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Environmental thought has a rich and extensive history. Philosopher Robin Attfield guides readers...

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Jackson Pollock, the towering American artist who was to revolutionize twentieth-century art with...

We live in an era dominated by terrorism but struggle to understand its meaning and the real natu...

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'There is no alternative to postmetaphysical thinking': this statement, made by Jürgen Habermas i...

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Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak thei...