Steven Griggs & Aletta J. Norval 
Practices of Freedom [PDF ebook] 
Decentred Governance, Conflict and Democratic Participation

Would you like to build greater trust in your relationships? Discuss this book together.Trusting relationships are key to economics and life: a student wants to win a prestigious business contest wit …

The global political economy is inescapably cultural. Whether we talk about the economic dimensions of the ‘war on terror’, the sub-prime crisis and its aftermath, or the ways in which new informatio …

This book is an examination of personal identity, exploring both who we think we are, and how we construct the sense of ourselves through art. It proposes that the notion of personal identity is a ps …

Originally published in 1972, this book clarifies ‘ethical’ concepts such as ‘values’, ‘norms’ and ‘precepts’. It begins with a discussion of the conceptual problems faced by any inquiry into moral c …

Hans Jonas (1903–1993) was one of the most important German-Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. A student of Martin Heidegger and close friend of Hannah Arendt, Jonas advanced the fields of phen …

Evolution of the concepts of atom and atomism, and the impact of electromagnetism on our worldview, is the object of our study in this book. Electromagnetism is the key link in the transition from cl …

Western society has become estranged from the borders and social boundaries that have for centuries given meaning to human experience. This book argues that the controversy surrounding mass migration …

This book offers an inspiring exploration of current findings from the psychology of meaning in life, analysing cutting-edge research to propose practical, evidence-based applications. Schnell draws …

This book investigates how we should form ourselves in a world saturated with technologies that are profoundly intruding in the very fabric of our selfhood.　 New and emerging technologies, such as sm …