This collection of translated primary sources for Ottoman history shows how the major institutions of Ottoman government developed, and how they... Læs mere
This adventurous study focuses on experimental animal writing in the major interwar journal transition (1927–1938), which contains a striking recurrence of metaphors around the most basic forms of life.
This one-stop introduction gives you an overview of Scotland’s mixed legal system, from its historical roots to how the judicial system works today. The... Læs mere
These essays address the epistemological, aesthetic and political implications of scale in both scholarly and artistic work. From the... Læs mere
This collection of 13 new essays shows what Baruch Spinoza can add to our understanding of the relational nature of autonomy. By offering a relational... Læs mere
Étienne Balibar, one of the foremost living French philosophers, builds on his landmark work 'Spinoza and Politics' with this exploration of Spinoza's ontology. Balibar... Læs mere
An interdisciplinary study of one of the most important monuments in Islamic art.
Do people only act out of self-interest? Or is there a less pessimistic explanation for human... Læs mere
In this classic work, Maud Ellmann examines T. S. Eliot’s and Ezra Pound’s criticism in terms of what she calls the ‘poetics of impersonality’. Her superb and entirely original readings of the major poems of the modernist canon have earned a lasting place in criticism.
Revised throughout, the book includes: a new introduction which focuses attention on what is specific to literature’s treatment of the... Læs mere
The 18 chapters in this book outline conceptual approaches to the field and provide practical resources for teaching, ranging from ideas for individual class sessions to full syllabi and curricular frameworks.
This book explores the relationship between democracy and republicanism, and its consequences, and articulates new theoretical insights into connections... Læs mere