History of ideas books

Inspired by the writings of Ehregott Andreas Wasianski, a close friend and disciple of Immanuel Kant when he approached...  Read More >>

The internationally bestselling author 'offers a tidy lesson in not just getting more from art, but more from life...  Read More >>

Prize-winning historian providing a radical, new account of how the idea of the west has shaped our history, told...  Read More >>

A series of enlightening perspectives on the art and visual culture of today’s world from one of our pre-eminent...  Read More >>

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This book explores the life and works of the German Romantic poet Novalis.  Read More >>

Early modern women writers left their mark in multiple domains--novels, translations, letters, history, and science....  Read More >>

Relive history as it happened with this new, revised American edition. Year by year from the origins of our earliest...  Read More >>

Social justice has returned to the heart of political debate in present-day Europe. Using a transnational approach,...  Read More >>

""An opinionated history of neuroscience, which argues that--due to the brain's complexity--neuroscientific theories...  Read More >>

How our sense of smell engages with philosophy, psychoanalysis, and political economy-and how it can help enrich...  Read More >>

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HOW RACE, CLASS, AND POLITICS INFLUENCE THE WAY WE MOVE  Read More >>

Modality: A History provides readers a sweeping study of the history of philosophical work on modal concepts. Everyday...  Read More >>

Crafted by F.L. Willow, this book serves as a catalyst for debate on sensitive and contentious matters. By adopting...  Read More >>

Human Life in Motion presents for the first time the previously unpublished transcripts of the seminars on Aristotle...  Read More >>

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Retraces Hölderlin's journeys to Bordeaux and back in 1801-02, explaining why they are turning points in the great...  Read More >>

Updated edition of the bestselling collection of irreverent thoughts.  Read More >>

An English language translation accompanies the original Greek text of Aristotle's book about the nature of the...  Read More >>

An English language translation accompanies the original Greek text of Aristotle's book about the nature of the...  Read More >>

James Anson Farrer (1849-1925) was a Barrister and writer who wrote a too-forgotten book on Adam Smith's The Theory...  Read More >>

Eldred offers a remedy to the consequences of ancient Greek misconceptions of time that are entrenched in today's...  Read More >>

Democracies are coming under increasing pressure. In the process, the meaning of democracy itself has become the...  Read More >>

Papers presented at a conference held May 2022, Halle an der Salle, Germany, which was organized by the Henrik-Steffens-Professur,...  Read More >>