This is the first study of the Cambridge Affair. Drawing upon archival and unpublished material, little-known texts pertaining to the Affair, and Derrida's own oeuvre, this original account offers an historical and philosophical reconstruction of this crucial debate.
Grounded in the thought of two radical continental thinkers, Hannah Arendt and Jacques Derrida, this book presents a world-centric 'caring' conceptualisation of cosmopolitanism and forgiveness. It develops political theory of repairing and cultivating the relationships which constitute our human community.
This book contextualizes the use of terror as part of wider movements of political contention, demonstrating that terroristic innovation occurs as part of wider historical processes rather than in a vacuum.
Insights and Methods for Comparative Social Science
Critical juncture theory seeks to understand how social orders are created, become entrenched, and change. In this book, leading practitioners offer the first coordinated effort to define this field, assess its theoretical and methodological foundations, and use a critical assessment of current practices as a basis for guiding its future.
Longfellow's Imaginative Engagement is a literary biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 1861 until 1882. Using archival materials from Harvard's Houghton Library and Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, the book presents Longfellow's final two decades as a vibrant artistic period.
The End of Desire in Aristotle's Politics and Ethics
Careful interpretation of Aristotle's political philosophy shows the necessity for politics and economics to be understood as working towards a goal unachievable by either agent on its own. This interpretation compel readers to contemplate how all human pursuits begin with desire and a choice about the good.
Jewish studies has been a vibrant academic discipline for many decades, and since the establishment of the Association for Israel Studies in 1985 to engage in research on the history, politics, society, and culture of the modern state of Israel, the two disciplines have worked along parallel tracks in universities. This book focuses on the vibrant ......
This edited collection brings together scholarship from established and emerging scholars in HIV/AIDS studies, French studies, Visual Arts, and Dance. As French writers and artists from the past five to ten years have been revisiting the AIDS crisis and its attendant cultural amnesia, their work has brought about the necessity of foregrounding ......
A Companion to Look Up to See What the Weather Will Be
TV meteorologist Guy Brown has introduced you to the tools for weather forecasting success with his book Look Up to See What the Weather Will Be. Now grab your pencils, creativity, and sense of adventure, and get ready to go on location with your own weather journal! As you make progress on your way to becoming a beginner meteorologist, you'll ......
