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Catastrophic events like the bombing of Hiroshima, Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, and drone strikes periodically achieve re…

The definitive exploration of C.S. Lewis’s philosophical thought, and its connection with his theological and literary work Arguably one of …

Meaning and Mystery offers a challenge to the way Philosophy has traditionally approached the issue of belief in God as a theoretical proble…

We live in a time of turbulent change when many of the frameworks that have characterized our societies over the last few centuries – such a…

Alexander the Great is one of the most celebrated figures of antiquity. In this book, Carol G. Thomas places this powerful figure within the…

Communicating by speech is seemingly one of the most natural activities for humans. However, despite its apparent obviousness and ease, spee…

This anthology offers a fresh approach to the philosophical aspects of photography. The essays, written by contemporary philosophers in a th…

In this lively and accessible book, Matt Matravers considers the role of responsibility in politics, morality and the law. In recent years, …

Politics was once regarded as an activity which could give human societies control over their fate. However, there is now a deep pessimism a…

Structured analytically, the book introduces the reader to all the facets of citizenship.

The huge and growing demand for wireless communication systems has spurred a massive effort on the parts of the computer science and electri…

A new emphasis on diversity and difference is displacing older myths of nation or community. A new attention to gender, race, language or re…

In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flouri…

At a time when so many cracks have emerged within the imagined community of ‘the West', this important new book, by one of the leading socia…

Following the collapse of communism and the decline of Marxism, some commentators have claimed that we have reached the 'end of history' and…

The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months – not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental …

This book is a highly original and provocative contribution to democratic theory. Zolo argues that the increasing complexity of modern socie…

The terms 'global' and 'civil society' have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor …

At the 2005 UN World Summit, world leaders endorsed the international principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), acknowledging that they …

Since the end of the Cold War, activists and scholars alike have celebrated the phenomenal growth of transnational social movements across t…