This is a paperback edition of a major contribution to the field, first published in hard covers in 1977. The book outlines…

This book offers a new interpretation of William James's ethical and religious thought. Michael Slater shows that James's…

This collection of essays examines the politicization and the politics of the Jewish people in the Russian empire during the…

Evangelicalism contributed to the great transformation of ideas in the modern world. In this investigation, through a global…

Nietzsche is widely regarded as a significant moral philosopher, but his political thinking has often been dismissed as…

The end-of-century experience is generating intense interest among contemporary critics. This wide-ranging collaborative…

Human sacrifice has fascinated Western writers since the beginnings of European literature. Drawing on sources from…

In this book Professor Markus's main concern is with those aspects of Augustine's thought which help to answer questions…

In this exploration of the social context of reading and writing in pre-industrial England, David Cressy tackles important…

The story of Adam and Eve played a central role in the religious controversies of sixteenth-century Europe. This is the…

This popular abridgement of Michael Wheeler's award-winning Death and the Future Life in Victorian Literature and Theology…

In an exploration of the relation between language and thought, the author analyses linguistic relativism with reference to…

Travel writing of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was staple fare in an age of imperial expansion that was…

• Rok vydání 2007

In this 2007 book Simon Keller explores the varieties of loyalty and their psychological and ethical differences, and…

This book explores the vital and interactive relationship between city and court in the drama of Shakespeare's time, through…

This is a study of the dopolavoro or fascist leisure-time organization, the largest of the regime's mass institutions.…

The coronation was, and still is, one of the most important ceremonies of an English monarch's reign. Alice Hunt's study…

This book presents a detailed account of how the discipline of geology developed between the mid-seventeenth century and the…

This book brings together leading scholars in metaphysics and continues ongoing debates in core topics such as ontological…

This is a major contribution to post-Keynesian thought. With studies of the key pioneers, Geoff Harcourt emphasizes their…

Twelve essays examine Milton's heretical opinions, focusing on aspects of his career (as poet and political activist)…

Rebellion, riot and popular unrest have been the theme of a succession of stimulating and influential articles in Past and…

Hanna Lerner explores three processes of constitution-drafting that occurred under conditions of intense clashes over the…

This book focuses on the role of technological stagnation in the decline of the American electric utility industry in the…

This volume surveys Iberian international trade from the tenth to the fifteenth century, with particular emphasis on…

This book aims to provide a comprehensive answer to the most important question in pre-modern German political history,…

This book offers a rich and fascinating overview of medieval debates on moral dilemmas which were pursued by philosophers,…

This text is about the processes by which Christians of the 1st century came to understand Jesus as they did. The author…

This edition includes a new introduction by J. Michael Finger examining how the GATT got into its current…

Professor Rist examines in detail a series of philosophical problems discussed by leading members of the Stoic school. He is…

This book gathers contributions of scholars from a variety of disciplines to explain how and why individuals decide to offer…

This book shows how the modus vivendi approach rejects both the broad philosophical ambitions and abiding search for deep…

• Rok vydání 2000

This book, published in 2000, is about the Christian doctrine of the Trinity as it has developed in Germany: the way in…

The first comprehensive account of Kant's cosmopolitanism, highlighting its moral, political, economic, cultural and…

Originally published in 1940, this book presents a revised chronology of the public ministry of Jesus in the light of…

Dr Luscombe considers the influence of Abelard's principal teachings among his contemporaries and successors. His aim is to…

Provides a thorough theoretical understanding of lossy compression techniques and systems, plus key features, applications,…

A detailed study of the difficult poetry spoken in such plays as The Winter's Tale and The Tempest, Shakespeare's Late Style…

Authenticity in Performance introduces the performer to the problems that must be faced when preparing an 'authentic'…

This book is a comprehensive description of Hebrew from its Semitic origins and the earliest settlement of the Israelite…

This volume is aimed at students and researchers in philosophy of science, evolutionary biology, economics and psychology…

An undergraduate textbook offering alternative perspectives to the dominant biomedical model of mental distress, using both…

The concept and practice of restoration in all its forms are entangled in many contemporary theoretical debates and…

The book of Job, which deals with deep-seated conflict between the integrity of God and the integrity of man and belongs to…

This book argues that the idea that the world works 'like a machine' can be found in ancient Greek thought, predating the…

Social expectations of what doctors and hospitals can achieve have changed significantly since 1850. This book looks at how…

The precolonial kingdom of Buganda has long attracted scholarly interest, though historians have had to rely on oral…

This volume of essays, written by practising textual editors and scholars, addresses the practical implications of…