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The Implications of Immanence develops a philosophy of life in opposition to the notion of ?bio-power, ? which reduces the human to the question of power over what Giorgio Agamben terms ?bare life, ? mere biological existence. Breaking with all biologism or vitalism, Lawlor attends to the dispersion of death at the heart of life, in the ?minuscule hiatus? that divides the living present, separating lived experience from the living body and, cr...

The Implications of Immanence develops a philosophy of life in opposition to the notion of ?bio-power, ? which reduces the human to the question of power over what Giorgio Agamben terms ?bare life, ? mere biological existence. Breaking with all biologism or vitalism, Lawlor attends to the dispersion of death at the heart of life, in the ?minuscule hiatus? that divides the living present, separating lived experience from the living body and, cr...

A biography of multiple Grammy Award winner Missy Elliott.

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First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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In the early 1960s, Tanya Kowalski, a 28-year-old evening head nurse on Ward Five at the Montreal Psychiatric Institute, becomes suspicious when she realizes that her patients' mental health is not improving. Chief of Psychiatry is renowned Dr. Samuel B. Strachan who prescribes experimental drugs and electro-shock treatments for his vulnerable patients. Tanya does not know initially that one of the drugs is LSD and funding is by the CIA. The p...

It is typically thought that the demandingness problem is specifically a problem for consequentialists because of the gradable nature of consequentialist theories. Shades of Goodness argues that most moral theories have a gradable structure and, more significantly, that this is an advantage, rather than a disadvantage, for those theories.

From his rare vantage point as Lewis student, friend, and professional colleague, Professor John Lawlor offers an enchanting depiction of undergraduate life at Oxford studying under Lewis.

From his rare vantage point as Lewis student, friend, and professional colleague, Professor John Lawlor offers an enchanting depiction of undergraduate life at Oxford studying under Lewis.

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Explores the process of tribal self-definition. Focusing on architectural and interior designs, as well as performance styles, this book reveals how a complex and often surprising cultural dynamic is created when Native Americans create lavish displays for the public's participation and consumption.

Hunger. Disease. Poverty. Climate Change. The headlines suggest that these scourges of human suffering and injustice are too enormous to ever solve. Yet, Christian faith acknowledges that God became Incarnate in Jesus so that all may have life, and have it in all its fullness. The poignant and aching question in the 21st Century is how? What are the Millennium Development Goals being discussed by celebrities such as Bono, groups like ONE, and ...

Derrida wrote extensively on "the question of the animal." In particular, he challenged Heidegger's, Husserl's, and other philosophers' work on the subject, questioning their phenomenological criteria for distinguishing humans from animals. Examining a range of Derrida's writings, including his most recent L'animal que donc je suis, as well as Aporias, Of Spirit, Rams, and Rogues, Leonard Lawlor reconstructs a portrait of Derrida's views on an...

This book traces the events in Northern Ireland that led to serious sectarian rioting and the burning of Catholic owned property over a period of three months in 1920. It details, for the first time, the extent of the destruction and loss of life in the towns of Banbridge, Dromore, and Lisburn. The sectarian violence in Belfast during 1920-1922 has been well documented but the scale of the violence in Belfast was such that events which took pl...

Kelly Clarkson's girl-next-door charm and powerful vocals enabled her to win the first season of American Idol. Since then she has recorded several hit singles, and her second album, "Breakaway", was a Grammy award-winner and top-selling record. Kelly's hard work and dedication to her craft have demonstrated her true talents as a pop rock star.

An account of the dramatic events of the Parnell split in Meath, this work challenges the accepted view that Irish priests could lead their people only in the political direction that they wished to go.