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The first comprehensive historical study of one of the most famous events in Japanese history: the Forty-seven Rōnin vendetta.

Presents an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the major themes, thinkers, and movements in modern European intellectual history.

Sheds new light on the presence and impact of Continental European literary traditions in post-Napoleonic Britain.

The first historical account of Raymond Aron''s role in the reconfiguration of liberal thought in the short twentieth century.

This pioneering study reveals the central place held by Virgil''s ''messianic'' Eclogue in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy.

Explains for the first time the genesis and early form of both Indian and Greek philosophy, and their striking similarities.

The notion of ''representative democracy'' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorians understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and diversity?

Combining personal stories of motivation with new research this book offers a holistic picture of primate conservation in the Anthropocene.

This pioneering study reveals the central place held by Virgil''s ''messianic'' Eclogue in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy.

Explains for the first time the genesis and early form of both Indian and Greek philosophy, and their striking similarities.

Offers a structuralist critique of the relationship between pragmatism and liberalism in American legal thought.

Discusses Nietzsche''s ethical theory and goals in writing a history of Christian morality, and takes a broader look at Nietzsche''s wider philosophy.

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The first comprehensive account of revolutionary and socialist thought after the 1871 Paris Commune, France''s last nineteenth-century revolution.

This book explains why the Nordic Model retains its influence, especially on the Anglo-American left, notwithstanding internal problems.

Demonstrates flattery''s importance for political theory, addressing representation, republicanism, and rhetoric through classical, early modern, and eighteenth-century thought.

Shows how the scientific question, ''Are we automata?

This fundamentally new interpretation of the Qing reveals how Sino-Western engagements transformed traditions, institutions, and networks of communications.

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

Apocalyptic rhetoric creates dangerous politics; three great thinkers show how clear-eyed realism is our best hope.

The definitive history of the passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the modern world.

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

Presents an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the major themes, thinkers, and movements in modern European intellectual history.

Volume II offers a world-encompassing overview of movements and parties that wanted to promote social justice by social reform – the conquering and transforming of state power.

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

Discusses Nietzsche''s ethical theory and goals in writing a history of Christian morality, and takes a broader look at Nietzsche''s wider philosophy.

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The first comprehensive account of revolutionary and socialist thought after the 1871 Paris Commune, France''s last nineteenth-century revolution.

Connects British and American literature to a changing media landscape in an era of innovation.

A rich intellectual history of the reinvention of France''s colonial empire in the second half of the eighteenth century.

The first survey of the connections between literature, religion, and intellectual life in the British Romantic period.

Examines the underground and overlooked actors and activities of liberal activism and liberal counter-cultures in the modern Arab world.

A collection of essays on the foundational themes of freedom and spontaneity in Immanuel Kant''s philosophy.

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

The new edition of this comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau''s major later political writings, in up-to-date English translations.

A comprehensive and novel interpretation of Spinoza''s political writings that reveals the significance of the affects for political life.

Isaiah Berlin remains one of the seminal political philosophers of the twentieth century.

A ground breaking study of primates that live in flooded habitats around the world.

These essays shed light on one of Fichte''s most important works, the System of Ethics.

These essays shed light on one of Fichte''s most important works, the System of Ethics.

Provides the first extended study of Calvin''s 1559 Institutio in conversation with critical theorists of religion, modernity, sovereignty, and political theology.

This volume explores the development of post-Kantian practical philosophy through the themes of freedom, right, and revolution.

This volume explores the development of post-Kantian practical philosophy through the themes of freedom, right, and revolution.

Studying intellectual trends in Iran in a global historical context, this new intellectual history challenges many dominant paradigms in Iranian historiography.

This fundamentally new interpretation of the Qing reveals how Sino-Western engagements transformed traditions, institutions, and networks of communications.

Illustrates the origin and ways of Western hegemony over other civilizations across the world.

Makes a significant contribution to substantive representation, and examines the various political identities of justices in the American political system.

A detailed and innovative study of Kant''s engagement with the ideas and methods of previously neglected philosophical figures in eighteenth-century Germany.

Analyses Kant''s theory of popular sovereignty and revolution and his surprising views of reform and regicide in the French revolution.

Analyses Kant''s theory of popular sovereignty and revolution and his surprising views of reform and regicide in the French revolution.