Political Islam has often been compared to ideological movements of the past such as fascism or Christian theocracy. But are…

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Argues that the ability to imagine oneself as another person is an indispensable human capacity - as essential to moral…

Much popular belief--and public policy--rests on the idea that those born into poverty have it in their power to escape. But…

Argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international…

In these four artfully crafted essays, Patrick Geary explores the way ancient and medieval authors wrote about women. Geary…

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Rife with incest, rape, and murder, the biblical story of Jacob and his children must have troubled ancient readers. This…

Argues that since the nation's founding, but especially since the 1930s, the courts have been cutting holes in the original…

The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. This work shows that the voice of…

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Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy as a prisoner condemned to death for treason, circumstances that are reflected…

Explores how graphs can serve as maps to guide us when the information we have is ambiguous or incomplete. This work takes…

People have always been xenophobic, but an explicit philosophical and scientific view of human racial difference only began…

Introducing evidence from more than 600 secret Ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail that the…

Yale offers high-quality audio and video recordings of a careful selection of popular lectures, MIT supplies digital…

A crisis is looming for baby boomers and anyone else who hopes to retire in the coming years. In When I'm Sixty-Four, Teresa…

World leaders have given the reduction of global poverty top priority. And yet it persists. Indeed, in many countries whose…

Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than…

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Since the very beginning, Confucianism has been troubled by a serious gap between its political ideals and the reality of…

How has a liberating principle of the Enlightenment - the right to pursue happiness - become the unavoidable and burdensome…

In today's social climate of acknowledged and growing inequality, why are there not greater efforts to tax the rich? In this…

Produkt Political Ideas in the Romantic Age - Berlin, Isaiah zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Princeton University…