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The Work of Words - Bok av Marcus Waithe - Inbunden

Explores the connection between writers' desire to prove that they 'work' and parallel histories of craft and artisanal revival

SEK 1661.00

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The Life and Work of W. Montgomery Watt - Bok av HILLENBRAND CAROLE - Häftad

SEK 321.00

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The Work of Giorgio Agamben - Law, Literature, Life - Bok - Inbunden

This collection of essays seeks to explore Agamben's work from philosophical and literary perspectives, thereby underpinning its place within larger debates in continental philosophy.

SEK 1247.00

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The Pilgrims Society and Public Diplomacy, 1895 1945 - Bok av Stephen Bowman - Häftad

Drawing on rich archival research, this book explores how the elite network of the Pilgrims Society whose members included J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie attempted to influence the Anglo-American relationship in the days before it became 'special'.

SEK 350.00

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The Umayyad Empire - Bok av Andrew Marsham - Inbunden

This book presents a history of the Umayyad Empire, the only period in which an Arabian ruling elite and its tribal armies ruled a world empire. Marsham presents a number of arguments which, taken together, offer a new perspective on the Umayyads.

SEK 1530.00

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The Umayyad Empire - Bok av Andrew Marsham - Häftad

This book presents a history of the Umayyad Empire, the only period in which an Arabian ruling elite and its tribal armies ruled a world empire. Marsham presents a number of arguments which, taken together, offer a new perspective on the Umayyads.

SEK 431.00

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Digital, Class, Work - Bok av John Michael Roberts - Häftad

Explores class struggles in different digital workplaces both before and during COVID-19 This book provides a systematic account of the impact of COVID-19 on the digital labour process by situating its analysis within the broader and global perspective of neoliberalism and financialisation. It investigates how COVID-19 has both changed and strengthened neoliberal and financialised class relations in the digital workplace. By drawing on Marxist theory and numerous empirical studies, the book examines..

SEK 360.00

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Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books - In Praise of Books - Bok av James E. Montgomery - Inbunden

Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived in Iraq during the first century of the Abbasid caliphate. This book introduces the writings and Abbasid-period textual world of Al-Jahiz, the 'father of Arabic prose'.

SEK 1927.00

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Kathleen Jamie - Essays and Poems on Her Work - Bok - Inbunden

A collection of critical essays on the writing of Kathleen Jamie. Whether engaging with national politics, with gender, with landscape and place, or with humanity's relation to the natural environment, it demonstrates that Kathleen Jamie's verse teaches us new ways of listening, of seeing and of being in the contemporary world.

SEK 1121.00

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Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society - Moral Science in the Scottish Enlightenment - Bok av Craig Smith - Häftad

Craig Smith explores Ferguson's thought and examines his attempt to develop a genuine moral science and its place in providing a secure basis for the virtuous education of the new elite of Hanoverian Britain. The Ferguson that emerges is much closer to the mainstream of the Scottish Enlightenment than previous studies have suggested.

SEK 320.00

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King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE - Bok av Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones - Inbunden

Explores Achaemenid kingship and argues for the centrality of the royal court in elite Persian society. This book also explores the representation of Persian monarchy and the court of the Achaemenid Great Kings from the point of view of the ancient Iranians themselves and through the sometimes distorted prism of Classical and Biblical sources.

SEK 1060.00

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King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE - Bok av Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones - Häftad

The first Persian Empire (559-331 BC) was the biggest land empire the world had seen, and seated at the heart of its vast dominions, in the south of modern-day Iran, was the person of the Great King. This book explores Achaemenid kingship and argues for the centrality of the royal court in elite Persian society.

SEK 431.00

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The Poetic Achievement of Ezra Pound - Bok av Michael Alexander - Häftad

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to Pound's work.

SEK 446.00

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Celine Sciamma - Portraits - Bok av Emma Wilson - Häftad

Examines the work of film director Celine Sciamma.

SEK 241.00

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A Mixed Legal System in Transition - T. B. Smith and the Progress of Scots Law - Bok - Inbunden

This collection of essays considers the work of Professor Sir Thomas Smith QC (1915--1988) and, through that work, the development of Scots law as a mixed legal system.

SEK 1797.00

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Refocus: the Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Bok - Inbunden

Examines the work of Turkish director, Nuri Bilge Ceylan

SEK 1107.00

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Gilbert Simondon - Being and Technology - Bok - Inbunden

The first sustained exploration of Simondon's work in English

SEK 1311.00

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Order and the Virtual - Bok av Bill Ross - Inbunden

Relates the work of Gilles Deleuze to contemporary science

SEK 1001.00

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Refocus: The Films of Wes Craven - Bok av Calum Waddell - Inbunden

The first academic study on the work of Wes Craven

SEK 1196.00

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Michel Foucault - An Introduction - Bok av Philip Barker - Häftad

The ideal guide to Foucault's work for the non-specialist reader. Organised into easy-to-follow thematic sections, it allows the student to explore Foucault's work with no previous knowledge of contemporary theory.

SEK 396.00

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The Wake of Jacques Derrida - Bok av Peggy Kamuf - Inbunden

This book collects ten years of Peggy Kamuf's writing on the work and friendship of Jacques Derrida. The majority of the chapters discuss a key aspect of Derrida's thought, either from a single work or across several texts. Kamuf engages with a broad array of his work, from the 1960s to the posthumous publication of his teaching seminars.

SEK 1186.00

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REFOCUS THE FILMS OF DENIS VILLENE - Bok av ENGLISH JERI - Inbunden

Critically examines the work of Qu b cois filmmakers Denis Villeneuve

SEK 1061.00

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World Englishes at the Grassroots - Bok av Christiane Meierkord - Häftad

The first book to examine the growth of Englishes in grassroots contexts Having emerged as the most widespread global language, English now has substantially more second and foreign-language speakers than native speakers. Long associated with an 'educated elite', including academics, politicians and business professionals, English is now increasingly spreading at the grassroots of societies, among speakers with limited access to formal education - a process which is becoming increasingly visible..

SEK 376.00

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The Politics of Immigration in Scotland - Bok av Aubrey Westfall - Häftad

How nationalism can be leveraged to promote modern democratic and pro-diversity values While most nationalists worldwide fear immigration will dilute their national culture, pro-immigrant advocacy has become a critical element of nationalism and nation-building in Scotland. Elite-level endorsement of immigration and diversity serves Scotland's moral and strategic interests and is a symbol of Scotland's distinction from England, which justifies arguments for further devolution or, ultimately, independence...

SEK 366.00

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Agamben and the Existentialists - Bok av Marcos Antonio Norris - Häftad

'Consistently challenging, informative, and enlightening, the essays in this volume make a major contribution in situating Agamben's thought in relation to existentialist thinkers and themes. They provide a bright new lens through which to view Agamben's work.' Kevin Attell, Cornell University Explores the philosophical relationship between Giorgio Agamben and the existentialist tradition While Giorgio Agamben's work has not previously been categorised as existentialist, his work creatively repackages..

SEK 311.00

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