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This is a clear and critical account of Foucault's political thought: what he said, how it's been used and its influence today. Michel Foucault (19...

Michel Foucault holds a central place in the academic landscape, particularly in literature, history, sociology and cultural studies. His groundbre...

Discourse and Power: An Introduction to Critical Narratology: Who Narrates Whom? is both an introduction to discourse research and an application o...

Literary Theory: A Reintroduction introduces the current state of theory by placing it in its social, historical, and institutional contexts. Focu...

Beginning in the 1920s, the book looks at the impact of the periods preceding the 'theory movement' and reintroduces this movement from a contempor...

Table of Contents Preface I. THE EUROPEAN ROOTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY: The Origins of Sociological Theory Theorizing after the Revolution Saint-Si...

This book engages with the ethics and practices of identity formation in a world experiencing identity stress. It engages with crucial questions su...

Are human rights part of the problem or part of the solution in the current 'clash of civilizations'? Drawing on a hitherto neglected body of work ...

This title mounts a vigorous defence of media studies.

Unpopular Essays, [Paperback] Bertrand Russell

The second edition of this distinguished and popular Companion introduces new chapters on the philosophy of biology: bioethics, genethics, and medi...

This book examines the relationship between cultural difference and practical knowledge and its implications for the study of humanities and the so...

Following the publication of the seminal Fear of Freedom, Erich Fromm applied his unique vision to a critique of contemporary capitalism in The San...

What are the origins of human rights? This question, rarely asked before the end of the Cold War, has in recent years become a major focus of histo...

Philosopher, physicist, and anarchist Paul Feyerabend was one of the most unconventional scholars of his time. His book Against Method has become a...

The remarkable French thinker Simone Weil is one of the leading intellectual and spiritual figures of the twentieth century. A legendary essayist, ...

Why We Argue (And How We Should): A Guide to Political Disagreement in an Age of Unreason presents an accessible and engaging introduction to the t...

The quest for liberty has driven political movements across the globe, inspiring revolutions in America, France, China and many other countries ove...

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