History of ideas books

David Egan offers an original comparative study of Wittgenstein and Heidegger, identifying a similar concern with...  Read More >>

In Uganda, East Africa, a region long controlled by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, leaders of Catholic, Protestant,...  Read More >>

This volume presents an innovative look at early modern medicine and natural philosophy as historically interrelated...  Read More >>

This book takes an original, sweeping approach to understanding Thomas Jefferson and the Jeffersonian legacy. Through...  Read More >>

J. Angelo Corlett’s new book, Interpreting Plato Socratically continues the critical discussion of the Platonic...  Read More >>

Articles on the issue of slurs will bring new light to the issue of decoupling responsibility in indirect reporting,...  Read More >>

In 1919, the Jesuit scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote a major essay, ""The Spiritual Power of Matter,""...  Read More >>

"" ... Je vous ai convaincu de petitesse. Vous m'en accuseriez à mon tour si je tombais dans le vice que je vous...  Read More >>

In 1938, a year before the outbreak of the Second World War, the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop...  Read More >>

Larry M. Jorgensen provides a systematic reappraisal of Leibniz's philosophy of mind. He argues that Leibniz's theological...  Read More >>

This book draws upon the work of Georg Simmel to explore the limits, tensions and dynamism of social life through...  Read More >>

This study presents a cultural history of madness in the Cold War, tracing its origins in the transfer of European...  Read More >>

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Since 1954, Japan has become home to a vibrant but little-known tradition of Black Studies. More than six decades...  Read More >>

Using a complete interpretation of Whitehead’s philosophical and mathematical writings, this book argues that Whitehead...  Read More >>

This book explores the relevance of Japanese ethics for the field of ethics of technology. It covers the theories...  Read More >>

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Sonic Encounters with Blanchot is the first book to explore the relationship of sound and music with the work of...  Read More >>

This study traces Hegel's intellectual engagement with the Jewish Platonist Philo of Alexandria. In a historic-systematical...  Read More >>

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Emilie du Chatelet is actually unknown or misknown. The point is to paint the Emilie's portraiture as a real philosopher...  Read More >>

Though thought is universal, we cannot, however, deny the specificity of thought patterns. The studies gathered...  Read More >>