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Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete? Does globalization threaten democratic life, or offer it new forms of expressio...

There is no normative concept more appealing today than the idea of individual freedom. Political party manifestos are drawn up, legal reforms are ...

There is no normative concept more appealing today than the idea of individual freedom. Political party manifestos are drawn up, legal reforms are ...

We live in an era of aesthetics. Art has become both pervasive and powerful – it is displayed not only in museums and galleries but also on the wal...

We live in an era of aesthetics. Art has become both pervasive and powerful – it is displayed not only in museums and galleries but also on the wal...

Where can the danger be lurking? Two soldiers are huddled together, one gazing up at the sky, the other darting a sideward glance. They derive a ta...

Where can the danger be lurking? Two soldiers are huddled together, one gazing up at the sky, the other darting a sideward glance. They derive a ta...

This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explana...

This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explana...

In this major new work, Richard J. Bernstein argues that many of the most important themes in philosophy during the past one hundred and fifty year...

In this major new work, Richard J. Bernstein argues that many of the most important themes in philosophy during the past one hundred and fifty year...

Migrant workers in the West are at the frontline of the precarious condition that is coming to dominate social and economic life in neoliberal soci...

Migrant workers in the West are at the frontline of the precarious condition that is coming to dominate social and economic life in neoliberal soci...

In the days when Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee faced each other in the House of Commons, there was disagreement about whose hands should be ...

In the days when Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee faced each other in the House of Commons, there was disagreement about whose hands should be ...

Male and white privilege are on the decline, yet elite privilege has gone from strength to strength. The privileges enjoyed by the rich and powerfu...

Male and white privilege are on the decline, yet elite privilege has gone from strength to strength. The privileges enjoyed by the rich and powerfu...

The most forceful philosophical objections to belief in God arise from the existence of evil. Bad things happen in the world and it is not clear ho...

The most forceful philosophical objections to belief in God arise from the existence of evil. Bad things happen in the world and it is not clear ho...

This accessible new book provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the defining problems of contemporary philosophy. Its unique feature is ...

This accessible new book provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the defining problems of contemporary philosophy. Its unique feature is ...

The idea of progress, one of the animating ideas of Western civilization, has now gone global. From Marxism and neoliberalism to today’s mutant ide...

This book seeks to develop a new agenda for the centre-left. During the 1990’s, left of centre governments or coalitions came into power in the US,...

This book seeks to develop a new agenda for the centre-left. During the 1990’s, left of centre governments or coalitions came into power in the US,...