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Explores how film spectatorship is understood as a model for ethical attention that engages the audience in an affective relationship with characters and their values.

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Investigates Vladimir Putin's war for control of Russia's vast oil reserves, in particular Mikhail Khodorkovsky's oil firm, Yukos. This title also investigates the complex world of Kremlin politics, including conspiracies and conspiracy theories, allegations that Roman Abramovitch plotted with Putin to destroy Khodorkovsky.

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Is time an illusion Do past, present, and future co-exist in a timeless whole, or are our experiences of change and duration the reality of time This title draws on Einstein's "Theory of Relativity" to examine of the workings of narrative time in the novels of Thomas Pynchon, including "Against the Day".

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A highly original monograph exploring the ways in which the concept of transmigration represents the fundamental meaning of Pythagorean thought.

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Chronicles the three very different sieges of Quebec and sheds light on these pivotal eighteenth-century conflicts. This book describes the power of the city to draw historical figures such as Benedict Arnold and George Washington. It focuses on the detail of military strategy.

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Critiques Judith Butler's and Homi Bhaba's theories of performativity by showing how non-institutionalised forms of witnessing serve to reconfigure theories of literary performance

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A wide-ranging study of Tarantino's controversial 2009 film, written by a luminous line-up of international scholars.

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A wide-ranging study of Tarantino's controversial 2009 film, written by a luminous line-up of international scholars.

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Through investigation of Quine's views regarding language, knowledge and reality, the author offers a new interpretation of Quine's naturalism.

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This book is a close reading of the various ways race was covered in Slovak-language newspapers as immigrants themselves adopted a "white" identity.

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A unique collection of essays exploring the treatment of rape in the "art cinema" genre - this is an interdisciplinary, groundbreaking study.

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A collection of essays exploring the treatment of rape in the 'art cinema' genre. It highlights the prevalence and multiple functions of rape in this prestigious mode of filmmaking as well as questions the meaning of its ubiquity and versatility. It investigates the representation of rape in some of cinema's most cherished films.

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Argues that the Enlightenment conception of rationality that feminists are fond of attacking is no longer a live concept. The author shows how contemporary theories of rationality are consonant with feminist concerns and proposes that feminists need a substantive theory of rationality, which she argues should be a virtue theory of rationality.

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Exploring the history of the concept of 'rationality', Deborah K. Hakes argues that feminism should seek to develop a virtue theory of rationality.

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Offers an introduction to the context, themes, and influence of one of the most important works of 20th century political philosophy. This book offers guidance on philosophical and historical context; key themes; reading the text; and reception and influence. It is suitable for undergraduate students.

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Examines and critiques John Rawls' epistemology and the unresolved tension - inherited from Kant - between Representationalism and Constructivism in Rawls' work. This title argues that, despite Rawls' claims to be a constructivist, his unexplored Kantian influences cause several problems.

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Examines and critiques John Rawls' epistemology and the unresolved tension - inherited from Kant - between Representationalism and Constructivism in Rawls' work. This title argues that, despite Rawls' claims to be a constructivist, his unexplored Kantian influences cause several problems.

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Presents a fresh approach to philosophy of mind that combines naturalistic and rationalist perspectives usually thought to be at odds. This title offers various proposals for bringing the two approaches into a mutually enhancing - though also mutually provocative - relationship.

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Christopher Norris argues for and constructs a new approach to philosophy of mind that combines naturalistic and rationalist perspectives usually thought to be at odds.

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"After Virtue" is a watershed in Alasdair MacIntyre's career. It follows his emergence from Marxism, but draws on Marxist sources and arguments. It precedes his move to Thomism, but already draws on Augustine and Aquinas. This guide provides a commentary on "After Virtue".

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"After Virtue" is a watershed in Alasdair MacIntyre's career. It follows his emergence from Marxism, but draws on Marxist sources and arguments. It precedes his move to Thomism, but already draws on Augustine and Aquinas. This guide provides a commentary on "After Virtue".

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An exploration of what a reading circle approach can offer adult emergent readers, and what adult literacy learners can tell us about novel reading. It explores adult reading development, novel reading and reading circles in the context of an examination of reading pedagogies and practices in the English-speaking world.

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A comprehensive introduction to and exploration of Jacques Derrida's landmark 1967 text. This title explores Derrida's work through readings of key passages by such scholars as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, J. Hillis Miller and Avital Ronnell.