Abortion, distribution of wealth, civil disobedience, reverse discrimination, sex-role stereotyping, censorship - what does philosophy have to contribute to these practical moral issues? In this important book, first published in…

By looking at the very specific case of the Greek-speaking Romaniote and the Ladino-speaking Sephardic communities in Southern Greece, Epirus and Macedonia, this book explores the attitudes and policies of…

Argues that Plato’s views as expounded in the Republic indicate that he was a utilitarian. This book also argues that utilitarianism is the only acceptable ethical theory, and that these…

? partir des ann?es 1850, et ? travers des dizaines d?ann?es marqu?es par des guerres et une crise ?conomique mondiale, le manque d?argent et de personnel et la difficult? d?obtenir…

In the 1850s, Canada’s national museum was little more than a piece of legislation governing the Geological Survey of Canada’s small collection of First People’s artifacts in Montreal. Despite decades…

This volume traces the emergence of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis, and demonstrates how the radical, cross-disciplinary dialogues that form its foundation are relevant to present-day social and cultural challenges.

During the Civil War, the state of Missouri witnessed the most widespread, prolonged, and destructive guerrilla fighting in American history. With its horrific combination of robbery, arson, torture, murder, and…

Limit Cinema explores how contemporary global cinema represents the relationship between humans and nature. During the 21st century this relationship has become increasingly fraught due to proliferating social and environmental…