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First Published in 1940, this book which is written not so much for the philosopher as for the ordinary educated man, is an account of the idea of the soul. It attempts to answer two questions-a) what is the idea of the soul; and b) why has it become...

The term "culture wars" has taken centre stage in British social and political discourse, characterized by deep divides over values, identity, and sovereignty. These conflicts, driven by class and emancipatory struggles, continue to evolve, highlighting...

First published in 1969, African Penal Systems is the first book to explore the problems of African criminology. Sixteen distinguished contributors- sociologists, lawyers, and psychiatrists- each an authority on some aspect of African penal problems,...

First published in 1975, The Rise of the Mediocracy is exhaustive, disturbing, devastating, yet often very funny. It explodes the myth of meritocracy and the pretence of improved living standards. While the doom- boomers blame all our ills on trigger...

First Published in 1963, Logic and Criticism makes one of the rare attempts since that of I.A. Richard's Principles of Literary Criticism to examine the problems of criticism in the light of recent philosophical developments. The character of critical...

The cultural developments of Early Christian Ireland have long been recognised and described. There have, however, been few attempts to date to explain why the flowering of culture should happen at the time and in the way that it did.First published in...

First published in 1917, Theophrastus and the Greek Physiological Psychology Before Aristotle is on the history of ancient Greek physiological psychology. It includes the author's essays on Theophrastus and his writings on sense perception; the original...

Originally published in 1972, this book is an account of the events which led Humphry Berkeley to join the Labour Party after seven years a Conservative Member of Parliament and twenty years as a member of the Conservative Party. Starting with his own...

This book looks at the impact of multigenerational trauma, severe psychopathology and ethical struggles through the lens of Ukrainian psychoanalysts working amidst the Russian invasion.The contribution examines psychoanalytic responses to Russia's...

A reckoning with the radicalisation of modernist aesthetics that took hold in the mid-twentieth century, (In)aesthetic Theory illuminates the limits of aesthetic presentation by bringing Theodor Adorno and Alain Badiou's divergent philosophies of art...

Crises abound.The 'end of history' in the form of the triumph of liberalism has given way to a proliferation of crises internal to liberal, and especially neoliberal democracies: our economies and ecosystems, democracies, social and labour relations,...

Sir John Redwood has been at the centre of the movement to speed up the growth in wealth and income around the world through the rediscovery of private enterprise. In the United Kingdom, he has argued and written for privatisation, deregulation, and...

First Published in 1990, The Analysis of Political Structure is a major work of theory by one of our leading political scientists. David Easton here comes to grips with the nature of political structure, the way in which a political system is organized...

This book develops an original theory of performative beauty by reconsidering and reworking Deweyan pragmatic aesthetics through the lens of somaesthetics, contemporary embodiment theories, and philosophies of play.While philosophical aesthetics has...

The Soviet Intelligentsia (1973) is a valuable study of the composition and structure of the Soviet intelligentsia during the 1960s. It focuses in particular on the position of social scientists and the relationship between the intelligentsia and the...

Are women the same as or different from men? Should women seek 'equality' with men or admit their 'difference'? First published in 1990, Same Difference explores these highly-charged political questions by examining how the women's movement has engaged...

Refineries face persistent challenges in improving energy efficiency, ensuring crude availability, and maintaining process safety with excessive energy consumption being particularly difficult to address. This book explores the integration of Chemical...

First published in 1991, Changing New York City Politics provides an important grounding for understanding where New York City politics is likely to go in the coming two years.Three decades after New York City's first Black mayor was elected and then...

First published in 1981, Social Change offers a critical review of the main classical and modern theories of social change, and a study of the processes of change in western societies since modernization. It focusses on the cardinal aspects of society,...

Global Gender Politics analyzes the gender(ed) divisions of power, violence, labor, and resources that contribute to the global crises of representation, insecurity, and sustainability.This new edition of a foundational contribution to the field of...

History is an erudite teacher, from which we can learn invaluable lessons, both positive and negative. This is especially true for drug discovery and development. While creativity demands we think outside of the box, past successes and failures in...

First published in 1958, Russian Political Institutions is intended primarily to meet the need of university students for a good account of the political institutions of the Soviet Union in terms similar to those used in their study of other countries...

Originally published in 1985, this book was a study of one example of an all-purpose, unitary, borough council in the UK. It covers the years since the democratization of the borough councils in 1835, through the attainment of county borough status in...

Two hands clasp a heart, a crown poised above. For centuries, the Claddagh ring has been a global talisman of love, loyalty, and friendship, its origins steeped in romantic folklore. But what if the cherished tales of pirates, star-crossed lovers, and...

First published in 1967, Polish Analytical Philosophy presents the first comprehensive study of Polish analytical philosophy that has been written in Polish or English, traces the origin of the Polish analytical movement, it's development in the period...

First published in 1989, Overcoming Foundations offers a challenge to both postmodernism and traditional doctrines of knowledge and value by undertaking a systematic philosophy without foundations. United by a concern for overcoming foundations without...

First published in 1981 and now with a new preface by the renowned scholar Jeffrey Weeks, The Theory and Practice of Homosexuality discusses the way people who are homosexuals see themselves and are seen by others. It provides a conceptual framework to...

Western Europe's Natural Wonders is part of a series of books that provides a geologic guideto some of the most iconic, interesting, and geologically significant features of the Earth's surface. This volume takes readers across three classic locations in...

In Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts, Maria A. Sanchez tackles a central tension in global governance: how international human rights courts balance their mandates with the imperative to respect national sovereignty. Despite having...

First published in 1978, Social Work is concerned with relating social methods and objectives to political ideology. Social work grew out of the fertile tradition of mainstream Liberal radicalism in the nineteenth century, and to appreciate its largely...

This book provides concise insights from a diverse range of leading scholars reflecting on how they became geographers.Asking how a range of geographers, representative of the field's diversity, this book explores the trajectory of their academic career,...

In response to the limitations of traditional US sex education models, this book presents a groundbreaking approach rooted in ancient practices of self-cultivation. Shaun Miller critiques existing frameworks-paternalistic, liberal-consequentialist, and...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. As Africa stands at the threshold of rapid global and technological change, Transforming Africa offers a timely, agenda-setting response to the urgent call for bold,...

The North Korean nuclear issue has been one of the most significant challenges to international peace and security in the 21st century. The failure to peacefully resolve the issue could trigger regional instability or even nuclear warfare in the worst...

Originally published in 1981, the main thesis of this book is that rural labour markets are at the core of the problem of rural depopulation in development countries. Therefore, the success or failure of policies seeking to moderate the process of...

This book explores how episodes of 'nothing', or lost experience, shape accounts of self-identity. What is the most important thing that is not in your life? We tell stories about absent people, missed opportunities, things we yearn or wish for and...

First published in 1974, The Bantu-Speaking Peoples of Southern Africa is a revised and rewritten version of I. Schapera's ethnographical survey of the Bantu-speaking tribes of South Africa. New South African contributors place on record all the known...

This open access book analyses Latin American countries' state capacity based on these countries' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The causes and consequences of uneven state capacity have been a popular academic debate in social welfare provision...

This open access book offers a unique and timely investigation of the multifaceted relationship between migration and European cities. Its chapters critically examine the historical, economic, socio-spatial, cultural and policy-political dimensions of...

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