History of Political Thought. Property, Labor, and Commerce from Plato to Piketty, Paperback - Jeffrey Bercuson

A History of Political Thought analyses market society by surveying the ideas of its most perceptive, thought-provoking observers - critics and def...

Reducere. The formation of the modern state, the rise of capitalism, the Renaissance and Reformation, the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment ...

DescriptionA thoroughly updated and substantially expanded edition of an acclaimed anthologyThis is a thoroughly updated and substantially expanded...

If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impu...

Discover the world's greatest thinkers and their groundbreaking notions Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and figures ...

Oakeshott's memorable lectures on the history of political thought, delivered each year at the London School of Economics, are now available in pri...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood rewrites the history of political theory. She traces the development of the Western tradition from...

Richard Whatmore examines the diverse, interconnected relationships between political history, theory, and action. Considering the work of Michel F...

Reducere. This book reveals the overall connection between American holidays, history, culture, and patriotism. Black and white illustrated chapters present ...

Reducere. What does Plato have to do with the Christian faith? Quite a bit, it turns out. In ways that might surprise us, Christians throughout the history o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gerard CaseyIn Freedom's Progress?, Gerard Casey argues that the progress of freedom has largely consisted in an intermitte...

Reducere. Greg Johnson's From Plato to Postmodernism collects essays and lectures on philosophical, political, and cultural themes in Plato, Aristotle, Vico,...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 208Collection: Textual Moments in the History of Political ThoughtPublication date: 2021Dimens...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 208Collection: Textual Moments in the History of Political ThoughtPublication date: 2021Dimens...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Pelagia (University of Oxford, UK) GoulimariNumber of pages: 378Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 232 x 1...

DescriptionFor much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an "art of living." This practical aspect...

Reducere. Toate societatile umane trebuie sa-si justifice inegalitatile: trebuie sa le gaseasca motivatiile, fara de care ansamblul edificiului politic si so...

Plato's penchant for mythmaking sits uneasily beside his reputation as the inventor of rationalist philosophy. Hegel's solution was to ignore the m...

DescriptionThis anthology is remarkable not only for the selections themselves, among which the Schelling and the Heidegger essays were translated ...

Reducere. There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and th...

Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven traditions of antiquity, through the aesthetic values of the Middle Ages, to the branching o...

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Reducere. Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics,...

DescriptionHow philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live inPhilosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Devel...

Reducere. How philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live in Philosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Developing new ...

More treasures from the archive of papers left by philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, edited by her daughter and son-in-law, philosophers Mary Geach an...

Reducere. Panentheism has gained popularity among contemporary thinkers. This belief system explains that "all is in God"; as a soul is related to a body, so...

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Publisher: Palgrave MacmillanAuthor(s): William Lane CraigIllustration(s): XI, 305 p.Number of pages: 305Collection: Library of Philosophy and Reli...

Publisher: Stanford University PressAuthor(s): Andrzej WalickiNumber of pages: 476Publication date: 1979Dimensions: 227 x 153 x 27Cover type: Paper...

Reducere. The General Introduction contained in the present volume is drawn from Thomas Taylor's five-volume set of the complete Works of Plato, originally p...