Didier (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, Usa) Fassin

The Enlightenment shaped modernity. Western values of representative democracy and basic human rights, gender and racial equality, individual liberty,

This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our worl

How can we think of life in its dual expression, matter and experience, the living and the lived? Philosophers and, more recently, social scientists h

Thousands of texts, written over a period of three thousand years on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Persian, and ot

Ervaringsdeskundigheid is ‘hot’, maar zorgt ook voor heel wat polarisering. Sommigen zijn lyrisch over de meerwaarde voor cliënten, anderen staan erg

How can we think of life in its dual expression, matter and experience, the living and the lived? Philosophers and, more recently, social scientists h

The prison is a recent invention, hardly more than two centuries old, yet it has become the universal system of punishment. How can we understand the

A Companion to Moral Anthropology features a collection of readings from international experts that explore the various currents, approaches, and issu

A Companion to Moral Anthropology represents the first collective effort to bring together the various currents, approaches, and issues in this emergi

De Witte Iris is de nieuwste rage, een lifestyle-trend rond positief denken. Het hippe gedoe verspreidt zich langs alle grote steden, van Rome tot Lut

Éribon laat in dit boek zien dat de samenleving ons allen een bepaalde positie toewijst. De samenleving velt vonnissen die voorgoed richting geven aan

In Terug naar Reims keert Didier Eribon, nadat zijn vader is overleden, terug naar zijn geboortestad Reims, waar hij de Franse arbeiderswereld herontd

This Reader is the first anthology to cover the growing field of moral anthropology and will be an essential resource for students and scholars intere

"This Reader is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in the anthropology of morality. The collection includes classical and more

This beautifully illustrated anthology celebrates eighty years of history and intellectual inquiry at the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the wor

Contemporary life is defined by excess. There must always be more, there is never enough. We need a surplus to what we need to be able to truly enjoy