History of ideas books

This dictionary reveals the intellectual networks of the philosophers and the knowledge of the Grand Siecle, which...  Read More >>

What do we mean by nonviolence? What can nonviolence achieve? Are there limits to nonviolence and, if so, what are...  Read More >>

In discussing the pros and cons of philosophical claims on absolutes, this book spreads out the rich pool of philosophical...  Read More >>

Traditions throughout the world and across history have tackled fundamental questions about the human condition....  Read More >>

Despite 21st-century fears of a modern 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been neglected. This is the first...  Read More >>

In 1886, at the height of his powers, Nietzsche published ""Beyond Good and Evil."" Here he examines much of the...  Read More >>

As one of the great empiricist thinkers, George Berkeley influenced British philosophers from Hume to Russell and...  Read More >>

This book upends some of the myths that have come to surround the work of the philosopher Theodor W. Adorno –...  Read More >>

To what degree can the philosophy of Cornelius Castoriadis help analyze and evaluate our current social reality...  Read More >>

In a bold new argument, Ulrika Carlsson grasps hold of the figure of Eros that haunts Søren Kierkegaard’s The Concept...  Read More >>

What do we mean by nonviolence? What can nonviolence achieve? Are there limits to nonviolence and, if so, what are...  Read More >>

Of all the ‘third party’ movements in American history, none have been as controversial as the Communist Party of...  Read More >>

This book explores the concept of deference as used by historians and political scientists.  Read More >>

Traditions throughout the world and across history have tackled fundamental questions about the human condition....  Read More >>

Revolutionary Recognition represents a major contribution to contemporary political theory. It argues that human...  Read More >>

Die in diesem Buch versammelten Arbeiten gehen der Frage nach, ob die Tradition der Kritischen Theorie mit ihrer...  Read More >>

In 1886, at the height of his powers, Nietzsche published ""Beyond Good and Evil."" Here he examines much of the...  Read More >>

As one of the great empiricist thinkers, George Berkeley influenced British philosophers from Hume to Russell and...  Read More >>

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The Book by Nobody for Everybody By: Herman Goldstein With eighty years of life experiences as his guide, Herman...  Read More >>

In der Reihe Klassiker in neuer Rechtschreibung gibt Klara Neuhaus-Richter die wichtigsten Bücher der Weltliteratur...  Read More >>

"""In the beginning was the Myth""-or so begins Alain de Benoist's (un)timely meditation on the meaning of a concept...  Read More >>

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Philosopher Bettina Bergo studies the sweeping history of anxiety as manifested in European philosophy over the...  Read More >>

There is free thought, free choice, the free world – and then there is free stuff. By tracking the transformations...  Read More >>