First published in 1925, Adventures in Philosophy presents a series of essays dealing with some of the chief problems of metaphysics and beginning with a defence of that somewhat unpopular pursuit.
David Brooks ha construido una brillante carrera como articulista en The New York Times, allí, con su implacable ingenio, ha enriquecido nuestras mañanas con sorprendentes historias narradas con humor y sabiduría.
Literature and Ecotheology: From Chaos to Cosmos challenges us in a time of climate crisis to find more common ground between the dual projects of ecocriticism and ecotheology.
This book is a primary source collection of 30 speeches of the Cold War from 1917 to 1991, representing a cross section of leaders on all sides of the conflict from North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.
The life and times of Dante's soaring poetic allegory of the soul's redemptive journey toward GodWritten during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise, exploring the state of the human soul after death.
El mundo entero pone la cuestión del alimento en primer lugar, todos procuran resolver esta cuestión de forma prioritaria, trabajan y hasta se pelean para ello.
This volume brings together two philosophical research areas that have been subject to increased attention: work regarding the unique character of having an experience and studies on the nature and powers of imagination.
A masterclass in persuasion from the inspiring philosopher who has taught a million people to argue through his popular open online courseOur personal and political worlds are rife with arguments and disagreements, some of them petty and vitriolic.
Dieses Buch bietet eine vollständige Neuinterpretation von Kants »Kritik der Urteilskraft«, in der nicht nur die thematisch-systematische Einheit dieses Buches streng rekonstruiert und im Rahmen der Transzendentalphilosophie neu verortet, sondern zugleich ihre Anschlussfähigkeit an aktuelle Fragen der Forschung demonstriert wird.
The unifying theme in this volume is the President: political leader, relations with Congress, intelligence user, economist, communicator and guardian of national security.
Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was a member of the Frankfurt School, a leading figure of 1960s counterculture, and a fundamental character for the New Left.
This book appears at a time of intense debate on how states should respond to refugees: some philosophers argue states are not necessarily obligated to admit a single refugee, others argue states should continually admit refugees until the point of societal collapse.
"«Si hay tantas ""verdades"" diferentes y contradictorias que circulan por el mundo, es porque ello refleja la deformación del corazón y del intelecto de los humanos.
This edited volume will be the first book examining the art history of China's socialist period from the perspective of modernism, modernity, and global interactions.
Theories of alienation had a long history, burgeoned since the 1960s, yet almost disappeared in recent decades - but in his book, Christoph Henning brings these theories back on the agenda, to better account for contemporary social pathologies.
The Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning provides an essential, global, and timely overview of current realities, as well as anticipating the trajectory and evolution of campaigning in the coming years.
Die Anfänge der westlichen Philosophie sind eng mit den Vor-Sokratikern verbunden, die in einer Zeit tiefgreifender Umbrüche und neuer Denkansätze lebten.
First Published in 1969, System, Structure and Experience offers a basic information-flow design capable of accounting for the complex operations of a culturally cognizant and purposive mind consistently with the general relationship of the human organism and its environment.
Minority movements tirelessly continue to engage in the process of social change, trying to promote and enforce minority protection norms and to have their world views, cultural practices, and norms recognized by the state.
A century after the publication of Evgeny Pashukanis' pivotal book General Theory of Law and Marxism, this collection presents a comprehensive account and analysis of his key concept of legal form.
"Acostumbraros a considerar vuestra vida cotidiana, los actos que debéis cumplir, los acontecimientos que se os presentan, los seres con los que debéis vivir o encontraros, como una materia sobre la que debéis trabajar para transformarla.
El pensamiento de Giorgio Agamben consiste en un dispositivo filosófico que plantea la exigencia de emancipación de lo constituido, pero sin generar una nueva constitución.
Karl-Otto Apel, Jürgen Habermas und Robert Alexy vertreten die Auffassung, dass die Letztbegründung der Menschenrechte als moralische und positive Rechte auf dem Diskurs basiert.
