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Democracy, Education, and a Politics of Indignation (2016)
Book Chapter
Swanson, D. M. (2016). Democracy, Education, and a Politics of Indignation. In P. R. Carr, P. Thomas, B. J. Porfilio, & J. A. Gorlewski (Eds.), Democracy and Decency: What does Education have to do with it? (21-37). Information Age Publishing

Carducho and the Spanish Literary Baroque (2016)
Book Chapter
LAWRANCE, J. (2016). Carducho and the Spanish Literary Baroque. On Art and Painting: Vicente Carducho and Baroque Spain. University of Wales Press

Specialist artisans and commodity producers as social actors in early medieval Britain, c. AD 500-1066 (2016)
Book Chapter
Loveluck, C. (2016). Specialist artisans and commodity producers as social actors in early medieval Britain, c. AD 500-1066. In A. Molinari, R. Santangeli Valenzani, L. Spera, & C. Palombi (Eds.), L'archeologia della produzione a Roma (secoli V-XV): atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Roma, 27-29 marzo 2014. Ecole francaise de Rome

This contribution explores the many questions that need to be asked in regard to how specialist craft-working was organised in early medieval Britain, and how specialist artisans and traders exercised initiative as social actors. A particular emphasi... Read More about Specialist artisans and commodity producers as social actors in early medieval Britain, c. AD 500-1066.

The bondage of the affections: willing, feeling, and desiring in Luther's theology, 1513-1525 (2016)
Book Chapter
Zahl, S. (2016). The bondage of the affections: willing, feeling, and desiring in Luther's theology, 1513-1525. In D. Coulter, & A. Yong (Eds.), The spirit, the affections, and the Christian tradition. University of Notre Dame

This essay examines the place of affectivity and emotion in Martin Luther's early theology 1513-25. After a critical discussion of the terminological complexities involved in analysing affectivity and the related category of desire in Luther's Latin... Read More about The bondage of the affections: willing, feeling, and desiring in Luther's theology, 1513-1525.

Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual (2016)
Book Chapter
Wright, C. (2016). Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual. In S. Tomšič, & A. Zevnik (Eds.), Jacques Lacan: between psychoanalysis and politics. Routledge

This chapter outlines the different conceptualisations of 'discourse' in the work of Foucault and Lacan. If Foucault's understanding has been much more influential in academic approaches such as Discourse Analysis, the links between Lacan's notion of... Read More about Discourse and the master's lining: a Lacanian critique of the globalizing (bio)politics of the diagnostic and statistical manual.

Orlando Patterson, property, and ancient slavery: the definitional question revisited (2016)
Book Chapter
Lewis, D. (2016). Orlando Patterson, property, and ancient slavery: the definitional question revisited. In J. Bodel, & W. Scheidel (Eds.), On human bondage: after slavery and social death. Wiley-Blackwell

This essay provides a critique of Orlando Patterson's analysis of property and slavery. Traditionally, the notion that the slave was the property of his or her owner was seen as the distinguishing characteristic of slavery. Patterson criticised this... Read More about Orlando Patterson, property, and ancient slavery: the definitional question revisited.

Learning Hope. An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society (2016)
Book Chapter
Amsler, S. (2016). Learning Hope. An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society. In A. C. Dinerstein (Ed.), Social Sciences for an Other Politics: Women Theorizing Without Parachutes (19-32). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47776-3_2

© The Author(s) 2016. Drawing on the critical theories of Ernst Bloch and Boaventura de Sousa Santos, as well as on the knowledge and learning practices of counter-capitalist social movements, Amsler’s chapter offers a reading of political hopelessne... Read More about Learning Hope. An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society.

Harriet Taylor Mill (2016)
Book Chapter
McCabe, H. (2016). Harriet Taylor Mill. In C. Macleod, & D. E. Miller (Eds.), A Companion to Mill. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118736739.ch8

John Stuart Mill's System of Logic was a significant early work in the history of the philosophy of science. The goal of this essay is to characterize Mill's views concerning the central purposes of the sciences and the methods that give to scientifi... Read More about Harriet Taylor Mill.

Getting what we want: experience and impact in research with survivors of slavery (2016)
Book Chapter
Bales, K. (2016). Getting what we want: experience and impact in research with survivors of slavery. In D. Siegel, & R. D. Wildt (Eds.), Ethical concerns in research on human trafficking (173-190). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21521-1_11

This chapter examines the ethical and moral dilemmas present in conducting research within vulnerable populations. In particular, we explore the process of conducting interviews with trafficking victims that identify as transient minor sex workers. I... Read More about Getting what we want: experience and impact in research with survivors of slavery.

The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum (2016)
Book Chapter
McLean, M., & Ashwin, P. (2016). The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum. In P. Scott, J. Gallacher, & G. Parry (Eds.), New languages and landscapes of higher education. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198787082.003.0004

This Chapter addresses three questions: What is good quality university teaching? How can it be achieved? How can it be assessed? To address these questions we start by making a case for a multi-dimensional, rich conceptualisation of teaching, drawi... Read More about The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum.

German global soft power, 1700-1920 (2016)
Book Chapter
McLelland, N. (2016). German global soft power, 1700-1920. In K. Sanchez-Summerer, & W. Frijhoff (Eds.), Linguistic and cultural foreign policies of European states: 18th-20th centuries. Amsterdam University Press

This article provides the first overview of the reach and 'soft power' of German language and culture in Europe and beyond, from 1700 to 1920, shortly after the end of the First World War. Besides the role of the state (weak, until deliberate policie... Read More about German global soft power, 1700-1920.

Missing in action: the human eye (2016)
Book Chapter
Bassok, O. (2016). Missing in action: the human eye. In . F. Fabbrini, & V. C. Jackson (Eds.), Constitutionalism across borders in the struggle against terrorism (283-304). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing

The growing involvement of lawyers in approving military operations, coupled with the disappearance of the soldier’s unmediated gaze of the battlefield, increase the probability for the execution of a certain kind of manifestly unlawful orders. Two d... Read More about Missing in action: the human eye.

Time travels in literacy and pedagogy: from script to screen (2016)
Book Chapter
Parry, B., Taylor, L., & Haerizadeh-Yazdi, N. (2016). Time travels in literacy and pedagogy: from script to screen. In B. Parry, C. Burnett, & G. Merchant (Eds.), Literacy, media, technology: past, present, future. Bloomsbury