History of ideas books

A radical reinterpretation of Adam Smith that challenges economists, moral philosophers, political theorists, and...  Read More >>

This book traces the convergence between anarchism, as an anti-authoritarian, anti-statist political doctrine, and...  Read More >>

This collection explores the fascinating philosophical history of materialism, from the ancient world to the modern...  Read More >>

In The Wisdom of Romanticism, author Michael Kellogg profiles such disparate authors as Rousseau and Balzac, Goethe...  Read More >>

This volume brings together articles discussing authors who performed critical and productive readings of Kant's...  Read More >>

Focussing on late medieval and early modern philosophy and medicine, this edited collection explores the replacement...  Read More >>

Mimi Thi Nguyen explores the relationship between the concept of beauty and narratives of crisis and catastrophe...  Read More >>

The Legacy of Plato’s Timaeus examines the influence of the Timaeus on the early disciplinary histories of cosmology,...  Read More >>

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When Socrates was standing before the Athenian tribunal in 399 BC, he said in his defence that the opponents he...  Read More >>

When Socrates was standing before the Athenian tribunal in 399 BC, he said in his defence that the opponents he...  Read More >>

A deeply personal and thoroughly entertaining tour of life, the universe, and everything.  Read More >>

Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? Building on his...  Read More >>

This book provides first-time English translations of two chapters from Brucker's Latin work: The 'Preliminary Discourse',...  Read More >>

A deeply personal and thoroughly entertaining tour of life, the universe, and everything.  Read More >>

Examines the origins of the international order and the emergence of ethnicity as a key category of political and...  Read More >>

The concept of participation in a transcendent domain of existence is central to the Platonic and the Judaeo-Christian...  Read More >>

The book explores the lasting legacy of Christian ambivalence towards Jews in Western secular law and engages with...  Read More >>

Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? Building on his...  Read More >>

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This book explores Collingwood’s philosophical beliefs on art, taste, history, and others central ideas of his time....  Read More >>

A study of the experience of nature in the eighteenth century based on the life of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740–99)....  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive interpretation of Dawn, Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality. In this in-depth...  Read More >>

A unique look at Thomas Mann's intellectual and political transformation during the crucial years of his exile in...  Read More >>

Analytic philosophy of religion and philosophical theology are known for being focused on issues pertaining specifically...  Read More >>