Philosophy

A Transformative Approach to Ethical Living Grounded in Science and ReasonDiscover a new pathway to moral clarity and personal growth through a compelling exploration of ethics rooted not in tradition or opinion, but in rigorous evidence and rational inquiry.

Presidents and the American Presidency, Fourth Edition, engages students in the study of the presidency through an exploration of both the political institution and those who have held the office.

Personal physician of the emperors Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, and Septimius Severus, Galen was a multi-faceted intellectual and his extensive writings constitute, by far, the largest surviving corpus of any ancient author.

To investigate translation essence, this book explores and applies a new method of “ferrying-comparing-fusing” in addition to the traditional ones, namely, it approaches the subject matter from periphery to center along with the research chain of practice-theory-pure theory.

Die Geschichte einer Religion zwischen Glauben und MachtpolitikMit gro er Erzahlkunst schildert Peter Heather den langen Prozess der Entstehung des Christentums und zeigt, wie es sich uber ein Jahrtausend hinweg verwandelte und zu einem machtvollen Element europaischer Politik und Kultur wurde.

Discover a Transformative Approach to Living with Purpose and CompassionWhat if the key to a fulfilling and kind life could be found through reason and science?

Discover a Transformative Approach to Living with Purpose and CompassionWhat if the key to a fulfilling and kind life could be found through reason and science?

This first of a two-part volume (Book I) deals with a unit intellectual cultural history of science in the Renaissance within fundamental frameworks.

Eucken kannte die eigentumlichen Schwierigkeiten seiner Aufgabe und somit auch die Unvollkommenheit der vorliegenden Arbeit und sagt dementsprechend am Schluss des Vorworts, 'Ihren Zweck wird dieselbe am besten erfullen, wenn sie rasch durch anschliessende und weiterfuhrende Untersuchungen uberholt wird.

This book argues that there are weaknesses in the international systems of socio-economic rights protection and that these weaknesses can be mitigated or overcome through the practice of interaction between these systems.

This groundbreaking work explores Soren Kierkegaard as a pioneering figure in Performance Theory, revealing how his philosophical approach anticipated contemporary Performance Studies concepts.

This groundbreaking work explores Soren Kierkegaard as a pioneering figure in Performance Theory, revealing how his philosophical approach anticipated contemporary Performance Studies concepts.

War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital examines the war economy from feminist perspectives, bringing fresh thinking in the context of heightened geopolitical tensions.

Originally published in 1985, this book examines the concepts underlying the notion of national liberation and compares these with Soviet and Western conceptions of political and social development in the non-European world, in order to determine the degree of ideological affinity between national revolutionary movements on the one hand and East or West on the other.

When this book was originally published in 1931, it represented the first extended account of the classical Eurasian movement (in the book 'Europasian'), which accepted the Russian Revolution as a necessary break with Imperial (Westernized) Russia and viewed the rule of Communism as a phase to be somehow endured.

When this book was originally published in 1931, it represented the first extended account of the classical Eurasian movement (in the book 'Europasian'), which accepted the Russian Revolution as a necessary break with Imperial (Westernized) Russia and viewed the rule of Communism as a phase to be somehow endured.

This book studies religion through the eyes of some of its most influential, exemplary, and sometimes controversial people.

War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital examines the war economy from feminist perspectives, bringing fresh thinking in the context of heightened geopolitical tensions.

Originally published in 1985, this book examines the concepts underlying the notion of national liberation and compares these with Soviet and Western conceptions of political and social development in the non-European world, in order to determine the degree of ideological affinity between national revolutionary movements on the one hand and East or West on the other.

Many oppose dogma fearing that heresy accusations lead to violence; similarly, opposition to claims of infallible church authority stems from fears of fanaticism, closed-mindedness, and blind obedience.

First published in 1963, Language, Meaning and Persons stands as a bold challenge to the declaration that metaphysics has reached its end.

The debate about vivisection is over 150 years old yet until this book was published in 1987 there had been few studies of the historical context of the vivisection controversy.

This compelling collection explores diverse dimensions of the philosophy of education using key content from the Educational Philosophy and Theory journal.

First published in 1931, The Cross Moves East examines Gandhi's concept of Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) and analyses its philosophical parallels with Christian principles.

First published in 1964, Meditation by Bradford Smith draws on his extensive experience to provide clear guidance on how to practice rewarding meditation.

In the Florentine basilica of San Miniato al Monte is a thirteenth-century marble zodiac.

First published in 1963, Language, Meaning and Persons stands as a bold challenge to the declaration that metaphysics has reached its end.

First published in 1931, The Cross Moves East examines Gandhi's concept of Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) and analyses its philosophical parallels with Christian principles.

Russian Social Thought in the 19th Century is a comprehensive introduction to pre-Soviet Russian social theory, tracing its evolution through the works of influential thinkers such as Pyotr Chaadaev, Leo Mechnikov, Mikhail Bakunin, Pyotr Kropotkin, and Pavel Lilienfeld.

Russian Social Thought in the 19th Century is a comprehensive introduction to pre-Soviet Russian social theory, tracing its evolution through the works of influential thinkers such as Pyotr Chaadaev, Leo Mechnikov, Mikhail Bakunin, Pyotr Kropotkin, and Pavel Lilienfeld.

Over the last two decades German political history has changed fundamentally.

This book argues that virtue ethics should be incorporated into public health ethics.

This book provides a critique of naturalistic views of subjects and agency, arguing that these are conditioned ways of conceiving of the mind and the cosmos.

Human beings have always been concerned with fundamental questions about their selves, including the deeply personal nature of human experience, the persistence of the self over time, the relation between mind and body, and the interdependence between self and community.

This collection brings together key contributions on the ethics of end-of-life decisions, inspired by the publication of What Kind of Death: The Ethics of Determining One's Own Death, a new standard work by professor Govert den Hartogh.

This book discusses the mishu (staff member, secretary) system and the operation of the Chinese Communist Party between 1921 and 2022, focusing on the system's impact on high-level politics and decision-making during four key periods.

This book offers a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative account of the natural philosophy and of the conception of the laws of nature by Francis Bacon, one of the leading English reformers of natural science and an inspirer of the Scientific Revolution.

This collection brings together key contributions on the ethics of end-of-life decisions, inspired by the publication of What Kind of Death: The Ethics of Determining One's Own Death, a new standard work by professor Govert den Hartogh.

This book discusses the mishu (staff member, secretary) system and the operation of the Chinese Communist Party between 1921 and 2022, focusing on the system's impact on high-level politics and decision-making during four key periods.

Human beings have always been concerned with fundamental questions about their selves, including the deeply personal nature of human experience, the persistence of the self over time, the relation between mind and body, and the interdependence between self and community.

What is the meaning of love in modern Chinese politics?

What is the meaning of love in modern Chinese politics?

This book offers not only an in-depth study of Feng Xiaogang as a cinematic auteur but also a comprehensive and informative discussion of the industrial transformation of mainstream Chinese cinema under party-state regulation from the 1990s to the 2010s.

Secularization, Social Order, and World History provides a new perspective on the nature of secularization.

Torturing Environments explores how contemporary practices of coercion have evolved beyond overt physical torture, increasingly relying on psychological pressure, structural violence, and the manipulation of social and economic conditions.

First published in 1991, Sharing the Difference reflects on the depth and wealth of Dutch feminist theories and the dynamism of the women's movement in the Netherlands.

This book highlights and explores in depth the moral and conceptual problems invoked by the continued use of "e;blackness"e; and "e;black"e; as modern identity realities for continental and diaspora Africans (CADA).

This book highlights and explores in depth the moral and conceptual problems invoked by the continued use of "e;blackness"e; and "e;black"e; as modern identity realities for continental and diaspora Africans (CADA).

First published in 1991, Sharing the Difference reflects on the depth and wealth of Dutch feminist theories and the dynamism of the women's movement in the Netherlands.

Analysing Soviet economic history through the lens of Marx's critique of political economy, this book argues that the Soviet Union was a young capitalist country and, further, explains the collapse of the Soviet Union as the result of a capitalist crisis.