Society & culture: general books

This transformative book offers an evidence-based approach to the use of horses in sport. She presents a compelling...  Read More >>

Brings into dialogue Girardian thinking and critical issues arising in the field of artificial intelligence for...  Read More >>

An exploration of the ways in which masks and mirrors mediated encounters, enabled performances and effected visual...  Read More >>

Examines how contact between Balkan Muslims and the Middle East sparked an Islamic Revival.  Read More >>

This first-ever volume on feminist digital citizenship in Africa offers a collection of case studies by African...  Read More >>

Argues that lying is fundamental to the survival of the human species, through a series of philosophical, psychological...  Read More >>

The first in-depth exploration of the diversity and importance of feminist approaches to Wittgenstein.  Read More >>

Confronting ecological crisis, this book proposes that a philosophy of nature adequate to environmental catastrophe...  Read More >>

This book explores the postwar Caribbean migration movement to Britain through a history of emotions perspective....  Read More >>

An innovative edited volume on the intersectionality of climate change in Eastern Africa, which brings together...  Read More >>

A study of homoerotic desire and friendship and between King James VI & I, Queen Anna and his favourites through...  Read More >>

Renowned feminist development scholar Wendy Harcourt offers an incisive open access overview of how lively feminist...  Read More >>

This book explains how the rise of temperance life assurance affected ideas surrounding the dangers of drinking...  Read More >>

A comparative examination of everyday social moralities relating to sex, crime, violence, and nightlife in cities...  Read More >>

An examination of the thought of Saint Paul by a leading French philosopher of religion, illuminating the significance...  Read More >>

Preserves and presents stories of a Central New York community’s past as a tool for documenting a community’s history...  Read More >>

This book explores the impact of new technology on long-held trends in courtship. By questioning how we go about...  Read More >>

Provides nuanced analyses of modernist engagements with car culture  Read More >>

This book uses newly discovered material evidence to explore patterns of book ownership, Latin literacy, and the...  Read More >>

The most comprehensive study of ISIS to date.  Read More >>

Through an ethnographic study of a Spanish village, the book examines the re-invention of religion in relation to...  Read More >>

Exploring the global rise and transformation of nationalism, this book shows why nationalism is much more than an...  Read More >>

This book is a unique exploration of philosophical ethics through the writings and lives of two of the twentieth...  Read More >>

This ground-breaking volume by two of the most influential writers in the field makes the radical argument that...  Read More >>

""Leap! From Faith to Empowerment"" was born of the conviction that every human being has the power within them...  Read More >>