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Power Play: Sport, The Media And Popular Culture
Raymond Boyle - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
'Power Play' examines the link between three key obsessions of the 20th century: sport, media and popular culture. It covers a wide range of sports and issues, with a particular emphasis on sport and identity.
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Starting With Hume
Charlotte Randall Brown - Paperback - Continuum
'Starting With Hume' provides an accessible introduction to the ideas of this significant thinker. Clearly structured according to Hume's central ideas, the book leads the reader through a thorough review of the development of his thought, resulting in a better understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns.
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Starting With Hume
Charlotte R. Brown - Hardback - Continuum
'Starting With Hume' provides an accessible introduction to the ideas of this significant thinker. Clearly structured according to Hume's central ideas, the book leads the reader through a thorough review of the development of his thought, resulting in a better understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns.
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Duns Scotus And The Problem Of Universals
Todd Bates - Hardback - Continuum
This book makes an important contribution to a neglected but crucial area of Scotus scholarship, his theory of universals.
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The Impartial Spectator: Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy
D. D. Raphael - Paperback - Oxford University Press
The author examines the moral philosophy of Adam Smith, best known for his famous work on economics, 'The Wealth of Nations', and shows that his thought still has much to offer philosophers today. He gives particular attention to Smith's original theory of conscience, with its emphasis on the role of 'sympathy'.
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Intending Scotland: Explorations In Scottish Culture Since The Enlightenment
Cairns Craig - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
'Intending Scotland' reconsiders our understanding of the development of Scottish culture from the Enlightenment to the present day. The book recovers and reconnects Scottish thinkers, ranging from Hume and Reid in the 18th century, to Andrew Seth, Norman Kemp Smith and John Macmurray in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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Being British: The Search For The Values That Bind The Nation
- Paperback - Mainstream
20 essays written by well-known individuals representing a cross-section of Britain's cultural landscape attempt to offer an insight into, or snapshot of, how Britons today see themselves and their place in the world. Their thoughts will highlight just how divergent our society is and where its strengths and weaknesses lie.
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Englishness: Twentieth-Century Popular Culture And The Forming Of English Identity
Simon Featherstone - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
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In Memory Of Jacques Derrida
Nicholas Royle - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
This title offer a series of lucid and incisive readings of Derrida's work, as well as an elegiac tribute in more personal terms.
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Scotland As We Know It: Representations Of National Identity In Literature, Film And Popular Culture
Richard Zumkhawala-Cook - Paperback - McFarland
Linking a range of nationalist discourses of Scottish culture, including poetry, film, folklore studies, clan organizations, and popular fiction, this volume shows the importance of Scotland in our contemporary understandings of class, gender, race, and national identity.
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