Cotton examines Plato's ideas about education and learning, with a particular focus on the experiences a learner must go…

Poor people everywhere are politically weak, and yet poverty in some developing countries has gone down dramatically. Why is…

This book provides a new view of the historical conditions and methods by which godly communities turned personal experience…

Smartness is often associated with living beings, as they can adapt themselves to changing situations. Artificial smart…

In this pioneering study, Antony Augoustakis reconstructs the role of women in the epic poems of the Flavian period of Latin…

This book, written accessibly for both biologists and linguists, argues that language is not as exceptional a human trait as…

Memory, attention, and decision-making are three major areas of cognitive neuroscience. They are however frequently studied…

The Oxford Handbook of French Politics provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of the French political system.…

This book is the first comprehensive approach to the multiple ways Islam has been studied across European countries. Parts…

With engaging new contributions from the major figures in the fields of public administration, public management, and public…

Communication is not just about the transfer of verbal information. Gestures, facial expressions, intonation and body…

Jonathan Bennett engages with the thought of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz,…

This is a study of Aristotle's moral philosophy as it is contained in the Nicomachean Ethics. Hardie examines the…

This volume examines the phenomenon of ergativity, a grammatical patterning whereby direct objects are in some way treated…

The timely subject matter of this book focuses on the interface between extraterritorial border surveillance and migration…

Four hundred years after his birth, John Milton remains one of the greatest and most controversial figures in English…

The concept of compliance is central to government attempts to regulate economic activities. This volume investigates the…

The nature of the Macedonian State and its institutions both in Europe and in the Hellenistic kingdoms in Asia and Egypt is…

Examines the ways in which Catholic writers between the reigns of Mary Tudor and James I fashioned their own competing…

This work examines many areas of unresolved issues to do with total knee replacement. Authors from ether side of the…

Presents a full study of a key feature of Aristotle's philosophical and scientific investigations: his concern with the…

Appears in the form of the author's students' lecture notes, which helped shape the thought of the twentieth century. This…

Terence and the Verb 'To Be' in Latin is the first in-depth study of the verb 'to be' in Latin (esse) and its contracted…

Public pensions are often the subject of 'pension envy', as their benefits might seem more generous and contributions lower…

This book deals with how language users express and understand literal and metaphorical spatial meaning in language and…

Daniel Russell develops the idea that a necessary part of virtue is practical intelligence, the skill of determining what…

Studies of the influence of class and religion on politics often point to their gradual decline as a result of social…

The 1990s have seen a growth of interest in questions of music history and meaning, together with their relationships to…

Paul Davis explores the personal and cultural significances of translating as a distinctive mode of imaginative conduct for…

Examines the concept of Volksgemeinschaft - 'the people's community' - as the Nazis' central vision of community during the…

This volume brings together the research of many of the world's leading specialists on the Japanese economy to assess how…

In this updated edition of the landmark original volume, a range of international experts present a comprehensive overview…

Richard Brent argues that the Whig party in the "decade of reform" was dominated by a new generation of politicians: liberal…

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the major traditions of word meaning research in linguistics. It charts the…

Subsequent practice by states is crucial to the interpretation of treaties. This book examines its potential to serve as a…

This volume presents a set of studies of the role of environmental resources in the development process. Contributors…

Collects fifteen papers by leading contemporary philosophers on themes, from the moral philosophy of Joseph Raz. The…

This study offers an examination of international policing methods and the relationships between police authorities of…

This volume explores an era of change in the history of West European thought, the period between 1480 and 1540. Its thesis…

The Road to Maastricht provides a comprehensive and definitive account of how Europe signed up to Economic and Monetary…

This study of the political and social structure of late medieval England examines the wealth and political influence of a…

Policy is not made in the public arena of elections and Parliament, but in the netherworld of committees, civil servants,…

Presents studies of Cardinal Richelieu's career as chief minister to Louis XIII of France, rejecting the traditional picture…

This book discusses the lives of major 20th-century philosophers, topics in the philosophy of mind, and ethics. It is…

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespearean Tragedy brings together fifty-four essays by scholars from all parts of the world. It…

Henry E. Allison presents an analytical and historical account of Kant`s transcendental deduction of the pure concepts of…

Composer, diplomat, and bishop - Agostino Steffani (1654-1728) was one of the most remarkable figures in late-17th and…

The Handbook of Musical Identities explores three features of psychological approaches to musical identities and four…