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Jazz and the Philosophy of Art
Co-authored by three prominent philosophers of art, Jazz and the Philosophy of Art is the first book in English to be exclusively devoted to philosophical issues in jazz. It covers …
The Ball is Round
THE DEFINITIVE, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOOK ABOUT FOOTBALL 'Football conquered the world with its capacity to astonish, and this is its definitive history' The IndependentThere may …
The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer
Published to coincide with the World Cup preliminaries, a comprehensive overview of soccer around the world traces the history of the world's most popular sport from its earliest …
Global Transformations
An introduction to theoretical accounts and empirical descriptions of the global circumstances. The text provides a collection of data on the interrelatedness of "domestic" and …
Social Theory and the Environment
This book establishes whether contemporary social theory can help us understand the structural origins of environmental degradation and environmental politics.
Tackling Long-Term Global Energy Problems
This book makes a case for a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to energy research—one that brings more of the social sciences to bear. Featuring eight studies from …
The Aesthetics of Architecture
By some of the top philosophers in the field of aesthetics as well as those in the architectural profession, essays in this book related architecture to other artforms such as …
Knowledge and the Social Sciences
Knowledge and the Social Sciences takes as its point of departure the claims that all forms of knowledge, the social sciences included, must be seen and understood in their social …
The Game of Our Lives: The English Premier League and the Making of Modern Britain
The Game of Our Lives is a masterly portrait of soccer and contemporary Britain. Soccer in the United Kingdom has evolved from a jaded, working-class tradition to a sport at the …
Aesthetics
Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts, fourth edition, contains a selection of ninety-six readings organized by individual art forms as well as a final section of readings …
Democratization
In 1760 no polity in the world was democratic in any way we would now recognize. In 1995 there were democratic states on every continent and in every region. The struggle to …
Literacy as Conversation
In Literacy as Conversation, the authors tell stories of successful literacy learning outside of schools and inside communities, both within urban neighborhoods of Philadelphia and …