Philosophy

Modern philosophy has been vexed by the question "e;Why should I be moral?

Between the two world wars, thousands of European antifascists were pushed to act by the political circumstances of the time.

The revolutionary and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon was a foundational figure in postcolonial and decolonial thought and practice, yet his psychiatric work still has only been studied peripherally.

Engineers designing technologies and systems produce problems when they do not account for existing biases in society.

Here is an insightful volume on the integration of women in the modernization process of developing countries, with research studies on women and development in Guatemala, Tanzania, Indonesia, and several other countries.

A luxury, keep-sake edition of an ancient Chinese scripture This ancient text, fundamental to Taoism, has become a source of inspiration and guidance for millions in modern society.

This book provides a new perspective for examining the Native policies of the late nineteenth century.

One of the most far-reaching transformations in our era is the wave of digital technologies rolling over-and upending-nearly every aspect of life.

Der iconic turn verstand sich weitgehend als Antithese zu einer bildervergessenen philosophischen Tradition.

The Routledge Handbook for Global South Studies on Subjectivities provides a series of exemplary studies conjoining perspectives from Asian, African, and Latin American Studies on subjectivity in the Global South as a central category of social and cultural analysis.

Friedrich Nietzsche's intellectual autobiography Ecce Homo has always been a controversial book.

Renaissance writers habitually drew upon the idioms and images of the schoolroom in their depictions of emotional experience.

In Remembering Genocide an international group of scholars draw on current research from a range of disciplines to explore how communities throughout the world remember genocide.

Robert Brandom's rationalist philosophy of language, expounded in his highly influential Making It Explicit, has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate, establishing him as one of the leading philosophers of his generation.

When confronted by the concerns of human sexual function or dys- function, American medicine finds itself well impaled on the horns of a dilemma.

This book is mainly concerned with elaborating an account of the unique theoretical essence and activities of philosophy.

First published in 1986.

Bodily pain and distress come in many forms.

The US led programme of extraordinary rendition created profound challenges for the international system of human rights protection and rule of law.

This book provides a fresh look at one of the most enduring, absorbing, and universal questions human beings face: What happens to us after we die?

On the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, feminists are at a critical juncture to re-envision and re-engage in a politics of human rights.

That Kant's ideas remain vitally present in ethical thinking today is as impossible to deny as it is to overlook their less persisting aspects and sometimes outdated idiom.

A classic collection of Bertrand Russell's more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, Unpopular Essays is one of Russell's most characteristic and self-revealing books.

Hume's Enquiry: Expanded and Explained includes the entire classical text of David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding in bold font, a running commentary blended seamlessly into the text in regular font, and analytic summaries of each section.

What do psychedelics reveal about consciousness?

There has been an upsurge in scholarship concerned with theories of social practices in various fields including sociology, geography and management studies.

By drawing on Jungs and Marxs opposing ideas, James Driscolls Carl versus Karl: Jung and Marx, Two Icons for our Age develops fresh perspectives on urgent contemporary problems.

The French philosophe Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) was a political and social thinker of enormous depth, range, originality, and influence.

Themes, Issues and Debates in Psychology presents an integrated view of Psychology by identifying underlying themes (such as the scientific nature of Psychology, cultural and gender differences), issues (ethical, methodological and conceptual), and debates (such as heredity vs.

What roles do different kinds of knowledge play in medicine?

The notion of common sense and abiding by its implications is something that, seemingly, everyone agrees is a good way of making behavioral decisions and conducting one's daily activities.

Dieses Buch erprobt eine neue Form philosophischen Schreibens: In sechs abwechselnd verfassten Kapiteln bringen die beiden Autoren, jeder in differenten Perspektiven und auf seine Weise, die sie gemeinsam berührende Frage zur Sprache: Kann man sich an Alterität, an Andersheit orientieren?

This book provides an intriguing look at the long history of the changing definitions of what it means to "e;be a man,"e; identifying both the continuity and disparity in these ideals and explaining the contemporary crisis of masculinity.

Verificationism is the first comprehensive history of a concept that dominated philosophy and scientific methodology between the 1930s and the 1960s.

Die Neuauflage des Lexikons erscheint in einer Zeit, in der die Orientierung an Philosophie, an den Grundfragen des menschlichen Weltverständnisses deutlich an Interesse gewonnen hat.

Technologies of Being in Martin Heidegger attempts to deepen the dialogue between philosophy of education and philosophy of technology, while engaging with the thought of Heidegger, Jacques Derrida and Bernard Stiegler.

In Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Umbrüche, in denen das Selbstverständnis des Menschen ins Wanken gerät, ist die Frage: »Was ist der Mensch?

First published in 2000.

In this bold new study, Andrew J.

This book reflects on the significance of duties in creating an egalitarian society by collating and contextualizing the relevant literature.

This volume brings together an international team of authors to investigate a wide range of issues concerning the fundamental role of media technologies in shaping contemporary emotional life.

Health constitutes a core element of welfare states and a vital nerve in the trust relation between citizen and their governments.