The work of French Philosopher Luce Irigaray has exerted a profound influence on feminist thinking of recent decades and…

Family Support introduces and explores the state of the art in preventative social work with children and young people.…

The Terms of Democracy shows how democracy makes radical demands upon political leaders and citizens alike. By setting out…

aeo Highly readable and bold defence of the relevance and importance of Freuda s theories to contemporary culture. aeo A…

Makes Adornoa s lectures on metaphysics available for the first time to English--speaking readersExamines the history of…

A major new examination of the ways in which Vidal's writings on history, politics, sex and religion throw into focus our…

Produkt Uprooting - Bourdieu, Pierre (College de France) a Sayad, Abdelmayek zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele John…

This concise and timely book, written by one of the worlda s leading authorities on China, argues that the country is at a…

Through analysis of both major Irish dramas and the artists and companies that performed them, Modern Irish Theatre provides…

In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post--modernity. Discussing the…

aeo This is the first new interpretation to be made of the role of the intellectual for many years. aeo It has a strongly…

For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent…

This book gives a critical assessment of key developments in contemporary French philosophy, highlighting the diverse ways…

Kant is a pivotal thinker in Adornoa s intellectual world. Yet although he wrote monographs on Hegel, Husserl and…

In this major new book, Mary Hamer offers a new perspective on incest, making a link with the scandal of sexual abuse on the…

In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no…

The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the…

In recent decades cognitive science has revolutionised our understanding of the workings of the human mind. Philosophy has…

Friends can help to form the basic structure of our lives but we very often take them for granted. Friends can sometimes be…

It is commonly assumed that we live in an age of unbridled individualism, but in this important new book Montserrat…

Since the end of the eighteenth century, the pursuit of a true lovea has been enshrined in the expectations of Western…

Steinert applies Horkheimer and Adornoa s theory of the a culture industrya to contemporary culture and demonstrates the…

This book provides an engaging and comprehensive introduction to feminist interpretations of prostitution. Based upon the…

In this new book, Slavoj i ek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the…

Afghanistan has become synonymous with violence. In the past 25 years alone, the country has endured Russian invasion and…

This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that…

Making Sense of Criminology is a clear, concise introduction for all students new to the subject. As well as introducing…

Successful social work practice is underpinned by knowledge, theories and research findings from a range of related…

In this volume leading feminist theorists re--think the traditional concepts of political theory and expand the range of…

Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it…

A comparative picture of the welfare state and gender relations. The authors explore how care, work and welfare are…

The first volume in a new textbook series from Polity: key themes in family communication. The volumes are designed to…

Today many philosophers and historians of science would acknowledge that there are different kinds of activity that we call…

At a time when significant social status, economic resources, and political opportunities seem to become ever more unequally…

Produkt Unrecognized States - Caspersen, Nina (University of York) zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele John Wiley and…

This is a new study of the relationship between performance and power from one of the world s leading social theorists In…

Catastrophic events like the bombing of Hiroshima, Hurricane Katrina s devastation of New Orleans, and drone strikes…

Alain Badiou is one of the leading philosophers in the world today. His ground-breaking philosophy is based on a creative…

Offers a much-needed introduction to communication between providers and patients in the health-care environment. Written by…

Emphasizes individual experiences and personal reactions to death. This book highlights the importance of two key factors in…

A reconsideration of the main figures of international political theory. It challenges conventional wisdom to reveal a…

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In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir asked, What does it mean to be a woman? Her answer to that question inaugurated a radical…

Ranciere is one of the most interesting and original philosophers in France today, well-known for his work on aesthetics,…

Jung: A Feminist Revision explores the relationship between feminist theory and Jungian studies.…

International responses to the outbreak of SARS, the spread of HIV/AIDS, and the promotion of health as a human right all…

A punchy and original upper-level film studies textbook. Offers a new way of thinking about film studies in the 21st Century…

aeo This is a very accessible introduction to one of the key figures in contemporary feminist thought. aeo The approach to…

Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This…