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.
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?
A lucid account of Theodor Adorno''s sociological thinking, detailing the methodological, substantive, critical and textual dimensions of his sociology.
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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.
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.
In this volume, studies of bone growth and development illustrate new methods and insights that enhance the anthropological understanding of skeletal variation.
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.
In Deutschland verwandelte sich der Buddhismus um die Jahrhundertwende von einem obskuren Thema, das nur für einige wenige Gelehrte von Interesse war, in ein kulturelles Phänomen.
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.
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.
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.
: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.