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Singular Creatures
Robots, Rights, and the Politics of Posthumanism
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CA$29.95
ISBN: 9780228014348
Pub Date: October 2022
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
In Singular Creatures Mark Kingwell plumbs the depths of cultural and political meaning in the apparent transition to posthuman life. Can humans and their own creations co-exist in a cyberflesh world, or is a struggle for superiority inevitable? Singular Creatures is an attempt at sketching the field before any deadly battle is joined.
The Adventurer's Glossary
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780228008316
Pub Date: September 2021
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
The Adventurer’s Glossary takes readers on their own semantic exploration. Through more than 500 terms, sourced from Shakespeare, military and biker jargon, hip hop and surfer slang, and beyond, Joshua Glenn considers meaning and selfhood. This diverting survey, paired with copious illustrations by cartoonist Seth, is introduced by Mark Kingwell.
On Risk
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CA$14.95
ISBN: 9781771963923
Pub Date: October 2020
Imprint: Biblioasis
With COVID-19 comes a heightened sense of everyday risk. How should a society manage, distribute, and conceive of it? As we cope with the lengthening effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, considerations...
Wish I Were Here
Boredom and the Interface
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780773557123
Pub Date: April 2019
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
An urgent, timely, and political analysis of the boredom that dominates our everyday immersion in distracting technologies.
Practical Judgments
Essays in Culture, Politics, and Interpretation
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CA$45.95
ISBN: 9780802038012
Pub Date: April 2004
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
This collection of essays and reviews reveals the sources and developments of popular Toronto philosopher and cultural theorist Mark Kingwell's thought and examines the nature and limits of intellectual engagement.
Rites of Way
The Politics and Poetics of Public Space
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CA$38.99
ISBN: 9781554581535
Pub Date: September 2009
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
There are many ways to approach the subject of public space: the threats posed to it by surveillance and visual pollution; the joys it offers of stimulation and excitement, of anonymity and transformation;...
Fail Better
Why Baseball Matters
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CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781771961530
Pub Date: April 2017
Imprint: Biblioasis
Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure—a very successful batter manages a base hit in just three of every ten attempts—Mark Kingwell argues that there is no better tutor of...
Civil Tongue
Justice, Dialogue, and the Politics of Pluralism
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CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780271027739
Pub Date: April 1995
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Edward Burtynsky: China
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CA$112.50
ISBN: 9783958290167
Pub Date: January 2025
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.
Edward Burtynsky's imagery explores the intricate link between industry and nature, combining the raw elements of mining, quarrying, shipping, oil production and recycling into eloquent, highly expressive...
Singular Creatures
Robots, Rights, and the Politics of Posthumanism
CA$29.95
ISBN: 9780228014348
Pub Date: October 2022
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
The Adventurer's Glossary
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9780228008316
Pub Date: September 2021
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
On Risk
CA$14.95
ISBN: 9781771963923
Pub Date: October 2020
Imprint: Biblioasis
Wish I Were Here
Boredom and the Interface
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780773557123
Pub Date: April 2019
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Practical Judgments
Essays in Culture, Politics, and Interpretation
CA$45.95
ISBN: 9780802038012
Pub Date: April 2004
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
This collection of essays and reviews reveals the sources and developments of popular Toronto philosopher and cultural theorist Mark Kingwell's thought and examines the nature and limits of intellectual engagement.
Rites of Way
The Politics and Poetics of Public Space
CA$38.99
ISBN: 9781554581535
Pub Date: September 2009
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Fail Better
Why Baseball Matters
CA$22.95
ISBN: 9781771961530
Pub Date: April 2017
Imprint: Biblioasis
Civil Tongue
Justice, Dialogue, and the Politics of Pluralism
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780271027739
Pub Date: April 1995
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Edward Burtynsky: China
CA$112.50
ISBN: 9783958290167
Pub Date: January 2025
Imprint: Artbook / D.A.P.