Overview :Few creatures are as universally despised as flies. Blamed for pestilence and plagues, they were publicly excommunicated from the medieval c... Read More
Overview :Ventriloquism, the art of "seeming to speak where one is not," speaks so resonantly to our contemporary technological condition. We now thin... Read More
Overview :While previous writing on the philosophy of sport has tended to see sport as a kind of testing ground for philosophical theories devised to ... Read More
Overview :Being serious demands serious kinds of work. In Styles of Seriousness, Steven Connor reflects on the surprisingly various ways in which a se... Read More
Overview :Dream Machines is a history of imaginary machines and the ways in which machines come to be imagined. It considers seven different kinds of ... Read More
Overview :Dickens is second only to Shakespeare in the range and intensity of critical discussion which his work has provoked. His writing is central ... Read More
Overview :How do we really think about the world? We may use words to tell stories about it or draw pictures to represent it, but one thing we do far ... Read More
Overview :Exploring his life, work, and thought, the story of this sui generis philosopher of science. This is the first English biography of Gaston ... Read More
Overview :Skin, Steven Connor argues, has never been more visible. The Book of Skin explores the multiple functions of the skin in the cultures of the... Read More
Overview :Asking is one of the simplest and most familiar of human actions, and has a right to be thought of as single most powerful and most variousl... Read More
Overview :Offering a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism, this Companion features examinations of the different aspects of postmodernist thoug... Read More
Overview :Top Connors & Tillie is a story of friendship, family, and the unique perspective of someone on the Autism Spectrum. Steven Raimondi (the Ad... Read More
Overview :In a world that promotes assertion, agency, and empowerment, this book challenges us to revalue a range of actions and attitudes that have c... Read More
Overview :Many human beings have considered the powers and the limits of human knowledge, but few have wondered about the power that the idea of knowl... Read More