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Although Islamic philosophy represents one of the leading philosophical traditions in the world, it has only recently begun to receive the attention i…

Aristotle is the most influential philosopher of practice, and Knight's new book explores the continuing importance of Aristotelian philosophy. First,…

It is only a decade ago that the eighteenth-century distinction between civil society and the state seemed old-fashioned, an object of cynicism, even …

George Bush leaves the White House in January 2009 and the United States goes back to “normal”, right? Wrong, argues Susan George in this fascinating,…

This 8th volume of the WPA series in Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry provides an update of research evidence and clinical experience concerning …

In this provocative book, philosopher Nicholas Agar defends the idea that parents should be allowed to enhance their children’s characteristics. Gets …

The work of the American philosopher Wilfrid Sellars continues to have a significant impact on the contemporary philosophical scene. His writings have…

This book offers a fresh, accessible and original interpretation of the modern state, concentrating particularly on the emergence and nature of democr…

Biochemical analysis is a rapidly expanding field and is a key component of modern drug discovery and research. Methods of Biochemical Analysis provid…

The first introductory palaeontology text which demonstrates the importance of selected fossil groups in geological and biological studies, particular…

Morality still matters, argues philosopher Roger Trigg, in this accessible introduction to moral thinking. Written for general readers with no backgro…

Noted biologist and philosopher Sahotra Sarkar exposes the frauds and fallacies of Intelligent Design Theory, and its claim to be ‘good science’. A sc…

In this pathbreaking book, one of the world’s leading analysts of globalization and global governance confronts the failures of international politics…

According to evolutionary biologists, we are the minders of our genes. But, as Christopher Badcock points out in this book, it is only recently that e…

Television Truths considers what we know about TV, whether we love it or hate it, where TV is going, and whether viewers should bother going along for…

Introducing a new and ambitious position in the field, Kit Fine’s Semantic Relationism is a major contribution to the philosophy of language. Written …

Dreams are as black as death. —Theodor W. Adorno Adorno was fascinated by his dreams and wrote them down throughout his life. He envisaged publishing …

At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new world order in which the sovereign state would be held to democratic account, fundamental rig…

Involuntary memory was identified by the pioneering memory researcher Hermann Ebbinghaus more than a century ago, but it was not until very recently t…

Miami Vice captures the glitter and glamour embodied by Crockett and Tubbs and offers students an anatomy of a ground-breaking work in the police proc…

Presupposing no familiarity with the technical concepts of either philosophy or computing, this clear introduction reviews the progress made in AI sin…

For almost three decades the troubles in Northern Ireland raged, claiming over 3,600 lives, with civilians accounting for almost half the fatalities. …

Recent government initiatives and developments in professional practice have been designed to help families in difficulty effectively, in order to pre…

Forensic Psychology: Emerging Topics and Expanding Roles is designed to present the current state of the field, in terms of law, ethics, research and …

Dermot Moran provides a lucid, engaging, and critical introduction to Edmund Husserl's philosophy, with specific emphasis on his development of phenom…

This collection of philosophical papers reflects on the existence and nature of the self. A collection of philosophical papers devoted to the subject …

Bob Jessop presents an up-to-date account of his distinctive approach to the dialectics of structure and strategy in the exercise of state power. Whil…

In the past 25 years, the distribution of income and wealth in Britain and the US has grown enormously unequal, far more so than in other advanced cou…

An encyclopedia of methods in biochemical analysis, this modern series keeps biochemists and analytical chemists abreast of experimental innovations a…

In Comedy Incarnate, Noël Carroll surveys the characteristics of Buster Keaton’s unique visual style, to reveal the distinctive experience of watching…

John McDowell: Experience, Norm, and Nature combines original essays by leading contemporary philosophers with point by point responses by McDowell hi…

This volume of especially commissioned essays explains what is meant by «civil society», paying particular attention to the relationships between civi…

Social activism and dissent have become global phenomena for our times. Ordinary people across the world are fighting back. This newly potent politica…

What is intelligence? What makes humans Homo sapiens – the intelligent species?Inventing Intelligence is a bold deconstruction of the history of intel…

An in-depth look at how banks and other financial institutions manage treasury operations Created for banking and finance professionals with a desire …

Might we be parts of a divine mind? Could anything like an afterlife make sense? Starting with a Platonic answer to why the world exists, Immortality …

In this book Paul Hirst makes a major contribution to democratic thinking, advocating «associative democracy»; the belief that human welfare and liber…

There is a real security gap in the world today. Millions of people in regions like the Middle East or East and Central Africa or Central Asia where n…

Around 10 million people in the UK suffer from a neurological disorder, one million of whom are disabled by their condition. Neurological disorders th…

The first comprehensive introduction to cover the entire span of Kierkegaard’s authorship. Explores how the two strands of his writing—religious disco…

Hard Truths is a groundbreaking new work in which noted philosopher Elijah Millgram advances a new approach to truth and its role in our day-to-day re…

This volume develops a novel approach to state theory. It offers a comprehensive review of the existing literature on the state and sets a new agenda …

Since the end of the Cold War a significant number of peace agreements have been signed, many of them in bloody intra-state conflicts that were previo…

Our perceptions of dementia and what dementia care should constitute have changed dramatically over the past 20 years. Research has uncovered a mass o…