Partant du constat que les fondements du libéralisme ont été sapés par les attentats terroristes du 11 septembre 2001 et par la crise financière de 2008, l'auteur plaide pour l'adoption de ce qu'il appelle l'hypothèse communiste, seule alternative à ses yeux face aux modèles cap…
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a ScienceAn Iconoclastic Perspective Luciano L'Abate Since its inception, psychology has worked to establish itself as a legitimate scientific endeavor. Countless research studies have tested numerous theories and therapies, determining …
In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. The authors illumin…
Le portrait peut être désigné comme "l'image absolue" (J-C Bailly). C'est-à-dire l'image où se rassemblent tous les enjeux de la mimesis, de la représentation, de la figuration, de la "vérité en peinture" (Cézanne/Derrida). L'histoire du portrait jusqu'à nous met en scène, si on…
This volume takes stock of the rapid changes to the law of unjust enrichment over the last decade. It offers original contributions from leading private law theorists examining the philosophical foundations of the law.
Every liberal democracy has laws or codes against hate speech, except the United States. For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Against this absolutist view, the author argues that hate speech should be regulate…
"Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport serves notice to exercise, health and sport researchers to think more philosophically about their subject and its scientific bases. It is essential reading for postgraduate researchers seeking to establish a sound theore…
Taking a fresh look at a central controversy in criminal law theory, 'The Ethics of Capital Punishment' presents a rationale for the death penalty grounded in a theory of the nature of evil and the nature of defilement.