The Sonic Episteme: Acoustic Resonance, Neoliberalism, and Biopolitics (James Robin)(Paperback)

The Sonic Episteme: Acoustic Resonance, Neoliberalism, and Biopolitics (James Robin)(Paperback)

In The Sonic Episteme Robin James examines how twenty-first-century conceptions of sound as acoustic resonance shape notions of the social world, personhood, and materiality in ways that support white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. Drawing on fields ranging from philosophy and sound studies to

Resilience & Melancholy - pop music, feminism, neoliberalism (James Robin)(Paperback / softback)

Neoliberalism co-opts noisy riots like feminism and hardcore music--can melancholic siren songs fight

Biopolitics: An Advanced Introduction (Lemke Thomas)(Paperback)

The first systematic overview of the notion of biopolitics and its relevance in contemporary theoretical debate The biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average

Biopolitics (Mills Catherine)(Paperback)

The concept of biopolitics has been one of the most important and widely used in recent years in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. In Biopolitics, Mills provides a wide-ranging and insightful introduction to the field of biopolitical studies. The first part of the book provides

Jesse James (Morris)(Paperback)

The story of Robin Hood has made a impression on Jesse James, and he'd like to become a bandit with a big heart, like his hero. With the help of his brother and cousin, he decides to steal from the rich and redistribute the loot to the poor. But, soon the trio are keeping the money and spreading

The Welsh Way: Essays on Neoliberalism and Devolution (Evans Daniel)(Paperback)

Neoliberalism has firmly taken hold in Wales. The 'clear red water' is darkening. The wounds of poverty, inequality, and disengagement, far from being healed, have worsened. Child poverty has reached epidemic levels: the worst in the UK. Educational attainment remains stubbornly low, particularly

Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism (Cooper Melinda)(Paperback)

Precipice - Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Radical Change (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback / softback)

The Art of Resonance (Bogart Anne)(Paperback)

What is artistic resonance and how can it be linked to one's life and one's art? This latest book of essays from legendary theatre director Anne Bogart, considers the creation of resonance in the artistic endeavour, with a focus on the performing arts. The word 'resonance' comes from the Latin

James Ravilious - A Life (Ravilious Robin)(Paperback / softback)

A beautifully written and moving memoir of one of the great British photographers of the twentieth century. 'A moving book, lyrically written, a portrait of an artist and a marriage, but also a meditation on the creative impulse and the artistic temperament.' Country

Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics (Johnson Keith)(Paperback)

Fully revised and expanded, the third edition of Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics maintains a balance of accessibility and scholarly rigor to provide students with a complete introduction to the physics of speech. Newly updated to reflect the latest advances in the field Features a balanced and

Resisting Neoliberalism in Education: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives (Lynch Kathleen)(Paperback)

Neoliberalism has been widely criticised because of its role in prioritising 'free markets' as the optimum way of solving problems and organising society. In the field of education, this leads to an emphasis on the knowledge economy that can reduce both persons and education to economic actors and

Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy (Esposito Roberto)(Paperback)

Roberto Esposito is one of the most prolific and important exponents of contemporary Italian political theory. Bios-his first book to be translated into English-builds on two decades of highly regarded thought, including his thesis that the modern individual-with all of its civil and political

Sociopolitical Aesthetics: Art, Crisis and Neoliberalism (Charnley Kim)(Paperback)

Since the turn of the millennium, protests, meetings, schoolrooms, reading groups and many other social forms have been proposed as artworks or, more ambiguously, as interventions that critique art's autonomy. The historical origins of these practices can be traced back to the avant-gardes of the

Presence of the Past - Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature (Sheldrake Rupert)(Paperback / softback)

A new edition of Rupert Sheldrake's

Foucault and Neoliberalism (Zamora Daniel)(Paperback)

Michel Foucault's death in 1984 coincided with the fading away of the hopes for social transformation that characterized the postwar period. In the decades following his death, neoliberalism has triumphed and attacks on social rights have become increasingly bold. If Foucault was not a direct

The Projective Cast: Architecture and Its Three Geometries (Evans Robin)(Paperback)

Robin Evans recasts the idea of the relationship between geometry and architecture, drawing on mathematics, engineering, art history, and aesthetics to uncover processes in the imagining and realizing of architectural form.Anyone reviewing the history of architectural theory, Robin Evans observes,

The Centurions (Larteguy Jean)(Paperback)

The military cult classic with resonance to the wars in Iraq and Vietnam--now back in print When The Centurions was first published in 1960, readers were riveted by the thrilling account of soldiers fighting for survival in hostile environments. They were equally transfixed by the chilling moral

Before the Law: Humans and Other Animals in a Biopolitical Frame (Wolfe Cary)(Paperback)

Animal studies and biopolitics are two of the most dynamic areas of interdisciplinary scholarship, but until now, they have had little to say to each other. Bringing these two emergent areas of thought into direct conversation in Before the Law, Cary Wolfe fosters a new discussion about the status

The Adventures of Robin Hood (Green Roger Lancelyn)(Paperback)

The classic story of social justice and outrageous cunning. Robin Hood, champion of the poor and oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham. Taking refuge in the vast Sherwood Forest with his band of men, he remains determined to outwit his

Acoustic Territories, Second Edition: Sound Culture and Everyday Life (LaBelle Brandon)(Paperback)

The revised edition of Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life offers an expansive reading of auditory life. It provides a careful consideration of the performative dynamics inherent to sounding and listening, and discusses how sound studies may illuminate understandings of

The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present (Han Byung-Chul)(Paperback)

Untrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning-inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat in an atomised society, where the loss of the

Homo Natura: Nietzsche, Philosophical Anthropology and Biopolitics (Lemm Vanessa)(Paperback)

Nietzsche coins the enigmatic term homo natura to capture his understanding of the human being as a creature of nature and tasks philosophy with the renaturalisation of humanity. Following Foucault's critique of the human sciences, Vanessa Lemm discusses the reception of Nietzsche's naturalism in

Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism (Subramaniam Banu)(Paperback)

Behind the euphoric narrative of India as an emerging world power lies a complex and evolving relationship between science and religion. Evoking the rich mythology of comingled worlds where humans, animals, and gods transform each other and ancient history, Banu Subramaniam demonstrates how Hindu