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The widespread uptake of digital platforms – from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and TikTok – is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, co...

Political communication has fundamentally transformed as digital technologies have become increasingly important in everyday life. Technology platf...

Political communication has fundamentally transformed as digital technologies have become increasingly important in everyday life. Technology platf...

What does the study of Plato’s dialogues tell us about the modern meaning of ‘sex’? How can recent developments in the philosophy of sex and gender...

What does the study of Plato’s dialogues tell us about the modern meaning of ‘sex’? How can recent developments in the philosophy of sex and gender...

From comic verse to practical jokes, pornography to satire, acting to acrobatics, the Renaissance witnessed the flowering of play in all its forms....

From comic verse to practical jokes, pornography to satire, acting to acrobatics, the Renaissance witnessed the flowering of play in all its forms....

The clitoris was absent in anatomy books, in paintings and sculptures, absent in spirit and even body; it has long been the organ of erased pleasur...

The clitoris was absent in anatomy books, in paintings and sculptures, absent in spirit and even body; it has long been the organ of erased pleasur...

Plebeian Prose is a key work by the pioneering Argentine Brazilian anthropologist, sociologist and poet Néstor Perlongher. Perlongher, whose work h...

Plebeian Prose is a key work by the pioneering Argentine Brazilian anthropologist, sociologist and poet Néstor Perlongher. Perlongher, whose work h...

The world is troubled and full of misunderstandings. It seems a new world order of fundamentalist violence and meaningless atrocity is upon us, whi...

The world is troubled and full of misunderstandings. It seems a new world order of fundamentalist violence and meaningless atrocity is upon us, whi...

The problem of value pluralism permeates modern political philosophy. Its presence can be felt even when it is not explicitly the central topic und...

The problem of value pluralism permeates modern political philosophy. Its presence can be felt even when it is not explicitly the central topic und...

Podcasting burst onto the media landscape in the early 2000s. At the time, there were hopes it might usher in a new wave of amateur and professiona...

Podcasting burst onto the media landscape in the early 2000s. At the time, there were hopes it might usher in a new wave of amateur and professiona...

This major introductory textbook examines the political and economic dimensions of twentieth-century industrialised societies. The main themes incl...

From obnoxious public figures to online trolling and accusations of “fake news”, almost no one seems able to disagree without hostility. But polite...

From obnoxious public figures to online trolling and accusations of “fake news”, almost no one seems able to disagree without hostility. But polite...

We are living in a period of great uncertainty. The rise of extreme populists, economic shocks and rising international tensions is not only causin...

We are living in a period of great uncertainty. The rise of extreme populists, economic shocks and rising international tensions is not only causin...

This book provides a clear and accessible account of political and economic development in Pacific Asia. Adopting a comparative and historical appr...

Despite its oil wealth, the Middle East and North Africa is economically stagnating. Growth rates are comparatively unfavorable and insufficient to...