The Empire of Love: Toward a Theory of Intimacy, Genealogy, and Carnality (Povinelli Elizabeth a.)(Paperback)

The Empire of Love: Toward a Theory of Intimacy, Genealogy, and Carnality (Povinelli Elizabeth a.)(Paperback)

In The Empire of Love anthropologist Elizabeth A. Povinelli reflects on a set of ethical and normative claims about the governance of love, sociality, and the body that circulates in liberal settler colonies such as the United States and Australia. She boldly theorizes intimate relations as pivotal

Geontologies: A Requiem to Late Liberalism (Povinelli Elizabeth a.)(Paperback)

In Geontologies Elizabeth A. Povinelli continues her project of mapping the current conditions of late liberalism by offering a bold retheorization of power. Finding Foucauldian biopolitics unable to adequately reveal contemporary mechanisms of power and governance, Povinelli describes a mode of

Economies of Abandonment: Social Belonging and Endurance in Late Liberalism (Povinelli Elizabeth a.)(Paperback)

In Economies of Abandonment, Elizabeth A. Povinelli explores how late liberal imaginaries of tense, eventfulness, and ethical substance make the global distribution of life and death, hope and harm, and endurance and exhaustion not merely sensible but also just. She presents new ways of

Escape from Intimacy: Untangling the ``Love'' Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships (Schaef Anne Wilson)(Paperback)

Schaef applies the addictions of sex, love, romance, and relationships to her broader addiction theory and clearly defines and contrasts the relationship

Al-Ghazali on Love, Longing, Intimacy & Contentment (Al-Ghazali Abu Hamid)(Paperback)

The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy and Contentment is the thirty-sixth chapter of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali's Revival of the Religious Sciences. This was the first treatise which established not merely the possibility but the necessity for the love of God. Ghazali argues that all the virtues and

Inheritance - A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love (Shapiro Dani)(Paperback / softback)

On the Genealogy of Morals (Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm)(Paperback)

On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about interpretation and the history of ethics which raises profoundly disquieting issues about the violence of both. This is the most sustained of Nietzsche's later works and offers one of the fullest expressions of his characteristic concerns. The

Love All (Jane Howard Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

A novel of love and its fragility, and the strength of family love, from the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet

A General Theory of Love (Lewis Thomas)(Paperback)

This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with

Volatile Bodies: Toward a Corporeal Feminism (Grosz Elizabeth)(Paperback)

'The location of the author's investigations, the body itself rather than the sphere of subjective representations of self and of function in cultures, is wholly new. . . . I believe this work will be a landmark in future feminist thinking.' --Alphonso Lingis'This is a text of rare erudition and

Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly (Butler Judith)(Paperback)

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions, analyzing what they signify and how. Understanding assemblies as plural forms of performative action, Butler extends her theory of performativity to

The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability (Barnes Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon--a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. This is how disability is understood in the Disability Rights and Disability Pride

Marxism and the Oppression of Women: Toward a Unitary Theory (Vogel Lise)(Paperback)

Decades after initial publication, Vogel's book remains an essential contribution to the development of a materialist theory of gender

The Outlaw and the Upstart King (Duncan Rod)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Barnabus returns, to uncover the secrets and mysteries of the Gas-Lit Empire, in the startling sequel to The Queen of All Crows. As it is inked, so shall your oaths and bindings be. Tattoos are the only law on the Island of the Free, and there can never be a king. Every clan agrees on

Conditions of Love - The Philosophy of Intimacy (Armstrong John)(Paperback / softback)

Drawing on such writers and thinkers as Plato, Tolstoy, Freud and Stendhal, this title explores how our perception of love is formed by culture and history. It is suitable for those who believe or disbelieve in

The Flame of Love (Kindelmann Elizabeth)(Paperback)

The devotion of the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was given to the Church for the specific purpose of blinding Satan so that he loses his influence over our families, our communities-over all people.The movement began with the heart of the poor and humble Hungarian mystic and

An Analysis of Friedrich Nietzsche's on the Genealogy of Morality (Berry Don)(Paperback)

Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality is a sustained feat of incisive interpretation. Well known as one of Nietzsche's greatest works, and as one of the most important books of nineteenth-century philosophy, On the Genealogy of Morality also provided the inspiration for the

Winter Mantle (Chadwick Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Reissue of Elizabeth Chadwick's classic tale of love and battle in medieval

The Love of Painting: Genealogy of a Success Medium (Graw Isabelle)(Paperback)

Painting seems to have lost its dominant position in the field of the arts. However, looking more closely at exhibited photographs, assemblages, installations, or performances, it is evident how the rhetorics of painting still remain omnipresent. Following the tradition of classical theories of

World Of Love (Bowen Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

A packet of letters, found in an attic, leads young Jane into the world of love. During a hot and dry summer, Jane pursues her romantic imaginings, while not far off the rich, promiscuous Lady Latterly waits to play her part in Jane's

Temptation Of Elizabeth Tudor (Norton Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

The riveting story of the sex scandal that threatened the life of the young Elizabeth Tudor, and whose outcome was pivotal to the creation of the public persona of Elizabeth

Colonialism and Modern Social Theory (Bhambra Gurminder K.)(Paperback)

Modern society emerged in the context of European colonialism and empire. So, too, did a distinctively modern social theory, laying the basis for most social theorising ever since. Yet colonialism and empire are absent from the conceptual understandings of modern society, which are organised

View Of The Harbour - A Virago Modern Classic (Taylor Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

An unforgettable picture of love, loss and the keeping up of appearances. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniversary of the Virago Modern

Family Holiday - Escape to the Cotswolds for a heartwarming story of love and family (Noble Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)