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Charles Forceville provides us with a method of detecting the metaphors which exist within pictures, particularly in advertising.

From Adorno to Zhang Binglin, this book provides a critical analysis of the lives, work and influences of the most significant figures in philosophy this century. Each entry contains biographical facts - birth, death, education, appointments, an appraisal of the philosopher's thoughts and achievements, a list of their major works, and the best sources of writing about them. Entrants are taken from both the analytical and continental traditions...

The Sceptics is the first comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of Greek scepticism, from the beginnings of epistemology with Xenophanes, to the final full development of Pyrrhonism as presented in the work of Sextus Empiricus. Tracing the evolution of scepticism from 500 B.C to A.D 200, this clear and rigorous analysis presents the arguments of the Greek sceptics in their historical context and provides an in-depth study of the various strands ...

Why do firms in high-technology industries cluster at particular locations? Comparing the clustering process in the UK and the US in both computing and biotechnology, the contributors to this volume establish that new firms have been attracted to particular sites by the presence of opportunities not taken up by incumbent firms.

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Barbara Browning follows the trail of "infectious rhythm" from the ecstatic percussion of a Brazilian carnival group to the eerily silent video image of the LAPD beating a man like a drum. Throughout, she identifies the metaphoric strain of contagion which both celebrates the diasporic spread of African culture, and serves as the justification for its brutal repression. The essays in this book examine both the vital and violent ways in which r...

Seeks to unravel the stereotypical images of gender and space and explores both "lived" and "imagined" spaces. This work examines an array of issues, including: feminist anti-violence work, pregnant women's experience of shopping centres, and the fear of crime felt by women using urban greenspace.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

As China's political and economic development comes under closer scrutiny, this Dictionary will prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in contemporary China. As well as proving valuable to students and academics of political science, economics, history and Asian studies, it will be of use to government officials, business people and media professionals with current or future connections in the region. The main topics covered by the Dictio...