Offers an examination of the material culture outlined in Plato's "Laws", including demographic, economic, military and political structures, analysed using contemporary theories and historical contextualization.
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The metaphor of contagion pervades critical discourse across the humanities, the medical sciences, and the social sciences. It appears in such terms as 'social contagion' in psychology, 'financial contagion' in economics, 'viral marketing' in business, and even 'cultural contagi…
An examination of the implicit phenomenological and existential foundations of Carl Schmitt's political philosophy. It claims that Schmitt decisively breaks with the metaphysical tradition and predicates the political on the 'groundless' categories of existence, including risk, …
Examines the important contributions of three giants of contemporary French thought to the field of political theory: Alain Badiou, one of the most important continental thinkers; Etienne Balibar who has forged new approaches to democracy and citizenship; and, Jacques Ranciere w…
Critical Theory of Legal Revolutions
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Offers an introduction to some of the world's top animation filmmakers, whose faces and voices remain largely unseen and unappreciated outside of the animation community. The author discusses why it's been neglected and where you can find the work. He profiles 20 animators inclu…
Postcolonialism: a Guide for the Perplexed
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Postcolonialism as a critical approach and pedagogic practice has informed literary and cultural studies since the late 1980s. This book addresses the many concerns, forms and 'specializations' of postcolonialism, including gender and sexuality studies, the nations and nationali…