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Mediterranean Diasporas looks at the relationship between displacement and the circulation of ideas within and from the Mediterranean basin in the long 19th century.

In his latest book, Terry Eagleton, one of the most celebrated intellects of our time, considers the least regarded of the virtues.

An engaging and accessible overview of the Enlightenment as a global phenomenon, with updated material and additional online resources.

This is the first full-length biography of Immanuel Kant in more than fifty years.

Adopting a global approach, Fitzmaurice analyses the laws that shaped modern European empires from medieval times to the twentieth century.

Adam Smith, in his The Theory of Moral Sentiments, largely left his readers to develop his argument's full implications.

This book discusses how Romantic-age writers and new cultural institutions transformed ideas of knowledge inherited from the early-modern period.

A collection of the influential ethical writings of medieval philosopher William of Ockham, published in English for the first time.

This is a fully annotated edition of selected letters by (and in some cases to) Sir J.

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Edmund Husserl, founder of the phenomenological movement, is usually read as an idealist in his metaphysics and an instrumentalist in his philosophy of science.

This book examines Harold Laski's relationship to Marxism.

This book explains how the brightest thinkers judge the ways we decide, argue, solve problems, and tell right from wrong.

By the late 1960s, in a Europe divided by the Cold War and challenged by global revolution in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, thousands of young people threw themselves into activism to change both the world and themselves.

Capitalism in the western world is currently facing a crisis of legitimacy in the face of growing inequality.

This is an unusual book in that it is an important contribution to social psychology and also an absorbing story of four strange years in a German prison camp of World War I.

Why would Rene Descartes, the father of modern rationalist philosophy, choose "e;meditations"e;-a term and genre associated with religious discourse and practice-for the title of his magnum opus that lays the metaphysical foundations for his reform of all knowledge, including mathematics and sciences?

Since media is omnipresent in our lives, it is crucial to understand the complex means and dimensions of media in history, and how we have arrived at the current digital culture.

Mind and Body in Early China critiques Orientalist accounts of early China as the radical, "e;holistic"e; other.

In der Zeit der napoleonischen Kriege vollzog sich in ganz Europa ein grundlegender gesellschaftlicher und politischer Wandel.

As early modern Europe launched its multiple projects of global empire, it simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of describing and picturing the world.

This book, written in an accessible style, is an exhaustive survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present.

This volume explores the relationship between Kant''s aesthetic theory and his critical epistemology.

A fresh and exciting study of Cicero''s philosophical activities and the enduring interest of his ethical and political thought.

The first comprehensive account of the initial development of the ''Grotian tradition'' in international relations theory, reaching entirely unexpected conclusions.

"e;Skip's account of the founding of JanSport wreaks of honesty, humor, and enough anecdotes to stir a memory in almost anyone who has spent time outside.

Fun, illustrated projects for those who believe in magick.

This book represents the most comprehensive historical and systematic study of the theory and practice of toleration ever written.

Vesna Ilic nimmt die familiale sprachliche Sozialisation und bildungssprachliche Fähigkeiten von Jugendlichen mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund unter die Lupe.

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This book presents the first English translation of Alexander Baumgarten's Initia Philosophiae Practicae Primae, the textbook Kant used in his lectures on moral philosophy.

In Minds and Bodies, Colin McGinn offers proof that contemporary philosophy, in the hands of a consummate reviewer, can be the occasion not only sharp critical assessment, but also writing so clear and engaging that readers with no special background in the subject but simply a taste for challenging idea can feel welcome.

Diplomatic Investigations is a classic work in the field of International Relations.

In the decades after its publication, Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship served as a touchstone for such major philosophical and literary figures as Schopenhauer, Schleiermacher, and Schlegel, and was widely understood to be one of the greatest novels of the German canon.

This book argues that the insulation of public life from the ethical standpoint puts in jeopardy the legitimacy and survival of our political communities.

In Malicious Deceivers, Ioana B.

This book examines how modern Western history has been shaped by the rise and fall of the great European empires.

This book describes the radical shift in the study of economic science; where arguing with words was replaced by reasoning with mathematical models.

Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for BiographyWinner of the 2018 National Book Award for NonfictionA tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro -- the creative African Americans whose art, literature, music, and drama would inspire Black people to greatness.

Theodor Hugo Hasselt hat Haltung, Wutanfälle und fluktuierende Finanzen.

A study of political possibilities in the era of modern imperialism, from the perspective of the sovereign state of Hyderabad.