Patricia MacCormack
Professor of Continental Philosophy at Anglia Ruskin University and author of Post-Human Ethics and Cinesexuality.
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Professor of Continental Philosophy at Anglia Ruskin University and author of Post-Human Ethics and Cinesexuality.
Patricia MacCormack In..
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Trouble with Heaven
Why does the dark and the dangerous attract us?
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Beyond Men and Women
Should we fight prejudice or gender?
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Overcoming death
Does fearing death prevent us from fully living?
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