Modern Islamist Movements provides a clear and accessible examination of the history, beliefs and rationale of Islamist Groups and their... Læs mere
Minerva s Night Out presents series of essays by noted philosopher and motion picture and media theorist Noel Carroll that explore issues at the intersection of philosophy, motion pictures, and popular culture.
Mexican cinema is booming today, a decade after the international successes of Amores perros and Y tu mama tambien.
Jean-Luc Nancy stands as one of the great French theorists of "deconstruction. " His writings on philosophy, politics, aesthetics, and religion have significantly contributed to the... Læs mere
Where is sociology in contemporary media studies? How do sociological questions and arguments shape media analysis? These are the questions addressed in this timely collection on media sociology.
* An award-winning account of Stalin s reign of terror when 1. 5 million people lost their lives in a single year. * Karl Schlogel reconstructs the process through which, month by month, the terrorism of a state-of-emergency regime spiraled into the Great Terror .
There has been a lively debate amongst political theorists about whether certain liberal concepts of democracy are so idealized that they lack relevance to real politics.
* Slavoj Zizek is one of the most widely-read and controversial philosophers writing today.
This is a thorough assessment of the gripping yet gruesome topic of Latin American violence. Written by leading scholars from the Americas and Europe, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject to date and it focuses specifically on state-supported murder and violence.
"A comprehensive introduction to conspiracy theories and their growing presence in the age of the internet"--