Qur'anic Abrogation After Muhammad: The Eternal Flux presents a bold new interpretive framework for reconciling classical Qur'anic injunctions with the ethical imperatives of the modern world.

Challenging the notion of Islamic legal rigidity, this book introduces the paradigm of "Contemporary Abrogation" - a reformist approach that emerges not in opposition to Islamic tradition, but from within its foundational hermeneutics. Drawing on Sunni and Shi?i jurisprudential sources, the study reveals how the classical understanding of the Qur?an's legal audience was historically limited to the Prophet's contemporaries, making modern application conditional and situational. By tracing the evolution of this legal reasoning and demonstrating its limitations in the contemporary era, the book argues for the ethical and juridical legitimacy of suspending certain scriptural rulings - particularly in areas such as criminal law, gender norms, and interfaith relations - without abandoning the classical tradition. The result is a powerful case for internal reform grounded in centuries of Islamic linguistic and legal scholarship.

This book will appeal to scholars and students of Islamic studies, Qur'anic interpretation, legal theory, and ethics, as well as to readers engaged in contemporary debates on religious reform, tradition, and modernity in the Muslim world.

The Persian Sufi Tradition and Shams al-Din Lahiji: Sufi Metamorphosis offers a groundbreaking study of the intellectual and spiritual transformations that reshaped Persian Sufism during the late medieval period in Iran.

Focusing on the pivotal era of the Timurid and Aq Qoyunlu dynasties (1447-1501), this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Mafati? al-i?jaz fi Shar? Gulshan-i Raz, the masterful Sufi commentary by Shams al-Din Mu?ammad Lahiji. Through detailed textual and historical study, the work uncovers overlooked patterns of Sufi thought, revealing how Lahiji's synthesis of Ibn al-?Arabi's metaphysics within Persian literary traditions marked a significant metamorphosis in the development of theoretical Sufism. The book also situates Lahiji's life and teachings within their broader cultural and political context, showing how his contribution helped shape the trajectory of Persian Sufi literature and philosophy at a time of profound change.

This volume will appeal to scholars and students of Islamic mysticism, Persian literature, and medieval Islamic intellectual history, as well as readers interested in the evolution of Sufi thought and its philosophical underpinnings.

The emergence of ChatGPT (a publicly available tool developed by Open AI), along with its underlying technology, generative pretrained transformer (GPT), is leading to a significant expansion of generative AI and is unleashing the possibilities for unimaginable transformations across different business domains. This new volume looks at how AI, and ChatGPT in particular, is revolutionizing the business of business, finance, economics, and marketing, exploring its transformative impact and considering its hands-on practical implications.

The chapters look at the broad implications in the different domains and provide illustrations and hands-on practice examples that help to evaluate the merits and demerits of ChatGPT, its inherent constraints, its distinctive traits, and its potential utility for researchers and scholars.

In finance, the book offers empirical insight into how an investor can employ ChatGPT and make money with AI and ChatGPT-themed equity investments. The authors also look at AI-enabled detection fraud tools that are revolutionizing security and resource protection of financial institutions, contributing to their integrity and overall financial stability. The book also shows how ChatGPT can provide enhanced information analysis for business startup valuation and profitability.

In the economic realm, ChatGPT can offer real-time insights into economic trends, such as forecasting crude oil prices, etc. The volume also looks at the ethical and legal concerns of ChatGPT in marketing communication, how ChatGPT can augment consumer behavior analysis, the use of chatbots and virtual assistants, and more. The book also explores public sentiment of Chat-GPT on platforms such as Twitter, how ChatGPT is changing management education, and more.

In business practices, the volume looks at AI integration for firms seeking to remain competitive in the ever-changing corporate world. It explores the applications of AI in human resources and how it is automating and augmenting workplace practices by streamlining many business aspects, including recruitment processes and employee engagement, to name two areas. Also considered is ChatGPT role in shaping AI policies and the regulatory landscape that underscores the importance of ethical and responsible use.

The applications and value of ChatGPT in marketing is also looked at, such as the ethical and legal concerns of Chat-GPT in marketing communication, using Chat-GPT to analyze customer behavior, using chatbots and virtual assistants for customer service and support services, and more.

Highlighting the excellent performance and summary analysis capabilities of ChatGPT, this book presents a compelling synthesis of theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence along with actual examples of successful integration of ChatGPT in marketing, economics, business, and finance.

Observances, Feasts, and Scripts is the first monograph written in English to offer a comprehensive analysis of the varieties of zhai, a multifaceted term with deep historical and religious significance in Chinese Buddhism. Drawing on a wide array of sources-including canonical texts, apocryphal writings, hagiographies, and ritual documents-this book unveils zhai as a ritual complex encompassing temporary observances, communal feasts, and modes of interaction between the seen and unseen realms. These practices, rooted in both lay and monastic traditions, illustrate the intricate interplay between food, community, and ritual in Indian and Chinese Buddhism.

Part I traces how Indian Buddhist temporary observances were adapted, debated, and reimagined in the Chinese context. Part II explains the sponsored feast as a mechanism for lay-monastic interaction and merit-making. It also examines how Buddhists engaged with deities and spirit saints through remote invitations and ritual offerings. Part III focuses on "scripts" used for receiving the Eightfold Observance and conducting sponsored feasts, thus revealing their evolution from simple master-disciple interactions to complex communal events.

Observances, Feasts, and Scripts is an essential resource for scholars interested in food-related religious practices and the history of Buddhism. Through its meticulous examination of Chinese, Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan materials, the book offers a fresh perspective on Chinese Buddhism as an intercultural endeavor. It sheds light on relevant scholastic debates, the creation of apocrypha, translation strategies, and ritual innovations in medieval China. By moving beyond teleological frameworks such as Sinicization, it emphasizes the agency of cultural, doctrinal, and social factors in shaping these practices. Additionally, it engages with the cognitive dimensions of ritual and highlights ritual logic as a cross-cultural analytical lens.

Philosophical Perspectives: Essays on Reality, Knowledge, and Morality is a collection of essays on foundational questions that shape our lives as rational creatures and moral agents. Promising a fresh alternative to the academic specialization and consequent fragmentation dominating current scholarship, the essays here offer philosophical breadth without sacrificing analytical depth. The result is a scholarly initiative demonstrating the richness of philosophy with the clarity of an analyst, the depth of a specialist, and the range of a generalist.

The collection has three integrated objectives: (1) to carve out a flexible yet structured pathway through interconnected domains of philosophical exploration, thereby providing a practical resource for researchers, instructors, and students; (2) to expose the unitary coherence of a philosophical trajectory spanning years of inquiry, with each essay contributing distinctive insights of its own while stitching together defining moments in the author's evolving thought; and (3) to consolidate a body of work that has until now been scattered across specialized journals and edited volumes, thus making it accessible even beyond well-resourced academic institutions.

This book will appeal to scholars and students alike interested in philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Radical initiatives to collectivise the land were defining features of the social revolution at the start of the Spanish Civil War. This book examines these agrarian collectives as integral to the upheaval that disabled the functions of the state across Catalonia, the revolution's epicentre.

Using a range of original sources, it shows that the region's collectives were more extensive and diverse than previously understood and investigates the varied experiences of those who joined them. While for some the collectives represented empowering experiments in popular sovereignty and socialised work, the book also explores cases in which the principles of egalitarianism and worker self-management were undermined by internal tensions and the external pressures of war. It traces how polarised responses to the collectives intersected with broader contestations over public order and the rural economy among the region's anti-fascist organisations, deepening existing fractures within the anarchist movement. It also examines the violent rural conflicts between anarchists and rival local groups - most notably the bloody events at La Fatarella in January 1937 and the fierce suppression of the collectives after May 1937.

This volume offers new perspectives on the complex dynamics of the Spanish Civil War for students and scholars of Spanish modern history.

This book explores the ever-evolving landscape of automated audiovisual translation (AVT), charting the challenges and opportunities around dubbing and subtitling in the age of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).

The volume first briefly lays out foundational characteristics of human dubbing and subtitling before moving into a discussion of the hallmarks of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven dubbing and subtitling. Giampieri and Leonardi discuss the most recent advancements in automated AVT to set the stage for examining these dynamics at work in case studies from translator training to legal and medical domains. Chapters look at such examples as AI-powered voice-over and subtitling in an Italian film extract, cross-comparison of the dubbing of a contract reading across different automated voice-over platforms, and a cross-comparison of automatic captions and fansubbed titles in a medical lecture. While such examples focus on particular domains, registers, and contacts, they elucidate fresh insights into the analysis, developments, and challenges around automated AVT across different contexts, paving the way for future research amidst further developments around GenAI's role in AVT more broadly.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars in translation studies, as well as key stakeholders in translator training and active translators in specialized domains.

This volume highlights cutting-edge research bringing together insights from psychophysiology and (im)politeness studies, showcasing the state of the art and future directions for this interdisciplinary area of study.

The book opens with foundational context on the latest methods from psychophysiology, understood as the field exploring the links between the body and the brain, and their efficacy for (im)politeness research, including fMRI and EEG. While psychophysiology work has been explored in experimental pragmatics, Ruytenbeek points to implications from this work and their potential applications for (im)politeness. The volume presents existing studies using psychophysiological techniques, with a focus on emotional reactions triggered by (im)politeness events. Ruytenbeek reflects on the results of these studies and other recent advances in psychophysiological methods in experimental pragmatics to look ahead to the ways in which they might enhance existing understandings of linguistic (im)politeness.

This innovative book will appeal to students and scholars interested in (im)politeness, in such fields as pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics.

The most authoritative introduction to international economics, revised and updated

The 14th Edition of International Economics by renowned economists Dominick Salvatore and Ralf Hepp provides an authoritative and thoroughly updated exploration of global trade and finance. This acclaimed text examines the economic theories and real-world developments shaping our interconnected world.

Featuring 126 detailed case studies with graphs, figures, and real-world examples, this text connects foundational concepts with cutting-edge research on globalization, technological disruption, and sustainable development. It addresses the most pressing issues facing the global economy, including:

• Post-pandemic public debt and monetary policy challenges
• Rising trade protectionism and the U.S.-China trade conflict
• Exchange rate volatility and structural economic imbalances
• Climate change policies affecting international commerce
• Global value chains and the regionalization of trade flows

Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in economics, international trade, finance, and business courses seeking both theoretical grounding and practical policy insights, International Economics contains accurate and up-to-date discussions of classical and contemporary economic theory.

What if the government could fund anything it wanted by simply creating money out of thin air?

That's the promise of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a radical economic proposal gaining traction among politicians, activists, and academics. Advocates say that, with the right precautions, governments can create money to end unemployment, fight climate change, and much more - all without raising taxes.

In If You Can Just Print Money, Why Do I Pay Taxes?, author Emmanuel Maggiori walks you through MMT in plain language and shows you why its arguments don't hold water. Maggiori debunks MMT step by step, offering compelling, informed, and rigorous counterarguments against all of its foundational claims.

The author explains why MMT-inspired "money printing," far from guaranteeing prosperity, could be a recipe for inflation, instability, and stagnation.

Inside the book:

• Why MMT's proposed job guarantee - meant to end unemployment - could backfire
• How MMT misreads inflation
• How MMT relates to quantitative easing, the controversial money-creation tool used after the financial crisis and the pandemic
• How MMT proposes to fight climate change and expand social security - and why the numbers don't add up

Perfect for everyone interested in modern economics and policymaking, If You Can Just Print Money, Why Do I Pay Taxes? is an insightful and engaging new take on a topic generating debates around the world - all the way from blogs to the U.S. Senate and the Bank of England.

A hybrid work of theory, poetic reflection and experimental memoir, AI Intimacy and Psychoanalysis explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and generative AI through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis, feminist philosophy and autoethnography.

In this fascinating book, Agnieszka Piotrowska examines the emotional, ethical and symbolic implications of our conversations with AI bots, coining the notion of techno-transference to describe the closeness between humans and machines. Through unfiltered transcripts of human-machine dialogues and analysis of cinematic representations including Her, Ex Machina and After Yang, readers gain insight into the unconscious desires and symbolic structures underlying AI interactions. The autoethnographic approach provides an honest examination of real-time intimacy with machines, while Lacanian theory and Winnicottian clinical observations offer frameworks for understanding AI as transitional objects in our psychological landscape.

AI Intimacy and Psychoanalysis is a riveting read for psychoanalysts, researchers, students and general readers interested in technology, artificial intelligence, media theory and the psychic and societal impact of AI.

As America's bloodiest conflict, it is no surprise that the Civil War gave rise to a golden age of ghost stories. Popular publications were filled with accounts of ghosts-ghosts that appeared in the heat of battle, in the fretful quiet of picket duty, and in the miserable confines of hospitals and prisons. Civil War ghosts continued to haunt the troubled peace that followed, revealing that even so deadly a conflict left unresolved issues in its wake. In a nation forever altered by the war, these ghost stories speak to something far more meaningful than Americans' taste for spine-tingling entertainment. They provide powerful evidence of how they tried to put the trauma, grief, and anxieties inflicted by the Civil War to rest. By telling ghost stories, Americans created narratives that honored the dead, explained the unexplainable, and gave their experiences a broader sense of identity and purpose.

In this annotated anthology of Civil War ghost stories, historians John R. Neff and Amy Laurel Fluker offer the first scholarly analysis of the significance of ghosts to the history and memory of the Civil War. Haunted by Memory includes hundreds of examples of ghostly tales that appeared in newspapers, periodicals, and books between 1861 and 1932. These tales both satisfied and fed popular demand for news, entertainment, and ghostlore, and became powerful tools of cultural memory. By bridging the study of the Civil War, folklore, and memory, this collection expands the parameters of cultural history and reveals how the supernatural became a lasting part of the commemorative landscape of the American Civil War.

Homeschooling in the United States is expanding and diversifying, creating urgent demand for rigorous research to inform policy and practice. This first volume-one of two derived from a special issue of the Journal of School Choice-responds to long-standing critiques that homeschool scholarship lacks rigour and is too often shaped by advocacy.

Featuring research studies from 26 authors across 13 institutions, the collection offers empirically grounded insights into a rapidly evolving educational landscape. Several years after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted millions of families to reconsider traditional schooling, homeschooling participation remains elevated and continues to grow. The studies examine who is homeschooling, how families navigate in-and-out of public schools, and how increasingly diverse demographic groups shape varied approaches to the practice. Authors introduce innovative methods for estimating homeschool participation in data-limited states, situate U.S. homeschooling within an international research context, and share perspectives from a national policy summit. Together, these findings challenge persistent stereotypes and counter false narratives about who homeschools and why.

This volume will be of interest to education researchers, policymakers, school administrators, and homeschooling families seeking evidence-based insights into contemporary home education practices. The comprehensive, peer-reviewed foundation supports evidence-driven decisions that benefit all students and families, including those choosing homeschooling.

How can we unlock every child's potential? What would it take for every student to learn successfully at school and be well prepared for their future? How does schooling itself leave some students behind?

Internationally recognised education adviser Geoff Masters AO challenges what most of us take for granted about learning at school and lifts the lid on vast differences in students' performances and needs within each grade. Readers are invited to consider an alternative way of organising learning - one that is focused on meeting individual learners where they are and that is built on an understanding of learning as long-term growth. Masters makes a case for reforming school learning systems to better target individuals' differing needs, to give all students the time they require to learn, and to build every student's confidence in their capacity for success.

A must read for teachers, parents and anybody interested in how schooling needs to change.

All About Adolescence provides a comprehensive and current introduction to all key aspects of adolescent development. Building on the success of The Nature of Adolescence, this book addresses the unprecedented changes affecting young people's lives, including the social media explosion, artificial intelligence (AI) emergence, pandemic impacts and growing climate emergency awareness. It covers critical contemporary topics including advances in neuroscience and brain development research, evolving discourses around racial and gender identity, mental health and well-being concerns and the lasting effects of Covid-19 on adolescent development.

What sets this book apart is the authentic voice of young people themselves. Interviews with individuals aged 14-18 from diverse backgrounds are woven throughout all 11 chapters, providing vivid, real-world insights into what it means to be an adolescent in today's world. The book emphasizes a positive perspective on adolescence while developing the innovative STAGE theoretical framework, examining how young people actively construct their own developmental pathways through this crucial life transition. From brain development and identity formation to peer relationships and resilience strategies, each chapter combines cutting-edge research with genuine adolescent perspectives.

This authoritative text is essential for anyone studying human development at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as professionals including teachers, social workers, health workers, counsellors and youth workers seeking to understand and support young people navigating this complex and formative period.

Understanding the Brain: A Short Guide tackles some of the most profound questions about what it means to be human, exploring the origins of consciousness, the development of language, and the future of brain research. This book examines the brain's mysteries through the lens of cognitive neuroscience, offering readers a compelling journey from historical discoveries to cutting-edge advancements. It also poses intriguing questions about the possibilities of decoding dreams and thoughts by analyzing neural activity, pushing the boundaries of what we know about the brain.
This concise guide synthesizes the evolution of cognitive neuroscience, beginning with Paul Broca's groundbreaking work in the 19th century and progressing to modern breakthroughs in imaging and behavioural analysis. It highlights practical applications of brain research, such as combating organ aging and understanding neurological pathologies like stroke and Parkinson's disease. By combining historical context with the latest scientific insights, the book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the brain's complexities and its influence on human behaviour and abilities.
Understanding the Brain: A Short Guide is an essential read for anyone fascinated by the science of the brain and its impact on human life. Whether you are a student, researcher, or simply curious about neuroscience, this book offers an accessible yet thought-provoking exploration of the brain's workings. With its blend of historical perspective and forward-looking questions, it appeals to readers eager to deepen their knowledge of one of science's most enigmatic frontiers.

AI Unplugged: The Hype and Hope in Education Futures addresses a comprehensive range of challenging and potential-rich scenarios for the integration of generative artificial intelligence into curriculum, instruction and assessment in schools. It does so from a critical perspective, seeing teaching and learning as an intensely human activity. AI can help but not replace the work that skilled, professional teachers do.

Many school professionals are concerned about the impact that AI tools will have on academic integrity, job security, teacher-student relationships, algorithmic bias, digital privacy and beyond, particularly as young learners become proficient in free-to-use tools and other AI resources. This book provides graduate students, teaching faculty and scholars of teacher education, as well as school and district leadership, with accessible background information, practical use cases and change management approaches pertaining to generative AI. Teacher unions will also gain insight into what their peers are doing regarding AI and the profession.

School professionals in training will come away with a substantive, evidence-based means of discovering and integrating AI in ways that accommodate common uncertainties and greater preparation to manage risks and lead change.

The latest edition of the gold standard in introductory behavior analysis texts

In the newly revised second edition of An Introduction to Behavior Analysis, a team of experienced researchers delivers an engaging and comprehensive introduction to the theoretical fundamentals and applications of behavior analysis. The authors focus on practical issues encountered by practicing behavior analysts, including Pavlovian and operant learning, reinforcement and punishment, motivation and stimulus control, and other key concepts in the field.

The book clearly articulates and defends the philosophical assumptions and overarching goals of behavior analysis. It describes objective data collection, experimental methods, and data analysis in the context of modern psychology. You'll also find:

• Core behavioral analysis principles explained in an accessible way that are appropriate for introductory audiences
• Expert discussions of a variety of common behavior issues, including language, substance-use disorders, and psychological disorders
• Up-to-date examinations of the latest empirical research and theory, along with identifications of areas that require further data and study
• Complimentary access to a companion website containing PowerPoint slides and a test bank for each chapter

Perfect for students undertaking their first course in behavior analysis or behavior modification, An Introduction to Behavior Analysis is also a must-read for trainees pursuing certification through the Behavior Analysis Certification Board and for students of the applied psychological sciences.

Trinity and Inculturation offers a renewed examination of the naming of God in the context of contemporary fundamental theology and African inculturation theology.

In the past decades, missionary discourse has developed an intentional theological awareness of the intricacies of African traditional religions. Its aim of counteracting the prevalent devaluation of African culture throughout history, however, has come at the expense of foundational components of Trinitarian theology. Trinity and Inculturation seeks to reconcile the disjunction between theology and Christology present in African inculturation theology by re-centering the conversation on the Trinitarian nature of the Christian God revealed through Jesus Christ and the activities of the Holy Spirit.

Father Bede Uche Ukwuije uses the work of German theologian Eberhard Juengel, and more specifically his idea of the humanity of God, to overcome the dependence of African theology on Western theism. Through this dialogue, Ukwuije crafts a thorough, Trinitarian argument that calls for a reconsideration of fundamental Christian apologetics and the renewal of Christian mission and interreligious dialogue.

Coexistence in Medieval Christian and Muslim Societies offers the first comparative study of medieval Iberia and Anatolia, two peninsulas at opposite ends of the Mediterranean, exploring their religiously and ethnically diverse societies and shedding new light on the shared and distinct experiences of Christian and Muslim coexistence.

Through a collection of essays, the book offers fresh perspectives on convivencia by examining the political, social, and cultural histories of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities. It draws on diverse evidence, from Arabic manuscripts and medieval board games to trade networks and the plague and introduces innovative methodologies to highlight the social and cultural diversity of the medieval Mediterranean. The contributors to this book demonstrate that coexistence was not an idealistic vision, but a pragmatic necessity shaped by shifting power structures and economic realities.

Challenging academic compartmentalization and emphasizing the Mediterranean as a dynamic zone of interaction, this book is ideal for scholars and students of medieval history, Mediterranean studies, and interfaith relations, as well as those interested in cultural diversity and exchange. It is particularly suited for academic researchers, instructors, and libraries seeking comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to medieval studies.

Using a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and multimodal approach that incorporates project-based learning and teaching (PBLT), this book addresses the pressing need for language teacher education that considers contextual language development, content-area subjects acquisition, 21st-century skills learning, and technology integration.

By providing original research and field-tested curricula modules that align with professional standards, this edited collection makes significant contributions to the pedagogy of second and foreign language education, teacher education and development, and PBLT research. The chapters offer solutions to challenges posed by recent language policy changes, technological advancements, and changing student needs. They also include generative AI-mediated curricula innovations while highlighting the need for critical and ethical perspectives within digital technology. With contributors across Canada, China, Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, Spain, and the United States, the book offers global perspectives on second and foreign language education, teacher education and development, instructional design, and curriculum development.

Project-Based Learning in Language and Content Teacher Education is an essential resource for professors, graduate and undergraduate students, and teacher educators in TESOL, language education, applied linguistics, and general education.

Re-imagining Feminist Leadership Praxis in Higher Education takes an approach that is grounded in feminist principles and practices.

This book highlights inclusivity, equity, empathy, collaboration and actively confronts and dismantles entrenched hierarchical power structures that reinforce gender inequality and other oppressions. Its carefully curated chapters explore the progressive theories, principles, and politics guiding leadership within higher education. Direct voices of feminist leaders emerge through critical, self-reflective engagement with their equity-driven leadership practices, while scholars of feminist leadership contribute by employing the framework of transformative leadership praxis to interpret and explain their empirical research.

A must-read for anyone interested in how feminists do leadership, rather than how many women do leadership, this key title breaks new ground in the field of women, gender and feminism in educational leadership and amplifies examples of professional activism that will embolden feminist leadership within higher education.