Governing Human Lives and Health in Pandemic Times looks into the instruments and the type of reasoning involved when large-scale social control strategies were

This volume examines the manifold, often contradictory, aspects of ageing, considering the ways in which contemporary social transformations affect the experien

In the context of debates surrounding the effects of new technologies on our mental faculties, particularly the attention span, this volume addresses the notion

The majority of the world’s population now live in urban areas and the 21st century has been declared as the "urban age". However, closer inspection of where

This book probes the sources and nature of the ‘discontents of modernity’. It proposes a new approach to the philosophic-critical discourse on modernity. Th

The premise of The Diversity of Darkness and Shameful Behaviors is to emphasize the need for enlightened, rational thinking as a paradigm of thought as the cult

This volume documents research illustrating public dissents and interventions to injustice in modern-day cities. Authors present everyday occurrences of city li

This book provides a comprehensive description and ethical analysis of one of the most challenging areas: international health research. Furthermore, it provide

Globalisation is influencing not only patterns of health and disease worldwide, but how decisions on health are made and organised. This is the arena of ‘Glob

This book focuses on what is arguably the most devastating phenomenon in the history of modern civilization, the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows how, on the one han