History of ideas books

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Philosophy as Experimentation, Dissidence and Heterogeneity

Philosophy as Experimentation, Dissidence and Heterogeneity...

Author: José Miranda Justo ,  Elisabete M. de Sousa
ISBN: 9781527572355
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Contemporary philosophical research interconnects classical domains of philosophy, the arts, literature and social...  Read More >>

Reformation, Resistance, and Reason of State (1517-1625)

Reformation, Resistance, and Reason of State (1517-1625)...

Author: Sarah Mortimer (Associate Professor of Early Modern History, Associate Professor of Early Modern History, Christ Church, University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780199674886
Format: Hardback
$100.95

This volume charts the development of political thought between 1517-1625. Drawing on a wide range of sources from...  Read More >>

The Crisis of Democratic Pluralism: The Loss of Confidence in Reason and the Clash of Worldviews

The Crisis of Democratic Pluralism: The Loss of Confidence...

Author: Brendan Sweetman
ISBN: 9783030783815
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book argues that contemporary liberal democracy is reaching a crisis. Brendan Sweetman contends that this crisis...  Read More >>

Chinese Émigré Intellectuals and Their Quest for Liberal Values in the Cold War, 1949–1969

Chinese Émigré Intellectuals and Their Quest for Liberal...

Author: Kenneth Kai-chung Yung
ISBN: 9789004466036
Format: Hardback
$440.88

This book will inspire readers who are concerned about the prospects for democracy in contemporary China by painting...  Read More >>

Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy: New Readings

Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy: New Readings

Author: Diogo Pires Aurélio ,  Andre Santos Campos
ISBN: 9789004382923
Format: Hardback
$385.44

Original scholarly essays by leading philosophers, which bring to life Machiavelli’s lengthiest and most challenging...  Read More >>

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy...

Author: Rene Descartes ,  Elizabeth S Haldane
ISBN: 9781420974942
Format: Paperback
$15.50

This edition contains Donald Cress' completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin...  Read More >>

Happiness, Stability and Transcendence in Western Religion, Philosophy and Poetry

Happiness, Stability and Transcendence in Western Religion,...

Author: Nili Alon Amit
ISBN: 9781527571709
Format: Hardback
$263.87

This book follows in the footsteps of great thinkers on human happiness, from the Hebrew Bible, through Greek philosophy,...  Read More >>

Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths

Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths

Author: Charlotte Higgins
ISBN: 9781784702649
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A thrillingly original, labyrinthine journey through myth, art, literature, history, archaeology and memoir, by...  Read More >>

The Devil: A New Biography

The Devil: A New Biography

Author: Philip C. Almond
ISBN: 9781350274259
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Philip C. Almond explores the figure of evil incarnate from the first centuries of the Christian era through to...  Read More >>

Was denkt das Denkmal?: Eine Anthologie zur Denkmalkultur

Was denkt das Denkmal?: Eine Anthologie zur Denkmalkultur...

Author: Andrea Theissen ,  Armin Knigge
ISBN: 9783412522803
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Perspektivwechsel für eine neue Sicht auf Denkmäler  Read More >>

Debating Anarchism: A History of Action, Ideas and Movements

Debating Anarchism: A History of Action, Ideas and Movements...

Author: Mike Finn (Senior Lecturer in History, University of Exeter, UK)
ISBN: 9781350118102
Format: Paperback
$39.99

This timely book introduces readers to anarchism’s relationship to broader history, offering not only a history...  Read More >>

Debating Anarchism: A History of Action, Ideas and Movements

Debating Anarchism: A History of Action, Ideas and Movements...

Author: Mike Finn (Senior Lecturer in History, University of Exeter, UK)
ISBN: 9781350118119
Format: Hardback
$130.00

This timely book introduces readers to anarchism’s relationship to broader history, offering not only a history...  Read More >>

The Mirror of Production

The Mirror of Production

Author: Jean Baudrillard
ISBN: 9781788734899
Format: Paperback
$25.85

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Kosmogenetisch erzaehlen: Poetische Mikrokosmen in philosophischer und hoefischer Epik des Hochmittelalters

Kosmogenetisch erzaehlen: Poetische Mikrokosmen in philosophischer...

Author: Michael Waltenberger ,  Maximilian Wick
ISBN: 9783631828953
Format: Hardback
$175.69

Das Buch widmet sich poetischen Positionierungen zu kosmologischen Problemfeldern in lateinischen und deutschsprachigen...  Read More >>

Dynamis: Ontology of the Incommensurable

Dynamis: Ontology of the Incommensurable

Author: Gaetano Chiurazzi ,  Robert T. Valgenti
ISBN: 9783030690045
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book offers a new and original hypothesis on the origin of modal ontology, whose roots can be traced back to...  Read More >>

Spinoza's Religion: A New Reading of the Ethics

Spinoza's Religion: A New Reading of the Ethics

Author: Clare Carlisle
ISBN: 9780691176598
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Spinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle...  Read More >>

Confronting Reification: Revitalizing Georg Lukcs's Thought in Late Capitalism

Confronting Reification: Revitalizing Georg Lukcs's...

Author: Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker
ISBN: 9781642596083
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Despite his enduring influence, Georg Lukcs has come under attack in his native Hungary. This collection aims to...  Read More >>

Liberal States, Authoritarian Families: Childhood and Education in Early Modern Thought

Liberal States, Authoritarian Families: Childhood and...

Author: Rita Koganzon (Assistant Professor of Politics, Assistant Professor of Politics, University of Virginia)
ISBN: 9780197568804
Format: Hardback
$169.95

Children have posed a longstanding dilemma for liberalism. The authority of adults over children has always been...  Read More >>

The Alps and Resistance (1943-1945): Conflicts, Violence and Political Reflections

The Alps and Resistance (1943-1945): Conflicts, Violence...

Author: Francesco Scomazzon
ISBN: 9781527573895
Format: Hardback
$263.87

What was the relationship between the Alps and the Resistance during the Italian Social Republic? This book explores...  Read More >>

Texte Zur Naturphilosophie (1792-1808)

Texte Zur Naturphilosophie (1792-1808)

Author: Alberto Bonchino
ISBN: 9783506779373
Format: Hardback
$374.88

Die Franz von Baader Edition versammelt die repräsentativsten und aufschlussreichsten Schriften des katholischen...  Read More >>

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