Computing Action

Computing ActionComputing Action takes a new approach to the phenomenon of narrated action in literary texts. It begins with a survey of philosophical approaches to the concept of action, ranging from analytical to transcendental and finally constructivist definitions. This leads to the formulation of a new model of action, in which the core definitions developed in traditional structuralist narratology and Greimassian semiotics are reconceptualised in the light of

The volume had its origins in a special theme session at the 2015 Goldschmidt Conference in Prague

pro-Zionist propagandists

faith and identity

and trafficked in these mountains

and Antimachia) during the Hellenistic period and the early period of the Roman Empire

unjustified force and kickbacks:

and a former porn star who defended her performance piece as art

with the specific interpretive methods of Sunni legal theory

Stuyvesant Bound invites the reader to step into a premodern worldview as Merwick considers Stuyvesant's role in history from the perspectives of duty

die Dinge bei ihrem eigentümlichen Namen zu nennen

Advocates have long called upon states

provide a vitally important foundation for achieving Black liberation