Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

A major survey of Scotland''s dominant ideology over the past three centuries by one of its leading historians.

This volume of essays covers the whole range of problems raised in and by Mill''s On Liberty.

Examines the conflict between modern and postmodern theories in sociology and attempts to bridge the divide between them.

Explores the intellectual changes that have occurred in Iran since the 1979 revolution.

Constant''s intellectual development into a founding father of modern liberalism is examined through an analysis of his evolving religious philosophy.

This book explores the profound impact of seventeenth-century American political thought on modern democratic ideas.

This book serves as an indispensable guide to European philosophy from Kant to Derrida.

Murawiec examines contemporary jihad using history, anthropology, and theology to understand its political and ideological origins.

A clear introduction to Nietzsche''s influential text featuring a section-by-section analysis.

An elegantly written, challenging exposé on the history of memory by one of the most influential historians of psychology.

A study of Beauvoir''s work on ''otherness'' through the concepts of gender, race, and ageing.

An examination of how the modern liberal tradition was fashioned out of an engagement with republicanism.

Shows how developments in scientific observation and public policy have transformed our view of childhood.

Kalyvas explores a democratic politics of the extraordinary to examine the formation of a constitutional government.

Rist sets out a vision of constantly developing truth that incorporates all that is good.

A fresh vision of Max Weber''s most renowned work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

An overview of Anglican origins, beliefs and practices, setting the tradition in its global contexts.

An accessible and engaging guide to one of the most complex and important works of nineteenth-century philosophy.

This collection of essays demonstrates the need for contemporary philosophers to engage with Hegel.

A definitive history of peace advocacy and an analysis of its religious and intellectual roots.

This book chronicles eminent economist Harry Johnson''s intellectual development and contributions to economic research and policy.

An account and technical assessment of Marx''s economic analysis in Capital and other documents.

Shusterman argues that improved body consciousness can relieve many problems and enhance knowledge, performance, and pleasure.

This collection of essays on Harsanyi and Rawls is intended for audiences across economics, political science, and philosophy.

A major contribution to the understanding of one of the most important strands of modern political thought.

Collects Michael Wallerstein''s most important and influential contributions to research on issues of inequality, redistribution, and wage-determination.

Examines the political thinking of four men - John Milton, Marchamont Nedham, James Harrington, and Thomas Hobbes.

This book studies the construction of self-styled white men''s countries from South Africa, to North America and Australasia.

A discussion of Thomasius''s work in public and church law, providing a revealing comparison with the arguments of John Locke.

This book explores the historical development of some central themes about property through the ages.

Explores the way the fear of enemies shapes political groups and helps to preserve them in times of crisis.

An insight into the climate of political thought surrounding the most powerful empire in history, first published in 2007.

Peter Harrison provides an account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge.

This study argues that nineteenth-century English New Liberalism was considerably more indebted to classical English utilitarianism than the received view holds.

This 2007 book challenges orthodox readings of Greek history centred on the polis and proposes a broader approach.

This book explores constructivist and ecological approaches to rationality in economics.

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A comprehensive presentation of the philosophical work of the fifteenth-century Renaissance thinker Giovanni Pico della Mirandola.

This book was the first full account of the famous debate between Thomas Hobbes and John Bramhall.

A comprehensive treatment of the seventeenth-century philosopher Pierre Gassendi.

Darien Shanske analyzes the difficult language and structure of Thucydides'' History.

An overview of Bernard Williams'' influential contribution to moral philosophy.

This volume of essays focuses on the largely neglected aspect of royalism during the English Civil Wars.

This text is the third volume in a new translation of Proclus'' Commentary on Plato''s Timaeus.

A study of three centuries of radical ideas and activity in English political and social history.

Remastering Morals provides a book-length scholarly comparison of the ethics of Aristotle and Confucius.

An innovative and important study of Marx''s early writings.

An illuminating study of the political thought of ninth-century West Saxon king, Alfred the Great.

This book explains why language caused unease to writers such as Montaigne, Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, and Pascal.

In Democracy and Legal Change, Melissa Schwartzberg argues that modifying law is a fundamental and attractive democratic activity.