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Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Making of a Democratic Intellectual (Paperback): Peter S. Field Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Making of a Democratic Intellectual (Paperback)
Peter S. Field
R1,205 Discovery Miles 12 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this original and highly readable book, Peter S. Field explains how Ralph Waldo Emerson became the first democratic intellectual in American history. By focusing on his public career, Field contends that Emerson was a democrat in two senses: he single-handedly sought to create a vocation equal to his conviction that America represented the democratic promise of the western world; and as importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by attempting to bring culture to all Americans. Utterly disaffected with the self-satisfied Boston Brahmin establishment into which he had been born, he set forth through the nation in order to assume the role of conscience, critic, and gentle exhorter to the people. More poet than philosopher, Emerson demands to be understood as a public intellectual. Peter Field deftly portrays Emerson as he attempted to create himself-as a unique, irenic prophet to the American people.

Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought (Paperback): Gregory Claeys Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought (Paperback)
Gregory Claeys
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought provides essential information on, and a critical interpretation of, nineteenth-century thought and nineteenth-century thinkers. The project takes as its temporal boundary the period 1789 to 1914. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought primarily covers social and political thinking, but key entries also survey science, religion, law, art, concepts of modernity, the body and health, and so on, and thereby take into account all of the key developments in the intellectual history of the period. The encyclopedia is alphabetically organized, and consists of: * principal entries, divided into ideas (4000 words) and persons (2500 words) * subsidiary entries of 1000 words, which are entirely biographical * informational entries of 500 words, which are also biographical.

Subjectivity and Realism in Modern Chinese Fiction - Hu Feng and Lu Ling (Hardcover): Xiaoping Wang Subjectivity and Realism in Modern Chinese Fiction - Hu Feng and Lu Ling (Hardcover)
Xiaoping Wang
R2,402 Discovery Miles 24 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The questions of subjectivity and the literary style of realism, as manifested in Hu Feng's theoretical writings and Lu Ling's fictional writings, occupy a unique position in modern China. By looking more closely into the theoretical and fictional texts and the social-historical subtext, and through a re-examination of the issue of subjectivity and individualism, this book argues that individualism should not be treated as an ahistorical value-system, but understood within changing historical contexts; subjectivity should not be treated as an issue of personal choice, but as class-based and derived from collective community. To differentiate different subjectivities and the diversified foci of individualism in differing historical periods, Xiaoping Wang finds we need to explore the intellectuals' cultural-political strategy by situating them in the particular historical conjuncture and in the particular cultural fields. With this hermeneutical practice, the politics of recognition and the politics of style are mutually illuminated.

Alternative Islamic Discourses and Religious Authority (Hardcover, New Ed): Susanne Olsson, Carool Kersten Alternative Islamic Discourses and Religious Authority (Hardcover, New Ed)
Susanne Olsson, Carool Kersten
R4,626 Discovery Miles 46 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Like anywhere else, the present-day Islamic world too is grappling with modernity and postmodernity, secularisation and globalisation. Muslims are raising questions about religious representations and authority. This has given rise to the emergence of alternative Islamic discourses which challenge binary oppositions and dichotomies of orthodoxy and heterodoxy, continuity and change, state and civil society. It also leads to a dispersal of authority, a collapse of existing hierarchical structures and gender roles. This book further argues that the centre of gravity of many of these alternative Islamic discourses is shifting from the Arabic-speaking 'heartland' towards the geographical peripheries of the Muslim world and expatriate Muslims in North America and Europe. At the same time, in view of recent seismic shifts in the political constellation of the Middle East, the trends discussed in this book hold important clues for the possible direction of future developments in that volatile part of the Muslim world.

Religious Conversion and Identity - The Semiotic Analysis of Texts (Paperback): Massimo Leone Religious Conversion and Identity - The Semiotic Analysis of Texts (Paperback)
Massimo Leone
R1,672 Discovery Miles 16 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The way in which people change and represent their spiritual evolution is often determined by recurrent language structures. Through the analysis of ancient and modern stories and their words and images, this book describes the nature of conversion through explorations of the encounter with the religious message, the discomfort of spiritual uncertainty, the loss of personal and social identity, the anxiety of destabilization, the reconstitution of the self and the discovery of a new language of the soul.

The Multinational Traders (Paperback): Geoffrey G Jones The Multinational Traders (Paperback)
Geoffrey G Jones
R1,678 Discovery Miles 16 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a detailed account of the evolution and theory of multinational trading companies. The book features contributions from an international selection of US, European and Asian economists and business historians which demonstrate the importance of trading companies in trade and investment flows in the world economy from the nineteenth century to the present. The authors adopt evolutionary and comparative perspectives to examine diversification strategies and organizational structures. This innovative study provides a major new dimension to our knowledge of the history and theory of international business.

History of Water, A, Series II, Volume 3 - Water, Geopolitics and the New World Order (Hardcover): Terje Tvedt, Graham Chapman,... History of Water, A, Series II, Volume 3 - Water, Geopolitics and the New World Order (Hardcover)
Terje Tvedt, Graham Chapman, Roar Hagen
R4,619 Discovery Miles 46 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As the world's population continues to grow apace and an increasing number of countries aspire to a twenty-first century lifestyle so the question of access to water resources becomes ever more critical. This timely volume shows how the struggle to control water is an issue of growing geopolitical importance. Drawing on a wealth of examples, and revealing how current problems are not necessarily new as often suggested, the international contributors provide a deeper theroetical analysis of the issues, enabling a clearer understanding to be obtained of how experience in one region can properly be related to that of other regions.

What Are Jews For? - History, Peoplehood, and Purpose (Hardcover): Adam Sutcliffe What Are Jews For? - History, Peoplehood, and Purpose (Hardcover)
Adam Sutcliffe
R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A wide-ranging look at the history of Western thinking since the seventeenth century on the purpose of the Jewish people in the past, present, and future What is the purpose of Jews in the world? The Bible singles out the Jews as God's "chosen people," but the significance of this special status has been understood in many different ways over the centuries. What Are Jews For? traces the history of the idea of Jewish purpose from its ancient and medieval foundations to the modern era, showing how it has been central to Western thinking on the meanings of peoplehood for everybody. Adam Sutcliffe delves into the links between Jewish and Christian messianism and the association of Jews with universalist and transformative ideals in modern philosophy, politics, literature, and social thought. The Jews have been accorded a crucial role in both Jewish and Christian conceptions of the end of history, when they will usher the world into a new epoch of unity and harmony. Since the seventeenth century this messianic underlay to the idea of Jewish purpose has been repeatedly reconfigured in new forms. From the political theology of the early modern era to almost all domains of modern thought-religious, social, economic, nationalist, radical, assimilationist, satirical, and psychoanalytical-Jews have retained a close association with positive transformation for all. Sutcliffe reveals the persistent importance of the "Jewish Purpose Question" in the attempts of Jews and non-Jews alike to connect the collective purpose of particular communities to the broader betterment of humanity. Shedding light on questions of exceptionalism, pluralism, and universalism, What Are Jews For? explores an intricate question that remains widely resonant in contemporary culture and political debate.

Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500-1800 (Hardcover): Francisco Vazquez Garcia Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500-1800 (Hardcover)
Francisco Vazquez Garcia
R4,928 Discovery Miles 49 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Early modern European thought held that men and women were essentially the same, with social forces creating their differences. Such a view made the existence of hermaphrodites easy to accept. During the seventeenth century, medical and legal arguments began to turn against this 'one-sex' model, with hermaphroditism seen as a medieval superstition. This book traces this change in Iberia in comparison to the earlier shift in thought in northern Europe, and with concurrent ideas in Latin America.

The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700 (Hardcover): J. H. Burns The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700 (Hardcover)
J. H. Burns; As told to Mark Goldie
R4,442 Discovery Miles 44 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The companion volume to the highly successful Cambridge History of Medieval Political Thought, this book presents a comprehensive account of the development of European political thinking through the Renaissance and the Reformation to the "scientific revolution" and political upheavals of the seventeenth century. Recent decades have seen intensive historical investigation and reappraisal in this field. Many established perspectives have changed; and while it would still be generally accepted that something distinctly "modern" took shape in the political thought of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, there have been important changes in our understanding of what is "medieval" and what is "modern" and of the relationship between these concepts. A highly distinguished team of contributors present a unique, authoritative guide to these developments. Full bibliographical and biographical information is provided for those wishing to pursue specific topics in greater detail.

Juan Luis Vives Against the Pseudodialecticians - A Humanist Attack on Medieval Logic (Hardcover, 1979 ed.): R. Guerlac Juan Luis Vives Against the Pseudodialecticians - A Humanist Attack on Medieval Logic (Hardcover, 1979 ed.)
R. Guerlac
R4,499 Discovery Miles 44 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The humanist treatises presented here are only peripheral to the history of logic, but I think historians of logic may read them with interest, if perhaps with irritation. In the early sixteenth century the humanists set about to demolish medieval logic based on syllogistic and disputation, and to replace it in the university curriculum with a 'rhetorical' logic based on the use of topics and persuasion. To a very large extent they succeeded. Although Aris totelian logic retained a vigorous life in the schools, it never again attained to the overwhelming primacy it had so long enjoyed in the northern universities. It has been the custom to take the arguments of the humanists at face value, and the word 'scholastic' has continued to have pejorative overtones. This is easy to understand, because until recently our knowledge of the high period of medieval logic has been slight, and the humanists' testimony as to its decadent state in the sixteenth century has, for the most part, been accepted uncritically. Within the past two decades important work on medieval logic has recovered the brilliant achievement of thirteenth and fourteenth century logicians, philosophers, and natural scientists. New studies are constantly appearing, and the logico-semantic system of the terminists has become fruitful territory not only for historians of logic but also for students of modern linguistics and semiotics."

The Annals of English Drama 975-1700 (Paperback): Sylvia Stoler Wagonheim The Annals of English Drama 975-1700 (Paperback)
Sylvia Stoler Wagonheim
R1,638 Discovery Miles 16 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An analytical record of all plays, extinct or lost, chronologically arranged and indexed by authors, titles and dramatic companies.

Information Ages - Literacy, Numeracy, and the Computer Revolution (Paperback, New edition): Michael E. Hobart, Zachary S.... Information Ages - Literacy, Numeracy, and the Computer Revolution (Paperback, New edition)
Michael E. Hobart, Zachary S. Schiffman
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The late twentieth century is trumpeted as the Information Age by pundits and politicians alike, and on the face of it, the claim requires no justification. But in "Information Ages," Michael E. Hobart and Zachary S. Schiffman challenge this widespread assumption. In a sweeping and captivating history of information technology from the ancient Sumerians to the world of Alan Turing and John von Neumann, the authors show how revolutions in the technology of information storage--from the invention of writing approximately 5,000 years ago to the mathematical models for describing physical reality in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the introduction of computers--profoundly transformed ways of thinking.

Language, Desire and Theology - A Genealogy of the Will to Speak (Paperback): Noelle Vahanian Language, Desire and Theology - A Genealogy of the Will to Speak (Paperback)
Noelle Vahanian
R1,663 Discovery Miles 16 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This interesting and provocative work develops a new theological approach to language in the light of contemporary critical theory.

The First Great Political Realist - Kautilya and His Arthashastra (Hardcover): Roger Boesche The First Great Political Realist - Kautilya and His Arthashastra (Hardcover)
Roger Boesche
R2,598 R2,331 Discovery Miles 23 310 Save R267 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The First Great Political Realist is a succinct and penetrating analysis of one of the ancient world's foremost political realists, Kautilya. Kautilya's treatise Arthashastra stands as one of the great political books of the ancient world, its ideas on the science of politics strikingly similar to those of Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Clausewitz, and even Sun Tsu. Roger Boesche's excellent commentary on Kautilya's voluminous text draws out the essential realist arguments for modern political analysis and demonstrates the continued relevance of Kautilya's work to modern Indian strategic thinking and our understanding of the relationship between politics and economics. Striking a balance between textual analysis and secondary scholarship, Boesche's work will be an enduring contribution to the study of ancient Indian history, Eastern political thought, and international relations.

Icon - Studies in the History of An Idea (Paperback, New Ed): Moshe Barasch, Luci Serrano Icon - Studies in the History of An Idea (Paperback, New Ed)
Moshe Barasch, Luci Serrano
R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over the centuries, European debate about the nature and status of images of God and sacred figures has often upset the established order and shaken societies to their core. Out of this debate, an identifiable doctrine has emerged of the image in general and of the divine image in particular. This fascinating work concentrates on these historical arguments, from the period of Late Antiquity up to the great and classic defenses of images by St. John of Damascus and Theodore of Studion. Icon extends beyond the immediate concerns of religion, philosophy, aesthetics, history, and art, to engage them all.

Otto Neurath - Philosophy between Science and Politics (Hardcover, New): Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Lola Fleck, Thomas E.... Otto Neurath - Philosophy between Science and Politics (Hardcover, New)
Nancy Cartwright, Jordi Cat, Lola Fleck, Thomas E. Uebel
R2,854 Discovery Miles 28 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An international team of four authors, led by distinguished philosopher of science, Nancy Cartwright, and leading scholar of the Vienna Circle, Thomas E. Uebel, have produced this lucid and elegant study of a much-neglected figure. The book, which depicts Neurath's science in the political, economic and intellectual milieu in which it was practised, is divided into three sections: Neurath's biographical background and the socio-political context of his economic ideas; the development of his theory of science; and his legacy as illustrated by his contemporaneous involvement in academic and political debates. Coinciding with the renewal of interest in logical positivism, this is a timely publication which will redress a current imbalance in the history and philosophy of science, as well as making a major contribution to our understanding of the intellectual life of Austro-Germany in the inter-war years.

The Enlightenment and Religion - The Myths of Modernity (Paperback): S. Barnett The Enlightenment and Religion - The Myths of Modernity (Paperback)
S. Barnett
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This publication offers a critical survey of religious change and its causes in 18th-century Europe. It is intended to constitute a radical challenge to the accepted views in traditional Enlightenment studies. Focusing on Enlightenment Italy, France and England, the text illustrates how the canonical view of 18th-century religious change has in reality been constructed upon scant evidence and assumption, in particular the idea that the thought of the enlightened led to modernity. For despite a lack of evidence, one of the fundamental assumptions of Enlightenment studies has been the assertion that there was a vibrant deist movement that formed the intellectual solvent of hte 18th century. traditional birth-of-modernity myth has meant that the actual lack of deists has been glossed over and a quite misleading historical view has become entrenched. As a consequence more traditional forces for religious change have been given little or no attention. The book also riases hitherto neglected fundamental methodological issues relating to the study of the 18th century and the ability of interested contemporaries to mislead posterity. academia, this book advances an important discussion and should be valuable reading for all students studying the period.

Leviathan after 350 Years (Hardcover, New): Tom Sorell, Luc Foisneau Leviathan after 350 Years (Hardcover, New)
Tom Sorell, Luc Foisneau
R3,947 Discovery Miles 39 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Tom Sorell and Luc Foisneau bring together original essays by the world's leading Hobbes scholars to discuss Hobbes's masterpiece after three and a half centuries. The contributors address three different themes. The first is the place of Leviathan within Hobbes's output as a political philosopher. What does Leviathan add to The Elements of Law (1640) and De Cive (1642; 1647)? What is the relation between the English Leviathan and the Latin version of the book (1668)? Does Leviathan deserve its pre-eminence? The second theme concerns the connections between Hobbes's psychology and Hobbes's politics. The essays discuss Hobbes's curious views on the significance of laughter, evidence that he connected life in the state with passionlessness; the ways in which such things as fear for one's life entitle subjects to rebel; and the question of how the sovereign's personal passions are to be squared with his personifying a multitude. The third theme is Hobbes's views on the Bible and the Church: contributors examine the tensions between any allowance for ecclesiastical and (differently) biblical authority on the one hand, and political authority on the other. This is a book which anyone working on Hobbes or on this period of intellectual history will want to read.

Arabic Thought and its Place in History (Paperback): De Lacy O'Leary Arabic Thought and its Place in History (Paperback)
De Lacy O'Leary
R1,498 Discovery Miles 14 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed worksworldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Arabic Thought And Its Place In History; Trubner's Oriental Series De Lacy O'Leary K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd., 1922 Islamic philosophy; Philosophy, Arab; Philosophy, Arabic; Philosophy, Islamic

Innovation in Science and Organizational Renewal - Historical and Sociological Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Thomas... Innovation in Science and Organizational Renewal - Historical and Sociological Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Thomas Heinze, Richard Munch
R2,825 R2,005 Discovery Miles 20 050 Save R820 (29%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book looks at the types of new research organizations that drive scientific innovation and how ground-breaking science transforms research fields and their organization. Based on historical case studies and comparative empirical data, the book presents new and thought-provoking evidence that improves our knowledge and understanding about how new research fields are formed and how research organizations adapt to breakthroughs in science. While the book is firmly based in science history, it discusses more general sociological and policy propositions regarding scientific innovations and organizational change. The volume brings together leading scholars both from the United States and Europe.

Coming to My Senses - The Autobiography of a Sociologist (Paperback): George Caspar Homans Coming to My Senses - The Autobiography of a Sociologist (Paperback)
George Caspar Homans
R1,577 Discovery Miles 15 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Those interested in the development of scientific theory and in the nature of academic life will appreciate this intellectual autobiography written by one of America's leading sociologists. Following his family tradition ("The Education of Henry Adams "was written by his great-uncle), George Caspar Homans describes how his ideas about the proper nature of theory in social science, both in form and content, have developed over time. The chief interest of the book lies in the description of this process. Homans' career has spanned many of the key periods of development in social research, and his own work has been central to the process. He was the first major sociologist to outline the sociological implications of psychologists' work on learning or behavior theory. His contributions to modern sociology have had a major impact on the study of small groups, the problem of theory and methods of theory construction, and the study of basic characteristics of social behavior. He is regarded as the father of social exchange theory. Homans considers academic and intellectual as well as nonacademic influences on his development: personalities of highly idiosyncratic individuals against whose views of culturalism, functionalism, and structuralism he reacted, discussions with colleagues, reading, as well as his ancestry, his childhood in Boston, his literary education and later social-life in Boston, and his experiences as a sea captain in the Navy in World War II. This is an absorbing book, both an autobiography and a history of the development of the social sciences in the post World War II era.

A History of Sociological Research Methods in America, 1920-1960 (Hardcover, New): Jennifer Platt A History of Sociological Research Methods in America, 1920-1960 (Hardcover, New)
Jennifer Platt
R2,835 Discovery Miles 28 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Examining the general history of US sociological research methods, this text aims to provide systematic archival, documentary and interview data which question many conventional views, and thereby raise wider issues of method in the history of ideas. Special attention is paid to commonly neglected themes: case-study method and the Lundberg circle, for example. Jennifer Platt discusses the production of methodological writing, showing that neither it nor theoretical work adequately describe research practice. She also investigates the dominance of scientism, and the impact of research funding. The book evaluates the significance of schools of thought and suggests that processes of social construction and memory lead to uneven emphases in the folk history of the discipline. This study attempts to develop understanding both of the history of social thought, and the settings in which social research is produced.

Organisation and Administration for Business (RLE: Organizations) (Hardcover): Geoffrey Whitehead Organisation and Administration for Business (RLE: Organizations) (Hardcover)
Geoffrey Whitehead
R4,792 Discovery Miles 47 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to business organisation and administration. Written in a straightforward, readable style this textbook covers all the major aspects of the subject. Starting with the organisational background it goes on to cover the functions of the important departments within the firm, the role of the administrative officer, and other areas of knowledge vital to the smooth running of a business. There are self-assessment questions at the end of each section, past exam questions, study and exam tips and a full index.

Untying the Gordian Knot - Process, Reality, and Context (Paperback): Timothy E. Eastman Untying the Gordian Knot - Process, Reality, and Context (Paperback)
Timothy E. Eastman
R1,062 Discovery Miles 10 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Untying the Gordian Knot: Process, Reality, and Context, Timothy E. Eastman proposes a new creative synthesis, the Logoi framework-which is radically inclusive and incorporates both actuality and potentiality-to show how the fundamental notions of process, logic, and relations, woven with triads of input-output-context and quantum logical distinctions, can resolve a baker's dozen of age-old philosophic problems. Further, Eastman leverages a century of advances in quantum physics and the Relational Realism interpretation pioneered by Michael Epperson and Elias Zafiris and augmented by the independent research of Ruth Kastner and Hans Primas to resolve long-standing issues in understanding quantum physics. Adding to this, Eastman makes use of advances in information and complex systems, semiotics, and process philosophy to show how multiple levels of context, combined with relations-including potential relations-both local and local-global, can provide a grounding for causation, emergence, and physical law. Finally, the Logoi framework goes beyond standard ways of knowing-that of context independence (science) and context focus (arts, humanities)-to demonstrate the inevitable role of ultimate context (meaning, spiritual dimension) as part of a transformative ecological vision, which is urgently needed in these times of human and environmental crises.

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