Arts, Literature, and Humanities

This is a lively overview of the major ideas and concepts in archaeological theory.

Building on the strengths of the highly successful first edition, the extensively updated Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory presents a complete sta...

This cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the la...

Buddhists: Understanding Buddhism through the Lives of Practitioners provides a series of case studies of Asian and modern Western Buddhists, spann...

Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, this established textbook provides a penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the hist...

A major new introduction to the global history of Christianity, written by one of the world ;s leading theologians and author of numerous bestselli...

For Alain Badiou, films think, and it is the task of the philosopher to transcribe that thinking. What is the subject to which the film gives expre...

Brings together 48 fresh and original contributions from practicing poets and leading scholars, who together offer critical and contextual coverage...

A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postm...

Currently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded third edition, Eighteenth-Century Poetry presents the rich diversity of...

Social life is in a constant process of change, and sociology cannot afford to stand still. Sociology today is theoretically diverse, covers a huge...

Essentials of Research Methods is a concise and accessible introduction to research methods in the social sciences. Written by an expert of researc...

The planet is undergoing a global change in climate that has begun to negatively affect populations and is predicted to accelerate in the coming de...

Updated and revised, Ethics: The Basics, Second Edition, introduces students to fundamental ethical concepts, principles, theories, and traditions ...

This innovative introductory textbook explores the central practices and beliefs of Hinduism through contemporary, everyday practice. Introduces an...

The field of global ethics draws on traditions of moral theory, mostly derived from western philosophy, in order to address moral problems specific...

GWF Hegel has long been considered one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the nineteenth century, and his work continues to prov...

Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, an...

This is the first in-depth study of the relationship between the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and its own members. Drawing on years of participant o...

Is it is justifiable to make any basic moral distinction between 'insiders and outsiders'? Do we have substantive duties of 'justice' to all human ...

* The author is one of foremost political philosophers in Europe. * This book brilliantly confronts the theory of justice in a new and challenging ...

The third edition of Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology, the highly praised innovative approach to introducing asp...

This reader-friendly introduction makes Joyce asscessible by combining the excitement of reading his words with the excitement of interpreting them.