Philosophy

Mainstream addiction science sees addiction either as a biomedical disease that renders one incapable of self-control or as a voluntary practice engaged in freely.

This edited volume offers a new approach to the study of emotion in the past, focusing on the experience of emotional attachment.

The To-day and To-morrow book series (1923-1931) was a unique publishing phenomenon - over 100 short, often brilliant, books choosing a particular subject, outlining its present state, and then speculating about its future.

This book breaks new ground by showing that the work of David Foster Wallace originates from and functions in the space between philosophy and literature.

Ice humanities is a pioneering collection of essays that tackles the existential crisis posed by the planet's diminishing ice reserves.

Drawing on the author's years spent working in and around Westminster, this essay collection provides a personal perspective on the themes of faith, politics, and belonging.

The indivisibility principle holds that all human rights are equally important and should be respected in equal measure.

By exploring the influence of the Andalusian philosopher, Averroes or Ibn Rushd (1126-1198 AD) on European philosophy from the 13th to the 18th century, Koert Debeuf sheds light on a neglected side of the history of philosophy: the influence of Arabic thought on European philosophy.

What do Persian robes of honour, 20th-century still-life painting, fur garments, and 18th-century porcelain all have in common?

In an era of cancel culture, digital identities and thriving conversation surrounding parasocial relationships, we question today the nature of the celebrity, the scope of their power and influence, as well as the ethical issues these implicate.

This book grapples with multispecies violent exploitations embedded in corridors of power within the animal-industrial complex (A-IC).

This volume explores Christianity's relationship with democracy in a global perspective.

Oedipus Lex offers an original and evocative reading of legal history and institutional practice in the light of psychoanalysis and aesthetics.

En la medida en que tratamos de comprendernos a nosotros mismos y el mundo en el que vivimos, a menudo miramos primero la ciencia - y luego, si todavia hay lagunas en nuestra comprension, tratamos de llenar las brechas con referencia a Dios y a nuestra fe.

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Este libro invita a realizar un viaje por la utopía, un viaje por la Masonería que florece entre la Europa de Newton y la de Metternich, coincidiendo en su tramo final con el despertar de las nacionalidades y del liberalismo, y que se desplaza de París al Río de la Plata, de San Petersburgo a Nápoles.

When God is dead and governments themselves are increasingly subject to the power of global corporations, massive movements of peoples, transnational political upheavals, and ecological disasters, what does sovereignty mean for the 21st century?

Gibran Khalil Gibran was not just a writer or a poet, but rather he was a unique creative case, as he practiced writing in its various forms.

We are often asked to describe ourselves.

This book delves into the pressing issue of energy justice as it relates to SDG 7 and its far-reaching implications for society.