History of architecture

An innovative analysis of Kant''s philosophy that shows how his rethinking of religion is intertwined with ethical and political autonomy.

An intellectual biography of Max Horkheimer that analyzes his model of early Critical Theory.

Leading scholars contribute original and timely essays which discuss how political philosophy should be studied today.

Showing that different approaches can be combined in a single disciplinary framework, Scott argues that sociologists can transcend theoretical differences.

Addresses how the classical republican conception of freedom was challenged and finally overcome by the rise of modern market societies.

This study traces the ways in which Romantic writers responded to a debate over the dangers and rewards of idle contemplation.

Spiller demonstrates how early modern reading practices were connected to emerging attitudes towards racial and ethnic identity.

The first comprehensive, contextual account of Edmund Burke''s techniques of political discourse, tracing the ideas behind his ''rhetoric of character''.

Rejects the perception of Engels as perpetuator of a ''tragic deception'' of Marx, and the body of opinion treating him as ''his master''s voice''.

The writing and thought of Denis Diderot, a leading figure of the French Enlightenment, are explored in this anniversary volume.

This translation of an undisputed classic aims to be both accurate and readable.

A comprehensive, broadly ecumenical, and specifically theological introduction to the defining topics in Christian thought.

A unique historical and comparative analysis of the place of religion in the emergence of modern secular society.

This book examines the design process of classical architecture, exploring how the techniques of drawing developed for architecture subsequently shaped representations of the universe.

This book remedies the absence in the history of analytic philosophy of a detailed examination of G.

This book examines the design process of classical architecture, exploring how the techniques of drawing developed for architecture subsequently shaped representations of the universe.

A lucid account of Theodor Adorno''s sociological thinking, detailing the methodological, substantive, critical and textual dimensions of his sociology.

Employs the sectarian battles which divided African Christians in late antiquity to explore the nature of violence in religious conflicts.

This book discusses the conceptual and temporal frames through which modern Western historiography has linked itself to classical antiquity.

Focuses on Spinoza''s theories regarding human freedom, how it is obtained, and also an interpretation of his ethics.

Craig Yirush provides a long-term explanation of the distinctive ideas of the American Revolution.

Excavates institutions through which the common people of ancient, medieval and Renaissance republics constrained the power of wealthy citizens and public magistrates.

This book provides an intellectual history of the modernist "e;minimum dwelling"e;, exploring how early modernism saw mass housing as a primary vehicle for achieving the utopian transformation of society.

In studies of psychology's role in modernism, Carl Jung is usually relegated to a cameo appearance, if he appears at all.

The intricate relationship between food, city and architecture, spanning from ancient civilizations to the present, serves as a focal point for interdisciplinary discourse.

This book is a detailed critical study of Libeskind's Berlin Jewish Museum in its historical, architectural and philosophical context.

This provocative volume stimulates debate about lost 'heritage' by examining the history of the hundreds of great houses demolished in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century.

This book explores the religious concerns of Enlightenment thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson.

This book aims to explain the decline of the later Wittgensteinian tradition in analytic philosophy during the second half of the twentieth century.

Uniting twelve original studies by scholars of early modern history, literature, and the arts, this collection is the first that foregrounds the dialectical quality of early modern Orientalism by taking a broad interdisciplinary perspective.

This book examines the extent to which the insights of STS can be used to analyse the role of architecture in and for social life.

This book offers new perspectives on the history of analytical philosophy, surveying recent scholarship on the philosophical study of mind, language, logic and reality over the course of the last 200 years.

The Gentleman's House analyses the architecture, decoration, and furnishings of small classical houses in the eighteenth century.

This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation's history.

This book remedies the absence in the history of analytic philosophy of a detailed examination of G.

What kind of city was the Fascist 'third Rome'?

The eighteenth-century Enlightenment was one of the most exciting and significant currents of European culture.

In this book, prominent architectural historians, who happen to be women, reflect on their practice and the intervention this has made in the discipline.

The Dusk of Design explores the intersection of evolutionary theories and architectural design.

The Dusk of Design explores the intersection of evolutionary theories and architectural design.

This book argues that modernity first arrived in late nineteenth-century Shanghai via a new spatial configuration.

This book argues that modernity first arrived in late nineteenth-century Shanghai via a new spatial configuration.

This book extends the concept of British vernacular architecture beyond its traditional base of pre-modern domestic and industrial architecture to embrace other buildings such as places of worship, villas, hospitals, suburban semis and post-war mass housing.

This book extends the concept of British vernacular architecture beyond its traditional base of pre-modern domestic and industrial architecture to embrace other buildings such as places of worship, villas, hospitals, suburban semis and post-war mass housing.

This set of essays brings together studies that challenge interpretations of the development of modernist architecture in Third World countries during the Cold War.

This set of essays brings together studies that challenge interpretations of the development of modernist architecture in Third World countries during the Cold War.

Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society.

Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society.

The first in a new series of five books describing and illustrating the seminal architectural traditions of the world, Antiquity traces architectural history from its very beginnings until the time when the traditions that shape today's environments began to flourish.

The first in a new series of five books describing and illustrating the seminal architectural traditions of the world, Antiquity traces architectural history from its very beginnings until the time when the traditions that shape today's environments began to flourish.