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Violence
PolityWe live in a time when we are overwhelmed with talk and images of violence. Whether on television, the internet, films or the video screen, we can’...
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PolityThis book provides an introduction to the work of Norbert Elias. It is the first systematic appraisal of two central themes of his thought - violen...
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PolityAdonis� influence on Arabic literature has been likened to that of T. S. Eliot in the English-speaking world. Yet alongside this spearheading of a ...
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PolityIs politics necessarily violent? Does the justifiability of violence depend on whether it is perpetrated to defend or upend the existing order – or...
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PolityIs politics necessarily violent? Does the justifiability of violence depend on whether it is perpetrated to defend or upend the existing order – or...
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PolityThis innovative book tells the fascinating tale of the long histories of violence, punishment, and the human body, and how they are all connected...
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PolityThis innovative book tells the fascinating tale of the long histories of violence, punishment, and the human body, and how they are all connected...
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PolityIn books such as The Aesthetics of Disappearance, War and Cinema, The Lost Dimension, and The Vision Machine, Paul Virilio has fundamentally change...
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PolityIn books such as The Aesthetics of Disappearance, War and Cinema, The Lost Dimension, and The Vision Machine, Paul Virilio has fundamentally change...
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PolitySince the publication in 1975 of Paul Virilio's Bunker Archeology, the range of Virilio's critical works and their impact is now clear within a var...
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PolitySince the publication in 1975 of Paul Virilio's Bunker Archeology, the range of Virilio's critical works and their impact is now clear within a var...
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PolityWhat is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we...
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PolityWhat is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we...
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PolitySpeak your mind, always. Hypocrisy challenges this rule of authenticity, and for this very reason hypocrisy is judged negatively, as intentional in...
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PolitySpeak your mind, always. Hypocrisy challenges this rule of authenticity, and for this very reason hypocrisy is judged negatively, as intentional in...
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PolityAn introductory text on child psychology discussing different theoretical perspectives by analyzing major figures' work on the mental life of babie...
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PolityVisions of Social Control is a wide ranging analysis of recent shifts in ideas and practices for dealing with crime and delinquency. In Great Brit...
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PolityThis is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television and new media. It explores how meaning is communicat...
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PolityThis is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television and new media. It explores how meaning is communicat...
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PolityOver the last decade, images have become a key feature of digital culture; at the same time, they have made a mark on a wide range of research prac...
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PolityOver the last decade, images have become a key feature of digital culture; at the same time, they have made a mark on a wide range of research prac...
View full detailsVita Contemplativa
PolityIn our busy and hurried lives, we are losing the ability to be inactive. Human existence becomes fully absorbed by activity – even leisure, treated...
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PolityIn our busy and hurried lives, we are losing the ability to be inactive. Human existence becomes fully absorbed by activity – even leisure, treated...
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PolityIn this book, Roberto Esposito continues his philosophical exploration of the relation between institutions and human life. Starting from the enigm...
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