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Focusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the cou...

A clear, concise guide to the history and structure of irony from Socrates to the Derrida and Deleuze. Explores the philosophical, literary and pol...

No single introductory book has until now captured the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the idea of leisure. Beginning with a discussi...

Through historical analysis, this book assesses the ideological articulation of the contemporary ultra-left movement in India, including Maoism whi...

From an established author with a growing international profile in media studies, Media/Theory is an accessible yet challenging guide to ways of th...

This highly topical volume, with contributions from leading experts in the field, explores a variety of questions about membership based organizati...

Poetry criticism is a subject central to the study of literature. However, it is laden with technical terms that, to the beginning student, can be ...

This comprehensive, accessible guidebook traces the ways in which human beings have used narrative to make sense of time, space and identity over t...

From an author highly knowledgeable in the field, News is a handy and accessible guide that examines the history of news, both as newspapers and ra...

Providing eight detailed ethnographies of eight different news production settings, this book bridges the gap between journalistic theory and pract...

Thought-provoking and with an astonishing range of references, On Being Authentic is a gripping journey into the self. Beginning with Socrates and ...

What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosophe...

One of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it still possibl...

What is courage and why is it one of the oldest and most admired virtues? Is courage characteristic of all cultures, or only some, and why is it so...

With an emphasis on readers and reading, Jonathan Culler considers deconstruction in terms of the questions raised by psychoanalytic, feminist, and...

What is education for? Should it produce workers or educate future citizens? Is there a place for faith schools - and should patriotism be taught? ...

Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humo...

Drawing on examples from a wide range of landscapes from around the world and throughout history, this title considers the ways landscapes can affe...

Beginning with the nature of literature, this also asks the questions of why we should read literature and why literature has such authority over u...

John D. Caputo explores the very roots of religious thinking in this thought-provoking book. Compelling questions come up along the way: 'What do I...

Can science explain everything? Brian Ridley, a physicist himself, explores this question and more in this compelling exploration of both the scope...

Examines the emotion of shame psychologically and philosophically, in order to show how it can be a galvanizing force for moral action against the ...

Stories offer us some of the richest and most enduring insights into the human condition and have preoccupied philosophy since Aristotle. On Storie...

On the Human Condition is an invigorating and fascinating exploration of where the idea of the human stands today.