This book demonstrates how the Thalidomide catastrophe of the 1960s and the BSE crisis of the... Læs mere
Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries.
Shows that Husserl's Phenomenology and its key concept, subjectivity, is based on a concrete anthropological structure, such as self-affection and the bodily experience of the other.
An incisive engagement with the subject of intimacy and interpersonal relationships and the methods used to research families and personal life, this book introduces... Læs mere
The first systematic study of the concept of shame from 1600-1900, showing good and bad behaviour, morality and perceptions of crime... Læs mere
It re-thinks contemporary global ideas by relating them to the social thought of Kant, Hegel and Marx, and in so doing highlights divergent ambiguous aspects of contemporary global theories, as well as the continuing impact of the ideas of Kant, Hegel and Marx.
Uprootedness, exile and forced displacement, be they due to conflict, persecution or so-called 'development', are conditions which characterise the lives of... Læs mere
This book examines commodity consumption both as an ongoing problem for capital and a complex mediator of... Læs mere
One path towards development taken by a number of small jurisdictions is the establishment of an offshore financial centre. This text... Læs mere
The Things We Do and Why We Do Them argues against the common assumption that there is one thing called 'action' which all reason-giving explanations of action are... Læs mere
Taking insights from the philosophy of science and technology, theories of participatory democracy and Critical... Læs mere
An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail... Læs mere