An understanding of military occupation as a distinct phenomenon first emerged in the 18th century. This book shows how this understanding developed and the problems that the occupiers, the occupied, commentators and the courts encountered.
This is a book about one aspect of how cinema makes us feel as well as think. It reflects on how we as spectators are invited to understand, desire or identify with Hollywood's vision of men and masculinity via mise-en-scene.
A groundbreaking rereading of the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation
Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is considered a standard text in the history of moral philosophy as well as... Læs mere
A fresh, up-to-date and balanced overview of Johnson's policies across a range of theatres and issues with the aim of generating a proper understanding of his successes and failures in foreign policy.
Explores Arendt's understanding of method: of what political theory is, its purposes and limits, and how it is best undertaken. It shows that... Læs mere
Augusto Fraschetti describes the legends surrounding the origins, foundation and early history of Rome, the significance the Romans attached to the legends of their origins, and the uses to which they put them.
Surveys the current debates in modern literature and provides a wide selection of translated sources.
Garrett Wallace Brown explores and defends topics such as cosmopolitan law, cosmopolitan right, the laws of hospitality, a Kantian federation of states, a cosmopolitan epistemology of culture and a possible normative basis for a Kantian form of global distributive justice.
What considerations do you need to take into account when planning an agreement? What writing techniques will ensure that your contract is... Læs mere
This innovative book examines the development of modernist writing in four European cities: London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna.
This book focuses on the practice and pedagogical value of rhetorical reading. Its readings follow an itinerary from poetic texts (such as those by Wordsworth and Keats) through theoretical or philosophical texts (by Descartes and Nietzsche) to narrative fiction (by Henry James).