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This text unpacks Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutical philosophy for a post-modern theology by providing a comprehensive interpretation of Ricoeur and then applying Ricoeur's hermeneutical theory to biblical interpretation and theology. The text explains Ricoeur's contributions to contemporary theological debate and shows how Ricoeur's textual theory provides a real alternative to Lindbeck's "post-liberal" theology (on the one hand) and deconstructio...

Brilliantly observed and persuasively argued, Serving the Word, now in paperback, is an unprecedented look at the prevalence of literalism and the unexpected forms it takes in modern America's religious and secular life.Hailed as "thoughtful [and] suggestive" (The New York Review of Books), Serving the Word treats literalism as a modern belief system, analyzing its place in two seemingly contrasting fields: Christianity and the law. Moving fro...

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In this captivating work, David McKay examines the policy dynamics of the European Union following the adoption of a single currency in 1999. It studies in detail the experience of existing federations, identifying specifically those arrangements that hold lessons for the emerging European policy. It will prove helpful for anyone curious about the economic future of Europe.

British Youth Television is the first book to concentrate on the high profile genre of "yoof television." Concentrating on such controversial programs as The Word, Snub TV and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, the author demonstrates how the contemporary youth audience--the so-called Generation X--were addressed by these shows' blend of "cynicism and enchantment." Providing both an overview and a series of detailed program analyses the book concen...

In rich countries, environmental problems are seen as problems of prosperity, in poor countries, they are seen as problems of poverty. Lack of clean drinking water and insufficient sanitation affect the here and now, whereas environmental problems in rich countries seem more likely to harm posterity. This book addresses these issues, arguing that we have moral obligations to take account of the interests of future generations and that our main...

Efforts to tackle the trade impeding effects of divergent standards and regulations are at the core of European economic relations. This volume draws on literature from several disciplines to develop a comprehensive account of the regulatory strategies and institutional arrangements adopted by the European Union in promoting the single market in goods.

This volume examines the operation of the European Union and its institutions, providing an authoritative study of the processes surrounding the formulation, negotiation, and implementation of EU policy. Drawing on research with EU leaders, parliamentarians, and national negotiators, this study offers a fascinating insight into the changing nature of the European integration project at the start of the new millennium.

Original and penetrating, this book investigates of the notion of inference from signs, which played a central role in ancient philosophical and scientific method. It examines an important chapter in ancient epistemology: the debates about the nature of evidence and of the inferences based on it--or signs and sign-inferences as they were called in antiquity. As the first comprehensive treatment of this topic, it fills an important gap in the h...

Examining the work of Georges Bataille, Pierre Klossowski, and Maurice Blanchot together for the first time, this pioneering study explores their response to a double challenge: that of assuming the burden of philosophy while at the same time affirming the shadows, spirits, and specters that go under the name of literature.

This book examines in new ways opera and ballet criticism in early nineteenth-century France, taking seriously the motivations and beliefs of journalist critics. Rather than seeing their work as useful primarily for its raw factual information, the essays collected here look carefully at the historical, cultural, and aesthetic background that led critics to write as they did.

This book places H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) in the context of the wider network of women writers in which she participated. It examines the structures through which they exchanged ideas, such as the little magazines and anthologies, charting changes in focus by the network and the ways that new ideas emerged and were developed.

This book examines what happened to the cities of the Roman world in the years when the Roman Empire disintegrated. It traces the end of classical political culture, the impact of Christianization, and a progressive simplification of life styles in the lands, both East and West, that had been the Roman Empire.

There are more than ten thousand particle accelerators in the world from the linear accelerators used for cancer therapy in modern hospitals to the giant 'atom-smashers' at international particle physics laboratories used to unlock the secrets of creation. Many scientists and engineers spendtheir lives designing, constructing, and operating these machines - yet few universities include the subject of particle accelerators in their curricula. T...