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This book brings management and organisational theory into dialogue with political thought and philosophy. It explains the allure of managerialism in relation to contemporary ethical and political perplexities and shows how managerialism displaces the question of authority and its relationship to politics, government and the professions.

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An investigation into the strange and troublesome relationship to pleasure that defines the human being, drawing on the disparate perspectives of Deleuze and Lacan.

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Providing a new philosophical foundation for thinking about old problems such as class inequality, this concise and accessible book explores the concept of and problems associated with democracy. Ideal for students in politics and philosophy, the book informs new structural and institutional responses to these problems.

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Providing a new philosophical foundation for thinking about old problems such as class inequality, this concise and accessible book explores the concept of and problems associated with democracy. Ideal for students in politics and philosophy, the book informs new structural and institutional responses to these problems.

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Slavoj Zizek is widely regarded as one of the world's most important contemporary thinkers. This collection of essays from an international team of Zizekian scholars addresses a range of Zizek's theoretical interventions, assessing the political, philosophical, psychoanalytical, cultural and institutional stakes of his work.

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From Plato to Popper, Descartes to Wittgenstein, the greatest books in philosophy have had a huge impact on the development of contemporary society, politics, economics and culture. This guide offers an introductory account of the must-read books from the whole history of philosophical writing.

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The Unity of Oneness and Plurality in Plato's Theaetetus is a commentary on a single Platonic dialogue that offers readers an example of what it means to meaningfully engage with a dialogue on its own terms. In the process of engaging with the Theaetetus, the book offers an account of a general Platonic epistemology and ontology.

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The Unspoken Morality of Childhood: Family, Friendship, Self-Esteem and the Wisdom of the Everyday reflects the thoughts of a senior ethicist and discusses complex ethical concepts such as identity, agency, self-esteem, forgiveness, relations with our parents, dealing with loss, the moral imagination, and a wide range of other issues that people confront every day.

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The Value of Literature provides an original and compelling argument for the historical and contemporary significance of literature to humanity.

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Argues for two key claims: first, that the so-called "Neo-Pragmatist" critique of traditional epistemology is unconvincing; second, that Rorty is guilty of taking the name of Pragmatism in vain, since there are crucial and far-reaching differences between Neo-Pragmatism and the Classical Pragmatism of James and Dewey.

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This book provides the first comprehensive account of classical and contemporary pragmatism's attacks on traditional epistemology. Douglas McDermid deals critically and at length with the influential and fashionable brand of neo-pragmatism advanced by Richard Rorty (1931-). Written in a lucid and engaging style, the book is set to become a classic in its field.

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Breaking off the ordinary flow of experience, the passions create a state of exception. Intense states have come to be seen as symptoms of pathology. From Aristotle to Hume to contemporary biology, this work finds evidence that the passions have defined a core of human nature no less important than reason or desire.

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Draws on the traditions of the martial arts to ask whether playing violent videogames actually transform gamers into better people.

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Draws on the traditions of the martial arts to ask whether playing violent videogames actually transform gamers into better people.

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