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What is the carbon footprint of your libido? In this highly original book, Dominic Pettman examines the mutual influence and impact of human desi...

What is the carbon footprint of your libido? In this highly original book, Dominic Pettman examines the mutual influence and impact of human desi...

Hawaii, 7th December 1941, shortly before 8 in the morning: Japanese torpedo bombers launch a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored in P...

Hawaii, 7th December 1941, shortly before 8 in the morning: Japanese torpedo bombers launch a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored in P...

This book sets out to redress the balance of history in favor of the peasants. Reminding us that peasants made up the vast majority of the populati...

Social media is replete with images of 'perfection'. But many are unrealistic and contribute to a pervasive sense of never being good enough: not t...

Social media is replete with images of 'perfection'. But many are unrealistic and contribute to a pervasive sense of never being good enough: not t...

Performativity has emerged as a critical new idea across the humanities and social sciences, from literary and cultural studies to the study of gen...

Performativity has emerged as a critical new idea across the humanities and social sciences, from literary and cultural studies to the study of gen...

For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent performer. Whether facing cri...

For successful political leaders, public speaking is only half the battle. A good politician must also be a competent performer. Whether facing cri...

When the bronze statue of Edward Colston was thrown into the Bristol harbour, what was it about this spectacle that made it more effective than cou...

When the bronze statue of Edward Colston was thrown into the Bristol harbour, what was it about this spectacle that made it more effective than cou...

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of ourselves and our relationships, raising anxieties and ...

The internet and the mobile phone have disrupted many of our conventional understandings of ourselves and our relationships, raising anxieties and ...

For more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fi...

For more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fi...

As persons, we are importantly different from all other creatures in the universe. But in what, exactly, does this difference consist? What kinds o...

As persons, we are importantly different from all other creatures in the universe. But in what, exactly, does this difference consist? What kinds o...

What is the relationship between persons and things? And how does the body transform this relationship? In this highly original new book, Roberto E...

What is the relationship between persons and things? And how does the body transform this relationship? In this highly original new book, Roberto E...

A classic in its field, this comprehensive book introduces the core history of phenomenology and assesses its relevance to contemporary psychology,...

A classic in its field, this comprehensive book introduces the core history of phenomenology and assesses its relevance to contemporary psychology,...

Philippines is Hélène Cixous's reverie or 'true dreaming' which intertwines Freud's uneasy views on telepathy, autobiographical memories conflating...