We are saddled with a difficult word,'ideology'. Here is a term once designed to signify the
study of ideas, even the science of ideas, yet it has come to denote one area of the domain it …

The dark side of creativity entails using original thought to meet a selfish, negative, or evil
goal, with or without the deliberate intent to harm others. Recent empirical advances have …

This article explores the promises of critical hermeneutics as an innovative method and
philosophy within the human sciences. It is argued that its success depends on its ability to …

Very diverse cultural practices develop within sufficiently large polities, in response to, and
contributing to, a matrix of social relationships. Museums play a formative role in defining …

The transition to a circular economy (CE) remains an anticipated future with alternative
pathways for its fulfillment. Most research on CE is normative about technological …

While conventional wisdom holds that the ideology espoused by a terrorist organization is
somehow related to that organization's actions, the precise nature of the relationship …

Much of what goes on in the academic discipline of linguistics, and particularly in what it
thinks of as its core theoretical fields, is dominated by formalist approaches which give little …

Global Networks, Local Actions: Rethinking adult education policy in the 21st century
examines public policy developments in adult education, exploring the policy framing of …

In this chapter, I regard Salafism as a contested concept that stirs up heated debates in
Muslim circles as well as among Western Islamicists and social scientists. 1 The narrative of …

Colin Jordan and Britain's Neo-Nazi Movement casts fresh light on one of post-war Britain's
most notorious fascists, using him to examine the contemporary history of the extreme right …