Considering the support behind Brexit and Donald Trump's 'America first' policies, this book challenges the idea that they are motivated solely by fear and instead looks at the hope and promises that drive these renewed forms of nationalism. Addressing these neglected motivations within contemporary populism, Michael Mack explores how our current sense of disappointment with our ecological, economic and political state of affairs partakes of a history of failed promises that goes back to t...

Highlighting literature and philosophy's potential impact on economics, health care, bioethics, public policy and theology, this book analyses the heuristic value of fiction.It alerts us to how we risk succumbing to the deceptions of fiction in our everyday lives, because fictional representations constantly feign to be of the real and claim a reality of their own. Philosophy and literature disclose how the substantive sphere of social, economic and medical practice is sometimes dr...

"Mommy and Daddy wandered away from Milton to talk. But, as they talked, Daddy’s voice became louder and louder. Then, the terrible happened….."Milton is your typical nine-year-old boy who loves to play and eat chocolate chip cookies. Milton will learn how to handle social issues such as: domestic violence, bullying, friendships, being different and so much more the books to come.Be on the lookout for:Milton’s Terrible Week At SchoolMilton’s New Fri...