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‘Theory’ – a magical glow has emanated from this word since the sixties. Theory was more than just a succession of ideas: it was an article of fai...

This new textbook provides a concise but comprehensive guide to quantitative research methods for undergraduate and postgraduate students in all of...

Russia�s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world and overturned assumptions that large-scale conventional war was inconceivable in t...

Fatherhood today is in crisis. Fathers have gone missing, or have become their children’s playmates, and the symbolic authority of the father has l...

Fatherhood today is in crisis. Fathers have gone missing, or have become their children’s playmates, and the symbolic authority of the father has l...

Modern social and political life is characterized not only by a passion for freedom and a desire for human contact, but also by the urge to shut do...

Modern social and political life is characterized not only by a passion for freedom and a desire for human contact, but also by the urge to shut do...

The Terms of Democracy shows how democracy makes radical demands upon political leaders and citizens alike. By setting out the terms of democracy i...

The Terms of Democracy shows how democracy makes radical demands upon political leaders and citizens alike. By setting out the terms of democracy i...

How can suffering and injustice be reconciled with the idea that God is good, that he loves humans and is merciful to them? Job's question runs thr...

How can suffering and injustice be reconciled with the idea that God is good, that he loves humans and is merciful to them? Job's question runs thr...

Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermas's long-awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action. This pathbrea...

This study offers a systematic reconstruction of the theoretical foundations and framework of critical social theory. It is Habermas' "magnum opu...

The ascendancy of neo-liberalism in different parts of the world has put social democracy on the defensive. Its adherents lack a clear rationale fo...

The ascendancy of neo-liberalism in different parts of the world has put social democracy on the defensive. Its adherents lack a clear rationale fo...

All discourses aimed at asserting the value of human life as such—whether philosophical, ethical, or political—assume the notion of personhood as t...

All discourses aimed at asserting the value of human life as such—whether philosophical, ethical, or political—assume the notion of personhood as t...

The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months - not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe ...

The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has become a focus of discussion across the world. Political leaders, in the US, Europe, Asia and Lat...

The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has become a focus of discussion across the world. Political leaders, in the US, Europe, Asia and Lat...

As capitalism triumphs on the ruins of utopias and faith in progress fades, revolts are breaking out everywhere. From London to Hong Kong and from ...

As capitalism triumphs on the ruins of utopias and faith in progress fades, revolts are breaking out everywhere. From London to Hong Kong and from ...

The time of the landscape is not the time when people started describing gardens, mountains and lakes in poems or representing them in works of art...

The time of the landscape is not the time when people started describing gardens, mountains and lakes in poems or representing them in works of art...