1876 results for '"MIN,A"'

This new collection of essays highlights the positive contributions that feminism can make to the history of philosophy. Drawn together within a chronological framework, pieces by leading feminist...

Few American lives have been as celebrated--or as closely scrutinized--as that of Benjamin Franklin. Yet until now Franklin's biographers have downplayed his interest in mathematics, at best...

Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we...

Constitutionalism affirms the idea that democracy should not lead to the violation of human rights or the oppression of minorities. This book aims to explore the relationship between constitutional...

This interdisciplinary study of legal and literary narratives argues that the novel's particular power to represent the interior life of its characters both challenges the law's definitions of...

A speculative description of the end of time applies scientific theory to imagination, predicting the overtaking of black holes, the end of sunlight, the beginning of stardoom, and the crushing...

Bevat essays van Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous, Monique Wittig en Catherine Clément over feminisme en religie. Elk van deze feministische denkers wordt geïntroduceerd door een...

"Member selection is one of the defining elements of social organization, imposing categories on who we are and what we do. 'Discriminatory clubs' shows how international organizations are like...

Acclaimed author Jonathan Rosen’s haunting investigation of the forces that led his closest childhood friend, Michael Laudor, from the heights of brilliant promise to the forensic psychiatric...

"This ambitious and elegiac crime thriller is among the best of Brubaker and Phillips’s highly acclaimed collaborations." —Library Journal (starred review) THE FIRST NEW CRIMINAL BOOK IN FIVE YEARS!...

Why does a clarinet play at lower pitches than a flute? What does it mean for sounds to be in or out of tune? How are emotions carried by music? Do other animals perceive sound like we do? How might...

Both controversial and beloved, Edward Said was the pioneer of postcolonial studies, a tireless champion for his native Palestine, and an erudite literary critic whose books continue to impact...

"Most of us are aware of the power of bees as an amazing collective, but they are also uniquely intelligent as individuals. This book takes readers deep into the sensory world of bees, showing how...