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This is the first book to focus on the implications of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's thinking on the social sciences and organisation.

This volume will help English readers to reconsider the relation of deconstruction to current political theory as well as to research into the post-human, biopolitics, globalised political theory, and the on-going transformation and displacement of philosophy by the methods of cultural studies.

This book will inform Scots and South African lawyers about the substance of international developments in the field, and suggest ways in which their still vigorous and vital national laws may continue to be developed.

This study, based on research spanning 25 years, focuses on the shifting patterns of social assimilation and exclusion that have characterised the inter-ethnic relations of North Cameroon for almost two centuries.

Although Scottish poetry gained an increasingly high profile towards the end of the twentieth century, this groundbreaking work is the first book length study of the field.

Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) is especially well known in Scotland as the portrait painter of members of the Scottish Enlightenment. This illustrated scholarly work is devoted to the reception and reputation of Edinburgh's premier Enlightenment portrait painter. It includes chapters that look at different aspects of Raeburn's professional career.

Paul Virilio is one of the leading and most challenging critics of art and technology working today. This title surveys Virilio's aesthetics and socio-cultural ideas and how they function within his highly politicised approach to visual culture.

Paul Virilio is one of the most challenging critics of art and technology. His work has produced substantial debate, compelling readers to ask if his criticism is out of touch or out in front of traditional perspectives. This title includes 13 original writings, that is suitable for students and researchers into contemporary visual culture.

A reference work that critically examines the history of democracy, from ancient history to the directions it might take in the future. Over the course of 42 chapters, it explores the full breadth of the origins of democracy and expands the canon of democratic history by exploring new - and sometimes surprising - examples from around the world.

Based on Hogg's 1831 collection entitled Songs by the Ettrick Shepherd, this critical edition provides the original text as well as the history of its genesis.

A 'two-in-one' introduction to the American South, from its colonial beginnings to the present, combining guides to the key areas and themes with extracts from primary and secondary texts.

An original and comprehensive survey of the horror film in Korea, examining the social, cultural, historical and industrial influences on the development of the genre in its home country and around the world.

Contributions to Musical Collections and Miscellaneous Songs provides access to the relevant material in the various musical collections to which Hogg refers in his 1831 head notes, thus allowing the new readers of the 21st century to see in facsimile what Hogg himself saw.

'The philosophical community is indebted to T. L. S. Sprigge for single-handedly keeping alive the great tradition of absolute idealism. Although his courageous "I Did It My Way" approach to philosophy has won few converts, it has succeeded in stimulating fruitful discussion, as is amply attested to in this volume.' Richard M. Gale, Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh When Timothy Sprigge's The Vindication of Absolute Idealism appeared in 1983 it ran very much against the grain of the dominant linguistic and analytic traditions of philosophy in Britain. The very title of this work was a challenge to those who believed that Absolute Idealism fell with the critiques of Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore at the beginning of the 20th century. Sprigge, however, saw himself as providing an underrepresented position in the philosophical spectrum rather than as advocating an abandoned view. For him, idealism did not fall at any determinate point in the history of philosophy. The truth of any philosophical thesis cannot depend on what happens to be currently fashionable, but rather must stand on the soundness of philosophical argument. To this end, The Vindication of Absolute Idealism is a bold statement of his conclusions, a synthesis of panpsychism and absolute idealism, which he contends is the most satisfactory solution to the question of the nature of consciousness and the mind-body problem. Sprigge's view of consciousness remains a challenge to mainstream physicalism and a viable option that addresses pressing contemporary concerns not only in metaphysics and philosophy of mind but also in environmental ethics and animal rights. Timothy L. S. Sprigge (1932-2007) was Regius Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In addition to his magnum opus, The Vindication of Absolute Idealism, his books include Facts, Words and Beliefs (1970), Santayana:

Constructed from unpublished official and unofficial documents, letters and diaries of the time, this volume tells the much-neglected story of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) during the First World War. It also discusses the physical and psychological health of nurses on active service.

Through critical discussions of key films and directors, this book sheds light on debates in Film Studies regarding sexuality, violence and spectatorship, affect and ethics, and the political dimensions of extreme cinema.

Bringing together a group of internationally renowned theorists, the volume asks: has there been an ethical turn in Judith Butlers work or is the increasing emphasis on ethics the culmination of ideas in her earlier work? How do ethics relate to politics in her work, and how do they connect to her increasing concern with violence, war and conflict?

Alain Badiou formulated a two-pronged question about politics: when, and under what conditions, can an event be said to be political? What is the 'what happens' in so far as it happens politically? This book unpacks the diverse intellectual legacies woven into Badiou's work on contemporary polemics and political interventions.

Judith Butler is best known for Gender Trouble (1990), the book that introduced the idea of gender performativity. However, with the publication of Giving an Account of Oneself in 2005, it appeared as if her work had taken a different turn. This collection of 10 essays offers a sustained evaluation of that alleged ethical turn.

Looks at contemporary debates on teaching and learning across the broad territory of educational theory and philosophy of education. This title addresses contemporary debates on ethics, social experience & educational futures, subjectivity & creativity, pedagogy and literacy, mathematics, arts & science education.

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, and his work is of continuing relevance today. This title shows how Deleuze's philosophy is shaking up research in the humanities and social sciences.

This book is a computational study of dialects and social differences in language.

This book explores the iconography of Islamic art and presents a diverse range of approaches.

Since the turn of the millennium, the European Court of Human Rights has been the transnational setting for a European-wide 'rights revolution'. This book considers the domestic implementation of ECtHR judgments, and their impact upon national laws, policies and institutions.

Offers insights into the state of EU-Korea relations and considers potential lessons for other bilateral and regional initiatives. This is a study of the recently concluded South Korea-EU FTA and its implications for relations between the two partners. It analyses the key provisions of the South Korea-EU FTA in detail.

Roman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. This book brings together a distinguished group of scholars who will provide different perspectives on this debate. It addresses particular themes within this debate such as law and legal practice, law and gender as well as law and economics.

This series, supported by the Leventis Foundation, is a forum for original research in all aspects of ancient Greek history and culture. Each volume is co-edited by the biannually appointed Leventis Professor of Ancient Greece.