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Originality and Artistic Impulse: From a Medieval Scottish Friar to Malevich’s Black Square

Is there any such thing as a new idea? Bryony Coombs discusses similarities in artistic expression, centuries apart.

September 30, 2024
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What is Philosophy? What is Politics? What is Critique?

The editors of Philosophy, Politics and Critique reflect on the contested meanings of the terms which give the journal its name.

Edinburgh University Press
September 25, 2024

Photograph of the Berlin Wall, with the word 'madness' graffitied across it

Who are the displaced?

Millions of displaced people don’t count as refugees. Who are they, and how can they be better protected by political and legal systems?

Edinburgh University Press
September 18, 2024

EUP 75: Our Publishing in Philosophy

Discover the history of Philosophy publishing at Edinburgh University Press, from our extensive publishing in Deleuze and Guattari Studies, to a ground-breaking new series in World Philosophies.

Edinburgh University Press
September 12, 2024

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Haraway against Deleuze, or, Must We Like Pets?

Ian Buchanan responds to Donna Haraway's reading of Deleuze and Guattari on the notion of becoming-animal

Edinburgh University Press
September 3, 2024

Black and white photograph of the Office of the Quarter-Master-General in India, 1879

Signaling Tensions: The Politics of Telegraphic Communication in Modern Afghanistan

How does the telegraph function as both a material invention and an object of desire?

Edinburgh University Press
August 20, 2024

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Afghanistan’s ambiguous anniversary

On the third anniversary of the seizure of Kabul, Robert D. Crews asks how we make sense of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.

Edinburgh University Press
August 15, 2024

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Q&A with the author of Categories: A Study of a Concept in Western Philosophy and Political Thought

Luke O'Sullivan, author of Categories, discusses how his book came to be, and what's next for him.

Edinburgh University Press
August 9, 2024

Young Adults & War

How can literature for young adults and children help to foster lasting positive social change?

Edinburgh University Press
August 8, 2024

A wall is covered in a graffiti mural of two young girls laughing together, one wears the colours of the Palestinian flag, the other wears the colours of the Israeli flag

Relationality in Times of War

How do British and German cultural works establish relationality between Israel and Palestine?

Edinburgh University Press
July 9, 2024

Originality and Artistic Impulse: From a Medieval Scottish Friar to Malevich’s Black Square

What is Philosophy? What is Politics? What is Critique?

Who are the displaced?

EUP 75: Our Publishing in Philosophy

Haraway against Deleuze, or, Must We Like Pets?

Signaling Tensions: The Politics of Telegraphic Communication in Modern Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s ambiguous anniversary

Q&A with the author of Categories: A Study of a Concept in Western Philosophy and Political Thought

Young Adults & War

Relationality in Times of War

Originality and Artistic Impulse: From a Medieval Scottish Friar to Malevich’s Black Square

EUP 75: Our Publishing in Ancient History & Classical Studies

What is Philosophy? What is Politics? What is Critique?

Who are the displaced?

Shakespeare Teachers Strike Back: Three strategies for engaging in politically responsive pedagogy in the age of (another) DEI backlash