Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

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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.

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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.

In studies of psychology's role in modernism, Carl Jung is usually relegated to a cameo appearance, if he appears at all.

This book explores the religious concerns of Enlightenment thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson.

Uniting twelve original studies by scholars of early modern history, literature, and the arts, this collection is the first that foregrounds the dialectical quality of early modern Orientalism by taking a broad interdisciplinary perspective.

The eighteenth-century Enlightenment was one of the most exciting and significant currents of European culture.

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This book investigates the working mechanisms of public opinion in the politics of Late Republican Rome.

This new study of eighteenth-century aesthetic theory situates it in theological contexts that are crucial to explaining why it arose.

Anne Barton''s final book uncovers the pervasive presence of woodland in early modern drama, revealing its persistent imaginative power.

This book focuses on Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the most influential statement on religious freedom in human history.

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

This book offers an intellectual history of colonial Buganda, using previously unseen archives to recast the end of empire in East Africa.

A new history of the idea of the modern state and its ''personality'', showing the centrality of Pufendorf to its development and propagation.

This volume offers a new history of the relationship between commerce and politics, from the eighteenth century to the present.

This book offers new readings of the epistemology, methods and politics of Max Weber, a foundation thinker of modern social science and international relations theory.

This book offers new perspectives on the historical origins and contemporary challenges of modern hermeneutics through a detailed exploration of Herder''s Enlightenment philosophy.

This book presents a radical look at the founder of psychoanalysis in his broader cultural context, addressing critical issues and challenging stereotypes.

This collection explores how location shaped sociability in the Romantic period.

These letters reveal the charm and brilliance of one of the great American intellectual liberals of the twentieth century.

This book provides original perspectives on the work of one of the most important thinkers in international law today.

This volume of new essays explores Kant''s views on the laws of nature.

This book explores how the idea of empire shaped the culture and politics of the United States from its foundation.

This book explores the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how it provided a key language of political debate.

This book explores the intellectual contexts for Mr Casaubon, a central character in George Eliot''s classic and much-loved novel Middlemarch.

The first book to explore the deep influence of modern science on Locke''s moral and political philosophy.

This book provides a fundamentally new account of the arguments and concepts that define Heidegger''s early philosophy.

This book argues the importance of Galileo''s reading and engagement with a range of writers to the shaping of early modern philosophy.