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Christopher Macann guides the student through the major texts of the four most prominent figures of the phenomenological tradition. Each chapter is devoted to one of these four thinkers: * Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology, whose constantly-evolving ideas are presented by reviewing the three crucial periods of his work.* Martin Heidegger, who broke decisively and controversially with his teacher, Husserl.* Jean-Paul Sartre, who tran...

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Up Against Foucault" offers both a feminist critique of Foucauldian theories as well as an attempt to reconcile these seemingly irreconcilable perspectives. Feminists are often "up against Foucault" because he questions key conclusions in feminism regarding the nature of gender relations, and men's possession of power. This book, however, fills the gap in literature about Foucault by showing how his theories of sexuality and power relations ar...

Global Ecology" argues that the magnitude and speed of global environmental change poses a threat for the continuation of life on this planet. Many aspects of this crisis are all too familiar to us: the destruction of tropical rainforests, the hole in the Antarctic ozone layer, desertification, and soil erosion. Yet we avoid the underlying challenge of a rapidly deteriorating ecological system and the breadth and complexity of the response tha...

Now in paper, "Political Islam" examines the Islamic movements of six countries and traces both the intellectual sources and the socio-economic bases of political Islam. Nazih Ayubi argues that Islamic fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon dating back only to the inter-war period. He stresses the traditional concern in Islam for the collective enforcement of morals, but argues against the commonly held misconception that politics in the Arab w...

Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, whom she believed to be her older sister. She began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master. Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer - her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 - her readersh...

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In this modern biography of Sophia Jex-Blake, Shirley Roberts charts the career of the woman who led the campaign for British women to enter the medical profession. It offers an account of one woman's struggle for equality.

Outlines the crucial debates going on within contemporary black feminist activity. In doing so, it brings together a collection of some of the most exciting work by black women scholars currently available.

Presents a comprehensive synchronic description of Sardinian syntax and provides an extensive grammar and a source of information for all linguists.

David Lindley re-examines the murder trials of Frances Howard and the historical representations of her as 'wife, a witch, a murderess and a whore', challenging the assumptions that have constructed her as a model of female villainy.

Since the 1960s, the object of literary studies has become increasingly problematic. Critical theory and cultural studies have combined to challenge traditional assuptions of exactly what we mean by literature'. This development in English studies is now also complicated by recent changes in the institutional structure of education. Written by teachers who are also at the forefront of the development of critical theory, The State of Theory off...

Examining India's experience of development planning over the past thirty-five years, this is the first book to provide a synthetic review of Indian planning in light of development theory.

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In this study of Stephen's reign, Keith Stringer looks at the relationship between government, warfare, and the rise and fall of medieval states. Using primary sources and the most recent research, he offers an important re-evaluation of the so-called Anarchy' and a radical reassessment of Stephen's ability as a ruler.

Residential care is under a national spotlight. This handbook addresses the particular problems experienced by residential staff and offers real examples, case studies, analysis and guidance to those working both with the elderly and children.

In this book Stephen Makin offers a striking new account of some intriguing but neglected arguments - indifference arguments - and of the presocratic atomism underpinned by indifference reasoning.