This Element offers the first comprehensive study of George Crabbe's engagement with medical thought and practice in his poetry. By tracing the moral and... Læs mere
This Element examines ageing migrant domestic workers in Singapore and Hong Kong facing insecurities as temporary contracts force retirement and... Læs mere
This graduate-level text offers a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the conceptual theory and practical consequences of spontaneous symmetry breaking. It addresses and... Læs mere
Drawing from a broad range of evidence, this book offers a novel explanation for the causes, treatments, and various subtypes of depression from the... Læs mere
This Element describes computational indeterminacy which occurs when a fixed physical system potentially computes different functions. The phenomenon has potential... Læs mere
This Element introduces readers to Native American scholars whose work is applied to major topics in archaeology. It... Læs mere
This Element mentions the opinions of Dewey and Hegel. Hegel referred to Geist as 'self-conscious life' as a being which exists within a 'web' of sense it spins for itself. Dewey... Læs mere
Most people not only believe in free will but assume that if we didn't have it society would fall apart and would lead to nihilism and despair. This book challenges... Læs mere
Inequality and its evolution over time are increasingly important subjects within the social sciences, particularly in the field of... Læs mere
The Milky Way provides crucial clues about how galaxies form, through kinematic data, ages, and chemical compositions of millions of resolved... Læs mere
An ethical rationale for moving toward reducing punitiveness. The book discusses moral/legal principles applicable across many... Læs mere