Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

An introductory guide to the life, work and legacy of George Orwell - one of the most influential literary twentieth-century figures.

What does it mean to be modern?

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Stanley argues that the French philosophes reveal the possibility of a democratically hospitable form of cynicism.

This study reassesses the influence and philosophy of Ibn Taymiyya, one of the greatest medieval Islamic theologians.

Novick shows how the idea and ideal of objectivity were elaborated, challenged, modified, and defended over the last century.

An overview of the history of evangelicalism as a global movement, from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present.

This compelling and timely book explores the relationship between classical Islamic theology and the contemporary radicalization of Islam.

A comprehensive and unusual introduction to Nietzsche, providing a separate introductory essay for each of his major works.

This book reconstructs and evaluates the philosophy of a thinker who was uniquely influential among Romans of the first century BC.

This collection of essays explores an unjustly neglected tradition that is now experiencing a remarkable renaissance: French political liberalism.

Offers a strikingly original interpretation of Leo Strauss, his ''political philosophy'', and the connection of both to the American conservative movement.

A succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the Civil War.

This book explores the ways that intellectual property impacts our economy and society.

The neglected history of how intellectuals since the Renaissance have approached ideas of the occult which challenged biblical religion.

An interdisciplinary study of the emergence of a psychology of the ''unconscious'' in the Romantic period, ninety years before Freud.

One of the world''s greatest historians shows how Indians appropriated liberalism to argue for rights, representation and a better society.

This book shows how psychoanalysis attained its prominent cultural position, not through surmounting its rivals, but through rescripting history.

This wide-ranging study offers a new interpretation of nationalism and the formation of European nations.

This book analyzes Thomas More''s thoughts on the statecraft needed to enhance liberty and peace in a culture favoring war.

Edward Baring sheds fresh light on Jacques Derrida, one of the most influential yet controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century.

This book uses insights from classical thinkers to reveal how great orators persuade their audiences so convincingly.

This book presents a collective attempt to chart the rise and development of the Chicago School during the decades that followed WWII.

This book casts light on ancient Greeks'' attitudes to novelty in order to change scholarly understanding of their history and culture.

This 1992 volume explores the the life and pivotal career of James Harrington.

This book examines the use, principally in economics, of the concept of the invisible hand, centering on Adam Smith.

An accessible and international look at what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist today.

Julian Young provides the most comprehensive biography available of the life and philosophy of the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

This inaugural lecture argues that the modern university should foster the interdisciplinary approach of medieval texts and study.

This book questions the theoretical assumptions of sovereignty and offers new ways to move the critiques of this subject forward.

An innovative analysis of Kant''s philosophy that shows how his rethinking of religion is intertwined with ethical and political autonomy.

An intellectual biography of Max Horkheimer that analyzes his model of early Critical Theory.

Este ebook presenta "Los cuentos de Canterbury" con un sumario dinámico y detallado.

Leading scholars contribute original and timely essays which discuss how political philosophy should be studied today.

Showing that different approaches can be combined in a single disciplinary framework, Scott argues that sociologists can transcend theoretical differences.

Addresses how the classical republican conception of freedom was challenged and finally overcome by the rise of modern market societies.

This study traces the ways in which Romantic writers responded to a debate over the dangers and rewards of idle contemplation.

Spiller demonstrates how early modern reading practices were connected to emerging attitudes towards racial and ethnic identity.

The first comprehensive, contextual account of Edmund Burke''s techniques of political discourse, tracing the ideas behind his ''rhetoric of character''.

Rejects the perception of Engels as perpetuator of a ''tragic deception'' of Marx, and the body of opinion treating him as ''his master''s voice''.

The writing and thought of Denis Diderot, a leading figure of the French Enlightenment, are explored in this anniversary volume.

This translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable.

A comprehensive, broadly ecumenical, and specifically theological introduction to the defining topics in Christian thought.

A unique historical and comparative analysis of the place of religion in the emergence of modern secular society.

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

Employs the sectarian battles which divided African Christians in late antiquity to explore the nature of violence in religious conflicts.

This book discusses the conceptual and temporal frames through which modern Western historiography has linked itself to classical antiquity.

Focuses on Spinoza''s theories regarding human freedom, how it is obtained, and also an interpretation of his ethics.

Craig Yirush provides a long-term explanation of the distinctive ideas of the American Revolution.

Excavates institutions through which the common people of ancient, medieval and Renaissance republics constrained the power of wealthy citizens and public magistrates.