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This edited volume considers the U.S.-Mexico soccer rivalry, which occurs against a complex geo-political, social, and economic backdrop. Multidisciplinary contributions explore how a long and...

This collection, written by leading Lacanian psychoanalytic theorists and practitioners, explores the impact of shifts in contemporary culture, politics and society on the notion of 'perversion',...

Pesticide Policy and Politics in the European Union: Regulatory Assessment, Implementation and EnforcementAuthor: Emanuela BozziniPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Apr 01, 2017Number of...

?This book assesses the work of one of the foundational figures of American fantasy, Peter S. Beagle. Through its focused analysis of The Last Unicorn, this study contextualises Beagle?s work in...

Peter Von Zahn's Cold War Broadcasts to West Germany: Assessing AmericaAuthor: Eli NathansPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Aug 17, 2017Number of Pages: 334 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

This book explores the petition(??), a political system with Chinese characteristics. It is an important form of political participation for people at the bottom and an effective means of supervising...

This book deals with one of the most pervasive ways by which people have addressed authority throughout history: petitioning. Based on a Congress held at the Instituto de Ci?ncias Sociais da...

Phenomenology, New Materialism, and Advances In the Pulsatile Imaginary: Rites Of Disimagination brings together scholars from art history and image theory, literary studies and philosophy. Chapters...

Focuses on a little-known group of primarily white, male, French philanthropists and their efforts to improve the lives of peoples of African descent in Saint-Domingue during the Haitiain...

Takes a unique approach: it is the first volume to focus on the moral philosophy of Philippa Foot Provides high-quality analysis: features the work of an extremely prestigious collection of...

- Articulates the principles operable for thinking through the history and systems of psychology - Focuses on the principles operable in differentiating the history and systems of psychology - Offers...

Drawing connections between madness, philosophy and autobiography, this book addresses the question of how Nietzsche's madness might have affected his later works. It also explores why continental...

This volume considers the numerous philosophical ideas and arguments found in and inspired by the critically acclaimed series Breaking Bad. This show garnered both critical and popular attention for...

Philosophy in the Condition of ModernismAuthor: Ana FalcatoPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: May 18, 2018Number of Pages: 419 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

While most managers are primarily concerned with being able to make decisions quickly, manage meetings efficiently and drive innovation, there is often little time for reflection in a business world...

This book reconsiders the major current topics in the philosophy of perception using olfaction as the paradigm sense. The author reveals how many of the most basic concepts of philosophy of...

Explores the provocative concept that the history of philosophy would not exist without the novelConsiders a wide range of thinkers including Mikhail Bakhtin, Georg Luk?cs, Theodor Adorno, and Walter...

This book explores the intersections between dreaming and the literary imagination, in light of the findings of recent neurocognitive and empirical research, with the aim to lay a groundwork for an...

This book continues the exploration of themes either neglected or devalued by others working in the field of philosophy and culture. The authors in this volume consider the domain of travel from the...

This book, now in its second edition, explores how physical education (PE) and learning through movement can be best enacted in schools in order to optimise children's wellbeing and subsequent...

This book examines the role of photography and visual culture in the emergence of ecological science between 1895 and 1939.Author: Damian HughesPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPublication Date: Aug 13,...

Pierre Bourdieu in Hispanic Literature and Culture is a collective reflection on the value of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's work for the study of Spanish and Latin American literature and...

This open access book examines how Pinewood came to be Britain?s dominant film studio complex, focusing on key years following the Second World War. It presents a revisionist, micro history organized...

This book examines the popular and critically acclaimed films of Pixar Animation Studios in their cultural and historical context. Whether interventionist sheriff dolls liberating oppressed toys (Toy...

Without respecting and nurturing ?lace?we cannot achieve a state of ecological sustainability. Place-based organizations are not run on a purely materialistic basis. The non-materialistic features of...

Without respecting and nurturing ?lace?we cannot achieve a state of ecological sustainability. Place-based organizations are not run on a purely materialistic basis. The non-materialistic features of...

This book explores the topography of Mount Athos, emphasizing the significance of silence and communal ritual in its understanding. Mount Athos, a mountainous peninsula in northern Greece, is a...

This book is for all those actively working in the built environment. It presents the latest theory and practice of engaging with stakeholders to co-design, develop and manage thriving places. It...

Placing Disability presents an international collection of personal essays that address the experience of disability in particular geographical locations. Each chapter engages the question of what it...

This collection examines the event of Fukushima in Japan in terms of urban sociology and cultural politics to portray the triple catastrophe of March 2011 as both a planetary event and a dual...