History of ideas books

Phenomenological readings of Daoist and Buddhist philosophies are provided: the reader will find a study of theoretical...  Read More >>

This volume is an important re-evaluation of space and spatiality in the late Renaissance and early modern period....  Read More >>

Sandra Bihlmaier constitutes a historical and philosophical analysis of Philipp Melanchthon's concept of method...  Read More >>

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While economic and other social science expertise is indispensable for successful public policy-making regarding...  Read More >>

While he is widely acknowledged as the most important Russian thinker of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev's...  Read More >>

When does Renaissance philosophy end, and Early Modern philosophy begin? Do Renaissance philosophers have something...  Read More >>

Lucidly explaining both the appeals and dangers of populism across history, this book is essential reading for anyone...  Read More >>

Why is it important to consider the human today? Exploring this question John Lechte takes inspiration from the...  Read More >>

Linda M. Austin explores the ways in which scientific questions about the relation between human beings and automata,...  Read More >>

Hans Wagner hat sich seit seiner Dissertation (1947) immer wieder mit den Klassikern der Philosophiegeschichte auseinandergesetzt....  Read More >>

This book argues that critics of consequentialism have not been able to make a successful and comprehensive case...  Read More >>

Timothy Morton explores the foundations of the ecological crisis to reestablish our ties to nonhuman beings and...  Read More >>

This is a bold new history of the sans-culottes and the part they played in the French Revolution. It tells for...  Read More >>

In diesem Buch liefere ich eine Darstellung der Philosophiegeschichte - von der Ur-Idee bis zum Welt-All. Dazwischen...  Read More >>

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Søvik argues that since there is some indeterminism in the world, agents can be fundamental sources of their actions...  Read More >>

Greenberg tackles one of Kant's most difficult ideas: that we can be the cause of our actions only if the act of...  Read More >>

Contemporary esearch on federalism is rarely concerned with its philosophical foundations. However, arguments on...  Read More >>

The book contributes to the refutation of the separation of philosophy in the 20th century into analytic and continental....  Read More >>

Philosophy made accessible for introductory students.  Read More >>

Essays explore how historically specific literary texts engage with epistemological questions in relation to material...  Read More >>

An essay on the essence of friendship. Originally published in Emerson's first collection in 1841.  Read More >>

With a lyricism that is both delicate and painful, Rough Ground explores the devastating consequences of trauma...  Read More >>

This book extends philosophy’s engagement with the double beyond hierarchized binary oppositions. This book expands...  Read More >>