Justin Clemens examines psychoanalysis under the rubric of ‘antiphilosophy’: a practice that offers the strongest possible challenges to thought. Drawing on the work... Læs mere
Focussed around three core themes – capitalism, the metaphysics of democracy and aesthetics – these 12 essays emphasise the potential of Nancy’s political thought, and... Læs mere
This book is a thoroughly revised version of the 1999 edition, which was welcomed at the time as a classic. It now extends the period of... Læs mere
This book offers a fresh perspective on the question of Scotland’s relationship with Britain. It challenges the standard concept of the Scots as an ancient nation whose British identity only emerged in the early modern era.
An Edinburgh Classic edition to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314
An interdisciplinary, edited collection on social science methodologies for approaching Roman legal sources.
This is the first scholarly study of Scotland's sexual coming-of-age in the post-war period, charting its political growth from a deeply moralistic policy framework towards a less judgmental, global and scientific context.
This book examines the relationship between Romantic writing and the rapidly expanding British Empire.
A critical monograph of the San Francisco Renaissance poet Jack Spicer, informed by much archival material.
This engrossing and entertaining scientific history includes the story of Glasgow’s ‘Big Bang’ of 1863, the controversy over ‘Astronomer Royal for Scotland’ and a historical survey of the eight observatories that once populated Glasgow.
A selection of the leading theorists of multiculturalism revisit aspects of Parekh’s work both to underline its continuing importance and the ongoing vitality of multiculturalist theory.
The first collection of critical essays on the film work of the philosopher Jacques Rancière. This book offers an exciting range of responses to and assessments of his contributions to film studies and includes a new piece by Rancière himself on the subject of film.