Julia Kristeva explicates her foundational distinction between the semiotic and the symbolic and explores their interrelationships. Linking the psychosomatic to the... Læs mere
Julia Kristeva offers an extensive and profound consideration of the nature of abjection. Drawing on Freud and Lacan, she analyzes the nature of attitudes toward... Læs mere
This groundbreaking book explains why and how so many people consume little or no news despite unprecedented abundance and ease of access.
Bernard E. Harcourt develops a transformative theory and practice that builds on worldwide models of successful cooperation.
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For more than thirty years, the acclaimed novelist Shirley Hazzard and the renowned scholar of Japanese literature Donald Keene... Læs mere
This book is a practitioner’s guide to civic engagement today, showing current and aspiring social scientists how to build a career in the public sphere.
A philosopher and cognitive scientist returns wonder to scientific discovery while bringing religious phenomena down to earth.
The Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel shows how science can inform the way we experience a work of art and seek to... Læs mere
What has been the fate of Christianity since Nietzsche's famous announcement of the "death of God"? What is the possibility of religion, specifically Christianity, thriving in our postmodern era? This book addresses these questions.