History of ideas books

Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault are often cast as intellectual adversaries, their legacies marked by differences...  Read More >>

This book, the first of two volumes, focuses on the conceptualization of Indigenous Knowledge and Curriculum, Ethiopian/African...  Read More >>

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Putin’s war has prompted a deep analysis and reevaluation of the forces driving this deadly confrontation. At the...  Read More >>

From the invention of four-colour separation printing c. 1710 to the introduction of chromolithography c. 1830,...  Read More >>

This book aims to re-evaluate the relations between two major ideologies that have been increasingly contested in...  Read More >>

Discover all the essential wisdom of the stoics with this engaging, informative, and easy-to-understand guide to...  Read More >>

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A revival of intellectual intuition that draws upon historical sources across multiple traditions and presents a...  Read More >>

Putin’s war has prompted a deep analysis and reevaluation of the forces driving this deadly confrontation. At the...  Read More >>

There are two common responses to skepticism, the claim that knowledge is non-existent and perhaps also unachievable:...  Read More >>

Philosophy in Qajar Iran offers an account of the life, works and philosophical thoughts of major philosophers of...  Read More >>

Die Frage nach der rationalen Beweisbarkeit Gottes spielt eine zentrale Rolle in der rationalen Theologie (ʿilm...  Read More >>

This is a historical and anthropological study of the myth of the werewolf aimed at reflecting on the metamorphoses...  Read More >>

This open access book provides a fresh perspective on analysis and synthesis across several areas of inquiry.  Read More >>

This book collects a variety of short essays on Stephen Gaukroger’s thought, by leading scholars, both senior and...  Read More >>

This is the 2nd volume of an in-depth examination of the alchemy, magic, and Christian cabala of Paracelsian doctor...  Read More >>

It examines the establishment of the first Latin American community in the History of Science and its connections...  Read More >>

In his major work the Ethics, Spinoza offers shrewd advice about how to lead a happier, more stable, and more meaningful...  Read More >>

Tous les mouvements naturels de l'âme sont régis par des lois analogues à celles de la pesanteur matérielle. La...  Read More >>

... Ce qui touche notre corps, ce sont donc les ensembles et non pas les détails. (L'escalier peut être en bois...  Read More >>

À la faveur des événements, de vieilles expressions reparaissent; on parle de nouveau de la France éternelle et...  Read More >>

... Quand je lis le catéchisme du concile de Trente, il me semble n'avoir rien de commun avec la religion qui y...  Read More >>

... Hadès ou Aïdonée, nom qui veut dire Invisible, ou Éternel, ou les deux à la fois, est présen-té tantôt comme...  Read More >>

African metaphysics question a variety of issues, ranging from the nature of fundamental reality to the meaning...  Read More >>