Moira Gatens 
Imaginary Bodies [PDF ebook] 
Ethics, Power and Corporeality

The self for Kant is something real, and yet is neither appearance nor thing in itself, but rather has some third status. Appearances for Kant arise in space and time where these are respectively for …

Life is a constant search for meaning, and reflective minds need to find deeper and more comprehensive meaning than that normally proffered by the orthodox teaching of any creedal religion. When this …

A discussion of the general presuppositions and ideas which underlie the Christian ethical teaching, treating of such subjects as conscience, the concepts of sin and virtue, and the relation between …

In many parts of Africa three different systems of laws are concurrently applied – the imported ’Colonial’ law, the indigenous customary law and Islamic law. In some countries the customary and the I …

Over the past several decades, the number of women elected to higher office in the United States has grown substantially. However, when the electoral gains of women are considered on a state-by-state …

This book provides analysis and critique of the dual protection of human rights in Europe by assessing the developing legal relationship between the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and …

Dewey”s students at Columbia saw him as ’an Aristotelian more Aristotelian than Aristotle himself.’ However, until now, there has been little consideration of the influence Greek thought had on the …

Why are people so interested in what they and others throw away? This book shows how this interest in what we discard is far from new – it is integral to how we make, build and describe our lived env …

Work on the norms of belief in epistemology regularly starts with two touchstone essays: W.K. Clifford”s ’The Ethics of Belief’ and William James”s ’The Will to Believe.’ Discussing the central the …

We associate prejudice with ignorance and bigotry and consider it a source of injustice. Can prejudice have a legitimate place in moral and political judgment? Adam Sandel shows that prejudice, prope …