Examining the theme of child sacrifice as a psychological challenge, this book applies a unique approach to religious ideas by looking at beliefs and practices that are considered deviant, but also make up part of mainstream religious discourse in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
A crucial text in the development of Fran ois Laruelle's oeuvre and an excellent starting point for understanding his broader project, Philosophies of Difference offers a theoretical and critical analysis of the philosophers of difference after Hegel and Nietzsche.
Examining the theme of child sacrifice as a psychological challenge, this book applies a unique approach to religious ideas by looking at beliefs and practices that are considered deviant, but also make up part of mainstream religious discourse in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
The Secular Contract seeks to defend the European Enlightenment's secularization of political philosophy by promoting an understanding of Enlightenment secular liberalism and extending it to contemporary issues.
In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history.
In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history.
Tajikistan is a key state in Central Asia, and will become crucial to the regional power balance as it transitions away from Soviet government systems and responds to the rise of Chinese financial power alongside the continuing presence of Russian military might and instability in neighboring Afghanistan.
This book attempts to delve into the connection between imagination and politics, and examines the many expectations and fears engendered by the Irish home rule debate.
This book traces the origins, life and death of Administrative Science in Italy as an academic discipline between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
In The CEO's Competitive Advantage: Harnessing the Power of the Hispanic Workforce to Drive Business Success, Marcela Manjarrez offers actionable, data-driven insights on the power of leveraging Hispanic and nontraditional talent for business excellence.
This book focuses on the most important utopian and dystopian literary texts in nineteenth and twentieth-century Hungarian literature, and therefore widens the scope of the traditionally Anglophone canon.
Dieses Buch zeichnet ein großes historisches Panorama Europas und der "abendländischen Welt" anhand der Musik, mit deren Hilfe die Menschen ihre Kulturen seit jeher gestaltet haben.
Der Dichter Hermann Bahr schrieb 1906 in seiner Wien-Monographie, dass die Stadt "im Qualm und Dunst der Vergangenheit" ächze – eine Diagnose, die auf die damals starke Präsenz von Geschichts- und Erinnerungskultur verweist.
Mag sein, dass der "real existierende Sozialismus" tot ist, aber es lohnt, aus seinen Trümmern das zu bergen, worum es ihm ging: eine bestimmte Form des Miteinander-Seins oder – in der Begrifflichkeit des kanadischen Philosophen Érik Bordeleau – das "Common".
Mag sein, dass der "real existierende Sozialismus" tot ist, aber es lohnt, aus seinen Trümmern das zu bergen, worum es ihm ging: eine bestimmte Form des Miteinander-Seins oder – in der Begrifflichkeit des kanadischen Philosophen Érik Bordeleau – das "Common".
Ihre erste Karriere:Als Österreichs beste Tennisspielerin aller Zeiten war sie Nummer sieben der Welt, spielte gegen Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis wie auch gegen Venus und Serena Williams.
'An amusing and well-illustrated gift book for anyone interested in gadgetry and the progress of garden history' - Gardens IllustratedPacked full of interesting anecdotes, this book will guide the reader through the advances of gardening history and the technology behind it.
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'Beautiful, moving, profoundly imaginative in itself - this book is as entertaining as it is relevant and practical' ALAIN DE BOTTON'Anyone who has an imagination - that is, everyone - should read this book' EDWARD ENNINFUL'An extraordinary book - an elaborate cabinet of curiosities' SPECTATORFor some, the imagination is a luxury in the modern age; something which is by turns elusive, difficult to employ and better left to others.
What if the traditional narrative about immigrant women--that those who come to the United States will succeed as long as they work hard, stay focused, and have supportive families--is a lie?
