Topics in philosophy

How Silent Spring stands as a monument to a unique, loving relationship between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, and how such love underpins a new environmental politics After the success of her first bestseller, The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson settled in Southport, Maine.

This third and final volume concludes Hermias' commentary on Plato's Phaedrus.

One of the most prominent philosophers and activists of the 20th century, Bertrand Russell is known not only for his fundamental contributions on the scope of human knowledge and on mathematical logic, but also for his often-controversial views on ethical and linguistic topics.

In How to be multiple, Helena de Bres - a twin herself - argues that twinhood is a unique lens for examining our place in the world and how we relate to other people.

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La obra de Platón, inagotable y total, representa el acto fundacional de la filosofía y este volumen es el compañero ideal para su lectura.

This book features leading scholars examining the dynamics of Turkish politics through alternative themes, including political economy and behavior.

Based on theatrical research of unusual depth and enterprise, Theatre as a Weapon (1986) shows how the workers' theatre of the 1920s and 1930s transformed the social function of theatre.

A provocative and timely look at how language is used to manipulate the truth, how our gullibility leaves us susceptible to manipulation, and what we can do to reverse these trends.

This book critiques conventional parapsychological viewpoints about extrasensory perception (ESP) and psychokinesis (PK), collectively referred to as 'psi'.

This book presents an original understanding of Arendt in the context of comparative political theory.

Franz Schuberts Streichquartett, eines der bedeutendsten Kammermusikwerke der Romantik, berührt seit Generationen durch seine emotionale Tiefe und thematische Vielschichtigkeit.

Bringing together the various heterodox traditions, groups and scholars that came under the heading of Open Marxism for the first time, this book assesses the evolution of Open Marxism from the initial usage of the term by Kostas Axelos in France in the 1950s and the journal, Arguments, principally the 'anarchist Marx' of Maximilien Rubel and the 'Libertarian Marxism' of Daniel Gu rin, through Open Marxism as it was developed in Eastern Europe, especially in the scholarly work of Karel Kosik in Czechoslovakia, the work of the Polish Open Marxists and the Praxis group in Yugoslavia, to Johannes Agnoli's work in post-1968 (West) Germany, and finally to the work developed by Bonefeld, Clarke, Gunn and Holloway within the framework of the Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE) in Britain since the 1980s.

Soviet Science (1936) gives information about the sort and conditions of research in Soviet scientific institutes in the 1930s.

This book presents an original study of the work of Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza from the perspective of architecture as an interpretation of human life.

"e;Principles of Duality: The Quest for Balance in the World"e;Discover the profound connections of duality that shape our lives and the world we live in.

Advances in computer science, artificial intelligence and data management have made engineering a dynamic and rapidly expanding industry.

Heidegger trató de permanecer fiel al espíritu originario de la fenomenología, aun alejándose de las intenciones que guiaron a su maestro Husserl.