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Volume I of the four-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy presents an introduction, preliminary chapters on ancient…

Volume IV of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy presents Pythagoras and the Pythagorean School,…

Tacitus (ca. AD 55-120) is an essential historian of the early Roman empire. Agricola narrates its subject's career in…

Although Problems is an accretion of multiple authorship over several centuries, it offers a fascinating technical view of…

More than five million Americans suffer from eating disorders, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and an…

As the chief human rights official of the Clinton Administration, John Shattuck faced far-flung challenges. This is the…

This volume, the first integrated analysis of gender inequality's modern decline, tells the story of that progressive…

MacLean shows how African-American and Mexican-American civil rights activists and feminists concluded that freedom alone…

All of the essays in this new collection by Thomas Schelling convey his unique perspective on individuals and society.…

From the origins of the term "race" to the cultural sources of the "Tragic Mulatto," and from the calculus of color to the…

In succinct and engaging fashion Michael Walzer demystifies the activity of the social critic, providing a philosophical…

More than half a century after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights defined what a human being is and is entitled to,…

This book, written by the codirectors of the largest ongoing longitudinal study of immigrant children and their families,…

This powerful account of how decades of mostly well-intended litigation have eroded the moral authority of teachers and…

In a book of intellectual breadth, James Wertsch not only offers a synthesis and critique of all Vygotsky's major ideas, but…

Felman analyzes Lacan's investigation of psychoanalysis not as dogma but as an ongoing self-critical process of discovery.…

This book gives us our first clear look at how the man and his moment met to create "critical theory." An intimate picture…

A former NSC staffer, Stern guides us through a post-Cold War world in which the threat of all-out nuclear war is being…

This volume intends to contribute to the nascent discourse on Judaism and ecology by clarifying diverse conceptions of…

Thornton surveys research from a broad range of perspectives in order to explore why successful problem-solving depends less…

Brown explores the scope and substance of the practice called channeling as a window on the persistent New Age movement. He…

In a book that promises to change the way we think and talk about genes and genetic determinism, Evelyn Fox Keller, one of…

Elementary Logic has been noted since 1941 for scope and rigor. Quine provides techniques for the central business of modern…

Investigating the real relationship between guns and violence, Malcolm presents an incisive, thoroughly researched…

This book, the first to catalogue ecologically important insects by their roles, gives us an enlightening look at how…

Chapais shows that our knowledge about kinship and society in nonhuman primates supports, and informs, ideas proposed by…

In the mid-19th century, philosophers, theologians, and educators hailed Laura Bridgman as a miracle because she was the…

The separation of fame and merit is a central dilemma Cowen considers in this exploration of the economics of fame. He shows…

Brown documents the efforts of indigenous peoples to redefine heritage as a proprietary resource. By focusing on the…

In this timely book, the first comprehensive study of the modern American public intellectual-that individual who speaks to…

In this elegantly written and innovative book, Paul Sniderman and Edward Carmines illuminate aspects of white Americans'…

Davis gathers together important selections from Williams's public and private writings on religious liberty, illustrating…

Few of us seek immortality, and fewer still by writing. But Arthur Inman challenged the odds. He calculated that if he kept…

From his vast storehouse of knowledge about the Adams family, Nagel pulls out the feminine threads of that tapestry to write…

One Step Ahead in China is a groundbreaking book, unique in its detailed coverage of Guangdong, the first socialist dragon…

With customary incisiveness, Quine presents logic as the product of truth and grammar but argues against the doctrine that…

Zolberg explores American immigration policy as a tool of nation building from the colonial period to the present. His book…

Proposing that Arnold Schoenberg has been more discussed than heard, more tolerated than loved, Allen Shawn puts aside…

Brown chronicles engagements in the science wars-from the "Sokal affair" to angry confrontations over the nature of…

In this work of historical imagination, Jacobson argues that race resides in contingencies of politics and culture. Linking…

Rhetorically charged debates over theory have divided humanities scholars for decades. Rodowick steps back from arguments…

Most psychologists claim we begin to develop a "theory of mind" at age two or three, by inference, deduction, and logical…

McGarity and Wagner reveal the range of sophisticated legal and financial tactics political and corporate advocates use to…

The author of the best-selling What the Best College Teachers Do is back with humane, doable, and inspiring help for…

As this book clearly demonstrates, structural flaws in corporate governance have produced widespread distortions in…

Produkt Studies in Development Planning zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Harvard University Press.…

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In clear, non-technical language, Ruse offers a full and fair assessment of the status of the argument from design in light…

"How can such a gentle people as we are be so murderous?" a prominent Indonesian asks. That question-and the mysteries of…