Mathieu Deflem 
Sociology of Law [PDF ebook] 
Visions of a Scholarly Tradition

In beautiful and pristine prose/poetical writing, Martino captures an ancient time with a mixture of global characters that, nonetheless, still prevail in today’s time both in action and spirit. …

It has been my object in the present work to investigate the problems of ethics in the light of an examination of the facts of moral life. One reason for this procedure is my desire to conduct the re …

What does it mean to be an expert? What sort of authority do experts really have? And what role should they play in today”s society? Addressing why ever larger segments of society are skeptical …

John Mc Dowell”s philosophical ideas are both influential and comprehensive, encompassing philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics and the history of philosophy. …

Philosophy of Economics: A Heterodox Introduction provides an introduction to the philosophy of economics through the prism of heterodoxy. Heterodox economics covers a range of approaches and sch …

This book features fourteen original essays that critically engage the philosophy of Richard Rorty, with an emphasis on his ethics, epistemology, and politics. Inspired by James’ and Dewey’s pragmati …

Ethical Humans questions how philosophy and social theory can help us to engage the everyday moral realities of living, working, loving, learning and dying in new capitalism. It introduces sociology …

Providing a comprehensive engagement with the work of Hans-Herbert Kögler, this is the first volume to expand upon and critique his distinctive approach to critical theory: critical hermeneutics. …

Martin Heidegger”s (1889-1976) criticism of Friedrich Nietzsche”s nihilism represented a ”turn” in his thought. In this new and perceptive book, Dominic Kelly explores nihilism through the work …

The digital age we now live in is fundamentally changing how we relate to our perceptions and images. Daniel O”Shiel provides the first comprehensive phenomenology of virtual technology in order to …