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This work shows how women between the 12th and 16th centuries were able to carve out areas of influence by exploiting the…

Hannah Arendt began her scholarly career with an exploration of Saint Augustine's concept of caritas, or neighborly love,…

This volume features 63 short stories spanning five decades including "Girls in their Summer Dresses", "Sailor Off the…

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• Rok vydání 1998

Drawing on ideas from political science, sociology and psychology this text explores how three sets of political…

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• Rok vydání 1994

Examines the theory and methods of quantitative genetics and presents case studies that illustrate the many ways in which…

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• Rok vydání 1996

This text examines the emergence in America of gay and lesbian social life, the creation of "lesbigay" communities, and the…

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Produkt Readings in Managerial Psychology zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of Chicago Press.…

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• Rok vydání 1996

This volume presents research on issues of importance to the well-being of older persons, including: labour market…

Invariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In "Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife", Lieutenant…

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For beginning writers and researchers, this guide introduces students to the art of formulating an effective argument,…

Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable.…

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The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida's most sustained consideration of religion, explores questions first introduced in his…

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This is soon to be a major motion picture starring Tim Roth and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Bucharest, 1938: while…

Retaining the first edition\'s literal and respectful translations of Rimbaud\'s complex and nontraditional verse - after…

• Rok vydání 1992

The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Antarctica has been transformed gradually into the…

This work challenges what Glbert Ryle calls philosophy's "official theory", the Cartesian "myth" of the separation of mind…

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An accessible introduction to the most consequential science of modern life. University of Chicago economist Gary Becker won…

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Gendun Chopel is considered the most important Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century. His life spanned the two…

This witty and fascinating study reminds us that there was animation before Disney: about thirty years of creativity and…

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Our nation began with the simple phrase "We the People." But who were and are "We"? Who were we in 1776, in 1865, or in…

In the first two volumes of this work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing,…

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Bad writing is bad for science. The problem is so significant that clear writing has become a legal requirement for federal…

\nOffers translations of Euripides\' \"Medea\", \"The Children of Heracles\", \"Andromache\", and \"Iphigenia among the…

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Are judges neutral legal umpires, unaccountable partisan activists, or political actors whose decisions conform to-rather…

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When it was first published in 2000, Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop's new translation of Democracy in America was…

Separating hype from fact, this text investigates the fate of embodiment in the information age. It relates three interwoven…

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For a century and a half the artists and intellectuals of Europe have scorned the bourgeoisie. And for a millennium and a…

This work looks into the Colombian government's efforts to demobilize rebel FARC fighters and transform them into the…

Brilliantly uniting the personal and the critical, French Lessons is a powerful autobiographical experiment. It tells the…

Positions is a collection of three interviews with Jacques Derrida that illuminate and make more accessible the complex…

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This book describes the process of erecting the great cathedrals in the Gothic era. Since there are no contemporary accounts…

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A sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world. Why do we look away from…

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From its beginnings in Twilight fan-fiction to its record-breaking sales as an e-book and paperback, the story of the erotic…

Ever since the Renaissance, the female body has been a primary symbol of artistic beauty in the West. But with the advent of…

A philosophical engagement with Bresson’s many films, attentive to more than their religiosity. Over a forty-year career,…

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"The Wealth of Nations" was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon its publication in 1776. As the first scientific…

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A daring reassessment of the critical method that reshaped the humanities and an invitation to imagine new ways of doing…

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On the surface, The Philosophical Hitchcock: Vertigo and the Anxieties of Unknowingness, is a close reading of Alfred…

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A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we…

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Shakespeare lived in a world of absolutes - the absolute authority claimed for God over the world, for the holy scriptures…

Includes a chapter arguing that the future of academic writing is in the hands of young scholars who meet the broader…

Comprehensively covers when and how to cite sources in a variety of citation styles…

Lost feminist classic from one of Renaissance Italy's most accomplished female writers…

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This book will help you: Recognize what information to fact-check Identify the quality and ranking of source materials Learn…

Presents the concept that curriculum should be dynamic, a program under constant evaluation and revision. This book shows…

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Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is one of the most celebrated figures of late-modern science, famous for his work in…

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In offering helpful tips and advice on matters ranging from library research and proper citations to document version…