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The new edition of Steve Bruce’s Fundamentalism grapples with the combination of social strains and religious ideas that have produced an explosion...

The triumph of technological rationality and of the sciences as a whole has by no means provided answers to humanity’s great questions. Instead, it...

The triumph of technological rationality and of the sciences as a whole has by no means provided answers to humanity’s great questions. Instead, it...

Norberto Bobbio is the foremost political theorist in Italy today. Written with verve and passion as well as erudition, this important work will ma...

Will tomorrow's wars be dominated by autonomous drones, land robots and warriors wired into a cybernetic network which can read their thoughts? Wil...

Will tomorrow's wars be dominated by autonomous drones, land robots and warriors wired into a cybernetic network which can read their thoughts? Wil...

G. A. Cohen was one of the towering political philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His intellectual career was unus...

G. A. Cohen was one of the towering political philosophers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His intellectual career was unus...

G. H. Mead is rightly considered to be one of sociology's founding fathers, yet to date there have been surprisingly few books devoted to his life ...

G. H. Mead is rightly considered to be one of sociology's founding fathers, yet to date there have been surprisingly few books devoted to his life ...

Hans-Georg Gadamer is one of the leading philosophers in the world today. His philosophical hermeneutics has had a major impact in a wide range of ...

The writings of Harold Garfinkel have had a major impact on the social sciences and linguistics. This book offers a systematic and innovative analy...

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivaks seminal contribution to contemporary thought defies disciplinary boundaries. From her early translations of Derrida to ...

What does it mean to be gayfriendly? Having gay friends, supporting gay marriage, remaining unfazed when one’s son or daughter comes out? Going t...

What does it mean to be gayfriendly? Having gay friends, supporting gay marriage, remaining unfazed when one’s son or daughter comes out? Going t...

Since the brutal attacks of October 7, 2023, the Gaza strip – home to over 2 million Palestinians – has once again become a critical flashpoint in ...

Since the brutal attacks of October 7, 2023, the Gaza strip – home to over 2 million Palestinians – has once again become a critical flashpoint in ...

Gender issues continue to be a prominent concern of academics and policy-makers, and increasingly arise in various forms to be debated in the publi...

How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and f...

How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and f...

Gender issues continue to be a prominent concern of academics and policy-makers, and increasingly arise in various forms to be debated in the publi...

This book reassesses theories of agency and gender identity against the backdrop of changing relations between men and women in contemporary societ...