The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought, Paperback - Jerry Z. Muller

Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, ...

Reducere. How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens business, medicine, education, government--and the quality of our livesToday, organi...

A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twent...

This two-volume history offers a comprehensive survey of the major themes, thinkers, and movements that shaped our intellectual world from the late...

This remarkable work of scholarship sought to deal with the very roots of European civilisation and thought: the fundamental beliefs about life, mi...

Volume 1 surveys late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European intellectual history, focusing on the profound impact of the Enlightenment. It co...

Volume 2 surveys twentieth-century European intellectual history, conceived as a crisis in modernity. It focuses on figures such as Freud, Heidegge...

Reducere. Heller examines the sense of values embodied in the works of key German writers and thinkers from Goethe to Kafka, particularly the consciousness o...

Reducere. The Cambridge History of Modern European Thought is an authoritative and comprehensive exploration of the themes, thinkers and movements that shape...

Reducere. 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 ...

Reducere. In a compelling defense of the speculative approach to the philosophy of mind, Jerry Fodor argues that, while our best current theories of cognitiv...

Reducere. Werner Sombart (1863-1941) was one of the leading German economists and social scientists of the late 19thand early 20thcenturies. The son of an in...

Werner Sombart (1863-1941) was one of the leading German economists and social scientists of the late 19thand early 20thcenturies. The son of an in...

Reducere. his study identifies a genealogy between Thomas Hobbes' theory of absolute government and John Locke's liberal worldview. It traces the seeds of ei...

Egypt has undergone significant economic liberalization under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, USAID, and the Europ...

DescriptionWhy has China's 'transition' to a market economy not catalysed corresponding political transformation? In an era of deepening synergy be...

Arguing that existing modernisation theories have been unnecessarily one-sided, Hedwig Fraunhofer offers a rewriting of modernity that cuts across ...

Reducere. Writing during the Great Depression, William Z. Foster describes burning injustices in the economic orthodoxy, and predicts the gradual emergence o...

This book examines how violent acts were assessed by Muslim intellectuals, analysing both changes and continuity within Islamic thought over time.

Capitalism and Inequality rejects the popular view that attributes the recent surge in inequality to a failure of market institutions. Bringing tog...

Reducere. DescriptionThe unifying theme of these thirteen essays is understanding. What is it? What does it take to have it? What does it presuppose in what ...

DescriptionWinner of the 2011 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize Drawing on folklore, literature and popular culture, this book links tales ...

A renowned thinker explores a way of seeing that draws attention back from what is experienced, into the act of experiencing.

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 ...

Reducere. The Communist Manifesto of 1848-the blueprint for modern totalitarian government-promises utopia but delivers dictatorship, poverty and misery ever...

What keeps capitalism afloat? The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade route, strategic space, fish bank and supply chain for t...

With capitalism entering its worst ever and possibly final crisis, Henryk Grossman, the neglected 20th century Marxist who explained the inevitabil...

Reducere. Agnes Arber's international reputation is due in part to her exceptional ability to interpret the German tradition of scholarship for the English-s...

Despite his enduring influence, Georg Lukacs has come under attack in his native Hungary. This collection aims to defend his ideas and legacy.Publi...

Market Justice: Political Economic Struggle in Bolivia - Brent Z. Kaup

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University PressAuthor(s): Cary J. (Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University) NedermanNumber of pages: 24...

Psychology and Capitalism: The Manipulation of Mind, Paperback

This Swiss composer's conceptual and practical guide to the mind/body overlap in music and martial artsOver the past 20 years, Swiss musician and c...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jerry ScottAuthor: Rick Kirkman"Anyone with children, or anyone who even likes being around children, will find something t...

Reducere. As stock prices and investor confidence have collapsed in the wake of Enron, WorldCom, and the dot-com crash, people want to know how this happened...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Daniel BergnerNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 236 x 37Cover type: HardbackRedescoper...

How the military used sleep as a weapon-and how soldiers fought back

DescriptionPhilosophy is about our lives and how we live them. Using a unique, visual approach to explore philosophical concepts, Adam Ferner shows...

Reducere. Roots and Branches is a broad-ranging collection of writings that analyzes the philosophical foundations of a number of crucial movements, ideas an...

Reducere. We usually consider literary thinking to be peripheral and dispensable, an activity for specialists: poets, prophets, lunatics, and babysitters. Ce...

Finally, a book that shows that conservative economics is neither fantasy nor "voodoo" and also explains conservative economics in language and ter...

The Poor PoetThis collection of poems is meant to be read haphazardly. Pick a chapter that fits your mood. Find a poem that will make you laugh, th...

Reducere. James Denney's classic examination of the death of Jesus Christ considers the history of its treatment in Christianity, and analyzes sermons of pre...

Chinese Communists have long embraced capitalism, for various reasons. In the 1930s Communists made deals with foreign capitalists to finance the r...