Debating Humanity. Towards a Philosophical Sociology, Hardback - ***

The question 'what is a human being?' remains one of the most vexing intellectual puzzles. This book reconstructs how contemporary sociologists and...

The question 'what is a human being?' remains one of the most vexing intellectual puzzles. This book reconstructs how contemporary sociologists and...

By highlighting the institutional and socio-cultural context of human rights, this timely collection provides illuminating insights into the emerge...

Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingAuthor(s): Virginia SeaseIllustration(s): halftonesTranslator: Matthew BartonNumber of pages: 112Publication date...

Displaying the distinctive combination of narration and philosophy for which he is well known, this new book by Peter Sloterdijk develops a radical...

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncIllustration(s): fig. and tablesNumber of pages: 397Collection: History of Schools and SchoolingPublication dat...

Reducere. What does it mean to say that someone is autistic?Dynamics of Autism is an exploration of this question and many more. In this thoughtful, wide-ran...

Reducere. DescriptionSometimes a family experiences a roller coaster of emotions that are too painful to confront. They are simply suppressed; life limps on....

Focussing on 1930-60, this publicationconsiders Pasmore's transition from figurative painter to abstract artist. Reproducing works from both public...

A comprehensive critique of the socio-economic issues revealed by the world'sdeadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus.

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Terry SmithNumber of pages: 236Collection: Anthem symploke Studies in TheoryPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 160...

Publisher: Hatje CantzIllustration(s): 104 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 262 x 322 x 27Cover type...

A best-seller in France, this English language edition introduces readers to an alternative perspective on our technological future. Bihouix skilfu...

Jeffrey Bell develops a critical existentialism and provides a new way of integrating the concerns of existentialist writers into contemporary poli...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter years of engaging in various forms of anti-racism organizing, I discovered that the methods that were being used lent to further d...

Adorno's critique of sociology and philosophy, saying the two are only worth anything in relation to one another. A rewarding introduction to a key...

This catalogue accompanies the latest in the Louvre Abu Dhabi's exciting series of exhibitions charting the relationship between Eastern and Wester...

Rooted in close readings of individual poems, buildings, and works of art, Pindar, Song, and Space ranges from Athens to Libya, Sicily to Rhodes, t...

Establishing a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue, this text engages with the typically disparate fields of social gerontology and disability ...

Pioneering study offering a 'new comparatism' - a new world-systems' approach to the 'world' in 'world literature'.Publisher: Liverpool University ...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Mike (Senior Lecturer in History, University of Exeter, UK) FinnNumber of pages: 296Collection: Deba...

Examining these questions from wider leadership theory perspectives as well as a tighter focus upon inter-organizational networks, the author speci...

A history of the cosmopolitan forces that made contemporary Iran

Reducere. Like the two earlier volumes of Bernard Williams' papers published by Cambridge University Press, Problems of the Self and Moral Luck, Making Sense...

Reducere. This book argues that religion can and must be reconciled with science. Combining adaptive and cognitive approaches, it is a comprehensive analysis...

DescriptionAutomating Humanity is the shocking and eye-opening new manifesto from international award-winning designer Joe Toscano that unravels an...

Examines the emergence and practice of a Western model of intervention, which combines 'hard'/military and 'soft'/peace approaches, and assesses it...

A political science perspective on higher education reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Examines the impact of historical institutions and transn...

Reducere. A Guide for Sustaining Conversations on Racism, Identity, and our Mutual Humanityis a hands-on guide for teachers, students, and agency professiona...

A beautifully illustrated exploration of cold-water traditions in Scandinavia and around the world, and a thorough account of why winter swimming g...

Publisher: ApertureIllustration(s): 60 four-color and black-and-white imagesNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 216 x 333 x 18Cov...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is about China's role in the world to come and includes the author's recent explorations of China's readiness to assume a glob...

Towards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics develops an account of non-normative ethics that can be used to think about filmmaking and viewing, using two p...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book examines the modern role of the European School system within the Europea...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Michael W. FlammNumber of pages: 224Collection: Debating Twentieth-Century AmericaPublication date: 2009D...

A cross-disciplinary tour-de-force, The Genes of Culture integrates insights from philosophy, the physical sciences, social psychology and cultural...

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In the Cause of Humanity is a major new history of the emergence of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention during the nineteenth cent...

This is the second volume in the Plato Dialogue Project series: it is devoted to the Statesman, and offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis o...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Roy (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin) Sorensen...

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This collection interrogates the notion of authenticity from an anthropological point of view and considers authenticity in terms of how meaning is...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Michael CholbiNumber of pages: 232Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 147 x 223 x 26Cover type: Hardb...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Diana StuartNumber of pages: 176Collection: What is Sociology?Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 143 x 224 x 18Cov...

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