From Humanism to Hobbes: Studies in Rhetoric and Politics

Reducere. The aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half ...

DescriptionHow David Hume and Adam Smith forged a new way of thinking about the modern stateWhat is the modern state? Conspicuously undertheorized ...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Stewart (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Flori...

A study of German traditions of cultural renewal from their origins in antifascist activism in German exile communities in Europe and Latin America...

Essays on the use, and misuse, of the Middle Ages for political aims.Publisher: Boydell & Brewer LtdIllustration(s): 7 b/w illus.Number of pages: 2...

Reducere. Thomas Hobbes argues for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign. Influenced by the English Civil War, Hobbes wrote that chaos or civil...

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This volume investigates the political philosophies of Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke, Mill, Rawls, and Marx and reveals the scope and limits of the philo...

An entertaining and persuasive look at the art of rhetoric and the heroes and villains across history and popular culture who have wielded it to po...

Epitaph for an Era is the first major study of the Epitaphium Arsenii, a polemical dialogue defending the courtier Wala's revolt in 830-833 against...

A new and original anthology that introduces the use of rhetoric in the classical world, from Aristotle to Cicero and beyond Classical rhetoric is ...

Reducere. Of Michael Oakeshott and his interest in Thomas Hobbes, Professor Paul Franco has written, "The themes Oakeshott stresses in his interpretation of ...

This edited volume examines the political, social, and economic developments in contemporary Spain, with a particular focus on the period of the So...

Eight papers consider the neolithisation of the Iberian Peninsula; faunal exploitation in early Neolithic Italy; the economic and symbolic role of ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Benjamin (University of Virginia, USA) BennettNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2021Di...

This book examines the quest to promote the health and vigour of individuals and populations in Denmark and England. Based on a detailed account of...

History in Management and Organization Studies: From Margins to Mainstream is unique in presenting a comprehensive and integrated view of how histo...

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Takes the relationship between literature and politics seriously, analysing the work of six writers, each the author of a classic text about Austra...

Takes the relationship between literature and politics seriously, analysing the work of six writers, each the author of a classic text about Austra...

This revised second edition of our bestselling Key Guide includes brand new entries on some of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth and t...

Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Colin LeysNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 1989Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softbackRede...

Treating rhetoric and symbols as central rather than peripheral to politics, Lisa Wedeen's groundbreaking book offers a compelling counterargument ...

The Rhetorical Function of Humor in the Public Sphere advances an understanding about how humor functions persuasively in the public sphere as a me...

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DescriptionThe three books in this volume were written in France in the early 1930's. Maritain accepts the responsibility of a Christian philosophe...

This important study of the relationship between historical developments and the work of the scholars associated with the Frankfurt Institute for S...

Biography and of critique of Donald TrumpPublisher: Eyewear PublishingAuthor(s): Oliver JonesNumber of pages: 130Publication date: 2016Dimensions: ...

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Andrea Catanzaro's new theoretical interpretation offers an incentive to study Hobbes' lesser known works against the wider development of Western ...

Explores the art of acting in Europe between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, demonstrating how stage acting was understood as a branch of r...