Topics in philosophy

Finally, a political economist with the lived experience and academic background necessary to explain Pope Francis's disdain for today's rightwing ideologies of populism, nationalism, authoritarianism, and unrestrained capitalism, as expressed in his encyclical Fratelli Tutti.

This book examines the importance of the animal in modern art theory, using classic texts of modern aesthetics and texts written by modern artists to explore the influence of the human-animal relationship on nineteenth and twentieth century artists and art theorists.

This book comprehensively discusses the topics in Buddhism that are crucial for promoting lay people's welfare-from mundane bliss in this life, i.

This title was first published in 2002: In Space, Time and the Ethical Foundations ideas about space and time are developed, unique to the history of philosophy, that match the new physics.

One of the most important contributions to contemporary political philosophy, Rawls's A Theory of Justice, re-ignited political philosophy and revolutionized how we theorize about justice.

Based on the celebrated five-volume set published in 2005, this updated one-volume edition offers readers a concise yet complete understanding of the interplay between the major religions and human rights.

For more than half a century, Saudi Arabia--through both official and non-governmental channels--has poured billions of dollars into funding and sponsoring religious activities and Islamic causes around the world.

Safronov's Nietzsche's Political Economy is a pioneering appraisal of Nietzsche's critique of industrial culture and its unfolding crisis.

Animal Acts records the history of the fluctuating boundary between animals and humans as expressed in literary, philosophical and scientific texts, as well as visual arts and historical practices such as dissection, circus acts, the hunt and zoos.

Every year, thousands of girls and women die at the hands of blood relatives.

This volume focuses on the ethical significance of human rights, aiming at contributing to a universal culture of human rights with deep roots and wide horizons.

In this book the author develops a new approach to uncertainty in economics, which calls for a fundamental change in the methodology of economics.

If pacifists are correct in thinking that war is always unjust, then it follows that we ought to eliminate the possibility and temptation of ever engaging in it; we should not build war-making capacity, and if we already have, then demilitarization--or military abolition--would seem to be the appropriate course to take.

It is only in the past 20 years that the concept of 'recovery' from mental health has been more widely considered and researched.

Wrecking Activities at Power Stations in the Soviet Union (1933) is a valuable historical document that presents a verbatim report of the trials of various Soviet and British engineers and workers accused of acts of sabotage against the Soviet energy infrastructure.

The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia has been a source of wonder and fascination since its sixth-century construction.

Theoretical and empirical accounts of the interconnectedness between the manual and the mental suggest that the hand can be understood as a cognitive instrument.

From Discrimination to Death studies the process of genocide through the human rights violations that occur during genocide.

Rethinking the philosophical grounds of police power, Melayna Lamb argues that traditional ideas of sovereignty and the law need to be radically re-evaluated.

This book provides an innovative analysis and interpretation of the overall trajectory of the Western European radical left from 1989 to 2015.

The rule of law is becoming a victim of the struggle against terrorism.

The work of Thomas Aquinas has always enjoyed a privileged position as a pillar of Catholic theology, but for centuries his standing among western philosophers was less sure.

The acquisition of knowledge is not a single unrelated occasion but rather an adaptive process in which past acquisitions modify present and future ones.

This Element explains love with technologies in ways that go beyond traditional approaches to technologically mediated bodies and emotions.

Where do our moral beliefs come from?

G.

Children's rights law is often studied and perceived in isolation from the broader field of human rights law.

This book presents a new view of organizations which has important implications for the theory, methods and practice of management.

This book brings together Marxian philosophy and Lacanian psychoanalysis to argue that the hegemonic form of global capital is founded on the foreclosure of class and world of the third.

This book collects a renowned scholar's essays from the past five decades and reflects two main concerns: an approach to logic that stresses argumentation, reasoning, and critical thinking and that is informal, empirical, naturalistic, practical, applied, concrete, and historical; and an interest in Galileo's life and thought-his scientific achievements, Inquisition trial, and methodological lessons in light of his iconic status as "e;father of modern science.

In der »Fünften metaphysischen Disputation« behandelt Suárez (1548–1617) die Definition der Individualität, das metaphysische Individuationsprinzip (Individualdifferenz) und das physische Individuationsprinzip der Substanzen und Akzidentien.

Standard STEM courses, for all of their value, do not tend to include systematic lectures or treatment about the nature of the scientific method.

Civil wars with multiple combatants last longer and are harder to resolve.

How can we make sense of the innovative structure of Euripidean drama?

What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices?

A philosophical manual of media power for the network age.

We are used to seeing the everyday as an ordinary aspect of life, something that we need to "e;overcome"e;; whereas it actually plays a crucial role in any event of our lives.

This Element presents a novel interpretation and defense of Kant''s theory of freedom.

This volume explores the relationship between physics and metaphysics in Descartes' philosophy.

Nazi Occultism provides a serious scholarly study of a topic that is often marred by sensationalism and misinformation.

For decades, framing an issue as a 'human rights' issue carried certain power and effect in politics and international relations, one that has been challenged by the recent rise of populist political forces.

From around the world, cities and regions, civil society networks and businesses, nongovernmental organizations and institutions for research and learning, and many others, are taking action on climate change.

A team of leading contributors from both philosophical and literary backgrounds have been brought together in this impressive book to examine how works of literary fiction can be a source of knowledge.

This book comprises 30 chapters representing certain new trends in reconcenptualizing Confucian ideas, ideals, values and ways of thinking by scholars from China and abroad.