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1. The Function of Pre-theoretical Experience in Critical Theory and Phenomenology -- 2. Eidetic Intuition and Physiognomic Interpretation -- 3. Adorno's Genetic Phenomenology -- 4. On Radio. Phenomenology and Critical Media Studies -- 5. Benjamin and the Essence of Phenomenology -- 6. Tactile Reception and Life-Worldly Circumspection -- 7. History at the Crossroads: Heidegger and Surrealism -- 8. Statistic Intersubjectivity. A Phenomenology of Television Audiences -- 9. Kracauer: The Birth of Dialectics from Phenomenological Sociology -- 10. Sancho Panza and the Dialectics of Historic Film -- 11. Conclusions.

Intro -- Preface -- Note on Editions of Hobbes's Works -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Psychology of Creativity and Hobbes -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 Interest to Scholars -- 1.3 What Is Creativity? -- 1.4 Approach -- 1.5 Creative Cognition -- 1.6 Evidence -- Chapter 2: Hobbes's Development, Personality, and Motivation -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Childhood, Youth, and Education -- 2.3 The Cavendishes -- 2.4 Other Facilitators -- 2.5 Intellectual Industry -- 2.6 Controversy and Vitriol -- 2.7 Productive Old Age -- 2.8 Mental Illness? -- 2.9 Early Personality Development -- 2.10 Developing Creative Cognition -- 2.11 Personality Traits and Characteristics -- 2.12 Motivation -- Chapter 3: Cognition and the Passions -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Replacing the Soul -- 3.3 Sense and Imagination -- 3.4 Memory -- 3.5 Thought -- 3.6 Reasoning -- 3.7 The Passions -- 3.8 Felicity, the Ancients, and Bacon -- 3.9 Eudaimonia -- 3.10 Bacon on the Active Good -- 3.11 Hobbes on Felicity -- 3.12 Hobbes vs. the Ancients -- 3.13 Dialectical Thinking and Inversion -- Chapter 4: Moral Relativity and the Sovereign -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Moral Relativity in The Elements of Law -- 4.3 Moral Relativity in De Cive -- 4.4 Moral Relativity in Leviathan -- 4.5 Sepconic Articulation and Emergence -- Chapter 5: The State of Nature -- 5.1 Overview -- 5.2 The Theory of Historical Progress -- 5.3 Anarchy and Civil War -- 5.4 Moral Relativity and Subjective Rights -- 5.5 Natural Equality -- 5.6 Passions -- 5.7 Divergent Thinking and Sepconic Articulation -- Chapter 6: The Civil State and Popular Sovereignty -- 6.1 Overview -- 6.2 The Problem and the Goal -- 6.3 The Theory of Popular Sovereignty -- 6.4 Establishing the Civil State -- 6.5 Attack on Popular Sovereignty -- 6.6 Hobbes's Adversarial Thinking -- Chapter 7: Hobbes's Creative Virtuosity -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 Hobbes.

Intro -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Financial Crime: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Financial Crime: A Literature Review -- References -- Chapter 3: Bibliometric Analysis of Financial Crime Links Using Visual Maps -- References -- Chapter 4: Hypotheses Development -- Chapter 5: Methodology and Data -- 5.1 Description of the Sample -- 5.2 Variables and Data -- 5.3 Methods -- Chapter 6: Results -- 6.1 Descriptive Statistics -- 6.2 Relationship Assessment -- 6.2.1 Relationship Characteristics -- 6.2.2 Analytical Results -- 6.2.2.1 How Does Tax Compliance Depend on Age, Gender, Romanian Regions, Professional Status, and Education? -- 6.2.2.1.1 Tax Compliance and Age -- 6.2.2.1.2 Tax Compliance and Gender -- 6.2.2.1.3 Tax Compliance and the Romanian Regions -- 6.2.2.1.4 Tax Compliance and Professional Status -- 6.2.2.1.5 Tax Compliance and Education -- 6.2.2.1.6 Concluding Remarks -- 6.2.2.2 How Does Tax Morale Depend on Age, Gender, Romanian Region, Professional Status, and Education? -- 6.2.2.2.1 Tax Morale and Age -- 6.2.2.2.2 Tax Morale and Gender -- 6.2.2.2.3 Tax Morale and Romanian Region -- 6.2.2.2.4 Tax Morale and Professional Status -- 6.2.2.2.5 Tax Morale and Education -- 6.2.2.2.6 Concluding Remarks -- 6.2.2.3 How Does the Perception of Corruption Depend on Age, Gender, Romanian Region, Professional Status, and Education? -- 6.2.2.3.1 Perception of Corruption and Age -- 6.2.2.3.2 Perception of Corruption and Gender -- 6.2.2.3.3 Perception of Corruption and Romanian Regions -- 6.2.2.3.4 Perception of Corruption and Professional Status -- 6.2.2.3.5 Perception of Corruption and Education -- 6.2.2.3.6 Concluding Remarks -- 6.2.2.4 How Does the Level of AML Skills Depend on Age, Gender, Romanian Region, Professional Status, and Education?.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Power, privilege and inequality in a time of neoliberal conservatism: an introduction -- PART I: Metanarratives and discourse: shaping inequality -- 1. Re-envisioning Australian history with once silenced voices and women's knowledge -- 2. Post-racial feminism and the reaffirmation of whiteness -- 3. A conservative church response to feminism: less power, less privilege and no equality -- 4. The silencing of women's voices in contemporary conservative evangelical churches: "Crying in my wardrobe" -- PART II: Masculine hegemony and heteronormativity: constructing society -- 5. "A boy's own tale": using intersectional frameworks to chart the reproduction of historical discrimination in aviation -- 6. Masculinities, driving and women -- 7. Precarious academia: women's employment in Australian universities -- 8. Gender, power and work: reporting psychological injuries in the Australian workplace -- 9. Masculinity, male caregiving and LGB paramedics: emotional labour and hegemonic masculinity -- PART III: Embodiment and representation: the body as a site of inequality and disadvantage -- 10. How the gendered body is constructed in the neoliberal schooling context through discipline and healthism in contemporary physical education -- 11. Neoliberalism and gender inequality in the Marvel Universe -- 12. Speaking up: a feminist analysis of the possibility of cultural change in women's artistic gymnastics in Australia and England -- 13. Paramedicine and workplace sexual harassment: the hidden paradox of neoliberalism -- PART IV: Evaluating change -- 14. A wolf in sheep's clothing: a critical view of the post-gay in an Australian context.

"With AI, cryptocurrency, and more in the news, it seems that being an entrepreneur means being in IT, but humanities graduates are launching new businesses every day, turning a profit and having social impact. This book explores how a humanities background can enable entrepreneurs to thrive. Across all levels of education, students are given the message that to change the world - or make money - the arts and humanities are not the subjects to study. At the same time, discussions of innovation and entrepreneurship highlight the importance of essential skills, such as critical thinking, storytelling, cultural awareness, and ethical decision-making. Here's the disconnect: the subjects that help to develop these vital skills are derided at critical points in any aspiring entrepreneur's education. This collection of perspectives from entrepreneurs in a range of fields and humanities educators illustrates what individuals, and the wider world, are missing when humanities are overlooked as a source of inspiration and success in business. Featuring a foreword by Sensemaking author Christian Madsbjerg, this is a thought-provoking guide for aspiring entrepreneurs in all sectors, and for educators, a window on the practical value of the humanities in an ever more mechanized world."

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- References -- Part I: Corporate Finance -- Chapter 2: Capital Structure Theory: Past, Present, Future -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Basic Theories of Capital Structure -- 2.2.1 A Historical Point of View -- 2.2.2 The Empirical (Traditional) Approach -- 2.2.3 The Modigliani-Miller Theory -- 2.2.3.1 The Modigliani-Miller Theory with Taxes -- 2.2.3.2 The Modigliani-Miller Theory with Taxes -- 2.2.4 Modifications of Modigliani-Miller Theory -- 2.2.4.1 Hamada Model -- 2.2.4.2 The Cost of Capital Under Risky Debt -- 2.2.4.3 The Account of Corporate and Individual Taxes (Miller Model) -- 2.2.4.4 Alternative Expression for WACC -- 2.2.4.5 The Miles-Ezzell Model Versus the Modigliani-Miller Theory -- 2.3 Trade-Off Theory -- 2.3.1 Static Theory -- 2.3.2 Dynamic Theory -- 2.3.3 Proof of the Bankruptcy of the Trade-Off Theory -- 2.4 Accounting for Transaction Costs -- 2.5 Accounting for Asymmetries of Information -- 2.6 Signaling Theory -- 2.7 Pecking Order Theory -- 2.8 Behavioral Theories -- 2.8.1 Manager Investment Autonomy -- 2.8.2 The Equity Market Timing Theory -- 2.8.3 Information Cascades -- 2.9 Theories of Conflict of Interests -- 2.9.1 Theory of Agency Costs -- 2.9.2 Theory of Corporate Control and Costs Monitoring -- 2.9.3 Theory of Stakeholders -- 2.10 BFO Theory -- 2.10.1 Brusov-Filatova-Orekhova Theorem -- 2.11 BFO Theory and Modigliani-Miller Theory Under Inflation -- 2.12 BFO Theory for the Companies Ceased to Exist at the Time Moment n (BFO-2 Theory) -- 2.13 The Modigliani-Miller Theory with Advance Payments of Tax on Profit -- 2.14 The Modigliani-Miller Theory with Arbitrary Frequency of Payment of Tax on Profit -- 2.15 Generalization of the Modigliani-Miller Theory for the Case of Variable Profit.

Introduction -- Knowledge Management -- Knowledge Management in the SW Industry -- Research Methods for KM -- Grounded Theory Process and Design -- Understanding the nature of Experience, Communication and Individual Development in the SW Industry -- Knowledge Sharing and Professional Attitude in the SW Industry -- Knowledge Sharing and Working in Projects in the SW Industry -- An Ontology for the Shared Knowledge Associated with Experience -- Emerging Competency and Employability Models -- Conclusions and Future Work.

Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Contents -- Taking a Step Back: Critically Re-examining Technology Interactions with Group Decision and Negotiation -- Taxonomy of Styles, Strategies, and Tactics in E-Negotiations -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 2 Methodological Approach -- 2.1 Systematic Literature Review -- 2.2 Taxonomy Development -- 3 Taxonomy -- 4 Patterns of Styles -- 5 Outlook -- References -- The More the Merrier? A Machine Learning Analysis of Information Growth in Negotiation Processes -- 1 Motivation -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 The Exchange of Information in Negotiations -- 2.2 Methodological Background -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Data Processing -- 3.2 Evaluation Results of Model-Based Prediction Performance -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Preference Modeling and Multi-criteria Decision-Making -- Ranking Potential Investors Using the FITradeoff Method and Value Focused Thinking in a Group Decision Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Structuring Using Value Focused Thinking - VFT -- 2.1 Contextualization of the Decision Problem and Actors -- 2.2 Identification of Objectives -- 2.3 Criteria Definition -- 2.4 Alternatives and Consequences Matrix -- 3 Preference Modeling with FITradeoff Method -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Final Remarks -- References -- Using Unfolding Analysis and MARS Approach for Generating a Scoring System from a Group Preference Information -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Negotiation Template and Scoring System for Negotiation Support -- 2.2 The Multidimensional Scaling and Unfolding Methods - a Short Overview -- 2.3 Holistic Declaration of Preferences in Multi-issue Negotiation - MARS Method -- 2.4 Analyzing the Coherence of Information Provided by the Group - Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance.

1. Introduction -- 2. Management of the Liberal International Order -- 3. Russian – Western Relations: A Trust Never Built -- 4. The Rise of China and the China – Russia Relationship -- 5. The Limits of Liberal Universalism and the Crisis in Ukraine -- 6. Pluralism and Pragmatism in International Relations. .

Intro -- Foreword by Stéphane Sadoux -- Foreword by Grazia Brunetta -- Contents -- 1 Framing Green and Blue Infrastructure -- 1.1 Urban Challenges in the Post-pandemic Era -- 1.2 Green (and Blue) Infrastructure as a Responsive Approach -- 1.3 Objectives and Contents of the Book -- 1.3.1 Experiences in Planning and Design -- References -- Part I Planning Strategies -- 2 Milton Keynes, the "Forest City". From the Landscape Planning to the Advent of the Car, Lessons for the Future Green Infrastructure? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Elements of Context -- 2.2.1 Origins of an Urban Laboratory -- 2.2.2 Green Infrastructure: Policy Tool and Precedents -- 2.3 Milton Keynes' Landscape Planning -- 2.3.1 Milton Keynes: Supporting the Creation of Natural Habitats -- 2.3.2 Roadsides in the Service of Ecosystems -- 2.3.3 A Quest for Efficiency and Sustainability -- 2.3.4 The Aesthetics of Diversity -- 2.4 The Contribution of the Milton Keynes Case Study -- 2.4.1 Milton Keynes, an Example in the Face of Current Challenges -- 2.5 Field Investigations, Observation of Ecosystem Services Provided -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Towards a Method of Assessing the Well-Being Brought by Landscape and Heritage Along a Blue and Green Infrastructure: The Loire Valley (France) -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A Method as a Tool for Understanding -- 3.3 Outcomes -- 3.3.1 Portrait of the Territory and Its Evolution (Stages 1 and 2) -- 3.3.2 Description of the Experiences of Territorial Dynamics by the Inhabitants (Step 3) -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Unfolding the Aniene River in Peri-Urban Rome. From Conflicts to Opportunities for a Sustainable Strategy -- 4.1 The Green Infrastructure Approach for Spatial Planning -- 4.2 Designing and Performing the Aniene River as a Green Blue Infrastructure -- 4.2.1 Overlapping Identities Across Time and Space.