This fifth edition of the bestselling textbook is a major new revision, continuing to provide a concise introduction to the key concepts of semiotics in accessible and jargon-free language.
Over the last half-century, moral philosophy has taken an applied turn, covering practical issues in areas such as medicine, business, the environment, and many others.
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Nationalism comprehensively surveys the sub-disciplinary area of religious nationalism, an interaction between religion and nationalism.
Postdigital Ethical Futures emerged from the work of the Ethical Futures Network hosted by the William Temple Foundation meeting both online and at Trinity College, Oxford.
Hegel's philosophy of mind is a systematically current conception due to its consistent anti-scientism and its multifaceted rejection of all forms of philosophical scepticism and its being a conception that has many references to pragmatism.
This book explores the opportunities and epistemological and structural challenges facing higher education in postcolonial South Africa and argues for a fundamental transformation to meet the needs of the 21st century.
While the impacts of climate change become increasingly severe, efforts to prevent them suffer one blow after the other, as seen in the rise of far-right populist parties in Western democracies.
This book provides an essential, comprehensive discussion on thought experiments and how they have featured throughout the history of the personal identity debate in analytic philosophy.
Das Buch des Ökumenischen Patriarchen bietet eine fundierte Einführung in das reiche theologische Denken, die wechselvolle Geschichte und die mystische Spiritualität des östlich-orthodoxen Christentums.
Die Debatte um "das" Problem der Willensfreiheit, die in jüngster Zeit auch in empirische Nachbardisziplinen, das Feuilleton und sogar die Belletristik auszustrahlen begann, dreht sich um ein Sammelsurium an Fragen, die uns bereits die gesamte Philosophiegeschichte hindurch begleiten.
Das Soziale, so wie es uns gegenwärtig aus der Immanenz heraus erscheint, bedient sich konstitutiv der Form des Spiels, um sich partikular konstituieren zu können; zugleich ist dieses Soziale jedoch kein Spiel.
Generations and Nationalism breaks new ground by placing the impact of generation and generational changes at the forefront of an investigation on the transformation of nationalist movements and the evolution of support for independence in Catalonia, Quebec and Scotland.
The Internet is a hub for gathering political information and accounts for significant political activity; however, social interactions online are often disrupted by trolling.
This Palgrave Pivot offers a balanced and impartial commentary on one of the most important of the early writings by the German legal scholar Carl Schmitt.
This Palgrave Pivot offers a balanced and impartial commentary on one of the most important of the early writings by the German legal scholar Carl Schmitt.
This book provides the first analysis of the reception and development of Lacanian psychoanalysis in Italy, offering a comprehensive account of the relevance and contributions of Italian Lacanians.
Oft stehen sich der Anspruch Handelnder, ihre Welt zu verändern, und die Tendenz bestehender Ordnungen, im status quo zu verharren, scheinbar unvermittelbar gegen-über.
In Post-Colonial Realism, Hanna Samir Kassab develops a theoretical framework to explain, understand, and predict international conflict, placing culture at the center of international political analysis.
»Es wird darum gehen, zu zeigen, wie sich im Verlauf der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung in Europa in den vergangenen 600 Jahren die Spiele der Bildkunst und die der Wirtschaft aneinander und miteinander entwickelt haben.
While the Is-Ought Gap has recently been a topic of growing interest, most contributions are firmly fixed on logical, often quite technical accounts of the autonomy thesis.
This book offers a new approach to the theory of argumentation that conceptualizes argumentation as a fundamentally ethical activity whose norms are grounded in, and must be selected according to, moral reasons.
Selon la perspective divine, le Pape est percu comme quelqu'un usurpant une identite spirituelle, propageant une vision raciste des realites spirituelles.
