A defence of ethical intuitionism where (i) there are objective moral truths; (ii) we know these through an immediate, intellectual awareness, or 'intuition'; and (iii) knowing them... Læs mere
This volume analyzes determinants of pro-poor growth in eight countries. It emphasises the role of regional inequality,... Læs mere
This book presents significant new research on the informal labour markets of developing countries. Examining the critical role of informal labour markets in... Læs mere
This book examines the transformation of the economies of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region through the process of... Læs mere
This book is an innovative study of humour and the body in Juan Ruiz's Libro de Buen Amor (1330), using modern analytical techniques to examine the place of the Libro's bawdy and grotesque in relation to secular and sacred culture.
This collection of essays explores consolation and mourning in the varied, sometimes provocative, readings of Boethius and of Stoic consolation by French, English, Italian and German authors, including Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machaut, Chaucer, Wyatt and Queen Elizabeth I.
The contributors explores the intellectual, cultural, and political logics of the US-led war on terror and its consequences on lived... Læs mere
In an accessible style and format, Jewish Philosophy A-Z covers everything from Philo to Levinas and explores non-Jewish thinkers, such as Plotinus and Heidegger, who have had an important influence on Jewish philosophy.
Focusing on dramatic criticism, this book explores the self authorizing strategies of writers such as Jonson, Dryden, Aphra Behn,... Læs mere
The history of American universities is punctuated by shifts in the terms on which the mission of higher education is... Læs mere
The British Eighteenth Century and the Postcolonial Moment challenges reigning clichés about 'modernity'. Indeed, rather than 'applying' postcolonial... Læs mere
This book is the first in-depth cultural history of cinema's polyvalent and often contradictory appropriations of Shakespearean drama and... Læs mere