Society & Social Sciences books

Pathbreaking study that explores the piano as an instrument of globalism, colonialism and mobility and what this...  Read More >>

This book uses major cultural events in Australia (Port Arthur), Scotland (Dunblane), Norway (Oslo), New Zealand...  Read More >>

Over the past few decades, research on corporate crime and white-collar offenses has steadily expanded its scope,...  Read More >>

A powerful new memoir is helping shine a light on Turner Syndrome, a rare genetic condition affecting approximately...  Read More >>

Represents the best of contemporary scholarship on Augustine's Confessions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives:...  Read More >>

This ambitious study argues that in the long eighteenth century the meanings of Britain and Britishness, once synonymous...  Read More >>

This book offers the first systematic account of dementia care and accommodation within the discipline of political...  Read More >>

Immigration is one of the most complex political issues worldwide. Drawing on psychological research, this book...  Read More >>

Peak performance expert Shade Zahrai's transformative four-pillar guide to unlocking professional and personal potential....  Read More >>

Writing in the wake of the French Revolution, Johann Gottfried Herder attempted to develop a political philosophy...  Read More >>

Investigating the peculiar literary history of interpolated tales and the ways in which they persistently unnerve...  Read More >>

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Goodman shows how Emerson's essays embody sets of oppositions or 'contrary tendencies,' and argues that we miss...  Read More >>

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What is corruption? Why is it so hard to get rid of? Why do some people call things corrupt, but not others? Why...  Read More >>

This book explores how trademark and free speech rights can conflict and proposes speech-protective reforms of trademark...  Read More >>

This book presents a powerful new approach to interpreting the works of Immanuel Kant, which emphasizes continuities...  Read More >>

This book highlights the construction and repeated use of racial stereotypes of the Afro-Argentine population, and...  Read More >>

A comprehensive treatment of law and morality in Kant which sheds new light on Kant's practical philosophy more...  Read More >>

This book contributes to two interdisciplinary topics with broad appeal, namely Darwin studies and emotions research....  Read More >>

This Element highlights myths promoted by explorers, settlers, and the state about Indigenous Peoples and history....  Read More >>

Hedging has been widely viewed as an optimal foreign policy for small and middle powers. This Element contributes...  Read More >>

This Element describes early Chinese views of the heart-mind (xin 心) and its relation to the psychology of a whole...  Read More >>

Public governance is inherently normative in the present-day context, where, many values come into play and new...  Read More >>

This Element critically examines leading normative accounts of group discrimination-harm, disrespect, and inequality-and...  Read More >>