Samhälle & kultur

The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in …

This book presents, for the first time in the English language, Marcel Gauchet's interpretation of the challenges faced by contemporary Western societies as a result of the crisis …

This volume illuminates the vexed treatment of violence in the German cultural tradition between two crucial, and radically different, violent outbreaks: the French Revolution, and …

'I know you wouldn't know it to look at me, but I once sneezed a bit of carrot onto a woman's hand ...'A good joke takes you somewhere completely unexpected and makes you laugh, an …

Although there is a large volume of specialist literature on posters, a brief but all-encompassing overview like the one this volume sets out to provide has been conspicuous by its …

For most of its history, the American gay movement has been part of the democratic Left. Gay liberation's founders were Communists, and its activist core is still overwhelmingly …

Drawing on the incredible wealth of diversity of languages, cultures and movements in which lesbian feminisms have been articulated, this book confronts the historic devaluation of …

Find out which business teaching techniques work and which don't for Central and Eastern European studentsFrom editor George Tesar: "e;Educational opportunities in Central and …

Death will come for us all. In most cases, for many of our loved ones before ourselves. Those loved ones may include our parents as we can generally expect that we will outlive …