A Philosophical Defense of Culture: Perspectives from Confucianism and Cassirer, Paperback - Shuchen Xiang

Reducere. In A Philosophical Defense of Culture, Shuchen Xiang draws on the Confucian philosophy of culture and Ernst Cassirer's philosophy of symbolic forms...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Nicholas (Professor, Victoria University of Wellington) AgarIllustration(s): 4 figures; 4 Illustrations, unspeci...

One of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers presents the results of his lifetime study of man's cultural achievements An Essay on Man is a...

A biography of the German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and ...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Irving SingerNumber of pages: 328Collection: The MIT PressPublication date: 2013Dimensions: 235 x 167 x 19Cover ...

Features selected translations from the writings of Lu Xiangshan; Wang Yangming; and the Platform Sutra, a work which had profound influence on neo...

One of America's most celebrated poets, Emily Dickinson was virtually unpublished in her lifetime. When a slim volume of her poems emerged on the A...

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Emphasises on how globalization and the rapid spread of technologies of information have generated patterns of inclusion and exclusion, and how the...

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This volume comprises a curated conversation between members of the Material Culture Section of UCL Anthropology. Many of the chapters explicitly l...

This volume addresses the question of what it is like to be depressed. Despite the vast amount of research that has been conducted into the causes ...

DescriptionBlending social analysis and philosophy, Albert Borgmann maintains that technology creates a controlling pattern in our lives. This patt...

This book bridges a scholarly divide between empirical and normative theorizing about procedural justice in the context of relations of power betwe...

Publisher: Lit VerlagAuthor(s): Angela KallhoffNumber of pages: 264Collection: Women* Philosophers at Work. aPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 147 ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): A.M. MoskovitzNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 139 x 217 x 17Cover type: Paperb...

A unique collaboration to map the ontology and epistemology of the human-plant relationship.

This collection brings together broad perspectives exploring the relationship between theism and the idea that multiple universes exist beyond our ...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 217 x 234 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s)...

Reducere. A major contribution to both art history and Latin American studies, A Culture of Stone offers sophisticated new insights into Inka culture and the...

The respect for religious difference has formed the bedrock of our nation and made equality possible. Yet today we are told that "moral values"--co...

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Temples dedicated to Confucius are found throughout China and across East Asia, dating back over two thousand years. These sacred and magnificent s...

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This study examines the culture of leadership-within the government, the Communist Party, and business-in contemporary China. The author analyzes t...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Judy DiamondIllustration(s): 20 color plates, 35 halftones, 6 line drawingsNumber of pages: 29...

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The Nature of Life: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives from Philosophy and Science - Mark A. Bedau, Carol E. Cleland

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Mary K. FaragIllustration(s): 22 color photographs, 6 tablesNumber of pages: 346Collection: Tra...

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Presents an analysis of one of history's greatest intellectual epochs: the Enlightenment. Arguing that there was a common foundation beneath the di...

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