Rowman Littlefield International: 550 books
Technology, Modernity, and Democracy
Essays by Andrew Feenberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
This important collection of essays by Andrew Feenberg presents his critical theory of technology, an innovative approach to philosophy and sociology of technology based on a synthesis of ideas drawn from STS and Frankfurt School Critical Theory.
According to critical theory of technology,...
Nature and Experience
Phenomenology and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
What do we mean when we speak about and advocate for ‘nature’? Do inanimate beings possess agency, and if so what is its structure? What role does metaphor play in our understanding of and relation to the environment? How does nature contribute to human well-being?
By bringing the concerns...
Regulating Women
Policymaking and Practice in the UK
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
A number of women’s issues serve to create novel policy problems that require creative, and sometimes unique, regulatory and legal responses. This book embarks upon a comparative case study approach to explore UK policymaking in the areas of abortion, rape, prostitution and pornography in turn....
Practising Rhythmanalysis
Theories and Methodologies
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
This book explores rhythmanalysis as a philosophy and as a research method for the study of cultural historical experiences. It formulates 'rhythm' as a critical concept which is defined in dialogic relationships to intellectual traditions, yet introducing unique philosophical positions that serve...
Destroy and Liberate
Political Action on the Basis of Hume
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
In David Hume’s science of human nature each and every self is located by passions that bind it to groups, repel it from other groups, and rank it on a hierarchy: we call this discovery a ‘topology of passions’. These ranked selves and groups provide the matter of what he called ‘government’,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
The post humanist movement which currently traverses various disciplines in the arts and humanities, as well as the role that the thought of Deleuze and Guattari has had in the course of this movement, has given rise to new practices in architecture and urban theory. This interdisciplinary volume...
Partial Values
A Comparative Study in the Limits of Objectivity
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
When, if ever, is it permissible to afford special consideration to friends and family? How can we strive to be objective in our thinking, and is this always a feasible or appropriate aim?
This book examines the categories of impartiality and objectivity by showing how they frame certain debates...
Privacy, Security and Accountability
Ethics, Law and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
What is the appropriate balance between privacy, security, and accountability? What do we owe each other in terms of information sharing and access? Why is privacy valuable and is it more or less important than other values like security or free speech? Is Edward Snowden a hero or villain?
Within...
Just Food
Philosophy, Justice and Food
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Who has access, and who is denied access, to food, and why? What are the consequences of food insecurity? What would it take for the food system to be just?
Just Food: Philosophy, Justice and Food presents thirteen new philosophical essays that explore the causes and consequences of the inequities...
Affective Labour
(Dis) assembling Distance and Difference
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Affective Labour explores four distinct landscapes in order to demonstrate how collective feelings are organized by social actors in order to both reproduce and contest hegemony. Utilizing a variety of methods, including participant observation, in-depth interviews across field sites, and content...
Memories of the Spanish Civil War
Conflict and Community in Rural Spain
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
The Spanish Civil War left a legacy of destruction, resentment and deep ideological divisions in a country that was attempting to recover from economic stagnation and social inequality. After Franco’s victory, the repression and purge that ensued immersed Spain in a spiral of fear and silence which...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
There is no more vivid example of a state’s power over its citizens than the criminal law. By criminalizing various behaviours, the state sets boundaries on what we can and cannot do. And the criminal law is in many ways unique in the harshness of its sanctions. But traditional criminal law theory...
The Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Path Ahead
Alternatives to Political Representation and Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
Political representation and democracy are at odds and we need new models to organize politics without relying so heavily on elected representatives. Similarly, capitalism undermines markets, as the rich and wealthy shield their assets and make them untenable for average earners.
Elitism thus...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
At the root of our understanding of territory is the concept of terra—land—a surface of fixed points with stable features that can be calculated, categorised, and controlled. But what of the many spaces on Earth that defy this simplistic characterisation: Oceans in which ‘places’ are continuously...