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Sophistics is the paradigm of a discourse that does things with words. It is not pure rhetoric, as Plato wants us to believe, but it provides an alternative to the philosophical mainstream. A sophistic history of philosophy questions the orthodox philosophical history of philosophy: that of ontology... More

Sophistry, since Plato and Aristotle, has been philosophy’s negative alter ego, its bad other. Yet sophistry’s emphasis on words and performativity over the fetishization of truth makes it an essential part of our world’s cultural, political, and philosophical repertoire. In this dazzling book, Barb... More

Published in 1973, "L'Etourdit" was one of the French philosopher Jacques Lacan's most important works. The book posed questions that traversed the entire body of Lacan's psychoanalytical explorations, including his famous idea that "there is no such thing as a sexual relationship," which seeks to u... More

Martin Heidegger was an ordinary Nazi and a loyal member of the provincial petty bourgeoisie. He was also a seminal thinker of the Continental tradition and one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers. How are we to make sense of this dual life? Should we factor Heidegger's domestic a... More

“Google is a champion of cultural democracy, but without culture and without democracy.” In this witty and polemical critique the philosopher Barbara Cassin takes aim at Google and our culture of big data. Enlisting her formidable knowledge of the rhetorical tradition, Cassin demolishes the Google m... More

This comprehensive reference has been written for the purpose of making ophthalmological terminology comprehensible to the person without a scientific background.... More

This new edition has been expanded with more terms and more abbreviations. Here are more than 5,000 of the most frequently used terms and phrases associated with the eye and vision, and 1,000 abbreviations and acronyms. Definitions are in "plain English" so everyone can understand them. SPECI... More

This book describes the latest advances in health education and patients' self-management, addressing core questions such as: How can you motivate a patient to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and how can you support their self-management? Though there is a broad consensus within the nursing profession ... More

There has been an increasing interest in the meaning and importance of friendship in recent years, particularly in the West. However, the history of friendship, and the ways in which it has changed over time, have rarely been examined. Friendship: A History traces the development of friendship in Eu... More

Gender relations are in a period of transition. In this collection, some of Australia's leading writers and talented young scholars offer a systematic overview of the ways in which recent feminist analysis is shaping women's studies. They reflect on questions of power, difference, social structures,... More

Martin Heidegger was an ordinary Nazi and a loyal member of the provincial petty bourgeoisie. He was also a seminal thinker of the Continental tradition and one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers. How are we to make sense of this mix? Should we factor Heidegger's domestic and pol... More

Winner, French Voices Grand Prize Nostalgia makes claims on us both as individuals and as members of a political community. In this short book, Barbara Cassin provides an eloquent and sophisticated treatment of exile and of desire for a homeland, while showing how it has been possible for many to r... More

Characters in some languages, particularly Hebrew and Arabic, may not display properly due to device limitations. Transliterations of terms appear before the representations in foreign characters.This is an encyclopedic dictionary of close to 400 important philosophical, literary, and political term... More

Do You Have An Aging Parent Who --Blames you for everything that goes wrong?Cannot tolerate being alone, wants you all the time?Is obsessed with health problems, real, or imagined?Make unreasonable and/or irrational demands of you?Is hostile, negative and critical? Coping with these traits in parent... More

This book describes the latest advances in health education and patients' self-management, addressing core questions such as: How can you motivate a patient to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and how can you support their self-management? Though there is a broad consensus within the nursing profession ... More

This book describes the latest advances in health education and patients' self-management, addressing core questions such as: How can you motivate a patient to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and how can you support their self-management? Though there is a broad consensus within the nursing profession ... More

Wat is gezondheid precies? Hoe kijk je naar je eigen gezondheid en naar de gezondheid van de patiënten voor wie je zorgdraagt? Het boek Gezondheidsbevordering en zelfmanagement door paramedici begint met het definiëren van het begrip gezondheid en gaat vervolgens in op allerlei vragen, zoals: Welke ... More

Dit boek geeft (aankomende) verpleegkundigen handvatten om gezonder gedrag bij hun patiënten te bevorderen. Het behandelt gezondheid op micro-, meso- en macroniveau en geeft inhoud aan preventie en gezondheidsbevordering. Het boek is geschikt voor alle bachelor-en masteropleidingen Verpleegkunde, en... More

Dit boek toont hoe patiënten, ondersteund door professionals, zelf hun gezondheid kunnen verbeteren, door hun leefstijl te veranderen, hun gezondheid te monitoren en hun zelfmanagement te optimaliseren. Het boek is geschreven voor studenten fysiotherapie, diëtetiek, mondhygiëne, logopedie, farmakund... More

Dit boek helpt studenten en verpleegkundige professionals om de patiënt zijn unieke positie in de zorgverlening te geven. Het boek biedt handvatten om belangrijke onderwerpen en vernieuwingen in het onderwijs en de gezondheidszorg met elkaar te verbinden en zo een concreet en samenhangend perspectie... More

Dit boek geeft (aankomend) verpleegkundigen handvatten om preventie en gezondheidsbevordering te integreren in de dagelijkse praktijk. Het beschrijft hoe je zelfmanagement- en leefstijlcoaching evidence-based ‘handen en voeten’ geeft. Daarbij zijn patiënt- of persoongecentreerde zorg en patiëntparti... More

Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions di... More

Amazon disrupts everything it touches and upends any market it enters. In the era of its game-changing dominance, how can any company compete? We are just witnessing the start of the radical changes in retail that will revolutionize shopping in every way. As Amazon and other disruptors continue to o... More

Featured in The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Vox, The Shopping Revolution is “a brisk and thought-provoking anatomy of shopping in the 21st century” (Kirkus Reviews).The retail industry was already in the midst of unparalleled disruption. Then came COVID-19.In a fully updated and expanded edition ... More

The branding bible for today's globalized worldToday, brands have become even more important than the products they represent: their stories travel with lightning speed through social media and the Internet and across countries and diverse cultures. A brand must be elastic enough to allow for reason... More