Engaged debate among feminist political and psychoanalytic thinkers has secured Julia Kristeva s status as one of the most formidable figures in twentieth-century critical theory. Nevertheless her precise relevance to the study of literature - the extent to which he... Lees meer.

This volume features representative studies focusing on the evolution of text genres in corporate and professional communication. Genre change is explored in various contexts in light of the increasing importance of new media and the profound social changes that have oc... Lees meer.

This volume examines the historical end of the Platonic tradition in relation to creation theories of the natural world through Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus 412-485 elaboration of an investigation of Plato s theory of metaphysical archetypal Forms. This volume... Lees meer.

Not only profound in its analysis but also so passionately inspired by sympathy for the downtrodden and their struggle for liberation. . . --Daniel Singer The Nation This is an important book heavy in size and tone. It belongs in every serious library. --Choice... Lees meer.

This book synthesizes in-depth bioarchaeological research into diet subsistence regimes and nutrition and corresponding insights into adaptation suffering and resilience among indigenous north-coastal Peruvian communities from early agricultural through European col... Lees meer.

This book presents group theory to students taking a course to transition to advanced mathematics with the goal of preparing them for higher level mathematical study. The book covers the usual material which is found in a first course on groups with both preliminary cha... Lees meer.

This book explores the theory and history behind just transitions highlighting the social and political influences that have shaped the concept and investigating the challenges it poses. Bridging theory with practice it assesses critical transitions and advocates for... Lees meer.

This open access book describes the complex dynamics that coevolve in cities and from cities to inform agendas for urban research and urban policy with a view to future city missions. This open access book describes the complex dynamics that coevolve in cities and fr... Lees meer.

Power Transition Theory offers essential insights into global power shifts and their impact on international relations exploring the mechanisms that predict conflict or cooperation based on changes in national hierarchies. 1-Power Transition Theory-Introduces the theor... Lees meer.

Transitions. Methods Theory Politics focuses on the political discourse about both the pattern and the desirability of economic development and how why historical interpretations of social phenomena connected to this systemic process can alter. It is a trajectory pu... Lees meer.

This book is the third volume of review papers on advanced problems of phase transitions and critical phenomena following the success of the first two volumes in 2004 and in 2007. Broadly the book aims to demonstrate that the phase transition theory which experienced... Lees meer.

There are nearly 100 000 different protein sequences encoded in the human genome each with its own specific fold. Understanding how a newly formed polypeptide sequence finds its way to the correct fold is one of the greatest challenges in the modern structural biology.... Lees meer.

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This book is the fifth volume of papers on advanced problems of phase transitions and critical phenomena the first four volumes appeared in 2004 2007 2012 and 2015. It aims to compile reviews in those aspects of criticality and related subjects that are of current i... Lees meer.

Studying the relationship between the geometry arithmetic and spectra of fractals has been a subject of significant interest in contemporary mathematics. This book contributes to the literature on the subject in several different and new ways. In particular the autho... Lees meer.