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Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international intervention Well into its third decade, the…

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The description for this book, Against Democracy, will be forthcoming. Kniha 9780691162607 Against Democracy | Jason Brennan…

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Why does democracy—as a word and as an idea—loom so large in the political imagination, though it has so often been misused…

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Why psychology is in peril as a scientific discipline—and how to save itPsychological science has made extraordinary…

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A new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolutionA new scientific view of evolution is…

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The rich and ongoing development of Russian lyric poetry, explored through close readings of thirty-four poems by poets…

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The first book to offer a comprehensive exploration of Marx’s relationship to republicanism, arguing that it is essential to…

An anthology of nearly two hundred "hieroglyphics," or allegorical emblems, said to have been used by the Pharaonic scribes…

In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous "Chin…

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How a computational framework can account for the successes and failures of human cognition At the heart of human…

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Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to…

The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, who ushered in the modern eraThe life of Francisco…

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Philipp Ther- a firsthand witness to many of the transformations, from Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution to…

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A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive-if we want it toIs democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying?…

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In We Have Never Been Woke, Musa al-Gharbi argues that these trends are closely related, each tied to the rise of a new…

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Europe is a place of natural wonders, from the icy expanses of the tundra to the arid beauty of deserts and the lush…

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This impressive, innovative book connects art and politics by way of forms.--Andrew Sturgeon, Flavorwire, from 10 Must-Read…

When it was first published in 1947, The Age of Anxiety--W. H. Auden's last, longest, and most ambitious book-length…

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If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy…

This book explores the use and development of man's symbolizing capacities-those qualities that make him distinctly human.…

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Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. A human (according…

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The sociological study of economic activity has witnessed a significant resurgence. Recent texts have chronicled economic…

Presents a study of three central, interrelated concepts in analytical psychology: the individual complex, the universal…

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What did Zeus mean to the Greeks? And who was Hera, united with Zeus historically and archetypally as if they were a human…

In this landmark book, sociologist Viviana Zelizer traces the emergence of the modern child, at once economically 'useless'…

Traces the growth of mathematical modernism from its roots in problem solving and theory to its interactions with physics,…

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Where does the nation-state end and globalization begin? In "Territory, Authority, Rights", one of the world's leading…

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"Open Democracy envisions what true government by mass leadership could look like."—Nathan Heller, New YorkerHow a new model…

Fascism, communism, genocide, slavery, racism, and imperialism - the West has no shortage of reasons for guilt. And, indeed,…

Democracy is struggling in America--by now this statement is almost cliché. But what if the country is no longer a democracy…

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"Published with support of the Philemon Foundation this book is part of the Philemon series of the Philemon Foundation."…

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How the Middle East can achieve political change and social progressThe Middle East is in upheaval: a widening chasm between…

Siegfried Kracauer's classic study, originally published in 1960, explores the distinctive qualities of the cinematic…

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In this second of a planned five-volume series, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin…

Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their…

The making and remaking of Bukovina, a disputed Eastern European borderland, from the eighteenth century to the present…

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This provocative book shows that Europe in the Middle Ages was as much a product of a process of conquest and colonization…

On March 11, 1985, a van was pulled over in Warsaw for a routine traffic check that turned out to be anything but routine.…

In this highly original and much-anticipated ethnography, Anna Tsing challenges not only anthropologists and feminists but…

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What is the nature of a conceptual scheme? Are there alternative conceptual schemes? If so, are some more justifiable or…

It is the somewhat gratifying lesson of Philip Tetlock's new book . . . that people who make prediction their…

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Black is the favourite colour for a wide range of people, from priests to penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers…

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An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the…

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The Essential Goethe is the most comprehensive and representative one-volume collection of Goethe's writings ever published…