upon crucial topics including readinessto start education, tendency toward aggressive
behavior, aphasia and hearing loss. The authors
also elaborate on a range of selected diagnostic
tools to assess specific difficulties in speech andlanguage therapy. Finally, a list of resources,
including games and exercises that can target
reading, writing and articulation skills to help
children develop, are also featured in the book.
Highlighting the importance of practical andtheoretical knowledge for those who work withchildren, this will be a valuable aid for teachers,
special educators and speech and language therapists working within school settings. The book will
also be of interest to students, teachers and trainee
practitioners in the fields of speech therapy andspecial educational needs.
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Adams, P.C., & Warf, B.
(Eds.). (2022). Routledge
Handbook of Media
Geographies. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032119168

This Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of media geography, focusing on a rangeof different media viewed through the lenses ofhuman geography and media theory. It addresses
the spatial practices and processes associatedwith both old and new media, considering “media”
not just as technologies and infrastructures, butalso as networks, systems and assemblages ofthings that come together to enable communication in the real world.
With contributions from academics
specializing in geography and media studies,
the Routledge Handbook of Media Geographiessummarizes the recent developments in thefield and explores key questions and challenges
affecting various groups, such as women,
minorities, and persons with visual impairment.
It considers geographical aspects of disruptive
media uses such as hacking, fake news, andracism. Written in an approachable style, chaptersconsider geographies of users, norms, rules, laws,
values, attitudes, routines, customs, markets, andpower relations. They shed light on how mobile
media make users vulnerable to tracking andsurveillance but also facilitate innovative formsof mobility, space perception and placemaking.
Structured in four distinct sections centeredaround “control and access to digital media,”“mass media,” “mobile media and surveillance”

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Sanborn, F.W. (2023). A
Cognitive Psychology ofMass Communication(8th ed.). Routledge.
ISBN 9780367713553

and “media and the politics of knowledge,” theHandbook explores digital divides and othermanifestations of the uneven geographies ofpower. It also includes an overview of the alternative social media universe created by the Chinese
government.
Media geography is a burgeoning fieldof study that lies at the intersections of various
social sciences, including human geography,
political science, sociology, anthropology,
communication/media studies, urban studies,
and women and gender studies. Academics andstudents across these fields will greatly benefit
from this Handbook.
SH316.774/Ro852

The eighth edition of this text remains an
indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses.
This book gives readers an in-depth understanding of how media affect our attitudes,
thinking, and behavior. Continuing its academically rigorous yet student-friendly approach tothis subject, the new edition has been thoroughly
updated to reflect our current media landscape.
Updates include new research and examples for
an increasingly global perspective, an increased
focus on social media, additional graphics, special end-of-chapter application sections, and an
expansion in the list of references to reflect thelatest research discussed. The book continues toemphasize the power of media, including social
media, in affecting our perceptions of reality.
There is also a detailed discussion of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news.
Written in an engaging, readable style, thetext is appropriate for graduate or undergraduate
students in media psychology, mass communication psychology, and media effects courses.
SH316.77/Sa495

Hollifield, C.A., &Coffey, A.J. (2023). Media
Analytics : Understanding
Media, Audiences, andConsumers in the 21stCentury. Routledge.
ISBN 9781138581050

This textbook takes a case study approach
to media and audience analytics. Realizing thebest way to understand analytics in the digitalage is to practice it, the authors have created acollection of cases using datasets that present
real and hypothetical scenarios for students towork through.
Media Analytics introduces the key principles of media economics and management.
It outlines how to interpret and present results,
the principles of data visualization and storytelling, and the basics of research design andsampling. Although shifting technology makes
measurement and analytics a dynamic space, thisbook takes an evergreen, conceptual approach,reminding students to focus on the principles
and foundations that will remain constant.
Aimed at upper-level students in the
fast-growing area of media analytics in across-platform world, students using this text
will learn how to find the stories in the data andhow to present those stories in an engaging way
to others.
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Mahoney, L.M., &Tang, T. (Eds.). (2022).
The Rowman & Littlefield
Handbook of MediaManagement andBusiness. Rowman &Littlefield.
ISBN 9781538174111

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of MediaManagement and Business connects researchand industry practice to offer a strategic guidefor aspiring and current media professionals in
convergent environments. As a comprehensive
one-stop reference for understanding businessissues that drive the production and distribution of content that informs, entertains, andpersuades audiences, aims to inspire and informforward-thinking media management leaders.
The handbook examines media management and business through a convergent media
approach, rather than focusing on medium-specific strategies. By reflecting media management
issues in the information, entertainment, sports,
gaming industries, contributed chapters explore the unique opportunities and challenges
brought by media convergence, while highlighting the fundamental philosophy, concepts,
and practices unchanged in such a dynamic
environment. This handbook examines media
management through a global perspective, andencourages readers to connect their own diverse
development to a broader global context. It is
an important addition to the growing literature
in media management, with a focus on new
media technologies, business management, andinternationalization.
SH316.774/Ro892

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Fuchs, C. (2024). Media,
Economy and Society :A Critical Introduction.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032488752

This essential guide to the critical study ofthe media economy in society teaches students
how to critically analyse the political economy ofcommunication and the media.
The book introduces a variety of methods
and topics, including the political economy
of communication in capitalism, the political
economy of media concentration, the political
economy of advertising, the political economy ofglobal media and transnational media corporations, class relations and working conditions in
the capitalist media and communication industry,
the political economy of the Internet and digital
media, the information society and digital capitalism, the public sphere, Public Service Media, thePublic Service Internet, and the political economy
of media management.
This will be an ideal textbook for a varietyof courses relating to media and communication,
including Media Economics; Political Economy
of Communication; Media, Culture, and Society;
Critical Media and Communication Studies;Media Sociology; Media Management; and MediaBusiness Studies.
SH316.774/Fu070

Fengler, S., Eberwein, T.,& Karmasin, M.
(Eds.). (2022). The
Global Handbook ofMedia Accountability.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032156156

The Global Handbook of Media Accountability brings together leading scholars tode-Westernize the academic debate on media
accountability and discuss different models of
media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe. With examination of thestatus quo of media accountability in 43 countries worldwide, it offers a theoretically informed
comparative analysis of accountability regimesof different varieties. As such, it constitutes
the first interdisciplinary academic frameworkcomparing structures of media accountability
across all continents and creates an invaluablebasis for further research and policymaking. It
will therefore appeal to scholars and students ofmedia studies and journalism, mass communication, sociology, and political science, as well as
policymakers and practitioners.
SH316.774/Gl543

Johns, A., MatamorosFernández, A., &Baulch, E. (2024).
WhatsApp : From a
One-To-One Messaging
App to a Global
Communication Platform.
Polity Press.
ISBN 9781509550531

In the 2010s, as chat apps became a primarymode of communication for many people acrossthe world, WhatsApp quickly outpaced rival messaging apps and developed into a platform.
In this book, the authors provide a comprehensive account of WhatsApp’s global growth.
Charting WhatsApp’s evolution from its foundingin 2009 to the present day, they argue that
WhatsApp has been transformed from a simple,‘gimmickless’ app into a global communication
platform. Understanding this development canshed light on the trajectory of Meta’s industrial
development, and how digital economies andsocial media landscapes are evolving with therise of ‘superapps’. This book explores how
WhatsApp’s unique characteristics mediate newkinds of social and commercial transactions; howthey pose new opportunities and challenges forplatform regulation, civic participation and democracy; and how they give rise to new kinds ofdigital literacy as WhatsApp becomes integrated
into everyday digital cultures across the globe.
Accessibly written, this book is an essential
resource for students and scholars of digital
media, cultural studies, and media and communications.
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Parasie, S. (2022).
Computing the News :Data Journalism and the
Search for Objectivity.
Columbia University
Press.
ISBN 9780231199773

Faced with a full-blown crisis, a growing
number of journalists are engaging in seemingly
unjournalistic practices such as creating andmaintaining databases, handling algorithms, ordesigning online applications. “Data journalists”
claim that these approaches help the profession
demonstrate greater objectivity and fulfill its
democratic mission. In their view, computational
methods enable journalists to better inform theirreaders, more closely monitor those in power,
and offer deeper analysis.
In Computing the News, Sylvain Parasie
examines how data journalists and news organizations have navigated the tensions between
traditional journalistic values and new technologies. He traces the history of journalistic hopes
for computing technology and contextualizes
the surge of data journalism in the twenty-first
century. By importing computational techniques
and ways of knowing new to journalism, news
organizations have come to depend on a broader
array of human and nonhuman actors. Parasie
draws on extensive fieldwork in the United Statesand France, including interviews with journalists
and data scientists as well as a behind-the-scenes look at several acclaimed projects in bothcountries. Ultimately, he argues, fulfilling thepromise of data journalism requires the renewalof journalistic standards and ethics. Offering an

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in-depth analysis of how computing has become
part of the daily practices of journalists, this bookproposes ways for journalism to evolve in order
to serve democratic societies.
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Literatūra. LiteratūrzinātneHelle, S. (2021).
Gilgamesh : A New
Translation of the Ancient
Epic with Essays on thePoem, Its Past, and Its
Passion. Yale University
Press.
ISBN 9780300268096

Gilgamesh is a Babylonian story about love
between men, loss and grief, the confrontation
with death; the destruction of nature; insomnia
and restlessness, finding peace in one’s community, the voice of women, the folly of gods,
heroes, and monsters – and more. Translating
directly from the Akkadian, Sophus Helle offers
a literary translation that reproduces the original
epic’s poetic effects, including its succinct clarityand enchanting cadence. Millennia after its
composition, Gilgamesh continues to speak to us
in myriad ways.
SH82(5)/Gi401
JSTOR Books EBA Collection

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Slyvynsky, O. (2023).
Winter King : Poems.
Lost Horse Press.
ISBN 9798986571553

Winter King by Ostap Slyvynsky presents a
selection from a decade and a half worth of workby one of Ukraine’s most prominent contemporary voices in poetry. Slyvynsky is the poet of
everyday things. He writes of children’s games,
old trees, and family stories. Yet, what emerges
from under his pen is the portrait of an era. His
writing, simultaneously delicate and unflinchingly incisive, like a surgeon’s hand, always probes
for the bottomless depths gaping behind themundane. Perhaps the greatest of Slyvynsky’s
gifts as a poet is his ability to examine individual
voices and memories for traces of larger historicalevents without ever trivializing the former in theface of the latter. His spare, lean poems unearth
a complex and layered human reality that is both
universal and strikingly, almost painfully, rooted
in the landscape that birthed it, be it the poet’sfamily home in the Carpathian Mountains or the
Maidan Square in Kyiv, aflame with revolution.
Slyvynsky’s remarkable attention to detail resultsin strikingly beautiful and enigmatic texts that
invite multiple re-readings, each peeling off yet
another layer of reality. However, what always
remains at the core after these layers are stripped
off is the poet’s profound humanity. Drawing on
three of Slyvynsky’s earlier poetry collections,this volume also includes some of his most recent
poems­– arguably, among the poet’s best.
SH821.161.2/Sl990

Steinby, L., Kalnačs, B.
et al. (Eds.). (2024). The
Politics of Literary History :Literary Historiography in
Russia, Latvia, the Czech
Republic and Finland
after 1990. Palgrave
Macmillan.
ISBN 9783031187230

This book looks at literary historiography
in Russia, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Finland,
focusing on how seismic shifts in state politics
and ideology after 1990 changed the writing of
national literary histories in these countries. While
Russia saw a return to a more nationalist way of
thinking about literature and a new emphasis
on Orthodox religion after the fall of the Soviet
Union, the opposite is true for Latvia, the Czech
Republic and Finland. In these countries, literary
historiography fosters connections between
Western scholarship and literatures written in thenational language and engages with questions
such as transnationalism, minorities, culture andpower, and the cultural construction of identities. This book scrutinizes the different ways inwhich the construction of national, cultural andEuropean identities has occurred in and throughthe literary historiography of North-Eastern
Europe in the last few decades.
Contributors: Benedikts Kalnačs, Māra
Grudule et al.
SH82.09/Po275

Toninato, P. (2016).
Romani Writing : Literacy,
Literature and Identity
Politics. Routledge.
ISBN 9781138286757

The Roma (commonly known as “Gypsies”)
have largely been depicted in writings and in
popular culture as an illiterate group. However,as Romani Writing shows, the Roma have a deep
understanding of literacy and its implications,and use writing for a range of different purposes.
While some Romani writers adopt an “oral” useof the written medium, which aims at opposing
and deconstructing anti-Gypsy stereotypes, other
Romani authors use writing for purposes of identity-building. Writing is for Romani activists andintellectuals a key factor in establishing a shared
identity and introducing a common language thattranscends linguistic and geographical boundaries between different Romani groups. Romani
authors, acting in-between different cultures andcommunication systems, regard writing as anact of cultural mediation through which they areable to rewrite Gypsy images and negotiate theiridentity while retaining their ethnic specificity.
Indeed, Romani Writing demonstrates how
Romani authors have started to create self-images in which the Roma are no longer portrayed
as “objects”, but become “subjects” of written
representation.
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González Morán, J., &Lomas, L. (Eds.). (2022).
The Cambridge Historyof Latina/o American
Literature. Cambridge
University Press.
ISBN 9781316634172

The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature emphasizes the importance ofunderstanding Latina/o literature not simply as a
US ethnic phenomenon but more broadly as animportant element of a trans-American literary
imagination. Engaging with the dynamics of
migration, linguistic and cultural translation, andthe uneven distribution of resources across theAmericas that characterize Latina/o literature, theessays in this History provide a critical overview
of key texts, authors, themes, and contexts as discussed by leading scholars in the field. This bookdemonstrates the relevance of Latina/o literature
for a world defined by the migration of people,
commodities, and cultural expressions.
SH821.134.2(8).09/Ca287

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Brewster, D. (2020). EastWest Passage : A Studyin Literary Relationships.
Routledge.
ISBN 9780367672188

First published in 1954, East-West Passage
is a detailed study of the literary relationshipbetween Russia and the West.
Divided into two parts, the book focuses
both on specific literary connections, as well as
on broader social and political considerations.
It traces the gradual increase in awareness ofRussian literature in England and the UnitedStates through the nineteenth and twentiethcenturies, and considers the material thatemerged in response, such as doctoral dissertations and critical essays. The volume highlights
changes in literary tastes over the years, andexplores in detail Russia’s influence on the West.
East-West Passage is ideal for those with aninterest in the history of literature, as well as socialand cultural history.
SH821.161.1.091/Br450

Ueding, G., &Wertheimer, J. (Eds.).
(2017). Zurück zur
Literatur! : Streitbare
Essays. Verlag J.H.W.
Dietz Nachf.
ISBN 9783801205003

Literatur ist unersetzlich für unser öffentliches und privates Leben, für die (Charakter-)
Bildung von Menschen, für ihr Verständnis
von Kultur und dem, was den Menschen zum
Menschen macht. Umso alarmierender ist ihre
fortschreitende Marginalisierung und ihr allmähliches Verschwinden aus den Lehrplänen vonSchulen, Hochschulen sowie aus dem populären
Kulturbetrieb. Es geht nicht um elitäre Bildungstraditionen, sondern um den drohenden
Verlust von Wissen, freiheitlichem Denken undgesellschaftlicher Orientierung. Reduktionen auf“das Wesentliche”, die Strategie der “Überforderungsvermeidung”, Überflutung von Kindern
und Erwachsenen mit kontextlosen Bildern– all dies sind Elemente einer Technologie der
Verarmung und der politischen Sterilisierung.
Noch beunruhigender erscheint die Tatsache,dass damit Text – und Lesekompetenz sowie
die Fähigkeit, in komplexen und ambivalenten
Zusammenhängen zu denken und zu empfinden, verlorengehen. Auch eine umfassende
Schulung dessen, was man “Möglichkeitssinn”
nennen könnte, ist mit dem Verzicht auf Literatur
bedroht und damit eine wichtige Waffe im
Kampf gegen Fundamentalismen jeder Couleur.
Ursachen und Folgen werden in diesem Bandebenso diskutiert wie mögliche Vorschläge zum
Widerstand.
SH82.09/Zu800

Drakakis, J. (2024).
Tragedy. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032013800

Tragedy is one of the oldest and mostresilient forms of narrative. Considering texts
from ancient Greece to the present day, thiscomprehensive introduction shows how tragedy
has been re-imagined and redefined throughout
Western cultural history.
Tragedy offers a concise history of tragedy
tracing its evolution through key plays, prose,
poetry and philosophical dimensions. John
Drakakis examines a wealth of popular plays,
including works from the ancient Greeks,
Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, Sarah Kane and
Tom Stoppard. He also considers the rewriting
and appropriating of ancient drama through awide range of authors, such as Chaucer, George
Eliot, Ted Hughes and Colm Tóibín. Drakakis also
demystifies complex philosophical interpretations of tragedy, including those of Hegel,
Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Benjamin.
This accessible resource is an invaluable
guide for anyone studying tragedy in literature ortheatre studies.
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Missinne, L.,
Schneider, R., & vanDam, B. (Hrsg.). (2023).
Grundthemen derLiteraturwissenschaft :Fiktionalität. De Gruyter.
ISBN 9783111281773

Fiktionalität ist ein zentrales und vieldiskutiertes Konzept der Literaturwissenschaft, spieltaber auch in zahlreichen anderen gesellschaftlichen Diskursen und Praktiken eine Rolle, vonMoraldiskussionen über Politik und Recht bis
hin zu den Wissenschaften. Der Band erschließt
im ersten Teil Phänomene und Begriffe vonFiktionalität aus literaturwissenschaftlicher Sicht
systematisch und historisch, wobei Beiträge aus
verschiedene Philologien vertreten sind.
Im interdisziplinär angelegten zweiten Teil
lotet er die Bedeutung von Fiktionalität in nicht-literarischen Zusammenhängen, Praktiken undTheorietraditionen aus und versammelt Artikel
aus Ethnologie, Theologie, Geschichtswissenschaft, Rechtswissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,
Soziologie und Psychologie. Insgesamt rücken
Aspekte der Medialität und sozialen Praktiken inden Vordergrund, und Begriffe wie ‘fiktional’ und‘Fiktionalität’ werden in ihrer Differenz zu anderen Konzepten wie Authentizität, nicht-fiktional,
real etc. verstanden.
Damit verschafft das Handbuch einenÜberblick über vielfältige Aspekte vonFiktionalität für ein breites Fachpublikum literaturwissenschaftlicher und anderer Disziplinen
von fortgeschrittenen Studierenden bis zu
Spezialisten.
• Systematischer und historischer Überblicküber Gebrauch und Bewertung von Fiktionalität;
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Cannella, A. (2023). Italo
Calvino : Un classicodella contemporaneità.
Libreriauniversitaria.it
Edizioni.
ISBN 9788833595573• Interdisziplinäre Beiträge aus
literaturwissenschaftlichen und nicht-literaturwissenschaftlichen Disziplinen;• Breites Zielpublikum von fortgeschrittenen Studierenden bis FachwissenschaftlerInnen.
SH82.0/Gr885

In occasione del centenario della nascita di
Italo Calvino (1923-1985), questa breve monografia si propone di mettere in luce la complessa
versatilità dell’opera del grande scrittore italiano,che può a buon titolo definirsi ormai un classicodella contemporaneità. Il riconoscimento dellasua importanza nel panorama letterario delNovecento è confermato, tra l’altro, dall’ampia
risonanza dei suoi scritti anche all’estero, in
particolare in Francia e negli Stati Uniti, dove èsenz’altro uno degli autori italiani moderni maggiormente apprezzati. Attraverso la successione
cronologica delle sue opere, il saggio si propone
di illustrare – dando spazio anche ad ampie
citazioni antologiche delle opere – lo sviluppo
di un’ars poetica straordinariamente aperta eduttile, capace di esprimere e di condensare,nell’inimitabile stile arioso di ogni pagina calviniana, tutta la tensione morale dello scrittore.Un
classico della contemporaneità.
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Militārā zinātne

Barany, Z. (2023).
Democratic Breakdown
and the Decline of
the Russian Military.
Princeton University
Press.
ISBN 9780691247731

Why have Russian generals acquired an
important political position since the Soviet
Union’s collapse while at the same time the effectiveness of their forces has deteriorated? Why
have there been no radical defense reforms in
Russia since the end of the cold war, even though
they were high on the agenda of the country’s
new president in 2000? Democratic Breakdown
and the Decline of the Russian Military explainsthese puzzles as it paints a comprehensive
portrait of Russian military politics.
Zoltan Barany identifies three formative
moments that gave rise to the Russian dilemma.
The first was Gorbachev’s decision to invite
military participation in Soviet politics. The
second was when Yeltsin acquiesced to a newpolitical system that gave generals a legitimate
political presence. The third was when Putin not
only failed to press for needed military reforms
but elevated numerous high-ranking officers toprominent positions in the federal administration. Included here are Barany’s insightful analysis
of crisis management following the sinking of
the Kursk submarine, a systematic comparison of
the Soviet/Russian armed forces in 1985 and thepresent, and compelling accounts of the army’s
political role, the elusive defense reform, and therelationship between politicians and generals.
Barany offers a rare look at the world ofcontemporary military politics in an increasingly
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Petraeus, D., &Roberts, A. (2023).
Conflict : The Evolutionof Warfare from 1945 to
Ukraine. HarperCollins.
ISBN 9780063293137

authoritarian state. Destined to become a classic
in post-Soviet studies, this book reminds us of
the importance of the separation of powers as ameans to safeguard democracy.
SH355/Ba538

Two leading authorities – an acclaimed
historian and the outstanding battlefieldcommander and strategist of our time – collaborate on a landmark examination of war since1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of theevolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of
the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what
we must learn from the past – and anticipate in
the future – in order to navigate an increasingly
perilous world.
In this deep and incisive study, General
David Petraeus, who commanded the US-led
coalitions in both Iraq, during the Surge, andAfghanistan and former CIA director, and theprize-winning historian Andrew Roberts, explore
over 70 years of conflict, drawing significant
lessons and insights from their fresh analysis of
the past. Drawing on their different perspectives
and areas of expertise, Petraeus and Roberts
show how often critical mistakes have been
repeated time and again, and the challenge, forstatesmen and generals alike, of learning to adapt
to various new weapon systems, theories andstrategies. Among the conflicts examined are theArab-Israeli wars, the Korean and Vietnam Wars,
the two Gulf Wars, the Balkan wars in the former
Yugoslavia, and both the Soviet and Coalition
wars in Afghanistan, as well as guerilla conflictsin Africa and South America. Conflict culminateswith a bracing look at Putin’s disastrous invasionof Ukraine, yet another case study in the tragic
results when leaders refuse to learn from history,
and an assessment of the nature of future warfare.
Filled with sharp insight and the wisdom of experience, Conflict is not only a critical assessmentof our recent past, but also an essential primer ofmodern warfare that provides crucial knowledge
for waging battle today as well as for understanding what the decades ahead will bring.
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Fedorchak, V. (2024).
The Russia-Ukraine War :Towards Resilient Fighting
Power. Routledge.
ISBN 9781003351641

This book provides a systematic analysisof the Russian-Ukraine war, using the concept ofresilient fighting power to assess the operational
performance of both sides during the first year of
the full-scale invasion.
The Russian war in Ukraine began in2014 and continued for eight years, before thefull-scale invasion of 24 February 2022. It is nota new war, but the intensity of the warfighting
revived many discussions about the conduct ofinter-state warfare, which has not been seen in
Europe for decades. This book does not aim tooffer an exhaustive operational analysis of thewar, but rather provides a preliminary systematic analysis across various domains of warfare
using the concept of fighting power to assess
the operational performance of both sides. First,
the book discusses the conceptual component
and the post-Cold War adaptations of the Soviet
strategic tradition by both the Ukrainian and theRussian Armed Forces. Following that, it gives anevaluation of the various aspects of warfighting
in the land, air, maritime and cyber domains.
Then, the book examines the role of international
allied assistance, sanctions and weapons delivery
in strengthening the resilience of the Ukrainian
Armed Forces. The book concludes with somecomments on the role of inter-state warfare in thecurrent strategic environment and future warfare.

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Walton, C. (2023). Spies :The Epic Intelligence War
Between East and West.
Simon & Schuster.
ISBN 9781668000694

This book will be of much interest to
students of military and strategic studies, defence
studies, foreign policy, Russian studies and international relations.
Taylor & Francis Group OA

The “riveting” (The Economist), secret story of
the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia
and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China.
Spies is the history of the secret war that
Russia and the West have been waging for a
century. Espionage, sabotage, and subversion
were the Kremlin’s means to equalize the imbalance of resources between the East and Westbefore, during, and after the Cold War. There wasnothing “unprecedented” about Russian meddlingin the 2016 US presidential election. It was simply
business as usual, new means used for old ends.
The Cold War started long before 1945.
But the West fought back after World War II,
mounting its own shadow war, using disinformation, vast intelligence networks, and new technologies against the Soviet Union. Spies is a “deeply
researched and artfully crafted” (Fiona Hill,
deputy assistant to the US President) story of thebest and worst of mankind: bravery and honor,
treachery and betrayal. The narrative shifts acrosscontinents and decades, from the freezing streetsof St. Petersburg in 1917 to the bloody beaches ofNormandy; from coups in faraway lands to present-day Moscow where troll farms, synthetic bots,and weaponized cyber-attacks being launchedwoefully unprepared West. It is about the riseand fall of Eastern superpowers: Russia’s past andpresent and the global ascendance of China.

Mining hitherto secret archives in multiple
languages, Calder Walton shows that the Cold
War started earlier than commonly assumed,that it continued even after the Soviet Union’s
collapse in 1991, and that Britain and America’s
clandestine struggle with the Soviet government
provided key lessons for countering China today.
This “authoritative, sweeping” (Fredrik Logevall,
Pulitzer Prize­–winning author of Embers of War)history, combined with practical takeaways forour current great power struggles, make Spies a
unique and essential addition to the history of
the Cold War and the unrolling conflict between
the United States and China that will dominate
the 21st century.
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Weissmann, M., &Nilsson, N. (Eds). (2023).
Advanced Land Warfare :Tactics and Operations.
Oxford University Press.
ISBN 9780192671899

International politics have become evermore volatile over the last decade, increasing therisk of large-scale military violence. Yet the precise
character of future war will depend on a range offactors that relate to adversaries, allies, technology, geographical scope and multiple domainsof warfighting. Few would question that land
forces will be important also in the foreseeable
future. However, given that the battlefield is in astate of transformation, so is the mission, purpose
and utilization of land forces. Indeed, the future
conduct of land warfare is subjected to serious
and important questions in the face of large andcomplex challenges and security threats.
Advanced Land Warfare explores theevolving role of land forces, paying particularattention to the changes that have taken place inthe art of commanding and executing combat, as
well as the role of rapid technological innovation and information dissemination in shaping
warfare. The book provides insights into key
contemporary developments in land warfare
and presents case studies on land tactics andoperations in different national contexts, drawing
on the best of theory, practice, and professional
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the importance of understanding the perspectives of various national armies, in order toprovide a current understanding of the central
issues of land warfare.
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Thiel, S., & Bernhardt, J.C.
(Eds.). (2024). AI in
Museums : Reflections,
Perspectives andApplications. Transcript
Verlag.
ISBN 9783837667103

Augustat, C., &Modest, W. (Eds.).
(2023). Spaces of Care :Confronting Colonial
Afterlives in European
Ethnographic Museums.
Transcript Verlag.
ISBN 3837668487

Delgado, M.M.,
Kobialka, M., &Lease, B. (Eds.). (2023).
Staging Difficult Pasts :Transnational Memory,
Theatres, and Museums.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032326030

Muzeoloģija

Artificial intelligence is becoming an
increasingly important topic in the cultural sector.
While museums have long focused on building
digital object databases, the existing data can
now become a field of application for machinelearning, deep learning and foundation model
approaches. This goes hand in hand with newartistic practices, curation tools, visitor analytics,
chatbots, automatic translations and tailor-madetext generation. With a decidedly interdisciplinary
approach, the volume brings together a wide
range of critical reflections, practical perspectives
and concrete applications of artificial intelligencein museums, and provides an overview of thecurrent state of the debate.
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Alarming environmental shifts and disasters
have raised public awareness and anxieties
regarding the future of the planet. While planetaryin scale, the negative effects of this global crisis
are distributed unequally, affecting some of thealready most fragile communities most intensely,
thus contributing to rising global inequality. The
pairing of environmental crises and a sense of
inadequacy facing hitherto celebrated models of
citizenry informs a current spirit of the times. The
contributors to this volume place ethnographic
or world cultures museums at the centre of thesedebates – these museums have been embroiled inlongstanding debates about their histories, collections, and practices in relation to the colonial past.
Transcript OA

This collection of original essays brings
together museum, theatre, and performancecase studies with a focus on their distinctive andoverlapping modes of producing memory fortransnational audiences.
Whether this is through narrative, object,embodied encounter or a combination of thethree, this volume considers distinctions andinteractions between memory and history
specifically through the lenses of theatre andperformance studies, visual culture, and museum
and curator studies. This book is underpinnedby three areas of research enquiry: How arecontemporary theatre makers and museum
curators staging historical narratives of difficult
pasts? How might comparisons between theatre
and museum practices offer new insights into therole objects play in generating and representing
difficult pasts? What points of overlap, comparison, and contrast among these constructions ofhistory and memory of authoritarianism, slavery,colonialism, genocide, armed conflict, fascism,and communism might offer an expanded understanding of difficult pasts in these transnational
cultural contexts?
This collection is designed for any scholarof its central disciplines, as well as for those interested in cultural geography, memory studies, andpostcolonial theory.
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Politika

Eyal, G., & Medvetz, T.
(Eds.). (2023). The Oxford
Handbook of Expertiseand Democratic Politics.
Oxford University Press.
ISBN 9780190848927

In the last several decades, there has beena surge of interest in expertise in the social scientific, philosophical, and legal literatures. While itis tempting to attribute this surge of interest in
expertise to the emergence and consolidation ofa “knowledge society”, “post-industrial society”, or“network society”, it is more likely that the debates
about expertise are symptomatic of significant
change and upheaval.
As the number of contenders for expert
status has increased, as the bases for their claims
have become more diverse, and as the struggles
between these would-be experts intensified,expertise became problematic and contested. In
The Oxford Handbook of Expertise and Democratic
Politics, Gil Eyal and Thomas Medvetz havebrought together a broad group of scholars who
have engaged substantively and theoreticallywith debates regarding the nature of expertiseand the social roles of experts to examine theseareas within sociology and allied disciplines. The
analyses take an historical and relational approachto the topic and are motivated by the sense thatgrowing mistrust in experts represents a danger
to democratic politics today. Among the topics
considered here are the value and relevance ofthe boundary between experts and laypeople; thecauses and consequences of mistrust in experts;
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Ridder, J. (Eds.). (2021).
The Routledge Handbookof Political Epistemology.
Routledge.
ISBN 9780367754686

the significance of recent transformations in theorganization of the professions.
Bringing together investigations fromsocial scientists, philosophers, and legal scholars
into the political dimensions of expertise, thisHandbook connects interdisciplinary work donein science and technology studies with the moreclassic concerns, topics, and concepts of sociologists of professions and intellectuals.
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As political discourse had been saturated with the ideas of “post-truth”, “fake news”,“epistemic bubbles”, and “truth decay”, it was no
surprise that in 2017 The New Scientist declared:“Philosophers of knowledge, your time has come.”
Political epistemology has old roots, but is now
one of the most rapidly growing and important
areas of philosophy.
The Routledge Handbook of Political
Epistemology is an outstanding reference source
to this exciting field, and the first collection of its
kind. Comprising 41 chapters by an internationalteam of contributors, it is divided into seven parts:• Politics and truth: historical and contemporary perspective;• Political disagreement and polarization;• Fake news, propaganda, and misinformation;• Ignorance and irrationality in politics;• Epistemic virtues and vices in politics;• Democracy and epistemology;• Trust, expertise, and doubt.
Within these sections crucial issues anddebates are examined, including: post-truth,
disagreement and relativism, epistemic networks,
fake news, echo chambers, propaganda, ignorance, irrationality, political polarization, virtues
and vices in public debate, epistocracy, expertise,misinformation, trust, and digital democracy,
as well as the views of Plato, Aristotle, Mòzi,medieval Islamic philosophers, Mill, Arendt, andRawls on truth and politics.
The Routledge Handbook of Political
Epistemology is essential reading for thosestudying political philosophy, applied and social
epistemology, and politics. It is also a valuable
resource for those in related disciplines such as
international relations, law, political psychology,
political science, communication studies, andjournalism.
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Politika

Pettit, P. (2023). The
State. Princeton
University Press.
ISBN 9780691182209

The future of our species depends on thestate. Can states resist corporate capture, religious
zealotry, and nationalist mania? Can they find away to work together so that the earth heals andits peoples prosper? Or is the state just not up
to the task? In this book, the prominent politicalphilosopher Philip Pettit examines the natureof the state and its capacity to serve goals likepeace and justice within and beyond its borders.
In doing so, he breaks new ground by making thestate the focus of political theory – with implications for economic, legal, and social theory – andpresents a persuasive, historically informed imageof an institution that lies at the center of our lives.
Offering an account that is more realist
than utopian, Pettit starts from the function thepolity is meant to serve, looks at how it can best
discharge that function, and explores its ability toengage beneficially in the life of its citizens. This
enables him to identify an ideal of statehood thatis a precondition of justice. Only if states approximate this functional ideal will they be able to deal
with the perennial problems of extreme poverty
and bitter discord as well as the challenges thatloom over the coming centuries, including climatechange, population growth, and nuclear arms.
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Kudors, A. (2024). Russia
and Latvia : A Case of
Sharp Power. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032534923

Madlovics, B., &Magyar, B. (Eds.). (2023).
The Russia-Ukraine
War : Ukraine’s Patronal
Democracy and theRussian Invasion (vol. 1).
Central European
University Press.
ISBN 9789633866634

This book explores Russia’s relations with
Latvia, arguing that Latvia, with a higher proportion of Russian speakers than other Baltic states,
is especially vulnerable to Russia’s “sharp power”.
The book highlights how authoritarian and totalitarian regimes are unable to exercise soft power
based on the attractiveness of the country’s
culture and values, which would help them gain
the favour of the audience of the target countries,
but instead, as in the case of Russia, use public
diplomacy, compatriot policy, media policy,
propaganda, and disinformation to produce a
destructive effect, distorting the democracies oftarget countries and increasing national security
risks. The book provides in-depth detail on how
Russia is making use of this “sharp power” inLatvia, examines the consequences and assesses
the dangers for the future.
Table of Contents:
1. Extremely Sharp Power
2. Methods of Sharp Power: Definitions
3. The Context: One Hundred Years ofLatvian-Russian Bilateral Relations
4. History Still Matters: The Kremlin’s
Diplomacy of Remembrance as One of the Main
Elements of Sharp Power
5. Russian Compatriot Policy Against
Latvian Educational, Language and Citizenship
Policies

6. ‘Russian World’: Geopolitics, Values, andCulture7. The Russian Orthodox Church and Latvia
8. Russian Media in Latvia: Much More than‘RT’ and ‘Sputnik’
9. Social Media as a New Ground forConfrontation
10. Elections and Referenda in Latvia:‘Neighbour’s Footprints in the Backyard’
11. The Regional Dimension: Separatism of
Latgale that Never Materialized
12. The Emotional Side of Sharp Power:
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022
jeopardizes the country’s independence and its
chances for Western-style development. However,
the heroic attitude of the Ukrainian people,
combined with a solidifying national identity,
makes the domestic foundations for a western
turn stronger than ever. After the invasion,building strong foundations of liberal democracy
will be a top priority. In addition to alleviating
immediate problems, the country must also
address its post-communist legacy and address
the constraints of patronalism.
The authors of this edited volume, leading
Ukrainian scholars supplemented by colleagues
from Hungary, examine the chances of ananti-patronal transformation after the war. The
book provides an overview of the developmentof Ukraine’s political-economic system: color
revolutions in 2004 and 2014 brought democratictransformation, but no change in the patronage
system. The result was patronal regime cycles
instead of the emergence of a Western-type
liberal democracy in the country. Building on
the conceptual framework of The Anatomy of
Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), the
12 chapters examine the impact of the war on
patronal democracy, the relational economy,
clientelist society, and the international environment in which Ukraine operates.
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Madlovics, B., &Magyar, B. (Eds.). (2023).
The Russia-Ukraine War :Russia’s Imperial Endeavor
and its Geopolitical
Consequences (vol. 2).
Central European
University Press.
ISBN 9789633866511

Aside from the near-complete devastationof a sovereign state and reversal of the global
balance of power, the Russian invasion of Ukraine
in 2022 is leading to a radical transformation in
the Eastern European and Eurasian regions –including Russia itself.
The 13 chapters in this volume examine themain geopolitical consequences of the resurgent
imperialist aspirations of the Russian Federation.
They examine the ideological tools of history
falsification as an integral part of hybrid warfare.
Turning to the economy, the book discusses how
the war and economic sanctions imposed on
Russia are redrawing the geopolitical map andhow economic relations would change followinga regime transformation. The book discusses thereactions of members of the international community to the invasion, whether threatened or neutral
parties or allies. The collection therefore offers acomprehensive picture of the main consequencesof the resurgent imperialist aspirations of theRussian Federation. Equipped with the conceptual
tools of the analysis with a focus on the patronalfeatures of the political-economic system, thebook considers the aftermath of the war.
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Carmichael, C.,
D’Auria, M., &Roshwald, A. (Eds.).
(2023). The Cambridge
History of Nationhoodand Nationalism (vol. 1).
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781108427050

Ansell, C., &Cheltenham, C.A. (Eds.).
(2023). Handbook on
Theories of Governance(2nd ed.). Edward Elgar
Publishing.
ISBN 9781035323692

The thoroughly revised and updated
Handbook on Theories of Governance brings
together leading scholars in the field to summarise and assess the diversity of governancetheories. The Handbook advances a deeper theoretical understanding of governance processes,
illuminating the interdisciplinary foundations of
the field.
Chapters review key concepts and ideasthat form the backbone of modern governancestudies, offering vital insights into how thiscontributes to the development of social science
research. The comprehensively updated second
edition provides new insights on governance inthe contemporary political landscape of global
authoritarian populism, emergent progressive
movements and the fallout of the COVID-19
pandemic. Delivering a foundational conceptual
toolkit for research, this Handbook reveals thediversity of contemporary governing practices aschanging political dynamics lay the groundworkfor the next generation of theories of governance.
Sketching a comprehensive map forgovernance research, this Handbook is a crucial
resource for scholars and researchers of governance, as well as those in political science, public
policy and public management in need of a solid
understanding of core governance theories. It
also offers policymakers and practitioners anagenda for navigating the future of governancein a rapidly changing global political order.
SH321/Ha373

This major new reference work with contributions from an international team of scholars
provides a comprehensive account of ideas andpractices of nationhood and nationalism from
antiquity to the present. It considers both continuities and discontinuities, engaging criticallyand analytically with the scholarly literature in thefield. Volume I starts with a series of case studies
of classical civilizations. It then explores a wide
range of pivotal moments and turning points in
the history of identity politics during the age ofglobalization, from 1500 through to the twentiethcentury. This overview is truly global, coveringcountries in East and South Asia as well as Europe
and the Americas.
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Carmichael, C.,
D’Auria, M., &Roshwald, A. (Eds.).
(2023). The Cambridge
History of Nationhoodand Nationalism (vol. 2).
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781108427067

PolitikaThis major new reference work with contributions from an international team of scholars
provides a comprehensive account of ideas andpractices of nationhood and nationalism from
antiquity to the present. It considers both continuities and discontinuities, engaging criticallyand analytically with the scholarly literature in thefield. In volume II, leading scholars in their fields
explore the dynamics of nationhood and nationalism’s interactions with a wide variety of cultural
practices and social institutions – in addition to
the phenomenon’s crucial political dimensions.
The relationships between imperialism andnationhood/nationalism and between major
world religions and ethno-national identities areamong the key themes explained and explored.
The wide range of case studies from around theworld brings a truly global, comparative perspective to a field whose study was long constrainedby Eurocentric assumptions.
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Nikers, O., & Tabuns, O.
(Eds.). (2022). Between
Brussels and Beijing : The
Transatlantic Response to
the Chinese Presence in
the Baltic Sea Region. The
Jamestown Foundation.
ISBN 9798987451908

Scholars Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns
together with their Baltic Security Foundationteam and other regional and international experts
provide a set of in-depth national case studies.
This publication is the result of the project “China
and the Baltic: Mapping a Transatlantic Response
to Chinese Inroads in the Nordic-Baltic Region”
organized by the Baltic Security Foundation, The
Jamestown Foundation and the Baltic-American
Freedom Foundation. The participating experts
and professionals from the Baltic Sea partneringcountries identify and analyze the presence
and impact of the People’s Republic of China on
European security within the strategic NordicBaltic region and the implications of this growing
regional Chinese presence on wider transatlantic
relations. The geographic focus of this study
includes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark(with particular attention given to Greenland).
Despite the numerous publications andevents dealing with this subject, much criticalthinking and painful discussion still lies ahead.
Between Brussels and Beijing aims to indicate thedirections for further consideration and publicconversations that will contribute to improved
regional and transatlantic security. This publication is intended to aid in that endeavor andserve as a valuable resource for policymakers,

Van der Linden, M. (Ed.).
(2023). The Cambridge
History of Socialism(vol. 1). Cambridge
University Press.
ISBN 9781108481342

professionals and scholars seeking to address
the challenges facing the West in the Baltic Sea
region.
SH327/Be913

This volume describes the various movements and thinkers who wanted social change
without state intervention. It covers cases in
Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The firstpart discusses early egalitarian experiments andideologies in Asia, Europe and the Islamic world,
and then moves to early socialist thinkers in
Britain, France, and Germany. The second partdeals with the rise of the two main currents insocialist movements after 1848: anarchism in
its multiple varieties, and Marxism. It also pays
attention to organisational forms, including theInternational Working Men’s Association (latercalled the First International); and it then follows
the further development of anarchism and its‘proletarian’ sibling, revolutionary syndicalism –its rise and decline from the 1870s until the 1940s
on different continents. The volume concludes
with critical essays on anarchist transnationalism
and the recent revival of anarchism and syndicalism in several parts of the world.
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Van der Linden, M. (Ed.).
(2023). The Cambridge
History of Socialism(vol. 2). Cambridge
University Press.
ISBN 9781108481359

PolitikaThis volume describes the various movements and parties, across all six continents, thatwanted social change through state transformation. It begins with a reconstruction of social
democracy’s trajectories from the 1870s until thepresent. The evolution of socialism on different
continents is illustrated through a number ofnational case studies. Experiments at a subnational level (for example, municipal socialism) arealso explored, as are the varying experiences ofinternational umbrella organizations. The next
part focuses on divergent socialist experiments
and ideologies in several parts of the world,
including South Asia, Africa, the Arab world, Brazil,
Venezuela, and Israel/Palestine, followed by anoverview of ‘independent’ socialist movements,
including left-socialist parties of the 1930s and thepost-war period, and the global New Left since its
beginnings in the 1950s. The volume concludes
with critical essays on socialism’s long-term andglobal development.
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Cavell, T.A., &Quetsch, L.B. (2023).
Working with Parentsof Aggressive Children :A Practitioner’s Guide(2nd ed.). American
Psychological
Association.
ISBN 9781433839139

Carter, K. (2023).
Psychopathology :Understanding
Psychological Disorders.
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781108437516

Psiholoģija

This second edition features new scholarship in children’s emotional socialization andchildhood aggression and offers parenting interventions developed through the lens of equity,
diversity, and inclusion.
​Healthy parent-child relationships ‘reflect
parents’ capacity to’ accept, contain, and lead theirchildren, and under-girding healthy-parent childrelationships are parents’ goals, parents’ health,and family structure. This comprehensive guideshows mental health providers how to discuss
setting reasonable expectations and goals thatare attainable through therapy, promoting parent
self-care, and promoting family structure.
Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, theauthors explain how clinicians can tailor theirwork to the unique needs of each family. They
offer compelling, realistic examples that accurately reflect the range of diversity that exists
among parents and families, and examine theopportunities and challenges that can arise whenworking with families from diverse backgrounds.
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Carter‘s Psychopathology is an accessible,
engaging, and well-organized text covering
the study, understanding, diagnosis, treatment,
and prevention of psychological disorders. Fully
integrating gender and culture in the presentation of mental disorders, and using a sensitive andinclusive language to encourage an empathic
approach to psychopathology, this introductory
textbook offers students a strong foundation of
the socio-cultural factors influencing how wetreat mental disorders. Featuring: boxes suchas the ‘power of words‘, promoting the use ofrespectful, empathic language, and ‘the powerof evidence‘, demonstrating that scientificevidence can answer questions about psychopathology treatments; real-world case studies
and examples; ‘concept checks‘ questions to test
the student‘s mastery of the material coveredin each section; chapter summaries listing the‘take-home‘ points discussed; and key terms andglossary highlighting terms that students willneed to understand and become familiar with,this textbook provides a hands-on approach tothe study of psychopathology.
• Written in an accessible and engaging
style to facilitate the understanding of the topics
discussed;• Fully integrates culture and gender into
the discussion about mental disorders, withreal-life examples and stories, and adopts a sensitive language, in line with the APA guidelines,
to create an inclusive experience for the reader;• Tackles the disorders in a consistent andstructured way, capturing key details within
DSM-5tr;• Examines the relationship among biological, psychological, cultural, social, and hereditary
factors in assessing and treating psychologicaldisorders;• Introduces DSM-5tr early in the text toprovide students with a more complete framework for the disorders, the course, and the fieldof psychopathology;• Includes pedagogical features throughout the chapters to support the students‘
learning experience and generate awarenessabout the disorders discussed.
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Reliģija. Mitoloģija

Dell, K.J., Millar, S.R.,& Keefer, A.J. (Eds.).
(2022). The Cambridge
Companion to BiblicalWisdom Literature.
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781108483162

Ayres, L., & Volpe, M.A.
(Eds.) (2023). The Oxford
Handbook of Catholic
Theology. Oxford
University Press.
ISBN 9780198897569

Study of the wisdom literature in the
Hebrew Bible and the contemporary culturesin the ancient Near Eastern world is evolving
rapidly as old definitions and assumptions arequestioned. Scholars are now interrogating therole of oral culture, the rhetoric of teaching anddidacticism, the understanding of genre, andthe relationship of these factors to the corpus
of writings. The scribal culture in which wisdom
literature arose is also under investigation, alongside questions of social context and character
formation. This Companion serves as an essential
guide to wisdom texts, a body of biblical literature with ancient origins that continue to have
universal and timeless appeal. Reflecting newinterpretive approaches, including virtue ethics
and intertextuality, the volume includes essays
by an international team of leading scholars.
They engage with the texts, provide authoritative
summaries of the state of the field, and open up
to readers the exciting world of biblical wisdom.
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The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology
provides a one-volume introduction to all the
major aspects of Catholic theology. Part One
considers the nature of theological thinking, andthe major topics of Catholic teaching, including
the Triune God, the Creation, and the mission of
the Incarnate Word. It also covers the characterof the Christian sacramental life and the major
themes of Catholic moral teaching. The treatments in the first part of the Handbook offer
personal syntheses of Catholic teaching, buteach offers an account in accord with Catholic
theology as it is expressed in the Second Vatican
Council and authoritative documentation. Part
Two focuses on the historical development of
Catholic Theology. An initial section offers essays
on some of Catholic theology’s most importantsources between 200 and 1870, and the final
section of the collection considers all the main
movements and developments in Catholic
theology across the world since 1870.
This comprehensive volume features
fifty-six original contributions by some of thebest-known names in current Catholic theology
from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The
chapters are written in an engaging and easily
comprehensible style functioning both as ascholarly reference and as a survey of the field.
There are no comparable studies available in one

Le Goff, J. (2023).
Saint Francis of Assisi.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032534015

volume and the book will be an indispensablereference for students of Catholic theology at alllevels and in all contexts.
SH272/Ox250

Known for speaking with the birds, forprofessing poverty, receiving the stigmata andfor initiating the Franciscan order, Francis of Assisi
is one of the most radical and inspiring figures inChristianity.
In this outstanding and celebrated biography, the distinguished medievalist Jacques
Le Goff paints a fascinating picture of the life ofFrancis of Assisi. Locating Francis in the feudal
world of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries andexploring the social and political changes taking
place at the time, Le Goff assesses the dramatic
influence of the saint on the medieval church andcelebrates his role in the spiritual revival of theCatholic Church.
This Routledge Classics edition includes a
new Foreword by Sean L. Field.
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Wojtyła, K. (2021). Person
and Act and Related
Essays (The English
Critical Edition of theWorks of Karol Wojtyła/
John Paul II, vol. 1). The
Catholic University ofAmerica Press.
ISBN 9780813233666

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The inaugural volume of the English Critical
Edition of the Works of Karol Wojtyła/John Paul II
is Person and Act and Related Essays. In many ways
Person and Act constitutes Karol Wojtyła’s mostprofound and well-known philosophical work.
Originally published in 1969 as Osoba i czyn, thiswork of metaphysics and philosophy is widely
influential even though it is highly challenging
intellectually and has heretofore posed difficulties
for translators.
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Cardó, D., & Lang, U.M.
(Eds.). (2024). The
Cambridge Companion
to Joseph Ratzinger.
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781009125017

Among the most important modern
Catholic thinkers, Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope
Benedict XVI, fundamentally shaped Christiantheology in the 20th and early 21st centuries.
His collaborations and debates with figures suchas Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, Jean Daniélou,Hans Küng, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Jürgen
Habermas reflect the key role he has played in thedevelopment of Christian life and doctrine. The
Cambridge Companion to Joseph Ratzinger conveys
the depth and breadth of his significant legacy
to contemporary Catholic theology and culture.
With contributions from an international team ofscholars, the volume assesses Ratzinger’s theological synthesis in response to contemporary challenges that Christianity faces. It surveys the major
themes and topics that Ratzinger explored, andhighlights aspects of the ideas that he developedin his engagement with a wide variety of intellectual and religious currents. Collectively, the essays
in this volume demonstrate how Ratzinger’s
epochal contributions to Christian thought willreverberate for generations to come.
SH272/Ca287

McDonough, J.K. (2022).
Saints, Heretics, andAtheists : A Historical
Introduction to thePhilosophy of Religion.
Oxford University Press.
ISBN 9780197563854

Does God exist? What is the nature of evil,
and where does it come from? Are humans free?
Responsible? Immortal? Does it matter? Saints,
Heretics and Atheists offers a historical introduction to fundamental questions in the philosophyof religion. Ranging from ancient times to thetwentieth century, it is divided into twenty-fivesuccinct, chronological chapters. Individual chapters discuss philosophies from history’s greatest
thinkers including Plato, Augustine, al-Ghazali,
Aquinas, Margarite Porete, Spinoza, Hume, Mary
Shepherd, and Nietzsche. The book closes with an
exploration of William James’s defense of the rightto believe, possible limitations of that right, andthe nature of philosophical progress.
Based on lectures from a popular course
taught in the Program for General Education
at Harvard University for over a decade, Saints,
Heretics, and Atheists invites readers along for ajourney that is unique in its sweeping historicalapproach to the philosophy of religion and thebalance it strikes between traditional, non-traditional, and atheistic standpoints with respect toreligion in the western tradition.
• Offers a historical approach to philosophyof religion – this will be helpful to readers because
the historical aspects are interesting in themselves, because they will help readers understandhow the philosophy of religion has developed

over time, because the historical context makes
possible a deeper understanding, and because it
provides some space between students and theviews under discussion;• Presents an unusually wide range ofviews between theism and atheism, for example,
deism, monism, humanism, this is beneficial bothbecause these views are interesting in themselves
and because many students today are inclined
to views that fall between traditional theism andfull-blooded atheism;• Each chapter pairs naturally with a historical primary text. This feature may be beneficial
to both teachers and students. It allows teachers
to easily assign primary source materials andprovides students with an opportunity to readclassical works in the philosophy of religion
together with a contemporary guide.
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Koch, A., & Wilkens, K.
(Eds.). (2022). The
Bloomsbury Handbook of
the Cultural and Cognitive
Aesthetics of Religion.
Bloomsbury Academic.
ISBN 9781350292284

Fuqua, J., & Greco, J.
(Eds.). (2023). The
Cambridge Handbook of
Religious Epistemology.
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781009048354

Bridging the gap between cognition andculture, this handbook explores both social scientific and humanities approaches to understanding
the physical processes of religious life, tradition,practice, and belief. It reflects the cultural turnwithin the study of religion and puts theory to
the fore, moving beyond traditional theological,
philosophical, and ethnographic understandingsof the aesthetics of religion.
Editors Anne Koch and Katharina Wilkens
bring together research in cultural studies,cognitive studies, material religion, religion
and the arts, and epistemology. Questions ofidentity, gender, ethnicity, and postcolonialism
are discussed throughout. Key topics include
materiality, embodiment, performance, popular/
vernacular art and space to move beyond asensory understanding of aesthetics. Emerging
areas of research are covered, including secularaesthetics and the aesthetic of spirits.
This is an important contribution to theory
and method in the study of religion, and isgrounded in research that has been taking placein Europe over the past 20 years. Case studies are
drawn from around the world with contributions
from scholars based in Europe, the USA, andAustralia. The book is illustrated with over 40 color
images and features a foreword from Birgit Meyer.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Religious
Epistemology, the first to appear on the topic,
introduces the current state of religious epistemology and provides a discussion of fundamental
topics related to the epistemology of religious
belief. Its wide-ranging chapters not only survey
fundamental topics, but also develop non-traditional epistemic theories and explore the religious
epistemology endorsed by non-Western traditions. In the first section, Faith and Rationality,
readers will find new essays on Reformed
epistemology, skepticism and religious belief,
and on the nature of evidence with respect toreligious belief. The rich second section, Religious
Traditions, contains chapters on Hindu, Buddhist,
Islamic, Jewish, and Christian epistemologies. The
final section, New Directions, contains chapters ranging from applying disjunctivism andknowledge-first approaches to religious belief, tosurveying responses to debunking arguments.
Comprehensive and accessible, this Handbook will
advance the field for years to come.
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Simeonova, B., &Galliers, R.D. (Eds.).
(2023). Cambridge
Handbook of Qualitative
Digital Research.
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781009098878

Big data and algorithmic decision-making
have been touted as game-changing developments in management research, but they havetheir limitations. Qualitative approaches should
not be cast aside in the age of digitalisation, since
they facilitate understanding of quantitative data
and the questioning of assumptions and conclusions that may otherwise lead to faulty implications being drawn, and – crucially – inaccurate
strategies, decisions and actions. This handbook
comprises three parts: Part I highlights many of
the issues associated with ‘unthinking digitalisation’, particularly concerning the overreliance on
algorithmic decision-making and the consequent
need for qualitative research. Part II provides
examples of the various qualitative methods thatcan be usefully employed in researching various
digital phenomena and issues. Part III introduces
a range of emergent issues concerning practice,knowing, datafication, technology design andimplementation, data reliance and algorithms,
digitalisation.
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Goldin, C. (2023). Career& Family : Women’s
Century-Long Journey
Toward Equity. Princeton
University Press.
ISBN 9780691228662

A century ago, it was a given that a woman
with a college degree had to choose between
having a career and a family. Today, there are
more female college graduates than ever before,
and more women want to have a career andfamily, yet challenges persist at work and at home.
This book traces how generations of women have
responded to the problem of balancing careerand family as the twentieth century experienced asea change in gender equality, revealing why true
equity for dual career couples remains frustratingly out of reach.
Drawing on decades of her own groundbreaking research, Claudia Goldin provides a
fresh, in-depth look at the diverse experiencesof college-educated women from the 1900s totoday, examining the aspirations they formed –and the barriers they faced – in terms of career,job, marriage, and children. She shows how many
professions are “greedy,” paying disproportionately more for long hours and weekend work,and how this perpetuates disparities between
women and men. Goldin demonstrates how theera of COVID-19 has severely hindered women’s
advancement, yet how the growth of remote andflexible work may be the pandemic’s silver lining.
Antidiscrimination laws and unbiased
managers, while valuable, are not enough. Careerand Family explains why we must make funda-

Piazzesi, C. (2023).
The Beauty Paradox :Femininity in the Ageof Selfies. Rowman &Littlefield.
ISBN 9781538175743

mental changes to the way we work and how wevalue caregiving if we are ever to achieve genderequality and couple equity.
Claudia Goldin is a winner of the 2023 Nobel
Prize in economics.
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Why must beauty be seen as a binary thatis either oppressive or empowering for women?
The Beauty Paradox: Femininity in the Age of Selfies
argues that women’s experiences of beauty as
both validating and belittling is grounded in
the contradictory injunctions that they receive
regarding their participation in beauty culture.
Piazzesi identifies the four main paradoxes ofWestern beauty culture: the worth paradox, theauthenticity paradox, the power paradox, and thecommitment paradox and examines how they
trail women’s everyday experiences, choices, andreflections regarding beauty. She examines therole of beauty in women’s everyday lives and ina variety of contexts: informal social encounters,
work and career settings, parenting, intergenerational relationships, self-care, and online
networking practices. The author broadens thecurrent discourse on beauty with an emphasis on
the digital world, primarily the use of selfies.
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Tommarchi, E. (2023).
European Port Cities and
Urban Regeneration :Exploring Cultural andSporting Mega Eventsat the Water’s Edge.
Routledge.
ISBN 9780367761752

Culture – and event-led regeneration
have been catalysts for the transformation of
redundant urban port areas and for the reframingof the image of many port cities, which notably
feature among mega-event bidding and hostcities. However, there is little understandingof the impacts of these processes on port-city
relationships, as well as of how port city cultures
shape mega events and the related regeneration
strategies. The book examines the underexploredmutual links between, on the one hand, urban
and socio-economic regeneration driven bycultural and sporting mega events and, on theother hand, the spatial, political and symbolic ties
between cities and their ports.
By adopting a cross-national, comparative
perspective, with in-depth case studies (Hull,
Rotterdam, Genoa and Valencia) and examples
from other port cities across the world wheremega events were held, the book engages withissues such as the tension between port andcultural uses, reactions and opposition to mega
events in port cities, clashing urban imaginaries
drawing on port activity and culture, the roleof port authorities and companies in the city’s
cultural life, the spectacularisation and commodification of local maritime culture and heritage,processes of cultural demaritimisation and remaritimisation of port cities.

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López Galviz, C., &Spiers, E. (Eds.). (2022).
Routledge Handbookof Social Futures.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032129549

The book is therefore a contribution
towards the bridging of port city and mega-event
studies, and it provides insights for port city policy
makers and mega-event promoters, drawing froma range of international experiences. The bookalso shows how societal and political change inthe current ‘ontologically-insecure’ times may
undermine the very paradigm of culture – andevent-led regeneration in the years to come.
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Featuring chapters from an international
range of leading and emerging scholars, thisHandbook provides a collection of cutting-edge,
interdisciplinary research that sheds new lighton contemporary futures studies. Engaging withkey defining questions of the early twenty-first
century such as climate change, big data, AI, thefuture of economics, education, mental health,cities and more, the Handbook provides a review
and synthesis of futures scholarship, highlighting
the role that societies can and should play in theirmaking. While the various chapters demonstrate
how futures emerge and take shape in particularplaces at particular times, the distinctive insightprovided by the volume overall is that futures
thinking today must be social and contextual.
By presenting a range of futures work fromcontexts around the globe, the Handbook contextualizes techniques – forecasting, backcasting,scenario planning, collaboration and co-production – to ask how different dimensions of thesocial are created and circulated in the process.
Through its thirty chapters, the volume explores
and interrogates narratives, anticipations, enactments, ecologies, collaborations, prospections
and so on to highlight which versions of the social
are legitimized and which are encouraged andforeclosed.

This Handbook opens an important conversation about the centrality of the social in futures
thinking. By bringing arts, humanities and social
sciences scholars and practitioners into conversation with biologists, environmental, climate
and computer scientists, this volume seeks toencourage new pathways across, between andwithin multiple disciplines to interrogate thefutures we need and want. The social must be
our starting point if we are to steer our planet ina direction that supports good lives for the many,
everywhere.
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Gabaccia, D.R. (Ed.).
(2023). The Cambridge
History of Global
Migrations. Cambridge
University Press. 2 vols.
ISBN 9781108487542,
9781108487535

Split into two volumes, The Cambridge
History of Global Migrations explores the lives
and evaluates the significance of mobile people
from 1400 to the present. Typically viewed asa phenomenon synonymous with nineteenth
century globalization, migration was ubiquitous and triggered significant social, economic,
technological and cultural transformations acrosstime. Featuring over sixty essays from experts
across the field, together the volumes amplify
the stories of foragers and herders, pilgrims andmissionaries, merchants, slaves, captives andprisoners, wealthy and impoverished jobseekers,
and refugees fleeing violence, oppression andenvironmental change. By evaluating the continuities and changes of migration and globalization,
it reveals the long-standing power imbalance
between economic elites, imperial and nationstates, and the everyday people who wished tohave a say in who can be forced, encouraged,
prohibited or permitted to migrate. Insightful andcomprehensive, these volumes uncover the everpresent tensions of movement and immobility,
and the various dynamics of globalization.
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Lahav, G., & Messina, A.M.
(2024). Immigration,
Security and the LiberalState : The Politics ofMigration Regulation in
Europe and the UnitedStates. Cambridge
University Press.
ISBN 9781009297998

Contextualizing the regulation of humanmobility in a new security framework, this bookoffers an original perspective on the dominantmode of politics and evolving norms shaping
the immigration policies of contemporary liberalstates. In doing so, the authors challenge existing
paradigms that privilege economic and cultural
factors over new security ones in explaining thecritical institutional and normative changes inmigration management, from the early post-WorldWar II through the post-Cold War era. Drawing on
evidence from multiple sources, including media
and elite discourse, policy tracking, party manifesto data and public opinion across Europe andthe US, the book exposes the restrictive nature of
immigration politics and policies when immigration is framed as a security threat, and considers
its implications for civil liberties. Informed by a richbreadth of scholarly sub-disciplines, the findings
contribute both empirically and theoretically tothe literatures on international migration, security
and public opinion.
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Joireman, S.F. (2022).
Peace, Preference,
and Property : Return
Migration After Violent
Conflict. University ofMichigan Press.
ISBN 9780472039104

Growing numbers of people are displaced
by war and violent conflict. In Ukraine,
Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria, and elsewhere violence pushes civilian populations fromtheir homes and sometimes from their countries,
making them refugees. In previous decades,
millions of refugees and displaced people
returned to their place of origin after conflict orwere resettled in countries in the Global North.
Now displacements last longer, the number ofpeople returning home is lower, and opportunities for resettlement are shrinking. More andmore people spend decades in refugee camps or
displaced within their own countries, raising theirchildren away from their home communities andcultures. In this context, international policies
encourage return to place of origin.
Using case studies and first-person accounts
from interviews and fieldwork in post-conflictsettings such as Uganda, Liberia, and Kosovo,
Sandra F. Joireman highlights the divergence
between these policies and the preferences ofconflict-displaced people. Rather than looking
from the top down, at the rights that people havein international and domestic law, the perspectiveof this text is from the ground up – examining
individual and household choices after conflict.
Some refugees want to go home, some do notwant to return, some want to return to theircountries of origin but live in a different place,and others are repatriated against their will when
they have no other options. Peace, Preference, andProperty suggests alternative policies that would
provide greater choice for displaced people interms of property restitution and solutions todisplacement.
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Leurs, K. (2023). Digital
Migration. SAGE.
ISBN 9781529706529

In contemporary discussions on migration,
digital technology is often seen as a ‘smart’ disruptive tool. Bringing efficiencies to management,
and safety to migrants. But the reality is always
more complex. This book is a comprehensive andimpassioned account of the relationship between
digital technology and migration. From ‘top-down’governmental and corporate shaping of the
migrant condition, to the ‘bottom-up’ of digitalpractices helping migrants connect, engage andresist.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Digital
Migration explores:• The power relations of digital infrastructures across migrant recruitment, transportationand communication;• Migrant connections and the use of digital
devices, platforms and networks;• Dominant digital representations of
migrants, and how they’re resisted;• The affect and emotion of digital migration,from digital intimacy to transnational family life;• How histories of pre and early-digitalmigration help us situate and rethink contemporary research;• The realities of researching digital migration, including interviews with leading international researchers.
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Rhodes, J., &Alexander, J. (Eds.).
(2022). The Routledge
Handbook of Queer
Rhetoric. Routledge.
ISBN 9780367701512

The Routledge Handbook of Queer Rhetoricmaps the ongoing becoming of queer rhetoric in
the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries,
offering a dynamic overview of the history of andscholarly research in this field.
The handbook features rhetorical scholarship that explicitly uses and extends insights fromwork in queer and trans theories to understandand critique intersections of rhetoric, gender,class, and sexuality. More important, chapters
also attend to the intersections of constructs ofqueerness with race, class, ability, and neurodiversity. In so doing, the book acknowledges the many
debts contemporary queer theory has to work byscholars of color, feminists, and activists, inside andoutside the academy. The first book of its kind, thehandbook traces and documents the emergenceof this subfield within rhetorical studies while also
pointing the way toward new lines of inquiry, newtrajectories in scholarship, and new modalities andmethods of analysis, critique, intervention, andspeculation.
This handbook is an invaluable resource forscholars, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students studying rhetoric, communication, cultural studies, and queer studies.
SH316.367/Ro862

Tileagă, C.,
Augoustinos, M., &Durrheim, K. (Eds.).
(2022). The Routledge
International Handbookof Discrimination,
Prejudice andStereotyping. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032049571

This handbook explores prejudice,stereotyping and discrimination primarily as
phenomena embedded in the social organizationof societies and connected to structural factors
and larger societal systems. It offers a unique critical and cross-disciplinary approach to the studyof contemporary manifestations of prejudice,stereotyping and discrimination.
New socio-psychological analyses of themost pressing social problems of our age bring
into view future directions of research on prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination oriented
to social change and collective action andthat engage with wider systems of norms anddiscourse. The editors draw on social psychology,sociology, social policy, clinical psychology,
cultural studies and feminist, antiracist anddecolonizing social science to show how social
psychology can successfully rekindle its intellectual dialogue with kindred social science fields tocreate broader foundations for the exploration of
the paradoxes lodged at the heart of the social
expression of prejudice in liberal democracies.
This is essential reading for anyone
interested in prejudice, discrimination andstereotypes. The handbook will be of interest to
academics and researchers exploring both thequantitative and qualitative aspects of discrimination, inequality and social exclusion, as well as

students undertaking masters or doctoral studies
in social psychology, political psychology andpolitical science.
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Brown, R.L., Maroto, M.,& Pettinicchio, D.
(Eds.). (2023). The
Oxford Handbook of theSociology of Disability.
Oxford University Press.
ISBN 9780190093167

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology ofDisability provides a timely and comprehensive
overview of the wide range and depth of sociological theory and research on disability-brought
together for the first time in one volume. Eachsection of the Handbook incorporates a uniquely
sociological perspective, presented by an international group of experts on intersecting social,economic, political, and cultural dimensions of
disability, that complements disability scholarship.
The 37 chapters in this Handbook, organized into
three major sections, provide an assessment of
the history of the field, its current state, and thefuture for research on and in the sociology ofdisability. The first section reviews frameworks
foundational to the study of disability, pushes forthe inclusion of broader global perspectives, andaddresses important dimensions of representation. The second section presents a combinationof perspectives that tie together individual
biography, societal contexts, and historic change,
while emphasizing continuity and change in the
dynamic processes linking individuals, institutions, and structures over time. In the third
section, contributors investigate the reproductionof inequality through law, policy, and related
institutions and systems, while highlighting
how social and political participation empowers
people with disabilities and helps to mitigate

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Watson, N., & Vehmas, S.
(Eds.). (2020). Routledge
Handbook of Disability
Studies (2nd ed.).
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032376189

inequalities and social marginalization. The chapters included in this volume offer a multifacetedresource for students and experienced scientists
alike on historical developments, main standards,
key issues, and current challenges in the sociological study of disability at the global, national, andregional levels.
SH364.69/Ox250

This fully revised and expanded second
edition of the Routledge Handbook of Disability
Studies takes a multidisciplinary approach todisability and provides an authoritative andup-to-date overview of the main issues in thefield around the world today. Adopting an international perspective and arranged thematically,
it surveys the state of the discipline, examining
emerging and cutting-edge areas as well as coreareas of contention.
Divided in five parts, this comprehensive
handbook covers:• Different models and approaches todisability;• How key impairment groups have engaged
with disability studies and the writings within thediscipline;• Policy and legislation responses to disability studies and to disability activism;• Disability studies and its interaction withother disciplines, such as history, philosophy,
sport, and science and technology studies;• Disability studies and different life experiences, examining how disability and disability
studies intersects with ethnicity, sexuality,
gender, childhood and ageing.
Containing 15 revised chapters and 12
new chapters from an international selection ofleading scholars, this authoritative handbook

is an invaluable reference for all academics,
researchers, and more advanced students indisability studies and associated disciplines suchas sociology, health studies and social work.
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Breeze, B., Lafferty, D.D.,& Wiepking, P. (Eds.).
(2023). The Fundraising
Reader. Routledge.
ISBN 9780367703707

The Fundraising Reader draws together
essential literature establishing a one-stop bodyof knowledge that explains what fundraising is,and covers key concepts, principles and debates.
The book shines a light on the experience ofbeing a fundraiser and answers an urgent needto engage with the complexities of a facet of the
non-profit sector that is often neglected or notproperly understood.
This international compilation features
extracts from key writing on fundraising, witha comprehensive contextualising introduction
by the editors. Uniquely, this Reader shares
conflicting positions relating to age-old andcurrent debates on fundraising: Is fundraisingmarketing? Should donors or the community be
front and centre in fundraising? How can fundraisers deal with ethical dilemmas such as ‘tainted’
donors and money? Best practice and future
trends are also covered, including the impact of
new technologies and responding to demands
for greater diversity, inclusion, and equity infundraising teams.
This Reader is for those who seek to further
develop their own understanding of fundraising,and it provides an invaluable resource foracademic courses and professional training.
SH364-3/4/Fu517

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Smyth, P. (2024). Working
with High-Risk Youth :A Relationship-Based
Practice Framework(2nd ed.). Routledge.
ISBN 9781032419480

This fully revised and expanded second
edition focusses on high-risk youth – whose struggles include neglect and abuse, alcohol and drug
abuse, the risk of being exploited, mental healthissues, and the inability to self-regulate and trust– a population of youth that government childwelfare services and community agencies struggle
to serve adequately.
The focus has traditionally been on
punishment-consequence interventions anddemanding compliance, but experience andresearch shows that they can be better served
through relationship-based practice incorporating harm reduction principles, resiliency andstrength-based approaches, community collaboration, and an understanding that these youth
typically come from experiences of early trauma
impacting their brain development and theirability to form attachments.
With new material on attachment, trauma
and brain development, the “perfect storm”
youth, how to end relationships, shame, andsocietal divisions, this book provides an overview
of the Get Connected practice framework andphilosophy which has been successfully usedin Canada and New Zealand and provides strategies for engaging and working with the most
disconnected, challenging, and troubled youth
in society.

It will be required reading for all agency
service providers, community outreach workers,
youth workers, group home workers, probation
officers, foster parents, adoptive parents, service
navigators, counsellors, addictions workers,
mental health workers, teachers, youth groupleaders, and youth pastors/advisors in religious
settings, and camp counsellors.
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Mälksoo, L. (2022). Illegal
Annexation and State
Continuity : The Case of
the Incorporation of theBaltic States by the USSR
(2nd ed.). Brill Nijhoff.
ISBN 9789004464889

Park, P. (2024).
International Law
for Energy and theEnvironment (3rd ed.).
CRC Press.
ISBN 9781032307596

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OThis revised edition of Energy Law and theEnvironment considers how international andnational legislation now requires the energy
sector to focus more on sustainability and thecircular economy in response to new policies
at both international and national levels. It
explores how environmental law engages withmultinational companies regarding energy
sources, ownership of those resources, and statesovereignty. Written for all the players in theenergy sector, lawyers and non-lawyers alike, thisthird edition considers the issues of energy sector
regulation related to economics and protectionof intellectual property associated with thedevelopment of technologies for mitigating
environmentally damaging emissions. It has been
updated throughout and adds new and fully
revised chapters on subjects, including climatechange, human rights, renewable energy, andenergy law in China.
Features:• Updated throughout and adds new andfully revised chapters;• Focuses on the global trends andmandates towards environmental sustainability;• Examines the latest international legislation involving climate change;• Includes the coverage of oil and gas industries, as well as nuclear and renewable energy.
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This volume, now in its second and revised
edition, deals with the legal status of the three
Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – asa consequence of the illegality of the Soviet
annexation in 1940-1991. It offers a detailed
historical overview of the Soviet takeover of theBaltic States in 1939/1940 and analysis of international law as it was in force, also regionally andbilaterally, at the time. It examines the role of thecontinuity of the diplomatic representations of
the Baltic States and other manifestations of theWestern non-recognition of the Soviet annexation. Moreover, the book examines the nature of
the restoration of the Baltic States in 1991 basedon their State continuity claim. It also studies
in detail questions such as borders, citizenshipand reparation claims, and asks to what extent
State continuity could or could not be restored inpractice. Compared to the first edition, the text
has been updated (for example, on developments regarding border treaties) but also morebackground references have been added on thehistory of the Baltic States, Soviet and post-Soviet
Russian responses to the continuity claim of theBaltic States, etc. The book interprets the Soviet
annexation and Baltic States’ continuity caseagainst the wider backdrop of developments ininternational law in the 20th century and argues
that the outcome reflected important normative

Della Cananea, G. (2023).
The Common Core ofEuropean Administrative
Laws : Retrospective andProspective. Brill Nijhoff.
ISBN 9789004549562

developments in international law, away frommere effectivity. The case of the Baltic States will
be relevant for current and future cases of illegal
annexation, following the threat and use of military force prohibited under international law.
ET341.2/Ma384
OAPEN Library OA

Though European administrative laws havegained global significance in the last few decades,
research which provides both theoretical analysis
and original empirical research has been scarce.
This book offers an important account of theevolution of judicial review and administrative
procedure legislation, using a factual analysis
to shed light on how the different legal systems
react to similar problems. Discussing the conceptof a ‘common core’, Giacinto della Cananea reveals
the commonalities in, and differences between,
the foundational assumptions of European administrative adjudication and rule-making.
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Cuniberti, G. (2022).
Conflict of Laws : A
Comparative Approach :Text and Cases (2nd ed.).
Edward Elgar Publishing.
ISBN 9781839106545

Now in its second edition, and with significant updates and new material, Gilles Cuniberti’s
innovative textbook offers a comparative treatment of private international law, a field of great
importance in an increasingly globalized world.
Written by a leading voice in the field, and using
a text and cases approach, this text systematicallypresents and compares civil law and common law
approaches to issues primarily within the United
Kingdom, United States, France and the EU, as
well as offering additional updated insights intorules applicable in other jurisdictions such as
Japan, China and Germany.
Key features of the second edition include:• New topics covered in the fields of jurisdiction and foreign judgments;• Original discussions surrounding the 2019
Hague Convention on Judgments and the changes
contemplated by the new US Restatement on
Conflict of Laws;• US, EU, French and English perspectives integrated throughout the text to ensure
maximum relevance and encourage students tomake comparative assessments;• Carefully selected extracts from primaryand secondary sources that build a clear pictureof the field, as well as expert analytical commentaries and questions that set these extracts incontext.

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Argren, R., & Jonsson, J.
(Eds.). (2023). Child
Rights in Humanitarian
Crisis : Improving Action
and Response. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032034775

Offering a unique comparison between thecivil law and common law perspective, this revisedand updated edition will be a key resource forstudents in private international law and conflictof law courses. Conflict of Laws: A Comparative
Approach will also help to train lawyers who not
only know the law of their own jurisdiction, butalso need to have an understanding of the key
differences between models, in order to be able
to interact successfully with clients from otherjurisdictions.
ET341.9/Cu460

This book demonstrates how a focus onchildren’s rights can help practitioners to safeguard children during humanitarian crisis.
Child Rights in Humanitarian Crisis focuseson understanding and advancing child rights
through practical applications of a childrights perspective in crisis response. The bookestablishes that with accessible, child-friendly
participatory means, crisis response can improvefrom a child rights perspective and even advancechildren’s rights whilst also supporting andfurthering the development of a child’s agency.
The volume presents the reader with a clear
focus on children from a range of backgrounds,
including those most marginalised, such as
children with disabilities. Drawing on expertisefrom the field as well as academia, and providing
practical examples which link case studies tolegal policies in recent and protracted humanitarian responses, such as in Turkey and at the
Lithuania–Belarus border, this book is a treasure
trove of advice from some of the humanitarianand development sector’s most experienced
professionals.
Combining insights from both research andpractice, this book will be an essential read forhumanitarian students and practitioners.
ET342.726-053.2/Ch580

Helfgott, J.B. (2023).
Copycat Crime : How
Media, Technology, andDigital Culture Inspire
Criminal Behavior andViolence. Bloomsbury
Academic.
ISBN 9781440864209

Details the new phenomena of copycat
crime inspired by technology and the hyperreality fueled in some people by digital culture andvideo games.
Across her 30-year career in criminology,
author Jacqueline Helfgott has watched with
fascination and fear as the world has shifted froma place where one-dimensional televised news
each evening and newspapers bought eachmorning provided the only information on crimes
and killings. Now, nonstop, instant global news
coverage on 24-hour television and the internet
enables people to see and replay not only
crime, violence, terrorism, and murder coverage
provided by journalists in real time, but also
Facebook and YouTube feeds filmed by the criminals themselves while perpetrating the crimes.
In this riveting text about the consequencesof our technical, digital, and cultural changes,
Helfgott focuses on how these advances areperpetuating this era’s new and more massively
deadly acts. The book intertwines vignettes fromcurrent events, perpetrator statements, police
reports, and current research to show how copycat
crimes are linked to media, technology, and our
digital culture. Concluding with recommendations
to reduce the criminogenic effects of media, technology, and digital culture, this book also includes
an appendix listing technology – and media-influenced copycat crimes.
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Mak, S., & Kas, B. (Eds.).
(2023). Civil Courts andthe European Polity : The
Constitutional Role ofPrivate Law Adjudicationin Europe.
Hart Publishing.
ISBN 9781509941674

The chapters collected in this book explore
the place and role of judge-made private law in an
emerging European polity.
Examining case-law from the perspectiveof different theories and viewpoints, scholars andjudges assess and reflect on the role of judges
in civil cases for polity-building in Europe. The
chapters thus present a kaleidoscopic view on the
dynamics of private law adjudication against a
European backdrop.
The book aims to add a private legal
perspective to existing discourses in European
constitutional law on Europe’s political constellation. It aspires to enrich two debates – the firston the influence of fundamental rights in private
legal relations, and the second on the constitutional dimension of European private law. The
contributions are placed within a framework offive sub-categories or dimensions of judge-madeEuropean private law: politics of European private
law adjudication, rights, remedies, representation
and reflections of judges on specific cases.
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Stevens, Y. (2022). EU
Pension Law. Edward
Elgar Publishing.
ISBN 9781839101793

This timely book provides a comprehensive
overview of European pension law with a dual
purpose: both to introduce the legal aspects ofdifferent forms of pension at the European level,
as well as to explore the main legal policy issues.
Throughout the book, the three main typesof pension – state pension, occupational pension
and personal pension – are examined, together
with the issues of financing, institutions, solvency,
stakeholders, and rights and duties. The booktherefore provides a nuanced guide to the field,
going beyond merely a paraphrase of European
law or the case law of the European Court ofJustice. Yves Stevens also outlines the main principles of European pension law, reflecting on themfrom historical, sociological and teleological pointsof view. The constant interaction between law,economics and social policy is the reference point
for the legal debates at the heart of this book.
Offering a unique insight into how theEuropean bodies work to bring about pension
legislation, EU Pension Law will be a key resource
for scholars and students in the fields of financial
regulation and economics, European law, finance
law and social security law.
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Valodas filozofija

Apdraudētās valodas. Valodu atdzimšanaO

Valodniecība

Stalmaszczyk, P. (Ed.).
(2024). The Cambridge
Handbook of thePhilosophy of Language.
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781108729307

The philosophy of language is central tothe concerns of those working across semantics, pragmatics and cognition, as well as thephilosophy of mind and ideas. Bringing together
an international team of leading scholars, thishandbook provides a comprehensive guide tocontemporary investigations into the relationshipbetween language, philosophy, and linguistics.
Chapters are grouped into thematic areas andcover a wide range of topics, from key philosophical notions, such as meaning, truth, reference,names and propositions, to characteristics ofthe most recent research in the field, including
logicality of language, vagueness in natural
language, value judgments, slurs, deception,
proximization in discourse, argumentation theory
and linguistic relativity. It also includes chaptersthat explore selected linguistic theories and theirphilosophical implications, providing a muchneeded interdisciplinary perspective. Showcasing
the cutting-edge in research in the field, thisbook is essential reading for philosophers interested in language and linguistics, and linguists
interested in philosophical analyses.
• Introduces the main issues in contemporary philosophy of language and linguistics;• Offers an interdisciplinary perspective,
and shows how research in different disciplines
can interact;46

Derhemi, E., &Moseley, C. (Eds.). (2023).
Endangered Languages
in the 21st Century.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032196749• Provides examples of research in contemporary semantics and pragmatics as well as examples of how philosophical theories are applied to
linguistic concepts.
SH81:1/Ca287

Endangered Languages in the 21st Century
provides research on endangered languages in
the contemporary world, the challenges still to be
faced, the work still to be done, and the methods
and practices that have come to characterize
efforts to revive and maintain disadvantaged
indigenous languages around the world.
With contributions from scholars across thefield, the book brings fresh data and insights tothis imperative, but still relatively young, field of
linguistics. While the studies acknowledge thethreat of losing languages in an unprecedented
way, they focus on cases that show resilienceand explore paths to sustainable progress. The
articles are also intended as a celebration of the
25 years’ work of the Foundation for Endangered
Languages, and as a parting gift to FEL’s founderand quarter-century chair, Nick Ostler.
This book will be informative forresearchers, instructors, and specialists in thefield of endangered languages. The book canalso be useful for university graduate or undergraduate students, and language activists.
SH81-2/En160
Taylor & Francis Group OA

Hinton, L., Huss, L.,& Roche, G. (Eds.).
(2022). The Routledge
Handbook of Language
Revitalization.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032401973

The Routledge Handbook of Language
Revitalization is the first comprehensive overview
of the language revitalization movement, fromthe Arctic to the Amazon and across continents.
Featuring 47 contributions from a global range of
top scholars in the field, the handbook is divided
into two parts, the first of which expands on
language revitalization issues of theory and practice while the second covers regional perspectives
in an effort to globalize and decolonize the field.
The collection examines critical issues in language
revitalization, including:• Language rights, language and well-being,
and language policy;• Language in educational institutions andin the home;• New methodologies and venues forlanguage learning;• The roles of documentation, literacies, andthe internet.
The volume also contains chapters on thekinds of language that are less often researchedsuch as the revitalization of music, of whistled languages and sign languages, and how
languages change when they are being revitalized.
The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalizationis the ideal resource for graduate students andresearchers working in linguistic anthropology andlanguage revitalization and endangerment.
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Ekolingvistika

Vispārīgā valodniecība

Fill, A.F., & Penz, H.
(Eds.). (2022). The
Routledge Handbook of
Ecolinguistics. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032402123

Valodniecība

The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics
is the first comprehensive exploration into thefield of ecolinguistics, also known as language
ecology. Organized into three sections that treat
the different topic areas of ecolinguistics, theHandbook begins with chapters on language
diversity, language minorities and language
endangerment, with authors providing insight into
the link between the loss of languages and theloss of species. It continues with an overview of
the role of language and discourse in describing,concealing, and helping to solve environmental
problems. With discussions on new orientations
and topics for further exploration in the field,
chapters in the last section show ecolinguistics
as a pacesetter into a new scientific age. This
Handbook is an excellent resource for students
and researchers interested in language and theenvironment, language contact, and beyond.
SH81:5/Ro852
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Psiholongvistika

Waugh, L.R., MonvilleBurston, M., &Joseph, J.E. (Eds.). (2023).
The Cambridge History of
Linguistics. Cambridge
University Press.
ISBN 9780521849906

Dijkstra, T., & Peeters, D.
(2023). The New
Psychology of Language :From Body to Mental
Model and Back.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032353036

The establishment of language as a focus ofstudy took place over many centuries, and reflection on its nature emerged in relation to very
different social and cultural practices. Written by ateam of leading scholars, this volume provides anauthoritative, chronological account of the historyof the study of language from ancient times tothe end of the 20th century (i.e., ‘recent history’,when modern linguistics greatly expanded).
Comprised of 29 chapters, it is split into 3 parts,
each with an introduction covering the larger
context of interest in language, especially thedifferent philosophical, religious, and/or politicalconcerns and socio-cultural practices of the times.
At the end of the volume, there is a combined
list of all references cited and a comprehensive
index of topics, languages, major figures, etc.
Comprehensive in its scope, it is an essential reference for researchers, teachers and students alikein linguistics and related disciplines.
• Chronologically covers the history of
linguistics from ancient times and places to theend of the 20th century by including selected
topics from specific periods of time;• Provides a comprehensive overview
of how thinking about language has evolved,
including during the ‘recent past’ (1960-2000);• Includes introductions to each part, tosituate work in linguistics in the context of thetimes.
SH81’1/Ca568

This illuminating book offers an up-to-date
introduction to the psychology of language,
exploring aspects of language processing thathave previously not been given centre stage suchas the role of body and brain, social aspects oflanguage use, and mental models.
The New Psychology of Language presents
an overarching theoretical account called theLanguage User Framework for discussing a wide
variety of core language activities. How do weunderstand speech in conversations? How do weread books? How do we convert our thoughts into
bodily signals (speech, gestures, facial expressions) when we speak? What happens in the mind
and brain when we have mastered two or morelanguages? All these aspects of language use are
discussed at the level of words and sentences, aswell as text and discourse. Language is considered as an embodied, embedded, incremental
cognitive activity aiming at the construction
and communication of rich and dynamic mental
models. Discussion boxes highlight controversies
in the field; case studies and practical exercises
provide insight into everyday examples; illustrations represent important models of language
processing; and key findings come along withclear and concise chapter summaries. Special
attention is paid to research techniques for investigating the psychology of language.

This accessible book is essential reading
for students in disciplines such as psychology,
cognitive science and neuroscience, artificial
intelligence, biology, the language and communication sciences, and media studies. It is also a
useful resource for a lay audience with an interestin language and communication.
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Tulkošana

Sintakse

Valodniecība

Federici, E., &Santaemilia, J.
(Eds.). (2022). New
Perspectives on Genderand Translation : New
Voices for Transnational
Dialogues. Routledge.
ISBN 9781032119649

This collection expands the body of researchon the intersection of gender and translation tohighlight perspectives across different countries
in Europe, showcasing developments in the fieldfrom its origins in the emergence of feminist
translation in Quebec over the last thirty years.
Building off seminal work on feminist
translation by scholars in Canada in the 1980s
and 1990s, the book explores the evolution of
the discipline in shifting translation practices andresearch across a range of European countries,
with a focus on underrepresented areas such as
Malta, Serbia, and Poland. The different chapters
examine key developments such as the criticalreframing of gender and identity, the viewing of
historical translation activity by women throughthe lens of ideological and political motivations,and the analysis of socio-political contexts
where feminist or gender-inspired translation
has impacted translators’ practices. The volume
looks concurrently at the European context andbeyond it, putting the spotlight on new voices intranslation and gender research in the region but
also encouraging transnational dialogues on key
issues in the discipline, pushing the field further
into new directions.
This book will be of particular interest to
scholars in translation studies, gender studies, andEuropean literature.
SH81’25/Ne930
48

Sociolongvistika

Motschenbacher, H.
(2022). Linguistic
Dimensions of Sexual
Normativity : CorpusBased Evidence.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032040226

Goodall, G. (Ed.). (2024).
The Cambridge Handbookof Experimental Syntax.
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781108465496

Experimental syntax is an area that is
rapidly growing as linguistic research becomesincreasingly focused on replicable language data,in both fieldwork and laboratory environments.
The first of its kind, this handbook provides anin-depth overview of current issues and trends
in this field, with contributions from leadinginternational scholars. It pays special attention
to sentence acceptability experiments, outlining
current best practices in conducting tests, andpointing out promising new avenues for future
research. Separate sections review research
results from the past 20 years, covering specificsyntactic phenomena and language types. The
handbook also outlines other common psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic methods for studying
syntax, comparing and contrasting them withacceptability experiments, and giving usefulperspectives on the interplay between theoreticaland experimental linguistics. Providing an up-todate reference on this exciting field, it is essential
reading for students and researchers in linguistics
interested in using experimental methods to
conduct syntactic research.
• Reviews what has been accomplished so
far in experimental syntax, with sections covering
syntactic phenomena and language types;• Makes experimental syntax accessible
to readers without prior training in performing
experiments;• Provides a thoughtful perspective on
future directions for syntactic research.
SH81’367/Ca287

This book advances the theorization of
normativity as a key concept in language andsexuality studies, bringing together some of theauthor’s previous work with new material for
a comprehensive exploration of the influenceof normativity on the relationship between
language and sexuality.
The first section of the book outlines fundamental areas of inquiry in language and sexuality
studies today, with a focus on queer linguistic
inquiry, and elucidates the book’s theoreticalframeworks around normativity. Chapters in thesection reflect on the ways in which normativity
shapes sexuality-related language, how language
is employed to convey sexual normativities andqueer linguistic challenges for the use of researchmethods in the discipline through a discussionof their implementation in corpus linguistics.
The second part of the book builds on these
theoretical foundations by featuring seven casestudies that illustrate a diverse range of methods
and language data, with a concluding chapter
considering the implications of their findings forfurthering theoretical debates and future research
on normativity in language and sexuality studies.
This volume will be of interest to scholars
in language and sexuality, language and gender,sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, applied
linguistics and corpus linguistics.
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Montrul, S., &Polinsky, M. (Eds.).
(2024). The Cambridge
Handbook of Heritage
Languages and
Linguistics. Cambridge
University Press.
ISBN 9781108719995

Frank, M. (2023). Sprache
im Spannungsfeld vonNation und Demokratie :Lettlands Sprachenpolitik
seit Wiedererlangung
der Unabhängigkeit.
Harrassowitz Verlag.
ISBN 9783447120678

Heritage languages are minority languages
learned in a bilingual environment. These include
immigrant languages, aboriginal or indigenous
languages and historical minority languages.
In the last two decades, heritage languages
have become central to many areas of linguistic
research, from bilingual language acquisition,
education and language policies, to theoreticallinguistics. Bringing together contributions froma team of internationally renowned experts, thisHandbook provides a state-of-the-art overview
of this emerging area of study from a numberof different perspectives, ranging from theoretical linguistics to language education andpedagogy. Presenting comprehensive data on
heritage languages from around the world, it
covers issues ranging from individual aspects ofheritage language knowledge to broader societal, educational, and policy concerns in local,
global and international contexts. Surveying themost current issues and trends in this exciting
field, it is essential reading for graduate students
and researchers, as well as language practitioners and other language professionals.
• Provides examples of inter-disciplinary
and multi-disciplinary approaches to heritage
languages;• Introduces current theoretical andpractical issues in heritage languages using

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ordinary-language explanations and examples
throughout;• Combines global coverage of heritage
languages with an in-depth investigation of
linguistic and educational approaches to theselanguages.
SH81’27/Ca287

Ausgangspunkt der Arbeit ist die Fragenach dem Verhältnis von Demokratie und
Nationalismus in der Sprachenpolitik seit Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion. In diesem Politikfeld
wurden wichtige Schlüsselentscheidungen der
postsowjetischen Transformation getroffen,
die den Umgang mit den russischsprachigen
Minderheiten in den jungen Staaten betrafen.
Die Bedeutung der Sprachenpolitik für die politische Transformation wird zunächst anhand vier
Länder mit großen russischsprachigen Minderheiten – Estland, Lettland, Moldau und Ukraine– herausgearbeitet. Im Anschluss wird in einer
Tiefenanalyse des lettischen Falls geprüft, ob Kriterien für eine Vereinbarkeit von Nationalismus
und Demokratisierung in Lettlands Sprachenpolitik seit Wiedererlangung der Unabhängigkeit
gegeben waren. Auf Grundlage der Auswertungeines umfangreichen Korpus originalsprachlicher Primärquellen wurden die politischen
Meinungsbildungs – und Entscheidungsprozesse
im Feld der Sprachenpolitik herausgearbeitet
und analysiert. Melanie Frank zeigt auf, inwiefern
die Kriterien für eine Vereinbarkeit von Demokratisierung und Nationalismus nicht erfüllt
wurden und in der lettischen Sprachenpolitik
demokratische Anforderungen hinter den Zielen
einer nationalisierenden Politik zurückstanden.
Die Arbeit schließt mit einer Einordnung der Er-

gebnisse vor dem Hintergrund zweier Ereignisse,
die in Verbindung mit der Sprachensituation
und einem geringen Vertrauen der Bevölkerung
in die politischen Institutionen eine besondere
Herausforderung für die lettische Demokratie
darstellten: die Corona-Pandemie, die im März
des Jahres 2020 Lettland erreichte, und derrussische Angriff auf die Ukraine am 24. Februar
des Jahres 2022.
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Kultūras vēsture. Arhīvistika

Biogrāfijas

Vēsture. Arheoloģija

Sternhell, Y.A. (2023).
War on Record : The
Archive and the Afterlifeof the Civil War. Yale
University Press.
ISBN 9780300234145

The Civil War generated a vast archive ofofficial records – documents that would shape
the post-war era and determine what future
generations would know about the war. Yael
Sternhell traces these records from their creation
during wartime through their deployment in ahost of post-war battles, including those between
the federal government and Southerners seeking
reparations and between veterans blaming eachother for defeat.
These documents were eventually
published in the most important historical collection ever to have been assembled in the UnitedStates: The War of the Rebellion: The Official Recordsof the Union and the Confederate Armies. Knownas the OR, it is the ultimate source for generationsof scholars and writers and ordinary citizens
researching the war. By delving into the archive,
Sternhell reveals its power to shape myths, hide
truths, perpetuate rancour, and foster reconciliation. Far more than a storehouse of papers, theCivil War archive is a major historical actor in its
own right.
SH930.85/St377

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Pilsētu vēsture

Earenfight, T. (2021).
Catherine of Aragon :Infanta of Spain, Queen ofEngland.
The Pennsylvania State
University Press.
ISBN 9780271091648

Catherine of Aragon is an elusive subject.
Despite her status as a Spanish infanta, Princess ofWales, and Queen of England, few of her personal
letters have survived, and she is obscured in thecontemporary royal histories. In this evocative
biography, Theresa Earenfight presents an
intimate and engaging portrait of Catherine told
through the objects that she left behind.
A pair of shoes, a painting, a rosary, afur-trimmed baby blanket – each of these things
took meaning from the ways Catherine experienced and perceived them. Through an examination of the inventories listing the few possessions
Catherine owned at her death, Earenfight follows
the arc of Catherine’s life: first as a coddled childin Castile, then as a young adult alone in England
after the death of her first husband, a devoted
wife and doting mother, a patron of the arts andof universities, and, finally, a dear friend to thewomen and men who stood by her after Henry
VIII set her aside in favor of another woman.
Based on traces and fragments, these portraits
of Catherine are interpretations of a life lived five
centuries ago. Earenfight creates a compelling
picture of a multifaceted, intelligent woman anda queen of England. Engagingly written, thiscultural and emotional biography of Catherine
brings us closer to understanding her life fromher own perspective.
SH94(410)(092)/Ea750

Viduslaiki

Cockett, R. (2023).
Vienna : How the City of
Ideas Created the Modern
World. Yale University
Press.
ISBN 9780300266535

Crouch, D., & Deploige, J.
(Eds.). (2020).
Knighthood and Society
in the High Middle Ages.
Leuven University Press.
ISBN 9789462701700

How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West’s intellectual andcultural achievements in the twentieth century?
Viennese ideas saturate the modern world.
From California architecture to Hollywood
Westerns, modern advertising to shopping
malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery,
nuclear fission to fitted kitchens – every aspectof our history, science, and culture is in some way
shaped by Vienna.
The city of Freud, Wittgenstein, Mahler, andKlimt was the melting pot at the heart of a vast
metropolitan empire. But with the Second World
War and the rise of fascism, the dazzling coteriesof thinkers who squabbled, debated, and called
Vienna home dispersed across the world, where
their ideas continued to have profound impact.
Richard Cockett gives us the entirety of thisextraordinary story. Tracing Vienna’s rich intellectual history from psychoanalysis to Reaganomics,
Cockett encompasses everything from thecommunist rebels of Red Vienna to the neoliberal
economists of the Austrian School. This is the
panoramic account of how one city made themodern world – and how we all remain inescapably Viennese.
SH94(100)P/Co064

In popular imagination few phenomena
are as strongly associated with medieval society
as knighthood and chivalry. At the same time,and due to a long tradition of differing national
perspectives and ideological assumptions, few
phenomena have continued to be the object ofso much academic debate. In this volume leading
scholars explore various aspects of knightly identity, taking into account both commonalities andparticularities across Western Europe. Knighthoodand Society in the High Middle Ages addresses how,between the eleventh and the early thirteenth
centuries, knighthood evolved from a set of skills
and a lifestyle that was typical of an emerging
elite habitus, into the basis of a consciously
expressed and idealised chivalric code of conduct.
Chivalry, then, appears in this volume as the resultof a process of noble identity formation, in whichsome five key factors are distinguished: knightly
practices, lineage, crusading memories, genderroles, and chivalric didactics.
SH94(4)”04/14”/Kn475
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Otrais pasaules karš

Vēsture. Arheoloģija

West, C. (2023). The Fallof a Carolingian Kingdom.
University of Toronto
Press.
ISBN 9781487545161

The Fall of a Carolingian Kingdom investigates how the first royal divorce scandal led tothe collapse of a kingdom, changing the fate ofmedieval Europe. Through a set of annotatedtranslations of key contemporary sources, thebook presents the downfall of the Frankish
kingdom of Lotharingia as a case study in early
medieval politics, equipping readers to develop
their own independent interpretations.
The book tracks the twists and turns of thescandal as it unfolded over a crucial decade anda half in the ninth century. Drawing on primarysources such as letters, material culture, andsecret treaties, The Fall of a Carolingian Kingdom
offers readers a sharply defined window into oneof the most dramatic episodes in Carolingian
history, rich with insights on the workings of early
medieval society.
SH94(44)/We820

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Maiorov, A.V., &Hautal, R. (Eds.). (2021).
The Routledge Handbookof the Mongols andCentral-Eastern Europe :Political, Economic,
and Cultural Relations.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032044231

The Routledge Handbook of the Mongols
and Central-Eastern Europe offers a comprehensive overview of the Mongols’ military, political,
socio-economic and cultural relations with Central
and Eastern European nations between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries.
The Mongol Empire was the largest
contiguous land empire in history, and one which
contributed to the establishment of political,
commercial and cultural contacts between all
Eurasian regions. The Golden Horde, foundedin Eastern Europe by Chinggis Khan’s grandson,
Batu, in the thirteenth century, was the dominant
power in the region. For two hundred years, all of
the countries and peoples of Central and Eastern
Europe had to reckon with a powerful centralizedstate with enormous military potential. Somechose to submit to the Mongols whilst others
defended their independence, but none could
avoid the influence of this powerful empire. In
this book, twenty-five chapters examine thiscrucial period in Central-Eastern European history,
including trade, confrontation, and cultural andreligious exchange between the Mongols andtheir neighbours.
SH94(4)”04/14”/Ru852

Eaton, N. (2023). German
Blood, Slavic Soil : How
Nazi Königsberg Became
Soviet Stalingrad. Cornell
University Press.
ISBN 9781501767364

German Blood, Slavic Soil reveals how Nazi
Germany and the Soviet Union, twentieth-century
Europe’s two most violent revolutionary regimes,
transformed a single city and the people who
lived there. During World War II, this single city
became an epicentre in the apocalyptic battle
between their two regimes.
Drawing on sources and perspectives fromboth sides, Nicole Eaton explores not only what
Germans and Soviets thought about each other,
but also how the war brought them together. She
details an intricate timeline, first describing how
Königsberg, a seven-hundred-year-old German
port city on the Baltic Sea and lifelong home of
Immanuel Kant, became infamous in the 1930s as
the easternmost bastion of Hitler’s Third Reich andthe launching point for the Nazis’ genocidal war
in the East. She then describes how, after being
destroyed by bombing and siege warfare in 1945,
Königsberg became Kaliningrad, the westernmost city of Stalin’s Soviet Union. Königsberg/
Kaliningrad is the only city to have been ruledby both Hitler and Stalin as their own – in both
wartime occupation and as integral territory of
the two regimes.
German Blood, Slavic Soil presents an intimate look into the Nazi-Soviet encounter during
World War II. Eaton impressively shows how this
outpost city, far from the centres of power in

Moscow and Berlin, became a closed-off space
where Nazis and Stalinists each staged radical
experiments in societal transformation and wereforced to reimagine their utopias in dialogue withthe encounter between the victims and proponents of the two regimes.
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Piehler, G.K., & Grant, J.A.
(Eds.). (2023). The Oxford
Handbook of World War II.
Oxford University Press.
ISBN 9780199341795

World War II left virtually no nation or
corner of the world untouched, dramaticallytransforming human life and society. It prompted
the unprecedented mobilization of whole societies and witnessed a scale of state-sanctioned
violence that staggers the imagination, with morethan 100 million casualties. The war resulted in analmost complete collapse of any norms geared
toward avoiding the unnecessary loss of civilian
life and shaped the worldview and psyches ofgenerations. The Oxford Handbook of World War II
broadens traditional narratives of the war and in
the process changes our understanding of thisepic conflict.
Organized both chronologically andthematically and with particular attention to thepre – and post-war eras, the Handbook revises
and extends existing scholarship. With chapterson the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, the land
war in Western Europe, the Battle of Britain, theimpact of war on the major combatants (GreatBritain, France, the United States, Japan, andChina), the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, thedecision to use the atomic bomb in 1945, and thecultural responses to the war, the chapters spanmuch of the twentieth century. They suggest
areas of scholarly consensus, identify interpretative clashes, and propose agendas for further
scholarly investigation, with an emphasis on

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Nowak, A. (2023). Violent
Space : The Jewish Ghettoin Warsaw. Indiana
University Press.
ISBN 9780253067432

interdisciplinary inquiry. For example, the endof the Cold War had a profound impact on theway World War II was understood. Many formerly
closed records in the former Soviet Union and
China were opened to scholars, facilitating amore complex view of the Soviet war effort andsuggesting that Stalin’s army did not simply
triumph by overwhelming German forces withsheer numbers but mastered the demands of avast and logistically demanding front.
In conceptualizing the volume, editors
Kurt Piehler and Jonathan Grant also sought
out contributions on lesser known aspects of
the war, such as the Bengal famine in India, thetreatment of prisoners of war, the role of Middle
Eastern nations, and the activities of non-governmental organizations in ameliorating suffering.
Spanning the rise and fall of the Versailles system
to the postwar reintegration of veterans and theeventual commemoration of the conflict andits victims, The Oxford Handbook of World War II
marks a landmark contribution to the historicalliterature of war.
SH94(100)”1939/1945”/Ox210

For Nazi Germany, the ghetto was a conceptual tool used to facilitate social and politicalexclusion and further their anti-Jewish campaign.
For the Jews who lived in them, the ghettos
became the centre of their lives – even though
they were also sites of immense suffering.
Combining thorough historical researchwith an interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between space and violence, Violent Space
provides a unique insight into the history and thesocio-spatial topography of the Jewish ghetto
in German-occupied Warsaw (1939-1943). Usingrare archival materials and first-hand accounts,
many of which have never been translated into
English, Anja Nowak traces out the trauma thatthe space of the ghetto inflicted on its Jewish
inhabitants, and how it alienated, disoriented,
and harmed them.
While the physical ghetto – its buildings,
boundaries, and street – has been reabsorbed andredefined by modern-day Warsaw’s urban structure, Violent Space shows us that its presence still
lingers in the narratives of those who were forced
into this first phase of the Holocaust.
SH94(=411.16)”1939/1945”/No920

Ulrich, B., Fuhrmeister, C.,
Hettling, M., &Kruse, W. (2019).
Volksbund Deutsche
Kriegsgräberfürsorge :Entwicklungslinien und
Probleme.
BeBra Wissenschaft.
ISBN 9783954102549

Der Band bietet erstmals eine fundierte Geschichte der Gefallenengräber und desKriegstotengedenkens in Deutschland. Als private
Organisation mit staatlichem Auftrag hat derVolksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge seit
seiner Gründung im Dezember 1919 an der Errichtung und Pflege deutscher Kriegsgräberstätten
im In – und Ausland entscheidenden Anteil. Er
erweist sich dabei immer wieder als Indikator und
als gestaltender Faktor. Die Darstellung fasst die
Ergebnisse eines unabhängigen, wissenschaftlichen Forschungsprojekts zusammen, das durch
den Volksbund in Auftrag gegeben wurde. Sie
präsentiert einen detaillierten und konzisenÜberblick über die Entwicklungen und Probleme
einer Institutionsgeschichte im politischen underinnerungskulturellen Kontext. Dabei analysiert sie insbesondere die kulturellen Normen,
weltanschaulichen Überzeugungen und die
politischen Ziele der Erinnerungskultur in ihrer
Verschränkung.
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McDonough, F. (2023).
The Weimar Years : Riseand Fall, 1918-1933.
Head of Zeus.
ISBN 9781803284781

Established in 1918, in the wake ofGermany’s catastrophic defeat in the First World
War and the revolution that followed swiftly on
its heels, the Weimar Republic ushered in widespread social reform, a radical cultural floweringand the most democratic conditions the German
people had ever known.
At its beginning, Weimar held out thehope that democracy, stability and prosperity
would take root in Germany, but it was beset
by frequent changes of government, waves of
economic upheaval and spasms of violence ofincreasing intensity between the forces of left andright. Agitation and assassination by right-wing
nationalists enraged by the severity of the Treatyof Versailles and the acceptance of its terms byliberal German politicians formed a threatening
descant to the conciliatory efforts of successive
coalition governments. Ultimately, the instabilities of Weimar would lead to the appointment as
German Chancellor of the Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler,
who created a one-party dictatorship that abandoned the rule of law, democracy and civil rights.
In the words of Gustav Stresemann, Germany’s
Nobel Peace Prize-winning Foreign Minister from
1923 to 1929, Weimar democracy was dancing on
a volcano.
The Weimar Years is a vivid and compelling narrative of a dramatic period in German

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history. Year by year, from 1918 to 1933, Frank
McDonough covers the major events in both
domestic and foreign policy and the personalities
who shaped them, together with developments
in music, art, theatre and literature. McDonoughplaces particular focus on the parliamentary
history of Weimar, arguing that it was the failureof parliamentary democracy to bring stability thateroded public confidence and allowed the powerof the elected Reichstag to gradually diminish,
culminating in Hitler’s accession to power inJanuary 1933.
SH94(430)”18/19”/Mc001

Pomerantsev, I., &Tolstoy, I. (Eds.). (2023).
Driven by War : Witnessesof the Ukrainian Tragedy= Гонимые войной :Cвидетели украинской
трагедии. Радио
Свобода.
ISBN 9788090677975

Borodziej, W. et al. (Ed.).
(2023). The Routledge
History Handbook ofCentral and Eastern
Europe in the TwentiethCentury : Challengesof Modernity (vol. 1).
Routledge.
ISBN 9780367510862

From the Foreword: “The Russian-Ukrainian
war has radically altered the content of RadioFree Europe/ Radio Liberty’s Russian language
broadcasts. [...] The individuals featured on
Humanitarian Corridor share their experiences ofliving under occupation, fleeing and settling in
a foreign land. This book contains the dramaticstories and confessions of many people. They
speak not just about themselves, but on behalfof millions of Ukrainians who were forced toleave their homeland – and whose presence hasaltered the ethnic landscape of several European
countries, affected the development of UkrainianStudies in Western universities, and led to a revision of Ukrainian history and culture”.*
SH94(477)/Dr513

Challenges of Modernity offers a broad
account of the social and economic history ofCentral and Eastern Europe in the twentiethcentury and asks critical questions about thestructure and experience of modernity indifferent contexts and periods.
This volume focuses on central questions
such as: How did the various aspects of modernity manifest themselves in the region, and what
were their limits? How was the multifaceted
transition from a mainly agrarian to an industrial
and post-industrial society experienced andperceived by historical subjects? Did Central
and Eastern Europe in fact approximate its
dream of modernity in the twentieth century
despite all the reversals, detours and third-way
visions? Structured chronologically and taking acomparative approach, a range of international
contributors combine a focus on the overarchingproblems of the region with a discussion of individual countries and societies, offering the reader
a comprehensive, nuanced survey of the socialand economic history of this complex region in
the recent past.
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Liberty mājas lapā.
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Borodziej, W. et al. (Ed.).
(2023). The Routledge
History Handbook ofCentral and Eastern
Europe in the TwentiethCentury : Statehood(vol. 2). Routledge.
ISBN 9780367518608

Borodziej, W. et al. (Ed.).
(2023). The Routledge
History Handbook ofCentral and Eastern
Europe in the TwentiethCentury : Intellectual
Horizons (vol. 3).
Routledge.
ISBN 9780367518639

Böhler, J. et al (Ed.).
(2023). The Routledge
History Handbook ofCentral and Eastern
Europe in the TwentiethCentury : Violence (vol. 4).
Routledge.
ISBN 9780367518646

Statehood examines the extending lines ofdevelopment of nation-state systems in Eastern
Europe, in particular considering why certain
tendencies in state development found a different
expression in this region compared to other partsof the continent.
This volume discusses the differences
between the social developments, political decisions, and historical experience that have influenced processes of state-building, with a focus
on the structural problems of the region and thedifferent paths taken to overcome them. The bookaddresses processes of building social orders andexamines the contribution of state institutions tosocial and cultural integration and disintegration.
It analyses institutional and personnel continuities
that have outlasted the great political changes of
the twentieth century and addresses the expansion of state activity in shaping property relations
in agriculture and industry as well as in social
security and family politics. Taking a comparative
approach based on experiential history, allowing
individual experience to be detached from
specific national references, the volume delineatesa transnational comparison of problems sharedwithin the region as they have been passed down
through history, providing definition to the specificity of Eastern Europe and situating the historicalexperience of the region within a pan-European
context.
SH94(4)/Ro852
54Intellectual Horizons offers a pioneering,transnational and comparative treatment of key
thematic areas in the intellectual and cultural
history of Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century.
For most of the twentieth century, Central
and Eastern European ideas and cultures constituted an integral part of wider European trends.
However, the intellectual and cultural history ofthis diverse region has rarely been incorporated
sufficiently into nominally comprehensive histories of Europe. This volume redresses this underrepresentation and provides a more balanced
perspective on the recent past of the continent
through original, critical overviews of themes
ranging from the social and conceptual history
of intellectuals and histories of political thought
and historiography, to literary, visual and religious
cultures, to perceptions and representations of
the region in the twentieth century. While structured thematically, individual contributions areorganized chronologically. They emphasize, where
relevant, generational experiences, agendas andaccomplishments, while taking into account the
sharp ruptures that characterize the period.
SH94(4)/Ro852

Violence analyzes both the violence exerted
on the societies of Central and Eastern Europe
during the twentieth century by belligerent
powers and authoritarian and/or totalitarianregimes and armed conflicts between ethnic,
social and national groups, as well as the interaction between these two phenomena.
Throughout the twentieth century, Central
and Eastern Europe was hit particularly hard bywar, violence and repression, with armed conflicts
in the Balkans at the start and end of the period
and two world wars in between. In the shadow ofthese full-scale wars, ethnic, social and national
conflicts were intensified, found new forms andwere violently played out. The interwar period
witnessed the emergence of authoritarian states
who enforced their claim to power throughcontinued violence against political opponents,
stigmatized ethnic, national and social groups,
and were themselves fought with subversive or
terrorist techniques. This volume focuses specifically on physical violence: war and civil war,
ethnic cleansing, systematic starvation policies,
deportations and expulsions, forced labour andprison camps, persecution by state security –such as intensive surveillance, which had anenormous impact on the lives of those it affected– and other forms of government oppression andmilitant resistance. Geographically, it considers

the western regions of Belarus and Ukraine assites of extreme violence that had a noticeable
impact on neighbouring Central and Eastern
European countries as well.
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Nowak, A. (2023). Die
Geschichte Polens :Bis 1202 : Woher wir
stammen (Bd. 1). Polska
Fundacja Humanistyczna
im. Wincentego
Kadłubka.
ISBN 9788375533781

Vēsture. Arheoloģija

Der erste Band der Geschichte Polens stellt
die faszinierende Zeit bis zum Jahr 1202 dar, alssich Polen als Staatsgebilde zu formen und stabilisieren begann. Wortgewaltig und Historischanspruchsvoll erzählt Andrzej Nowak von den
wichtigsten Ereignissen jener Epoche: der Taufe
Polens, dem faszinierenden Projekt eines gemeinsamen Europas unter Otto III. und Bolesław
Tapferen, der Rivalität zwischen dem Kaiserreichund dem jungen polnischen Staat oder dem
folgenreichen Konflikt zwischen dem polnischen
König und dem Krakauer Bischof im Jahr 1079.
SH94(438)/No920

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Nowak, A. (2023). Die
Geschichte Polens :1202-1340 : Von der
Zersplitterung zum
neuen Polen (Bd. 2).
Polska Fundacja
Humanistyczna im.
Wincentego Kadłubka.
ISBN 9788375533798

Der zweite Band der Geschichte Polens vonAndrzej Nowak führt den Leser durch die Epocheder sog. Zersplitterung als das Königreich Polenin verschiedene Teilgebiete zerfiel und vonuntereinander konkurrierenden Herzögen derheimischen Piasten-Dynastic beherrscht wurde.
Aus dieser unstabilen Zeit, die ein Jahrhundert
lang dauerte, ging Polen allerdings gestärkt
hervor und wurde durch die schier unglaublichen
Anstrengungen von Władysław Ellenlang 1320
wieder vereint. Sein Sohn, Kazimierz der Große,
sollte das Königreich Polen danach in den Rangder wichtigsten Monarchien Europas hieven
und den Weg zu jener Epoche ebnen, als Polenimperiale Macht zu einem der größten Länder
des Kontinents wurde und seine Bürger gleichzeitig mehr Freiheiten genossen als die Menschen
irgendwo sonst auf der Welt. Allerdings wurden
in der diesem Band beschriebenen Zeit auchdramatische Entscheidungen getroffen, die den
Lauf der Geschichte für immer verändern sollten– wie etwa 1226 als der polnische Herzog Konrad
von Masowien den Deutschen Orden nach Polenbrachte, womit eine Rivalität begann, die einige
Jahrhunderte lang dauern sollte.
SH94(438)/No920

Nowak, A. (2023). Die
Geschichte Polens : 13401468 : Das Königreichdes siegreichen Adlers(Bd. 3). Polska Fundacja
Humanistyczna im.
Wincentego Kadłubka.
ISBN 9788375533804

Nowak, A. (2023). Die
Geschichte Polens :1468–1572 : Das schwierige Goldene Jahrhundert(Bd. 4). Polska Fundacja
Humanistyczna im.
Wincentego Kadłubka.
ISBN 9788375533811

Der dritte Band der Geschichte Polens vonAndrzej Nowak ist eine Erzählung über einefaszinierende Epoche in der Geschichte Europas,
wobei Polen in den Rang der Hauptdarsteller
aufstieg. Die Monarchie der Jagiellonen das
Königreich des siegreichen Adlers, begann ein
einzigartiges Projekt der Union mit Litauen underreichte während der beinahe hundertjährigen
Herrschaft von Władysław II. Jagiełło und seinem
Sohn Kazimierz dem Jagiellonen außergewöhnlichen Wohlstand, Stabilität und politische Reife.
Nicht aufgrund von Schlachten oder brutalen
Kriegen, sondern durch Bereitschaft zum Dialog
und Kluge Diplomatie schufen die Könige
Władysław II. und Kazimierz IV. ein riesiges Land,das sich vom Schwarzen Meer bis zur Ostsee
erstreckte und an seinen Ostgrenzen fast bis
nach Moskau reichte. Bleichzeitig erlangte Polenim Jahr 1410 einen seiner größten militärischen
Erfolge, als die macht der Deutschritter bei Tannenberg vernichtend und endgültig geschlagenwurde. Auch heute noch, mehr als 600 Jahre
später, sagen Historiker, dass diese Schlacht den
Lauf der Weltgeschichte für immer verändert hat.
Am beeindruckendsten sind jedoch vielleicht
die geistigen Errungenschaften jener Zeit, denn
es soll daran erinnert werden, dass polnischeIntellektuelle bereits damals die erste Theorie
des Völkerrechts entwickelten und in Krakau die
zweite Universität nördlich der Alpen entstand.
SH94(438)/No920

Um vierten Band seiner Geschichte Polens
führt der renommierte Historiker und Universitätsprofessor Andrzej Nowak den Leserdurch den Zeitraum von 1468-1572, den er als“schwieriges Goldenes Jahrhundert“ bezeichnet.
In seiner Erzählung erreicht er jene Epoche, diein der polnischen Geschichte allgemein als die
herrlichste und imposanteste angesehen wird.
Die heimische Dynastie der Jagiellonen genießt
europaweites Ansehen und herrscht nicht nurüber Krakau und Vilnius, sondern auch überPrag und Buda. Der polnisch-litauische Staat,
die adelsdemokratische Rzeczpospolita, wird
immer starker und ihre Burger erfreuen sich an
zahlreichen Privilegien und dem stets wachsenden Wohlstand.
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Nowak, A. (2023). Die
Geschichte Polens : 15721632 : Das Imperium
der Rzeczpospolita(Bd. 5). Polska Fundacja
Humanistyczna im.
Wincentego Kadłubka.
ISBN 9788375533828

Vēsture. Arheoloģija

Im fünften Teil der Geschichte Polens
tritt die Rzeczpospolita in die Epoche der sog.
Wahlkönige ein und es wird der Zeitraum von1572 bis 1632 beschrieben als die Adelsrepublik
drei Mal ein Interregnum erlebte. Trotz intensiver Beeinflussungsversuchte aus dem Ausland
gelang es, jene Kandidaten zu wählen, die vonden Bürgern gewollt waren: Henri von Valois,
dessen Herrschaftszeit kurz war und schmachvoll
zu Ende ging, danach den mächtigen Feldherrn
und Bezwinger Moskaus, Stephen Báthory, sowie
schließlich Zygmunt III. Wasa aus Schweden,
der 45 Jahre lang regieren sollte und in dessen
Andern jagiellonisches Blut floss.
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Kiernan, B. (Ed.). (2023).
The Cambridge WorldHistory of Genocide :Genocide in the Ancient,
Medieval and Premodern
Worlds (vol. 1).
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781108493536

Kiernan, B. (Ed.). (2023).
The Cambridge WorldHistory of Genocide :Genocide in the
Indigenous, Early Modern
and Imperial Worlds(vol. 2). Cambridge
University Press.
ISBN 9781108486439

Volume I offers an introductory survey ofthe phenomenon of genocide. The first five chapters examine its major recurring themes, while
the further nineteen are specific case studies.
The combination of thematic and empiricalapproaches illuminates the origins and long
history of genocide, its causes, consistent characteristics, and the connections linking various
cases from earliest times to the early modern era.
The themes examined include the roles of racism,
the state, religion, gender prejudice, famine,and climate crises, as well as the role of humandecision-making in the causation of genocide.
The case studies cover events on four continents,
ranging from prehistoric Europe and the Andes
to ancient Israel, Mesopotamia, the early Greek
world, Rome, Carthage, and the Mediterranean. It
continues with the Norman Conquest of England’s
North, the Crusades, the Mongol Conquests,
medieval India and Viet Nam, and a panoramic
study of pre-modern China, as well as the Spanish
conquests of the Canary Islands, the Caribbean,
and Mexico.
SH94(100)/Ca287

Volume II documents and analyses genocide and extermination throughout the earlymodern and modern eras. It tracks their global
expansion as European and Asian imperialisms,
and Euroamerican settler colonialism, spread
across the globe before the Great War, forging
new frontiers and impacting Indigenous communities in Europe, Asia, North America, Africa, andAustralia. Twenty-five historians with expertise on
specific regions explore examples on five continents, providing comparisons of nine cases of
conventional imperialism with nineteen of settler
colonialism, and offering a substantial basis forassessing the various factors leading to genocide.
This volume also considers cases where genocide
did not occur, permitting a global considerationof the role of imperialism and settler-Indigenous
relations from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries. It ends with six pre-1918 cases
from Australia, China, the Middle East, Africa, andEurope that can be seen as ‘premonitions’ of the
major twentieth-century genocides in Europe
and Asia.
SH94(100)/Ca287

Kiernan, B. (Ed.). (2023).
The Cambridge WorldHistory of Genocide :Genocide in theContemporary Era, 19142020 (vol. 3). Cambridge
University Press.
ISBN 9781108487078

Volume III examines the most well-known
century of genocide, the twentieth century.
Opening with a discussion on the definitionsof genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing’ and theirrelationships to modernity, it continues with asurvey of the genocide studies field, racism andantisemitism. The four parts cover the impactsof Racism, Total War, Imperial Collapse, andRevolution; the crises of World War Two; the Cold
War; and Globalization. Twenty-eight scholars
with expertise in specific regions document
thirty genocides from 1918 to 2021, in Europe,
the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
The cases range from the Armenian Genocide
to Maoist China, from the Holocaust to Stalin’s
Ukraine, from Indonesia to Guatemala, Biafra,
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, andfinally the contemporary fate of the Rohingyas in
Myanmar and the ISIS slaughter of Yazidis in Iraq.
The volume ends with a chapter on the strategies
for genocide prevention moving forward.
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Winchcombe, R. (2023).
Encountering Early
America. Manchester
University Press.
ISBN 9781526171740

This is the first major study to comprehensively analyse English encounters with the New
World in the sixteenth century and their impact
on early English understandings of America
and changing approaches to exploration andsettlement. The book traces the dynamism ofearly English encounters with the Americas andthe many cultural influences that shaped English
understandings of the new lands across the
Atlantic. It illustrates that rather than being aperiod of inconsequential colonial failure in theAmericas, the sixteenth century was in fact an
era of assessment, adaptation and applicationthat culminated in the survival of the first AngloAmerican colony at Jamestown. Encountering
Early America will appeal to students and scholars
working on early English colonialism in North
America and European cultural encounters with
the New World.
SH94(7/8)/Wi638
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Meagher, T.J. (2023).
Becoming Irish American :The Making andRemaking of a People
from Roanoke to JFK. Yale
University Press.
ISBN 9780300126273

As millions of Irish immigrants and theirdescendants created community in the UnitedStates over the centuries, they neither remained
Irish nor simply became American. Instead, theycreated a culture and defined an identity that was
unique to their circumstances, a new people thatthey would continually reinvent: Irish Americans.
Historian Timothy J. Meagher traces
the Irish American experience from the first
Irishman to step ashore at Roanoke in 1585 toJohn F. Kennedy’s election as president in 1960.
As he chronicles how Irish American culture
evolved, Meagher looks at how various groups
adapted and thrived – Protestants and Catholics,
immigrants and American born, those locatedin different geographic corners of the country.
He describes how Irish Americans made a living,where they worshiped, and when they married,and how Irish American politicians foundparticular success, from ward bosses on thestreets of New York, Boston, and Chicago to thepresidency.
In this sweeping history, Meagher reveals
how the Irish American identity was forged, how
it has transformed, and how it has held lasting
influence on American culture.
SH94(73)/Me003© LNB Nozaru literatūras centrs, 2024

AsiaRes

Atkins, E.T. (2023).
A History of Popular
Culture in Japan : From
the Seventeenth Century
to the Present (2nd ed.).
Bloomsbury Academic.
ISBN 9781350195929

The phenomenon of ‘Cool Japan’ is one ofthe distinctive features of global popular cultureof the millennial age. A History of Popular Culture
in Japan provides the first historical and analytical
overview of popular culture in Japan from its
origins in the 17th century to the present day,using it to explore broader themes of conflict,
power and meaning in Japanese history.
E. Taylor Atkins shows how Japan was one of
the earliest sites for the development of mass-produced, market-oriented cultural products
consumed by urban middle and working classes.
From traditional monochrome ink painting, court
literature and poetry to anime, manga and J-Pop,
popular culture was pivotal in the rise of Japanesenationalism, imperialism, militarism and economic
development, and to the present day plays acentral role in Japanese identity.
With updated historiography throughout,this fully revised second edition features:• A new chapter on popular culture in the
Edo period;• An expanded section on pre-Tokugawa
culture;• More discussion on recent pop culture
phenomena such as TV game shows, cutenessand J-Pop;• A new glossary of terms including kanji.

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This improved edition is a vital resource forstudents of Japanese cultural history wishing togain a deeper understanding of Japan’s contributions to global cultural heritage.
BAPC316.7/At335

Robertson, J. (2018).
Robo Sapiens Japanicus :Robots, Gender, Family,
and the Japanese Nation.
University of California
Press.
ISBN 9780520283206

Min, P.G. (2021). Korean“Comfort Women” :Military Brothels,
Brutality, and the Redress
Movement. Rutgers
University Press.
ISBN 9781978814967

Japan is arguably the first postindustrial
society to embrace the prospect of human-robot
coexistence. Over the past decade, Japanesehumanoid robots designed for use in homes,
hospitals, offices, and schools have becomecelebrated in mass and social media throughout
the world. In Robo Sapiens Japanicus, Jennifer
Robertson casts a critical eye on press releases andpublic relations videos that misrepresent robots as
being as versatile and agile as their science fiction
counterparts. An ethnography and sociocultural
history of governmental and academic discourseof human-robot relations in Japan, this book
explores how actual robots – humanoids, androids,
and animaloids – are “imagineered” in ways thatreinforce the conventional sex/gender systemand political-economic status quo. In addition,
Robertson interrogates the notion of human
exceptionalism as she considers whether “civilrights” should be granted to robots. Similarly, shejuxtaposes how robots and robotic exoskeletons
reinforce a conception of the “normal” body with adeconstruction of the much-invoked Theory of the
Uncanny Valley.
BAPC316(520)/Ro033

Arguably the most brutal crime committed
by the Japanese military during the Asia-Pacific
war was the forced mobilization of 50,000 to
200,000 Asian women to military brothels to sexually serve Japanese soldiers. The majority of these
women died, unable to survive the ordeal. Thosesurvivors who came back home kept silent about
their brutal experiences for about fifty years. In
the late 1980s, the women’s movement in South
Korea helped start the redress movement for thevictims, encouraging many survivors to comeforward to tell what happened to them. With
these testimonies, the redress movement gained
strong support from the UN, the United States,and other Western countries.
Korean “Comfort Women” synthesizes theprevious major findings about Japanese militarysexual slavery and legal recommendations, andprovides new findings about the issues “comfort
women” faced for an English-language audience.
It also examines the transnational redress movement, revealing that the Japanese government
has tried to conceal the crime of sexual slavery
and to resolve the women’s human rights issue
with diplomacy and economic power.
BAPC94(519)/Mi590© LNB Nozaru literatūras centrs, 2024

Oh, C. (2023). K-Pop
Dance : Fandoming
Yourself on Social Media.
Routledge.
ISBN 9781032079424

AsiaResThis book is about K-pop dance and theevolution and presence of its dance fandom onsocial media.
Based on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, choreography, and participation-observation with 40 amateur and professional
K-pop dancers in New York, California, and Seoul,
the book traces the evolution of K-pop dance fromthe 1980s to the 2020s and explains its distinctive feature called ‘gestural point choreography’– front-driven, two-dimensional, decorative andcharming movements of the upper body and face
– as an example of what the author theorizes as‘social media dance.’ It also explores K-pop coverdance as a form of intercultural performance,suggesting that, by imitating and idolizing K-pop
dance, fans are eventually ‘fandoming’ themselves
and their bodies.
Presenting an ethnographic study of K-pop
dance and its fandom, this book will be a valuable
resource for students and scholars of Media
Studies, Korean Studies, Performance Studies, andDance.
BAPC793/Oh001

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Jin, D.Y. (2023).
Understanding Korean
Webtoon Culture :Transmedia Storytelling,
Digital Platforms,
and Genres. Harvard
University Press.
ISBN 9780674291324

Webtoons – a form of comic that are typically published digitally in chapter form – are thelatest manifestation of the Korean Wave of popular
culture that has increasingly caught on across theglobe, especially among youth. Originally distributed via the Internet, they are now increasingly
distributed through smartphones to ravenous
readers in Korea and around the world.
The rise of webtoons has fundamentally
altered the Korean cultural market due to thegrowth of transmedia storytelling – the flow of astory from the original text to various other media
platforms, such as films, television, and digital
games – and the convergence of cultural content
and digital technologies. Fans can enjoy thiscontent anytime and anywhere, either purely as
webtoons or as webtoon-based big-screen culture.
Understanding Korean Webtoon Culture
analyzes webtoons through the lens of emerging
digital cultures and discusses relevant cultural
perspectives by combining two different, yetconnected approaches, political economy andcultural studies. The book demonstrates the
dynamics between structural forces and textual
engagement in global media flows, and it illuminates snack-culture and binge-reading as two
new forms of digital culture that webtoon platforms capitalize on to capture people’s shifting
media consumption.
BAPC741/Ji510

Kiaer, J., & Kim, L. (2022).
Understanding Korean
Film : A Cross-Cultural
Perspective. Routledge.
ISBN 9780367546205

Film viewing presents a unique situationin which the film viewer is unwittingly placedin the role of a multimodal translator, finding
themselves entirely responsible for interpreting
multifaceted meanings at the mercy of their own
semiotic repertoire. Yet, researchers have madelittle attempt, as they have for literary texts, toexplain the gap in translation when it comes tomultimodality. It is no wonder then that, in an
era of informed consumerism, film viewers havebeen trying to develop their own toolboxes forthe tasks that they are faced with when viewing
foreign language films by sharing information
online. This is particularly the case with South
Korean film, which has drawn the interest offoreign viewers who want to understand these
untranslatable meanings and even go as far as
learning the Korean language to do so.
Understanding Korean Film: A Cross-Cultural
Perspective breaks this long-awaited ground by
explaining the meaning potential of a selection ofcommon Korean verbal and non-verbal expressions in a range of contexts in South Korean filmthat are often untranslatable for English-speaking
Western viewers. Through the selection of
expressions provided in the text, readers become
familiar with a system that can be extended moregenerally to understanding expressions in South
Korean films. Formal analyses are presented in

the form of in-depth discursive deconstructionsof verbal and non-verbal expressions within thecontext of South Korea’s Confucian traditions. Ourcase studies thus illustrate, in a more systematicway, how various meaning potentials can beinferred in particular narrative contexts.
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Kim, M., & Pyun, K.
(Eds). (2023). DressHistory of Korea : Critical
Perspectives on Primary
Sources. Bloomsbury
Visual Arts.
ISBN 9781350143371

AsiaRes

Bringing together a wealth of primarysources and with contributions from leading
experts, Dress History of Korea presents the mostrecent approaches to the interpretation of dress
and fashion of Korea. Through close analysis ofvisual, written, and material sources-some newly
excavated or recently re-discovered in global
museums-the book reveals how dress and adornment evolved from the period of state formation
to the modern era.
Authors with a range of academic and curatorial experience discuss the close relation of dress
and adornments to the socio-political and cultural
history of Korea and place the dress historyof Korea within broader contexts in studies offashion, material culture, museology, and costumedesign. As in other cultures, modern Korean
fashion owes many of its styles to historic dress
and this process of adaptation is explored withinhigh fashion and popular culture contexts in waysthat benefit historians, curators, and designers
alike. With key materials newly available to global
readers, Dress History of Korea is the indispensableguide to the study of Korean dress and fashion.
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Gendry-Kim, K.S. (2022).
Grass. Drawn andQuarterly.
ISBN 9781770463622

Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel,
telling the life story of a Korean girl named
Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for
the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second
World War – a disputed chapter in twentiethcentury Asian history.
Beginning in Lee’s childhood, Grass shows
the lead-up to the war from a child’s vulnerable
perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans.
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee’s strengthin overcoming the many forms of adversity she
experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink thatflows with lavish details of the beautiful fields andfarmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on
the somber interiors of Lee’s memories.
The cartoonist Gendry-Kim’s interviews withLee become an integral part of Grass, forming theheart and architecture of this powerful nonfiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of
how Lee’s wartime suffering changed her. Grassis a landmark graphic novel that makes personal
the desperate cost of war and the importance ofpeace.
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Leeming, D.A. (2021).
Tales of the Earth : Native
North American Creation
Mythology. Reaktion
Books.
ISBN 9781789144994

A revealing analysis of key themes in Native
American origin myths – and their stark contrast
with the exceptionalist values of the United States.
Tales of the Earth is a comprehensive yet
concise overview of Native American mythologies.
After outlining theories of the origins of Native
North Americans, David Leeming considers thecreation myths of many tribes, emphasizing fourcommonly occurring figures: the Great Spirit,
the trickster, the goddess, and the hero. Leeming
suggests that in addition to these figures, Native
American mythologies have in common a deep
reverence for the earth and for community
responsibility as opposed to individualism –tenets that stand in stark contrast to the conceptsof exceptionalism and Manifest Destiny thatcharacterize the United States, a nation that was
built on ancient tribal land.
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Faderman, L. (2022).
Woman : The American
History of an Idea. Yale
University Press.
ISBN 9780300249903

A comprehensive history of the struggle
to define womanhood in America, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century.
What does it mean to be a “woman” inAmerica? Award-winning gender and sexuality
scholar Lillian Faderman traces the evolution of
the meaning from Puritan ideas of God’s plan for
women to the sexual revolution of the 1960s andits reversals to the impact of such recent events as#metoo, the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to
the Supreme Court, the election of Kamala Harrisas vice president, and the transgender movement.
This wide-ranging 400-year history chronicles conflicts, retreats, defeats, and hard-won
victories in both the private and the public sectors
and shines a light on the often-overlooked battles
of enslaved women and women leaders in tribal
nations. Noting that every attempt to cement
a particular definition of “woman” has been
met with resistance, Faderman also shows thatsuccessful challenges to the status quo are often
short-lived. As she underlines, the idea of womanhood in America continues to be contested.
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Bhaskar, M. (2021).
Human Frontiers : The
Future of Big Ideas in an
Age of Small Thinking.
The MIT Press.
ISBN 9780262046381

Why has the flow of big, world-changing
ideas slowed down? A provocative look at what
happens next at the frontiers of human knowledge.
The history of humanity is the historyof big ideas that expand our frontiers – fromthe wheel to space flight, cave painting to themassively multiplayer game, monotheistic
religion to quantum theory. And yet for the pastfew decades, apart from a rush of new gadgets
and the explosion of digital technology, worldchanging ideas have been harder to come by.
Since the 1970s, big ideas have happened incrementally – recycled, focused in narrow bands
of innovation. In this provocative book, Michael
Bhaskar looks at why the flow of big, worldchanging ideas has slowed, and what this means
for the future.
Bhaskar argues that the challenge at thefrontiers of knowledge has arisen not because weare unimaginative and bad at realizing big ideas
but because we have already pushed so far. If
we compare the world of our great-great-greatgrandparents to ours today, we can see how aseries of transformative ideas revolutionizedalmost everything in just a century and a half. But
recently, because of short-termism, risk aversion,and fractious decision making, we have built acautious, unimaginative world. Bhaskar shows
how we can start to expand the frontier again bythinking big – embarking on the next Universal
Declaration of Human Rights or Apollo mission –and embracing change.
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Costigliola, F. (2023).
Kennan : A Life Between
Worlds. Princeton
University Press.
ISBN 9780691165400

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Lund, M. (2022).
Whiteness.
The MIT Press.
ISBN 9780262544191

The socially constructed phenomenon ofwhiteness: how it was created, how it changes,
and how it protects and privileges people who areperceived as white.
This volume in the MIT Press Essential
Knowledge series examines the sociallyconstructed phenomenon of whiteness, tracing
its creation, its changing formation, and its power
to privilege and protect people who are perceived
as white. Whiteness, author Martin Lund explains,
is not one single idea but a shifting, overarchingcategory, a flexible cluster of historically, culturally, and geographically contingent ideals andstandards that enable systems of hierarchical classification. Lund discusses words used to talk aboutwhiteness, from white privilege to white fragility;
the intersections of whiteness with race, class,and gender; whiteness in popular culture; andsuch ideas as “colorblindness” and “reverse racism,”
which, he argues, actually uphold whiteness.
Lund shows why it is important to keep
talking and thinking about whiteness. The
word “whiteness,” he writes, doesn’t describe;
it conjures something into being. Drawing on
decades of critical whiteness studies and citinga range of examples (primarily from the UnitedStates and Sweden), Lund argues that whiteness is continually manufactured and sustained
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representations in media and popular culture. It
is often positioned as normative, even universal.
And despite its innocuous-seeming manifestations in sitcoms and superheroes, whiteness isalways in the service of racial domination.
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The diplomat and historian George F.
Kennan (1904-2005) ranks as one of the mostimportant figures in American foreign policy –and one of its most complex. Drawing on many
previously untapped sources, Frank Costigliola’s
authoritative biography offers a new picture of aman of extraordinary ability and ambition whose
idea of containing the Soviet Union helped ignite
the Cold War but who spent the next half century
trying to extinguish it. Always prescient, Kennan
in the 1990s warned that the eastward expansionof NATO would spur a new cold war with Russia.
Even as Kennan championed rational
realism in foreign policy, his personal andprofessional lives were marked by turmoil. And
though he was widely respected and honored bypresidents and the public, he judged his career afailure because he had been dropped as a pilot of
U.S. foreign policy. Impossible to classify, Kennan
was a sui generis thinker, a trenchant critic of bothcommunism and capitalism, and a pioneering
environmentalist. Living between Russia andthe United States, he witnessed firsthand Stalin’s
tightening grip on the Soviet Union, the collapseof Europe during World War II, and the nuclear
arms race of the Cold War.
An absorbing portrait of an eloquent,insightful, and sometimes blinkered iconoclast
whose ideas are still powerfully relevant, Kennan

invites us to imagine a world that Kennan foughtfor but was unable to bring about – one not of
confrontations and crises but of dialogue anddiplomacy.
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Gellman, I.F. (2021).
Campaign of the Century :Kennedy, Nixon, and theElection of 1960. Yale
University Press.
ISBN 9780300218268

Kazin, M. (2022). What
It Took to Win : A Historyof the Democratic Party.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
ISBN 9780374200237

Based on massive new research, a compelling and surprising account of the twentiethcentury’s closest election.
The 1960 presidential election between
John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon is one of themost frequently described political events of thetwentieth century, yet the accounts to date havebeen remarkably unbalanced. Far more attention is given to Kennedy’s side than to Nixon’s.
The imbalance began with the first book on thatelection, Theodore White’s The Making of the
President ,1960 – in which (as he later admitted)
White deliberately cast Kennedy as the hero andNixon as the villain – and it has been perpetuatedin almost every book since then.
Few historians have attempted an unbiased
account of the election, and none have done thearchival research that Irwin F. Gellman has done.
Based on previously unused sources such as theFBI’s surveillance of JFK and the papers of Leon
Jaworski, vice-presidential candidate Henry Cabot
Lodge, and many others, this book presents thefirst even-handed history of both the primary
campaigns and the general election. The result is a
fresh, engaging chronicle that shatters long-heldmyths and reveals the strengths and weaknessesof both candidates.
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A leading historian tells the story of theUnited States’ most enduring political party andits long, imperfect and newly invigorated quest
for “moral capitalism,” from Andrew Jackson to
Joseph Biden.
The Democratic Party is the world’s oldest
mass political organization. Since its inception
in the early nineteenth century, it has played acentral role in defining American society, whether
it was exercising power or contesting it. But what
has the party stood for through the centuries,
and how has it managed to succeed in elections
and govern?
In What It Took to Win, the eminent historian
Michael Kazin identifies and assesses the party’s
long-running commitment to creating “moral
capitalism” – a system that mixed entrepreneurial freedom with the welfare of workers andconsumers. And yet the same party that championed the rights of the white working man also
vigorously protected or advanced the causes ofslavery, segregation, and Indian removal. As theparty evolved towards a more inclusive egalitarianvision, it won durable victories for Americans
of all backgrounds. But it also struggled to holdtogether a majority coalition and advance a
persuasive agenda for the use of government.
Kazin traces the party’s fortunes throughvivid character sketches of its key thinkers

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Hunt, J.R., & Miles, S.
(Eds.). (2021). The Reagan
Moment : America andthe World in the 1980s.
Cornell University Press.
ISBN 9781501760693

and doers, from Martin Van Buren and William
Jennings Bryan to the financier August Belmont
and reformers such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Sidney
Hillman, and Jesse Jackson. He also explores
the records of presidents from Andrew Jackson
and Woodrow Wilson to Bill Clinton and Barack
Obama. Throughout, Kazin reveals the rich interplay of personality, belief, strategy, and policythat define the life of the party – and outlines
the core components of a political endeavor that
may allow President Biden and his co-partisans torenew the American experiment.
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In The Reagan Moment, the ideas, events,
strategies, trends, and movements that shaped
the 1980s are revealed to have had lasting effects
on international relations: The United States wentfrom a creditor to a debtor nation; democracy
crested in East Asia and returned to Latin America;
the People’s Republic of China moved to privatize,
decentralize, and open its economy; Osama bin
Laden founded Al Qaeda; and relations between
Washington and Moscow thawed en route to theSoviet Union’s dissolution.
The Reagan Moment places US foreign
relations into global context by examining the
economic, international, and ideational relationships that bound Washington to the wider world.
Editors Jonathan R. Hunt and Simon Miles bring
together a cohort of scholars with fresh insightsfrom untapped and declassified global sources torecast Reagan’s pivotal years in power.
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Mulder, N. (2022). The
Economic Weapon : The
Rise of Sanctions as aTool of Modern War. Yale
University Press.
ISBN 9780300259360

The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar
period and the legacy of this development.
Economic sanctions dominate the landscape of world politics today. First developed in
the early twentieth century as a way of exploiting
the flows of globalization to defend liberal internationalism, their appeal is that they function as
an alternative to war. This view, however, ignores
the dark paradox at their core: designed toprevent war, economic sanctions are modeled on
devastating techniques of warfare.
Tracing the use of economic sanctions fromthe blockades of World War I to the policing ofcolonial empires and the interwar confrontation
with fascism, Nicholas Mulder uses extensivearchival research in a political, economic, legal,
and military history that reveals how a coercive
wartime tool was adopted as an instrument ofpeacekeeping by the League of Nations. This
timely study casts an overdue light on why
sanctions are widely considered a form of war,
and why their unintended consequences are so
tremendous.
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Soni, S. (2023). The
Great Escape : A True
Story of Forced Laborand Immigrant Dreams
in America. Algonquin
Books of Chapel Hill.
ISBN 9781643750088

In late 2006, Saket Soni, an Indian-borncommunity organizer, received an anonymous
phone call from an Indian migrant worker in
Mississippi. He was one of five hundred men
trapped in squalid Gulf Coast “man camps,”
surrounded by barbed wire, watched by guards,
crammed into cold trailers, and watched byguards. The men had scraped up $20,000 each forthis “opportunity” to rebuild hurricane-wrecked
oil rigs in return for promised green cards. Soni
and the workers devised a bold plan: The Great
Escape traces the workers’ extraordinary escape,their march on foot to Washington, DC, and their
twenty-three-day hunger strike to bring attention
to their cause.
Weaving a deeply personal journey with ariveting tale of twenty-first-century forced labor,
Soni takes us into the lives of the immigrant
workers the United States increasingly relies on
to rebuild after climate disasters. The Great Escapeis the gripping story of one of the largest humantrafficking cases in modern American history –and the workers’ heroic journey for justice.
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Heinze, E. (2022). The
Most Human Right : Why
Free Speech Is Everything.
The MIT Press.
ISBN 9780262046459

A bold, groundbreaking argument by aworld-renowned expert that unless we treat freespeech as the fundamental human right, there
can be no others.
What are human rights? Are they laid out
definitively in the UN’s Universal Declaration of
Human Rights or the US Bill of Rights? Are they
items on a checklist – dignity, justice, progress,
standard of living, health care, housing? In
The Most Human Right, Eric Heinze explains
why global human rights systems have failed.
International organizations constantly report on
how governments manage human goods, suchas fair trials, humane conditions of detention,
healthcare, or housing. But to appease autocratic
regimes, experts have ignored the primacy of freespeech. Heinze argues that goods become rights
only when citizens can claim them publicly andfearlessly: free speech is the fundamental right,
without which the very concept of a “right” makes
no sense.
Heinze argues that throughout history
countless systems of justice have promised
human goods. What, then, makes human rights
different? What must human rights have that
other systems have lacked? Heinze revisits theorigins of the concept, exploring what it means
for a nation to protect human rights, and whata citizen needs in order to pursue them. He

explains how free speech distinguishes humanrights from other ideas about justice, past andpresent.
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Gage, B. (2022). G-Man :J. Edgar Hoover and theMaking of the American
Century. Viking.
ISBN 9780670025374

G-Man is the groundbreaking portraitof a colossus who dominated half a centuryof American history and planted the seeds formuch of today’s conservative political landscape.
Hoover transformed a scandal-riddled law-enforcement backwater, into a modern machine– one just as oppressive as it was promising. He
rose to power and then stayed there, decade after
decade, using the tools of the state to create apersonal fiefdom unrivaled in U.S. history. Beverly
Gage’s monumental work explores the full sweepof Hoover’s life and career, from his birth in 1895
to a modest Washington civil-service family to astrongarm for white supremacists and the politicized Christian right, serving eight presidents.
G-Man places Hoover back where he once stoodin American political history – not at the fringes,
but at the center – and uses his story to explain
the trajectories of governance, policing, race,
ideology, political culture, and federal power as
they evolved over the course of the 20th century.
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Henriksen, T.H. (2022).
America’s Wars :Interventions, Regime
Change, And Insurgencies
After the Cold War.
Cambridge University
Press.
ISBN 9781009055086

The collapse of the Soviet Union usheredin American global hegemony in world affairs.
In the post-Cold War period, both Democrat andRepublican governments intervened, fought
insurgencies, and changed regimes. In America’s
Wars, Thomas Henriksen explores how America
tried to remake the world by militarily invadinga host of nations beset with civil wars, ethnic
cleansing, brutal dictators, and devastating
humanitarian conditions. The immediate postCold War years saw the United States carryingout interventions in the name of Western-styledemocracy, humanitarianism, and liberal internationalism in Panama, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia
and Kosovo. Later, the 9/11 terrorist attacks led
America into larger-scale military incursions to
defend itself from further assaults by al Qaeda
in Afghanistan and from perceived nuclear armsin Iraq, while fighting small-footprint conflicts in
Africa, Asia, and Arabia. This era is coming to an
end with the resurgence of great power rivalry
and rising threats from China and Russia.
• A comprehensive overview of the history
of US foreign policy in the post-Cold War era;
• Explores the United States’ diplomatic andmilitary policy and considers why they engaged
in a series of interventions, regime changes, andinsurgencies during this period;• Will appeal to a broad range of scholars
and students across war studies, the history of US
foreign relations, military history and international relations.
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Psiholoģija
The Psychoanalytic Review (New York, London)

The Economist (London)
Harvard Business Review (Boston, MA)
PR Week (London)
The Yale Law Journal (New Haven, CT)

Socioloģija
Free Inquiry : FI : Celebrating Reason and Humanity(Amherst, NY)
Human Organization : Journal of the Society for
Applied Anthropology (Oklahoma City, OK)

Humanitāro un sociālo zinātņu lasītava
Filozofija
Merkur : Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches
Denken (Stuttgart)
Philosophy Now : A Magazine of Ideas (London)

Pielikums: Periodiskie izdevumi

Izglītība
TechTrends : For Leaders in Education and Trainingof the Association for Educational Communications
and Technology (New York)
Literatūra. Literatūrzinātne
Études anglaises (Paris)
London Review of Books (London)
The Paris Review : The International Literary Quarterly(New York, Paris)
Salmagundi : A Quarterly of the Humanities & Social
Sciences (Saratoga Springs, NY)
TLS : The Times Literary Supplement (London)
World Literature Today (Norman, OK)
Politika
American Political Science Review (Washington)
The Cato Journal : An Interdisciplinary Journal of
Public Policy Analysis (Washington)
Cato Policy Report : A Bimonthly Review Publishedby the Cato Institute (Washington)
Foreign Affairs : Council on Foreign Relations (NewYork)
PS : Political Science & Politics (Washington)
Baltic Worlds : Scholarly Journal : News Magazine(Huddinge, Sweden)

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The Russian Review : An American Quarterly
De-voted to Russia Past and Present (Columbus,
OH)
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Art in America (New York)The Atlantic Monthly (Boston, MA)
Harper’s Magazine (New York)National Geographic (Washington)
The New Yorker (New York)
Project Syndicate [USA]
Rolling Stone (New York)
Smithsonian (Washington)
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Vanity Fair (New York)
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