Paul Heggarty, a contributor to the Cambridge World Prehistory, explores the origins and fates of human languages through the course of prehistory, and how they open up a rich new window on our past. Dr. Heggarty is based at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.
The chaos and the distress caused by the euro is in flux. As faith in the European currency is restored, Tobias Straumann sheds light on the problems and instabilities that riddle the eurozone. His book, Fixed Ideas of Money, is now available in paperback.
Charles Chernor Jalloh, the editor of The Sierra Leone Special Court and Its Legacy explains the unique features and successes of Sierra Leone's special court.
Sungmoon Kim, author of Confucian Democracy in East Asia, argues why East Asian countries don't have to relinquish their Confucian values in order to achieve a vibrant liberal democracy.
Ludwig Siep, the author of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, reveals why he studies—and loves—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's classic philosophical work, The Phenomenology of Spirit.
In this excerpt from The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death, discover the complex connections between ethics, metaphysics, and significance when it comes to the question of life and death.
Andrew Buchanan talks exclusively to fifteeneightyfour about his new book, American Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II, which offers a thorough reinterpretation of the US engagement in this region during the Second World War. Far from being reluctant players, Dr. Buchanan argues instead that Washington had a grand-strategic interest in the region.
For companies looking to maximize corporate responsibility and long-term success, Leveraging Corporate Responsibility: The Stakeholder Route to Maximizing Business and Social Value offers the latest research building strong stockholder relationships and creating a successful business environment.
Hew Strachan, the author of The Direction of War, discusses contemporary military strategy and the way war has shaped society in this interview. Read More ?
Benjamin Powell, author of Out of Poverty, explains why sweatshops play an indispensable role in a country's economic development.
In the final post of this three-part series, Steven Luper, the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Life and Death, discusses the powerful topic of meaning, happiness, and the brevity of life.
Nicholas Vazsonyi, the editor of The Cambridge Wagner Encyclopedia, explores the way Disney's Frozen hearkens back to the great operas of Wagner—with personal and universal themes, intensity, and a great soundtrack. Long live Wagner! Warning: contains spoilers.