This overview and critical assessment of the work of the influential contemporary philosopher, John McDowell aims to provide students with an intellectual primer for reading McDowell.

The past decade has witnessed unprecedented activity in the feild of asylum law, with four major acts passed in nine years. Yet asylum seekers and refugees are not a new phenomoenum in the UK, nor is the perception of them as a problem.

What does 'autonomy' mean within language learning? Should it be enhanced in different national, institutional or small group cultures and, if so, how? A variety of new theoretical perspectives are here firmly anchored in research data from projects worldwide.

In Thinking with Heidegger, Miguel de Beistegui looks into the essence of Heidegger's thought and engages the philosopher's transformative thinking with contemporary Western culture.

This book takes as its terrain the changing perceptions of evil across centuries of English Literature. Starting with the models of conflict and malevolence in the Book of Genesis, its paths are the themes of ambition, desire, survival, belief and knowledge, from the Middle Ages to the present day.