Philosophical Elements of a Theory of Society

Adorno's critique of sociology and philosophy, saying the two are only worth anything in relation to one another. A rewarding introduction to a key...

Offers theoretical foundations for a rule-based approach to monetary policy for a world of communications and efficient financial markets. This boo...

Reducere. This absorbing and original examination brilliantly argues that religion is a product of the society from which it springs--that it is the "sacred ...

In Outline of a Theory of Practice, Bourdieu questions the preeminent ideas of social anthropologists such as Levi-Strauss who stressed the structu...

Reducere. This classic work explores the kinematics of machinery, chronicling the discovery and application of principles underlying the controlled movements...

Defines simplicial homology and cohomology, with various examples and applications. This book introduces Kolmogorov-Alexander multiplication in coh...

Displaying the distinctive combination of narration and philosophy for which he is well known, this new book by Peter Sloterdijk develops a radical...

Reducere. Adam Smith's theory on morals provides the philosophical bedrock for his future works on economics, including his most famous book The Wealth of Na...

The language of -categories provides an insightful new way of expressing many results in higher-dimensional mathematics but can be challenging for ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Roslyn RossHuman beings can relate to one another with either mutual respect and freedom or mutual attempts to control and ...

A Theory of Dramaturgy is the first text of its kind to define concepts and combine arguments into a coherent dramaturgical theory supported by an ...

This book outlines a theory of prudence and morality that unifies a wide variety of findings in neuroscience with philosophically sophisticated nor...

DescriptionThe latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem setsand materialThe Second Edition of this fundamental textbook maintains...

Reducere. Gentile's philosophy is on the one hand unexpectedly simple, but on the other somewhat difficult to understand for those who are not well versed wi...

Reducere. 1. Invisible Man2. Nothing Could Come Between Us3. Make Up Your Mind4. Point To Prove5. Leg To Stand On6. What You Deserve7. The Last Song8. Say I'...

The reissue of this work as a Routledge Classic brings some radical ideas to a new audience, and argues persuasively for a totally new way of readi...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionThe explosion of minimalism into the worlds of visual arts, music and literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century presents one of th...

DescriptionAlthough written fairly early in his career, in 1939, Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions is considered to be one of Jean-Paul Sartre's ...

Reducere. This second volume of Niklas Luhmann's two-part final work was first published in German in 1997. The culmination of his thirty-year theoretical pr...

Reducere. In this introduction to natural-base music theory, Ernst Levy presents the essentials of a comprehensive, consistent theory of harmony developed fr...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Th...

Reducere. DescriptionThis new edition of George A. Kennedy's highly acclaimed translation and commentary offers the most faithful English version ever publis...

Reducere. This book is an attempt to formulate a positive theory of motivation that will satisfy these theoretical demands and, at the same time, conform to ...

Reducere. This book is an attempt to formulate a positive theory of motivation that will satisfy these theoretical demands and, at the same time, conform to ...

Reducere. The three common features exhibited by both natural and technological processes are nonlinearity, bifurcation and chaos theory. Floquet exponents a...

Legal thinkers typically justify contract law on the basis of economics or promissory morality. But Peter Benson takes another approach. He argues ...

Reducere. Do we take pleasure in reading ancient Greek tragedy despite the unsettling content or because of it? Does a safe aesthetic distance protect us fro...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade.

Reducere. Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In The Constitution of Society he outlines the dist...

Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermas's long-awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action. This pathbrea...

Reducere. E=mc2 is the world's most famous equation. Discover the thought process and physics behind general relativity and Einstein's contribution to scienc...

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

Reducere. An unabridged edition to include all notes and references from the 1943 publication, with footnotes -

Contributor(s): Author: Leon FestingerLeon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance has been widely recognized for its important and influential ...

Reducere. Essential Reading For Psychology Students A Theory of Human Motivation by Abraham H. Maslow is one of the most famous psychology articles ever writ...

Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon-a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression,...

An engaging look at the aphorism, the shortest literary form, across time, languages, and cultures Aphorisms--or short philosophical sayings--appea...

Reducere. Illusionism is the view that phenomenal consciousness (in the philosophers' sense) is an introspective illusion -- that introspection misrepresents...

Reducere. The present paper is an attempt to formulate a positive theory of motivation which will satisfy these theoretical demands and at the same time conf...

Designed as a quick yet thorough introduction to one of the most vibrant areas of research in modern linguistics today this volume reveals the beau...

First publication in English of a groundbreaking book of revolutionary queer theory.