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The Adventure of the Human Intellect presents the latest scholarship on the beginnings of intellectual history on a broad scope, encompassing ten eminent ancient or early civilizations from both the Old and New Worlds.

Leading scholars explore how the arguments of classical European thinkers relate to the ethics and politics of military intervention today.

Here is a complete guide to the lost art of geomancy - one of the major divination systems that are part of the Western magical tradition.

A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in twentieth-century Britain - have such figures ever existed, have they always been more prominent or influential elsewhere, and are they on the point of becoming extinct today?

In recent years, global historians have painted an impressionistic picture of what they call the 'connected world' of the seventeenth century.

Explores the way the fear of enemies shapes political groups and helps to preserve them in times of crisis.

Lyndall Urwick was the dominant figure in British management between the late 1920s and the early 1960s.

A lucid account of Theodor Adorno''s sociological thinking, detailing the methodological, substantive, critical and textual dimensions of his sociology.

Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Enlightenment argues for the centrality of magical practices and ideas throughout the long eighteenth century.

USA TODAY BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERDiscover the official story of In-N-Out Burgerhow three generations have created a thriving, family-owned company, why its fans are so wildly loyal, and what led to its explosive growth and evolution into an iconic part of American cultureas told by In-N-Out Burger's president, Lynsi Snyder.

This volume contains the political writings of Sir Robert Filmer (1588–1653), perhaps the most important patriarchal political theorist of the seventeenth century

In Certainty in Action, Dani le Moyal-Sharrock describes how her encounter with Wittgenstein overturned her previous assumptions that the mind is a product of brain activity and that thought, consciousness, the will, feelings, memories, knowledge and language are stored and processed in the brain, by the brain.

This book offers a brief introduction to the anthropological study of Russia.

Genie und Grenzgänger – Lorenz Jägers große Biographie Walter BenjaminsWalter Benjamin wollte in keine Schublade oder philosophische Schule passen, sein Werk blieb unvollendet – und doch zählt er zu den einflussreichsten Denkern des 20.

The fascinating story of The History of the Rus'', one of the most influential historical texts of the modern era.

This book is about other worlds and the supernatural beings, from angels to fairies, that inhabited them.

Leading academics offer a historically informed, interdisciplinary inquiry into markets and their social and political relations.

This book explores the explosive social and political implications of Erasmus'' philological work on the Greek New Testament.

Examines Rousseau''s contribution as a constitutionalist and builder of institutions, relating his major ideas to twenty-first century debates.

In this volume, studies of bone growth and development illustrate new methods and insights that enhance the anthropological understanding of skeletal variation.

Difficult to know and impossible to forget, Ludwig Wittgenstein is remembered as the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century.

A complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experience underlying hermetic symbolism.

This book discusses the seminal role played by Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, in the founding of American-style public relations n persuasive communication through manipulation of symbols n and his huge (and cynical) impact on the American economic and political scene.

What have the concepts of modernity and secularization meant for Islamic tradition, culture and society?

In 1966, Anton LaVey introduced to the world the Church of Satan, an atheistic religion devoted to the philosophy of individualism and pitilessness often associated with Satan.

Explores one of the most creative interactions in history with a lasting influence on law and philosophy.

Owen Ware here develops and defends a novel interpretation of Fichte's moral philosophy as an ethics of wholeness.

The Intricacies of High-Degree Freemasonry: A Comprehensive Guide to Advanced Masonic Rites and Ritualsby Salomon F.

This collection of previously unpublished expository writings by Gordon Tullock on themes ranging from game theory, externalities, public choice, rent-seeking, law and economics, and economic progress is representative of the breadth of Tullock's career.

Perhaps no economist was more vindicated by the global financial crisis than Hyman P.

Demonology - the intellectual study of demons and their powers - contributed to the prosecution of thousands of witches.

This book gathers contributions on the topic of astrology in the West during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from 1914-2022.

What are the issues discussed today by African philosophers?

The new edition of this comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau''s important early political writings in faithful English translations.

This book showcases eight judges that exemplify judicial greatness and looks at what role they play in law and society.

In Annotations Nahum Dimitri Chandler offers a philosophical interpretation of W.

A major contribution to great-ape research, covering every aspect of the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project to offer new, unique insights.

This book examines the significance of Machiavelli''s political thinking for the development of modern republicanism.

Examines the philosophical origins of the Anglo-American political and constitutional tradition in seventeenth-century England.

A year-long collection of spells and rituals for harnessing the magical power of each day from the author of the Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells.

ALDI – diese vier Buchstaben haben im Positiven wie auch im Negativen Konsumverhalten und Esskultur der Deutschen wesentlich geprägt.

A founding work of political philosophy with expanded introduction and added explanatory matter.

:10 Seconds to Air (A Life in the Directors Chair) is a captivating look behind the curtain at the creation of some of televisions most celebrated live events.

Oft schon totgesagt, erweist sich die "Frankfurter Schule" als erstaunlich überlebensfähig, ja es gibt Anzeichen dafür, dass sie gerade von einer jungen Generation neu rezipiert und fortgesetzt wird.

Reviews the most important topics in current primatology using research on the long-studied Arashiyama population of Japanese macaques.