Credit, Fashion, Sex: Economies of Regard in Old Regime France
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In Old Regime France credit was both a central part of economic exchange and a crucial concept for...
Woodpecker
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Woodpeckers are among the most remarkable birds in the avian world, having evolved a unique anatomy...
Architectural Theorisations and Phenomena in Asia: The Polychronotypic Jetztzeit: 2017
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This book is the first overall and detailed discussion of contemporary Asia's architectural...
Architecture in Black: Theory, Space and Appearance
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Based on analysis of historical, philosophical, and semiotic texts, Architecture in Black presents a...
Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know
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Over the last decade, "New Atheists" such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens...
Cinema and Sacrifice
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Cinema has a long history of engaging with the theme of sacrifice. Given its capacity to stimulate...
Faithful Doubt: The Wisdom of Uncertainty
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Focussing on three philosophers - Giorgio Agamben, Jacques Derrida, and Slavoj Zizek - Faithful...
Football, Culture and Power
Wade Davis, David Leonard and Kimberly George
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What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by...
Mathematicians and Their Gods: Interactions Between Mathematics and Religious Beliefs
Snezana Lawrence and Mark McCartney
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To open a newspaper or turn on the television it would appear that science and religion are polar...
Myth of the Western: New Perspectives on Hollywood's Frontier Narrative
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Offers significant re readings of key classic and contemporary Westerns. Myth of the Western re...