All Outputs (18)

How Nature Matters: Culture, Identity, and Environmental Value (2022)
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James, S. P. (2022). How Nature Matters: Culture, Identity, and Environmental Value. Oxford University Press

How Nature Matters presents an original theory of nature’s value based on part–whole relations. James argues that when natural things have cultural value, they do not always have it as means to valuable ends. In many cases, they have value as parts o... Read More about How Nature Matters: Culture, Identity, and Environmental Value.

The First Men in the Moon. (2017)
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James, S. J. (2017). The First Men in the Moon

At the village of Lympne, on the south coast of England, the failed playwright Mr Bedford meets the brilliant inventor Mr Cavor, and together they invade the moon. The First Men in the Moon is both an inspired and imaginative fantasy of space travel... Read More about The First Men in the Moon..

Desert Island (2015)
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James, S. J. (Ed.). Desert Island. Insitute of Advanced Study

Books for Boys: Literacy, Nation and the First World War (2015)
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James, S. J. (Ed.). Books for Boys: Literacy, Nation and the First World War. Insitute of Advanced Study

Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction (2015)
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James, S. P. (2015). Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction. Polity Press

Climate change, habitat loss, rising extinction rates - such problems call for more than just new policies and practices. They raise fundamental questions about the world and our place in it. What, for instance, is the natural world? Do we humans bel... Read More about Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction.

Decline and Fall. (2014)
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James, S. J. (Ed.). Decline and Fall. Oxford University Press

Maps of Utopia: H. G. Wells, Modernity and the End of Culture. (2012)
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James, S. J. (2012). Maps of Utopia: H. G. Wells, Modernity and the End of Culture. Oxford University Press

The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures. (2011)
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Saul, N., & James, S. J. (Eds.). (2011). The Evolution of Literature: Legacies of Darwin in European Cultures. Rodopi

Some Versions of Realism: Arnold Bennett and H. G. Wells. (2010)
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Shapcott, J., & James, S. (Eds.). (2010). Some Versions of Realism: Arnold Bennett and H. G. Wells. Arnold Bennett Society

The Presence of Nature: A Study in Phenomenology and Environmental Philosophy (2009)
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James, S. (2009). The Presence of Nature: A Study in Phenomenology and Environmental Philosophy. (1). Palgrave Macmillan

What is 'nature'? In what sense are humans parts of it? And why, if at all, should we strive to conserve it? Environmental issues raise a host of fascinating philosophical questions. Yet all too often these questions are tackled in an overly abstract... Read More about The Presence of Nature: A Study in Phenomenology and Environmental Philosophy.

H.G. Wells, Love and Mr Lewisham (2005)
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James, S. J. (Ed.). (2005). H.G. Wells, Love and Mr Lewisham. Penguin

H.G. Wells, The History of Mr Polly. (2005)
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James, S. J. (Ed.). (2005). H.G. Wells, The History of Mr Polly. Penguin

H.G. Wells, Kipps (2005)
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James, S. J. (Ed.). (2005). H.G. Wells, Kipps. Penguin

H.G. Wells, The New Machiavelli (2005)
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James, S. J. (Ed.). (2005). H.G. Wells, The New Machiavelli. Penguin

Buddhism, Virtue and Environment (2005)
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Cooper, D. E., & James, S. P. (2005). Buddhism, Virtue and Environment. Ashgate Publishing

Buddhism, one increasingly hears, is an 'eco-friendly' religion. It is often said that this is because it promotes an 'ecological' view of things, one stressing the essential unity of human beings and the natural world. This book presents a different... Read More about Buddhism, Virtue and Environment.

George Gissing, Charles Dickens: A Critical Study (2004)
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James, S. J. (Ed.). (2004). George Gissing, Charles Dickens: A Critical Study. Grayswood

Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics (2004)
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James, S. P. (2004). Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics. Ashgate Publishing

Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics explores the implications of Zen Buddhist teachings and practices for our moral relations with the natural world. At once an accessible introduction to Zen and an important contribution to the debate concerning t... Read More about Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics.

Unsettled Accounts: Money and Narrative in the Novels of George Gissing (2003)
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James, S. J. (2003). Unsettled Accounts: Money and Narrative in the Novels of George Gissing. Anthem Press

The following text is taken from the publisher's website: "Simon J James examines how Gissing's work reveals an unhappy accommodation with money"s underwriting of human existence and culture, and how daily life in all its forms - moral, intellectual,... Read More about Unsettled Accounts: Money and Narrative in the Novels of George Gissing.