Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in CriticismA leading trans scholar and activist explores cultural representations of gender transition in the modern periodIn Pleasure and Efficacy, Grace Lavery investigates gender transition as it has been experienced and represented in the modern period.
El presente volumen se ocupa de las apuestas valorativas, una dimensión decisiva para la vida organizacional, puesto que a partir de ellas se definen los intereses y las orientaciones que fundan las organizaciones, sus estrategias, modos de interrelacionamiento y estructuración interna.
En un mundo que ofrece soluciones simples y rápidas como el más alto valor del mercado, John Caputo nos desafía con este texto, que propone "devolver su dificultad a las cosas".
En dias siniestros para Mexico, Alfonso Reyes sustento su tesis para obtener el grado de abogado: "e;Teoria de la sancion"e; es mas un ensayo filosofico que juridico, acerca de las relaciones entre la moral y el derecho.
Dividida en cinco apartados, esta obra expone un panorama general de las diversas luchas ideológicas y políticas, en la Ciudad de México, por la legalización del aborto.
A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive John Stuart Mill - It is so much the established practice of writers on logic to commence their treatises by a few general observations (in most cases, it is true, rather meagre) on Terms and their varieties, that it will, perhaps, scarcely be required from me in merely following the common usage, to be as particular in assigning my reasons, as it is usually expected that those should be who deviate from it.
On Liberty John Stuart Mill - Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty.
The People of the Abyss Jack London - Hats off to Tangerine Press for re-publishing Call of the Wild author Jack Londons descent into Londons east end in the 1900s.
Creative Unity Rabindranath Tagore - Creative Unity by Rabindranath Tagore consists of ten lectures that the author gave in 1922Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) who was a gifted Bengali Renaissance man, distinguishing himself as a philosopher, social and political reformer and a popular author in all literary genres.
Enchiridion Epictetus - The Enchiridion or Manual of Epictetus is a short manual of Stoic ethical advice from the 2nd-century Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus.
Phaedo Plato - A classic work of ancient Greek literature from one of the most famous of all ancient Greek philosophers, the "e;Phaedo"e; is the story of the last moments of Socrates life as recounted by Phaedo a first-hand witness to Socrates final hours.
Ion Plato - The Dialogues of Plato - IonPlato , philosopher in Classical Greece (427-347)This ebook presents "e;The Dialogues of Plato - Ion"e;, from Plato .
The Pivot of Civilization Margaret Sanger - The Pivot of Civilization talks about how birth control is viewed and will affect civilization and approach individual and social problems.
Gorgias Plato - Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates perennial questions about the nature of government and those who aspire to public office.
Ghosts Henrik Ibsen - "e;Ghosts"e; is a drama in three acts by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1881 in Norwegian asGengangereand performed the following year.
In diesem Band setzt sich Janina Loh kritisch mit den unterschiedlichen Theorien zur Perfektionierung sowie zur Überwindung des Menschen und seiner Sterblichkeit auseinander, die in den Strömungen des Transhumanismus und Posthumanismus versammelt sind.
Sadhana, The Realisation of Life Rabindranath Tagore - Compiled and translated by Tagore from his Bengali lectures, the book consists of eight essays, in which he answers some of the most profound questions of life: Why did God create this world?
Este libro estudia la transformación, inestabilidad y precariedad de saberes y textos que es consecuencia directa de la actividad censoria de las inquisiciones ibéricas y de la promulgación y aplicación de los índices expurgatorios españoles de los siglos XVI y XVII.
Andreas Winkelmann beschreibt in diesem Band die über 300-jährige Geschichte der Berliner Anatomie, die sich in mehreren, zum Teil gleichzeitig existierenden Institutionen vollzog, die im Lauf der Zeit teilweise sowohl Namen als auch Ort erneuerten.
EINER DER WICHTIGSTEN BEITRÄGE ZUR PROGRAMMDEBATTE DER CDU IN DEN LETZTEN JAHREN"Christen in der Politik sind dem Gemeinwohl verpflichtet, nicht den Lobbyinteressen.
Arnd Brummer, Chefredakteur des Monatsmagazins "chrismon", erzählt die aufregende Geschichte seiner Suche nach einer kirchlichen Heimat: Aufgewachsen in einer gut katholischen Familie, entdeckt er mit zehn Jahren Jan Hus, der wegen abweichender Glaubenslehren verbrannt worden war.
Arnd Brummer, Chefredakteur des Monatsmagazins "chrismon", erzählt die aufregende Geschichte seiner Suche nach einer kirchlichen Heimat: Aufgewachsen in einer gut katholischen Familie, entdeckt er mit zehn Jahren Jan Hus, der wegen abweichender Glaubenslehren verbrannt worden war.
