About us
Nissos publications, founded in 1992 was originaly an initiative
of the Society for the Study of the Human Sciences The aim was to
promote the discussion in philosophy and social sciences. In the
meantime the titles published cover the whole range from classical
literature to modern science and art.
Nissos' books present to the greek public edited translations of
foreign classic and modern authors as well as original contributions
of greek theoretical thought and writing.
Contact
Pola Kapola, General Manager mail
Gerassimos Kouzelis, Scientific Director mail
Takis Kayalis, Administration mail
Society for the Study of Human Sciences and Topika
One the main aims of the Society for the Study of Human Sciences
is the reinforcement of the discussion between Greek and foreign
scientists. This is realized mainly through organizing scientific
workshops and book publications.
The S.S.H.S. organizes roughly once a year interdisciplinary workshops
unter the title Topika.
Topika has been conceived and planned as a series
of workshops focusing at issues of knowledge, its scope covering
an entire spectrum of approaches, ranging from educational to philosophical,
with reference to the social sciences. Each workshop is organized
around a particular topic. The responsibility is held by a small
team drawn from a broader advisory board, consisting of colleagues
from various universities and research projects. This team initially
undertakes the survey of questions to be raised, the selection of
reference works to be shared, and the composition of a short paper
addressed to perspective contributors. The latter is sent out to
anyone interested in the topic and serves as a basis for discussion
in the workshop and as a call for papers.
The call is intimately linked with the special nature of the
Topika
workshops - namely, the focus on round-table discussions which give
shape to the theme, bring to the fore questions, and point to directions
for further research. The basic aim is the constructive exchange
of ideas and experiences as well as the collective exploration of
the topic. This is reflected in the main feature of the short invitation
paper: the emphasis on both the interdisciplinary approach and the
openess of the questions posed.
The corresponding Topika volume consists primarily in original publications
as well as in selected texts which are regarded necessary to cover
the field of discussion. Furthermore a bibliographical coverage
of the topic, including a survey of the "state of the art",
constitutes a fundamental part of each volume. All the texts sent
for publication are examined by specialist advisors collaborating
with Topika. An executive board retains the overall responsibility
for the publication.
Workshops held until now:
• Discipline and Knowledge, Rhodes, November 1992.
• Reading and Writing in the University, Ermoupolis,
September 1993.
• The Notion of Construction in the Human Sciences, Chania,
April 1994.
• Childhood, Patras, September 1994.
• Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Antiquity,
Rethymno, November, 1994.
• Language and learning, Thessaloniki, November 1995.
• Knowledge and Learning, Patmos, June 1996.
• Local Practices and the Concern for the Truth, Aegina,
May 1997.
• The place of Nature in Greek Society and Politics, Athens,
September 1998.
• In-Use Knowledge, Mesta/Chios, September 2002.
• Light-Image-Reality, Aigina, May 2003
S.S.H.S. has also coorganized international congresses and symposiums
on: international relations, modern politics, enviroment, science
and art. It has initiated and participated in EU projects on university
education, new technologies and cultutal cooperation.
Nissos Publications
catalog 2002-2003
Epistemology
Texts by:
Adorno, Bachelard, Canguilhem, Carnap, Feyerabend, Foucault, Habermas,
Horkheimer, Koyre, Kuhn, Lakatos, Popper, Putnam
Edited by Gerassimos Kouzelis
Umberto Eco
How to Write a Graduate Thesis
Translated & edited by Marianna Kondylis
Epistemology of the Social Sciences
Texts by:
Adorno, Althusser, Bourdieu, Dilthey, Durkheim, Giddens, Habermas,
Hayek, Horkheimer, Luhmann, Marx, Menger, Parsons, Piaget, Popper,
Ricoeur, Thompson, Weber
Edited by Gerassimos Kouzelis & Kosmas Psychopaides
Sociology of Leisure
Texts by:
Veblen, Huizinga,Riesman, Friedmann, Touraine, Lanfant, Baudrillard,
Dumazier, Parker, Roberts, D’ Epinay, Pronovost,
El Ouarti, Samuel, Sue, Caillois, Yonnet, Gorz, Maffesoli, Lipovetsky
Edited by Alexandra Koronaiou
On Childhood
Texts by:
Aries, De Mause, Badinter, Demos, Thompson, Postman, Manheim,
Eisenstadt,
Elias, Piaget, Freud, Bettelheim, Bachelard, Mead, Berger, Luckmann,
Durkheim, Turner, Gennep, Richards, Barth, Donzelot, Foucault,
Platt,. Chamboredon,Prevot, Kay.
Edited by Dimitra Makryniotis
Nature, Society and Politics
Texts by:
Evelyn, Descartes, Rousseau, Goethe, Thoreau, Muir,. Darwih, Kropotkin,.
Marx,
Engels,. Marsh, Horkheimer, Carson, Commoner, Bookchin, Clark,
Plant, Collard, Contrucci, Gorz ,Naess, Devall, Porritt, Die Grunen,
Collingwood, Kelsen, Short, Worster, Beck, Kastoriades, Hayles,
Ponting, Dalton, Rootes, Eckersley, Louloudis.
Edited by Yiannis Stavrakakis
Sociology of Development
Edited by Alexander Kyrtsis
Texts by:
Etzioni-Halevy, Galtung, Kiely, Menzel, Mouzeli, Senghaas, Wallerstein
Sociology of Reading
Edited by Mary Leontsini
Texts by:
Bayard, Burgos, Culler, Evans, Flynn, Holland, Iser, Leenhardt,
McCormick, Passeron, Petit, Prince, de Singly, Waller
Narration and Fantasy
Edited by Anna Vidali
Texts by:
Vidali, Bettelheim, Rose, Steedman, Walkerdine, Williamson
Qualitative Sociology
Edited by Costas Kalfopoulos
Texts by:
Astrinakis, Becker, Blumer, Garfinkel. Geer, Glazer, Lazarsfeld,
Psathas, Schutz, Strauss
Image and contemporary Experience
Edited by Dimitris Karidas Stavros Stavrides
Texts by:
Adorno, Benjamin, Bloch, Cixous, Danto, Deleuze, Gadamer, Guatarri,
Jay, Lyotard, Metz, Vattimo
Claus Offe
Labour Society?
Edited by Alexander Kyrtsis
Max Horkheimer, Erich Fromm, Herbert Marcuse
Authority and Family
Edited by Gerassimos Kouzelis
Ernesto Laclau
New Reflections on the Revolution of our Times
Translated & edited by Yiannis Stavrakakis
Jurgen Habermas
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
Kostas Stamatis
The retrieval of the future Beyond liberalism
Ulrich Beck
One's own life
Constantine Papageorgiou
The Political Possibility of Justice
Contract and concensus in John Rawls
Sacred words. Prophecies and Prophets in Antiquity
Edited by D. Kyrtatas
Kosmas Psychopaides
Politics in Concepts
George Faraklas
«this thing»
Gerassimos Vokos
The Typewriter
An introduction to Les Pensees of Pascal
Vassilis Kalfas
Scientific Progress and Rationality
Pandelis Bassakos
Argument and Crisis
Dionysis Kapsalis
The owings of reading
Aristedes Mpaltas
The epistemology of Louis Althusser
Beyond One's Own Backyard
InterculturalTeacher Educationin Europe
Bilingual edition: English and French
Edited by Thalia Dragona, Anna Fragoudaki, Hrissi Igglessi
The Multicoloured School
An experience of intercultural education through art
Edited by Anastasia Vafea
Kostas Vratsalis
Learning and Teaching Practices
Bilingualism and Education
Edited by Helen Skourtou
Nikolas Tsaftarides
Music, Movement and Speech
Efi Avdela
History in School
D. Wheway - S. Thomson
Explore Music through...poetry, art, science, mathematics, history,
geography, moovement, word games, mythes
Vassilis Tselfes
Trial and Error
Irini Nakou
We, the museums and the civilisation
Katerina Zacharopoulou
Children in conversation with the modern art
Gilles Deleuze
Spinoza Practical Philosophy
Etienne Balibar
La philosophie de Marx
Quentin Skinner
Machiavelli
Frederic Gros
Michel Foucault
Alexander Kyrtsis
Sociological Thought and Progressive Ideologies, in Greece, Between
the two World Wars
Hans-Georg Gadamer
Reason in the Age of Science
Peter Burke
History and Social Theory
Walter Benjamin
Essays on Philosophy and Language
Critical Theory today
Texts:
H. Dubiel, A. Poltermann,
R. Wiggershaus, G. Kouzelis, D. Markis K. Psychopaidis
Christos Lirintzis
Comparison and interpretation
Tullio De Mauro
Minisemantica
Argiris Archakis, Marianna Kondili
Introduction to Sociolinquistics
Discipline and knowledge
Edited by: I. Solomon, G. Kouzelis
On construction
Edited by: Panayiotis Poulos
The use of language in science
Edited by: G. Kouzelis, M. Stoppler, H. Zander
The transmission of knowledge in antiquity
Edited by: D. Kyrtatas, Ch. Mpalla
Sigmund Freud
The Dream
Michel Foucault
The painting of Manet