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Sicker opens a new chapter in the inter-relationship of high art and popular cultural attractions with this detailed analysis of the influence of film and visual technologies on the ultimate modernist text, Ulysses. Beyond Joyce scholars, it will appeal to those interested in the philosophy and/or science of visual perception.

An accessible guide to using empathy in everyday life, teaches readers how to find personal balance and be empowered by their empathic abilities

Presents an edition of this outstanding book containing a clear and readable introduction, concise notes on the text and strong literary appreciation.

examines principal energy policy decisions and their lingering effects, by recounting the historical context surrounding the interplay of law, markets, and technology.

The essays in this volume discuss the various approaches to New Materialism in Sociology and Philosophy. They raise the questions of what New Materialism consists of and whether it in fact should be considered a radical change in Social Theory. Are the ideas of a “material turn”, as the theory is formulated and in its assumptions, foreshadowed by the classical philosophies of Spinoza and Tarde? Do these new approaches bring substantially new p...

Sandro Mezzadra is Associate Professor in the Department of Arts at the University of Bologna. Brett Neilson is¿Professor in the Institute for¿Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. Mezzadra and Neilson are coauthors of Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labor, also published by Duke University Press.

Explains how innovation happens and which factors can help or hinder, by treating innovation as a systemic phenomenon, or ecosystem of players and processes.

At the heart of developed societies lies an insatiable drive for wealth and prosperity. Yet in a world ruled by free-market economics, there are always winners and losers. The benefits enjoyed by the privileged few come at the expense of the many. In this important new book, Stephan Lessenich shows how our wealth and affluence are built overwhelmingly at the expense of those in less-developed countries and regions of the world. His theory of ...

Explains how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall, along with why some but not all dictators wield vast powers.

Xiuna hat ihre Feuerprobe bestanden und das Unmögliche möglich gemacht. Als erster Mensch überlebte sie ohne Schutzvorrichtung in der Todeszone. Nun scheint sie stark genug zu sein, sich der größten aller Bedrohungen zu stellen - dem Herrscher der Nephilim. Da erhalten Xiuna und Terion aus der fernen Heimat die Nachricht, dass ihre Mutter Runa bei einem Angriff der Nephilim-Zombies schwer verletzt wurde. Xiuna ist überzeugt, dass nur sie Hilf...

Sailing Alone Around the World is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition .Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes t...

This volume includes fourteen essays by eminent sociologists in memory of Ramkrishna Mukherjee (1919–2017), the last of the founding architects of sociology in India. It also includes two interviews with Ramkrishna Mukherjee by senior sociologists. The essays cover a variety of themes and topics close to the works of Ramkrishna Mukherjee: the idea of unitary social science, methodology of social research, the question of facts and values, rura...

The first major historical study of social trust in modern Britain, this book offers a fresh perspective on friendly societies.

This Companion presents lucid and exemplary critical essays, introducing readers to the major ideas and practices of world literary studies.

An original and empirically grounded analysis of the Gulf monarchies and their role in shaping the political economy of the Middle East.

This volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars who explore the nature of freedom and spontaneity, the arguments Kant offers surrounding these concepts, and their place in Kant's larger philosophical system.

This book tells the dramatic story of Crispr and the potential impact of this gene-editing technology.

Authoritative reviews on the wide-ranging ramifications of climate change, from an international team of eminent researchers.

Drawing on archival sources and eyewitness accounts, this book explores Soviet Russians' experience of Nazi rule in German-occupied northwest Russia.

Shows how the Digital Revolution, sponsored by government and funded by speculation, now challenges the authority and legitimacy of the state.