This book builds on the success of Glanville Pricea s The Languages of Britain, published in 1984, which was widely acclaimed as the most lively, reliable and comprehensive survey of the great number of languages that have at one time or another taken root in Britain.
Bertrand Russell coined the phrase "philosophical logic" to describe an approach to philosophical problems: find the correct logical form of the problematic sentences, and the problems vanish.This book explains both the theoretical underpinnings of the approach.
* Judith Butler, author of influential books such as Gender Trouble, has built her international reputation as a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identity. * Organized in active collaboration between Judith Butler and Sara Salih.
Showcasing key theorists, including Kimmel, Silverman, Dyer and Boyarin, this reader seeks to re-conceptualize the masculinity studies debate along the axes of empire,... Læs mere
* Brings together for the first time both classic works from Evans-Pritchard, Levi-Strauss, Leach, and Schneider, as well as articles on such electrifying contemporary debates as surrogate motherhood, and gay and lesbian kinship.
Literature and Film is a cornucopia of vibrant essays that chart the history and confluence of literature and film. It explores in detail a wide and international spectrum of novels and adaptations, bringing together the very latest scholarship in the field.
This text argues that political Marxist influence obscures, transforms, distorts, and renders inaccessible Marx's basic philosophical insights. It concentrates on recovering Marx's philosophical ideas not in opposition to, but rather within the larger, Hegelian framework.
aeo Vito Fumagalli is probably the leading medieval historian in Italy today. aeo This book is an important new study of the attitudes to the city and nature in the Middle Ages. aeo Vito Fumagalli is probably the leading medieval historian in Italy today.
aeo An excellent introduction to a rapidly growing field -- Lesbian Studies. aeo Provides a clear and engaging account of the contradictory meanings of lesbian sexuality in... Læs mere
* The latest book by Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * Offers an original analysis of the central figure of our contemporary, 'liquid--modern' times -- the man or woman with no fixed or durable bonds.
This book of essays explores the theoretical, historical, and foreign policy implications of US power and postwar... Læs mere
A major new book by one of the leading feminist writers in France today. Cixous explores the themes of love, memory, language and loss. This is a work of literary fiction... Læs mere