Why should books drive the academic hierarchy? This controversial question posed by Lindsay Waters ignited fierce debate in…

\nA deep dive into the history and philosophy of isonomy, a system of equal rights for all, as an alternative to the concept…

Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and…

This collection of interviews captures Clifford in exchanges with his critics in Brazil, Hawaii, Japan, the United kingdom,…

Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists…

Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians",…

Milton Friedman was lauded as the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era. This book collects many of…

Parker is enlisted by the mob to knock off an island casino guarded by speed-boats and heavies, forty miles from the Texas…

In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in…

Plato's "Symposium" - translated here, and with a commentary - is arguably one of the greatest works on the nature of love…

Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Brožovaná, Počet stran: 480, Nakladatelství: The University of Chicago Press, Autor: Robin…

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Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, this text has more recently been…

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Ludwig Wittgenstein famously declared that philosophy "ought really to be written only as a form of poetry," and he even…

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Based on the Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference held at the University of Chicago in 2012, this title includes…

Separating hype from fact, this text investigates the fate of embodiment in the information age. It relates three interwoven…

This text sets forth Hayek's theory of mind in which he describes the mental mechanism which classifies perceptions that…

Presents the concept that curriculum should be dynamic, a program under constant evaluation and revision. This book shows…

Tracing the impact of optimization and the ways in which it has influenced the study of mathematics, biology, economics, and…

Each fall, thousands of eager freshmen descend on college and university campuses expecting the best education imaginable.…

After years of preparation and anticipation, many students arrive at college without any real knowledge of the ins and outs…

Discuss the Islamic Scriptures that form the basis for its political language, looks at the changes in modern Islamic…

When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today's…

Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable.…

Details the story of a group of San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneurs - Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth network. While…

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Offers, on its surface, a simple theoretical argument, laid out in the titles of its mere two chapters: kinship is culture,…

Produkt 57 Ways to Screw Up in Grad School - Haggerty, Kevin D. a Doyle, Aaron zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The…

A book of poems. Exploring history, self, and imagination, as well as the poet's concerns with catastrophe and trauma, it…

More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a…

Drawing on the discoveries of neuroscience, this book explains why the information overload of contemporary life makes us…

A collection of early columns from the "Chicago Daily News" that ranges from witty social commentary to politically astute…

Produkt Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins - Whitehead, Hal a Rendell, Luke zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The…

We commonly think of the American Revolution as simply the war for independence from British colonial rule. This title asks…

Focuses on the idea of the good in what is widely regarded as one of Plato's most challenging and complex dialogs, the…

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For beginning writers and researchers, this guide introduces students to the art of formulating an effective argument,…

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Presents an account of the author's life in relation to political events of his time; the character and history of his…