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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781483671116Author Shamim AleemFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Xlibris CorporationPublisher Xlibris CorporationWeight(grams) 145g

Queering Multiculturalism argues for group-specific rights for ethno-cultural minorities, but without ignoring that such rights may lead to ethnic chauvinism, balkanization, and the cultural marginalization of minorities-within-minorities, such as ethnic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943263264Author Paul ChanFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Badlands UnlimitedPublisher Badlands Unlimited

Why might interdependence, the idea that we are made up of our relations, be horrifying? On the surface, interdependence—the idea that individuals are each made up of their relations—appears to be a beautiful thing. Ecology, social theory, and the...

Thinking, Childhood, and Time: Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Education is an interdisciplinary exploration of the notion of childhood and its place in a philosophical education. Contributors consider children's experiences of time, space,...

Political humor and satire are, perhaps, as old as comedy itself, and they are crucial to our society and our collective sense of self. Satire is confrontational. It's about push back, descent, discord, disappointment, and demonstrating the absurdity of...

The Existence of the Mixed Race Damnes is an interdisciplinary and intersectional study of the mixed-race subject in the Americas and the rise of oppositional consciousness with a consideration of not only race, but also colonialism. Daphne V...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728338156Author Torin ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint AuthorhousePublisher AuthorhouseWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

Julie E. Maybee uses a unique combination of a comprehensive theory--the three-bodies approach--and concrete examples to trace the social construction of disability and impairment in Western societies and to suggest how disability and impairment may be...

The book is a contribution to the fields of pragmatism, intercultural philosophy, and social and political ethics. The argument in the book runs along two lines: firstly, four pragmatist philosophers (William James, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, and Roberto...

Know Thyself: An Essay in Social Personalism proposes that social Personalism can best provide for self-knowledge. In the West, self-knowledge has been sought within the framework of two dominant intellectual traditions, order and the emerging self. On...

Antagonizing White Feminism: Intersectionality's Critique of Women's Studies and the Academy pushes back against the exclusive scholarship and discourse coming out of women-centered spaces and projects, which throw up barriers by narrowly defining who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970073218Author Douglas DendyFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 222g

This book outlines the generalist approach to conflict resolution. The approach was inspired by the generalist approach to social work but has now emerged in the fields of conflict resolution and peace studies. Essentially, the approach considers...

Focusing on the philosophical work of Judith Butler and Peter Sloterdijk, A Critique of Liberal Cynicism diagnoses-and proposes an immanent critique of-a form of cynicism dominant in popular and academic culture.Book InformationISBN 9781793655660Author...

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Augustine of Hippo was a philosopher as well as theologian, bishop and saint. He aimed to practice philosophy not simply as an academic discipline but as a love for divine wisdom pervading everything in his life and work. To inquire into Augustine and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627879811Author Dan BorgenFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint WheatmarkPublisher WheatmarkWeight(grams) 127g

COVID-19 in the United States is a classic tragedy of destruction following errors in judgment Naomi Zack presents social and political aspects of this disaster as it unfolded in public health through federal and local government structures, society,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937847029Author Thomas MoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Pluteo PlenoPublisher Pluteo PlenoWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926891576Author Peg TittleFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint MagentaPublisher MagentaWeight(grams) 152g

Although philosophy of childhood has always played some part in philosophical discourse, its emergence as a field of postmodern theory follows the rise, in the late nineteenth century, of psychoanalysis, for which childhood is a key signifier. Then in...

What is well-being? Is it a stable income, comfortable home, and time shared with family and friends? Is it clean drinking water and freedom from political oppression? Is it finding Aristotle's Golden Mean by living a life of reason and moderation?...

Although many of the world's musical traditions recognize the positive value of music for ethical life, the Western philosophical tradition has largely forgotten this idea. The dominance of formalism in musical aesthetics has encouraged this abandonment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734993400Author Antono Andrew Sweeney IFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint iLearn Research and Consulting FirmPublisher iLearn Research and Consulting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952716072Author Lena MaFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Lena MaPublisher Lena MaWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775084815Author M E J PowellFormat PaperbackImprint Kingfisher Sparrow PublishersPublisher Kingfisher Sparrow PublishersWeight(grams) 200g

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This book offers a new, European-centered approach to Tocqueville's thought. Although Tocqueville is often revered as a classic writer on the subject of American democracy, this book focuses on the multifaceted importance of his ideas within a European...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612641201Author Eileen WorkmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 474Imprint Muse Harbor PublishingPublisher Muse Harbor PublishingWeight(grams)...

This comprehensive text examines the history, significance, and philosophical dimensions of sport. Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport is organized to reflect the traditional division of philosophy into metaphysical, ethical, and sociopolitical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644385425Author Gary J KelmanFormat HardbackPage Count 626Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644387344Author Jay TurneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612035093Author Dr William JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Bottom of the Hill PublishingPublisher Bottom of the Hill PublishingWeight(grams)...

Postmodern Racial Dialectics is a collection of ten essays on African American philosophy. Addressing issues as disparate as why there are no graduate programs in philosophy at the more than one hundred traditionally black colleges and universities in...

Drawing upon the massive redevelopment catalyzed by the government-led urban renewal in Hong Kong in the past two decades, Shu-Mei Huang recharges the story of post-colonial Hong Kong through care, displacement, and how care is displaced in urban...

This book is a critical attempt to cast a biopolitical gaze at the process of subjectification of Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Estonia in terms of multiple and overlapping regimes of belonging, performativity, and (de)bordering. The authors strive to go...

Communicative Engagement and Social Liberation: Justice Will Be Made recognizes limitations in contemporary understandings that separate history and rhetoric. Drawing together ontological and epistemic perspectives to allow for a fuller appreciation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647196233Author Jay TurneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 204g