RECENT HIGHLIGHTS: HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

So, About Modern Europe...

A Conversational History from the Enlightenment to the Present Day David Imhoof In a natural, funny and engaging style, So, About Modern Europe... expertly guides readers through the good, the bad and the indifferent of modern European history, convincingly arguing the need to ‘tip the cap’ to the Enlightenment and its influence along the way.

January 2021 • 21 mono illus 320 pages • 234 x 156mm 9781350148680 Bloomsbury Academic

Rights sold: Greek

People Before Tech

The Importance of Psychological Safety and Teamwork in the Digital Age Duena Blomstrom In this practical guide for business leaders, Duena Blomstrom uncovers the true potential of teams in modern organizations by highlighting the importance of psychological safety. Her ground-breaking approach leads to a powerful group dynamic that allows teams to take risks, create and innovate without fear of repercussion.

May 2021 • 272 pages • 234 x 153mm 9781472985453 Bloomsbury Business

Rights sold: Chinese simplified, Japanese

The Darker Angels of Our Nature

Refuting the Pinker Theory of History & Violence Edited by Philip Dwyer and Mark Micale 17 international scholars interrogate Pinker’s argument that human violence is dramatically on the decline. Studying the history of violence they assert that the real story of human violence is richer, more interesting and incomparably more complex than Pinker’s simplified narrative.

September 2021 • 8 mono illus 416 pages • 234 x 156mm 9781350140592 Bloomsbury Academic

Rights sold: Korean

The Future Starts Now

Expert Insights into the Future of Business, Technology and Society Theo Priestley and Bronwyn Williams Featuring contributions from an international array of futurists, The Future Starts Now looks towards the various innovations and technologies that may shape our future. This is an insightful guide for business professionals looking to steer their career or their organisation with foresight and confidence.

April 2021 • 272 pages • 234 x 153mm 9781472981509 Bloomsbury Business

Rights sold: Audio

Digital Souls

A Philosophy of Online Death Patrick Stokes Drawing on ongoing philosophical debates, Digital Souls examines how we manage the digital afterlife of dead people and what their online presence tells us about grief, identity, the moral implications of digital legacies and the threat that modern technology poses to the dead.

February 2021 • 208 pages 216 x 138mm • 9781350139152 Bloomsbury Academic

Looking East in Winter

Contemporary Thought and the Eastern Christian Tradition Dr. Rowan Williams This is an original and illuminating vision of a Christian world still none too familiar to Western believers and even to students of theology. It shows how the deep-rooted themes of Eastern Christian thought can prompt new perspectives on our contemporary crises of imagination and hope.

June 2021 • 272 pages • 234 x 153mm 9781472989246 Bloomsbury Continuum

Prophetic Culture

Recreation For Adolescents Federico Campagna How are we to face the challenge of leaving a fertile cultural legacy to those who will come after the end of our future? How can we help the creation of new worlds out of the ruins of our own? Federico Campagna explores the twilight of our contemporary notion of reality, and the fading of the cosmological story that belonged to the civilisation of Westernised Modernity.

June 2021 • 280 pages 216 x 138mm • 9781350149625 Bloomsbury Academic

Utterly Jarvellous

50 primary science activities you can do in a jar Sai Pathmanathan This unique collection of 50 science experiments uses one household object – a jar! Covering the entire Key Stage 2 National Curriculum for science, these environmentally friendly ideas are accessible, affordable and easy to set up, while avoiding the need for singleuse plastic. Engage children in sustainable, stimulating science!

March 2021 • 297 x 210mm 9781472984838 Bloomsbury Education