First published in 1981 this book presents an original theoretical treatment of the problems of maintaining full employment…

This book is a study of Ovid and his poetry as a cultural phenomenon, conceived in the belief that such a study of tradition…

Seeks to provide an alternative to post-9/11 pessimism about the ability of ethical dialogue to resolve disagreements. It…

Focusing on Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, the four main tragedies and Antony and Cleopatra, the author examines two…

In this major study of the western tradition of literary autobiography, John Sturrock analyses the means by which the…

Questions about the authenticity and authority of sunna are central to the study of Islam and Islamic law. Tracing the…

• Rok vydání 1985

This volume, with its focus on economic theory, contains papers delivered at the Fifth World Congress held in 1985. Designed…

In response to the simplistic everyday conception of the unwritten constitution and to the limitations of current…

This book explores the consequences of denying the assumption and develops a general approach to decision-making under…

Starting from the days of slavery and following through to the first decades of the twentieth century, this book traces the…

This unique book examines the central roles which emotions such as fear, resentment, shame, and confidence play in social…

This study explores alternative ways to construct the modern Jewish nation. Jewish nationalism emerges from this book as a…

This book is a philosophical analysis of Plotinus' views on sense-perception. It aims to show how his thoughts were both…

Uniquely among histories of mediaeval music, this book is specifically devoted to the vast repertory of monophonic music.…

This is the first full-scale treatment to have been written of white-collar crime in Victorian and Edwardian England, which…

Originally published in 1953, this volume gathers together the poems of Nicander (2nd century BC), the renowned Ancient…

This book presents an interpretation of Gandhi's political philosophy, and how he strove to connect it with the four goals…

• Rok vydání 2003

Kant's lectures on anthropology capture him at the height of his intellectual power. They are immensely important for…

To tune a lute or viol really well one must see to the exact spacing of the frets tied round the neck of the instrument. In…

This book analyzes Herder's views on language, reason, morality, race and religion, as factors that define the human species…

This book takes a comprehensive approach to the political history of the Italian Renaissance by examining the mountainous…

This book is about the influence of Byron on later nineteenth-century writers. Using literary-historical methods, the author…

Shakespeare's Tragedies: Violation and Identity traces the linked themes of violation and identity through seven…

This book examines the relationship between Joyce's postmodern textuality and the traumatic history of colonialism in…

This ambitious and lively book argues for a rehabilitation of the concept of 'human needs' as central to politics and…

This major collection of essays offers the first serious challenge to the traditional view that ancient and modern ethics…

Dr Rosenthal discusses the later Muslim philosophers who were influenced by the political thought of Plato and Aristotle. He…

The book develops a new interpretation of Spinoza's philosophy as a doctrine according to which genuine things exist and…

A study of Debussy's unorthodox use of musical form.…

This is a collection of original essays on the relationship between property and power, a fundamental theme in medieval…

The idea of duality has proved to be a powerful device in modern work on the economics of consumer behaviour. The authors…

Littlejohn challenges the traditional evidentialist view of justification by arguing that a person's intellectual…

This book is a scholarly study of the life and thought of the early Christian apologist Justin Martyr. A Samaritan of Greek…

This volume collects the published essays of the late Professor Hourani on Islamic ethics in the earlier classical and…

This 2002 book presents a unique sociological vision of the evolution of jazz music in the twentieth century. Analysing…

The twelve essays in this volume reflect the most important trends in the study of musical performance.…

Walter Crane (1845-1915) is best remembered as the illustrator of whimsical stories for children, but in fact he worked in…

First published in 1968, this volume of Persian language texts contains representative passages from the works of major…

Paul Oliver rediscovers the wealth of neglected vocal traditions issued on 'Race records'. He discusses the songs of…

Written for non-specialist readers, this book provides a concise conspectus of the emergence of philosophy among the Greeks;…

This book attempts both to take stock of directions in the field and to suggest alternative perspectives on some central…

The studies in this 1996 volume relate Hegel's mature views on ethics and politics to the classical tradition of Western…

This book is a study of the ideological and political relationship between Zionism and anti-Semitism in modern Germany. It…

A much older genre than is often thought, the historical novel has played a vital role in the development of the novel…

An examination of the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. During Victoria's…

Based on five lectures organized jointly by Matrix Chambers and the Wiener Library in London between April and June 2002.…

In Modernism and Popular Music, Ronald Schleifer shows how the music of George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Thomas 'Fats'…

• Rok vydání 2001

In this 2001 book Jean-Michel RabatĂ© approaches the Joycean canon through the concept of 'egoism'. This concept, RabatĂ©…