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In this broad-ranging study, Richards examines the representation of women's illness in German fiction by women 1770-1914. In the context of medical history, she focuses particularly on female self-starvation and wasting diseases, illustrating how the "wasting heroine" both reinforced and challenged popular notions of female fragility.

John Foster presents a clear and powerful discussion of a range of topics relating to our understanding of the universe: induction, laws of nature, and the existence of God. He begins by developing a solution to the problem of induction - a solution that involves the postulation of laws of nature, as forms of natural necessity. He then offers a radically new account of the nature of such laws and the distinctive kind of necessity they involve....

Saul Kripke, in a series of classic writings of the 1960s and 1970s, changed the face of metaphysics and philosophy of language. Christopher Hughes offers a careful exposition and critical analysis of Kripke's central ideas about names, necessity, and identity, and in the process makes significant contributions to continuing debates about such topics as modality, essence, natural kinds, and the relation between the mental and the physical. No ...

In both scientific research and public interest over the past two decades there has been a growing attention to environmental matters. This volume presents the views of a number of leading figures concerning the nature of environmental consciousness and the emergence of connections linking globalization (processes of intensifying social, political, and economic networks), globalism (our sense of the world as a whole), specific environments (su...

In Architectures of Knowledge, Ash Amin and Patrick Cohendet argue that the time is right for research to explore the relationship between two other dimensions of knowledge in order to explain the innovative performance of firms: between knowledge that is 'possessed' and knowledge that is'practiced' generally within communities of like-minded employees in a firm. The impetus behind this argument is both conceptual and empirical. Conceptually, ...

The first of three volumes (volume 2, 1785-1874, forthcoming in 2005, volume 3, 1874 to present, forthcoming in 2007) comprising a complete history of the recording of English cant and slang - the jargon of sport, trade, and crime - which give unparalleled insights into the history of slang and the people who used it. Provides information on words and their meanings such as 'ziff' (a young thief), 'bundletail' (a short fat or squat lass), and ...

This is the first systematic examination of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: what it is, why it was established, how it functions, and where its significance lies. Demonstrating the importance of the integration between law and politics, Rachel Kerr sets out to question if and how international criminal law is to be enforced. The book concludes with an assessment of the conduct of the Milosevic case to date.

Probability theory is increasingly important to philosophy. Bayesian probabilistic models offer us ways of getting to grips with fundamental problems about information, coherence, reliability, confirmation, and testimony, and thus show how we can justify beliefs and evaluate theories. Bovens and Hartmann provide a systematic guide to the use of probabilistic methods not just in epistemology, but also in philosophy of science, voting theory, ju...

Pericles was one of the most popular plays of its time, and it has regained much of that popularity in the modern theater. Roger Warren draws upon his extensive experience of the play in rehearsal and performance to suggest why. Pericles survives only in a corrupt text, and this edition offers a conjectural reconstruction of what the original play might have been like. It also presents the play as a collaboration between Shakespeare and the Ja...

Provides a critical exploration of Mircea Eliade's notion of the sacred by referencing the work of Bernard Lonergan.

Argues that international institutions are becoming increasingly democratized.

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When Opportunity Knocks" is a manual for all those ready and willing to exploit the opportunities they encounter or create. It will encourage and help two groups numbering in the millions: owners of small businesses seeking to expand or diversify, and all the ambitious people stuck in dead-end jobs or laid off prior to or in the current "joyless recovery" who want to start their own businesses and become independent. The book details the great...

The Workshop held by OECD in October 2003, in Paris, France, brought together leading experts to take stock of "the state of the art" on the economics of waste and to help select topics on which the OECD could usefully do additional work. The book ...

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New York Times bestseller Aloft follows the life of a suburban, white, middle-class man during a time of family crisis. Jerry's favorite diversion is to take his small plane and fly solo over Long Island. When his daughter and her fiancé arrive from Oregon to announce their marriage plans Theresa's dangerous pregnancy, he thinks back over his life and begins to face his disengagement with it and with his relationships with others: with his dec...

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