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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is a major figure in Western
Philosophy and is one of the most widely read and studied political
philosophers of all time. His writings range from abstract works
such as On the Social Contract to literary masterpieces such as The
Reveries of the Solitary Walker as well as immensely popular novels
and operas. The Rousseauian Mind provides a comprehensive survey of
his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also
exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising over forty
chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook
covers: The predecessors and contemporaries to Rousseau's work The
major texts of the 'system' Autobiographical texts including
Confessions, Reveries of the Solitary Walker and Dialogues
Rousseau's political science The successors to Rousseau's work
Rousseau applied today. Essential reading for students and
researchers in philosophy, Rousseau's work is central to the study
of political philosophy, the Enlightenment, French studies, the
history of philosophy and political theory.
Unclassical Traditions. Volume II: Perspectives from East and West
in Late Antiquity is the second of two collections of essays by
leading scholars discussing the nature and extent of the
late-antique engagement with the classical past. Rather than
concentrating on developments at the centre of empire (the focus of
a previous volume, Unclassical Traditions I ), the aim here is to
present a set of views from the margins: social, political,
religious, literary, geographical and linguistic. Ranging from
Armenian ecclesiastical histories, Egyptian alchemy and Jewish
power politics, across the Mediterranean to the challenges raised
by shifting circumstances in 5th-century North Africa and
Ostrogothic Italy, the eight papers in this volume seek to
establish the persistent importance of the classical tradition
throughout a broadly defined late antiquity. Despite the divergent
forms taken by these various responses, they are united by a common
preoccupation with that still authoritative past. From these
eastern and western perspectives - often peripheral and sometimes
isolated - the classical past appears neither monolithic nor
inflexible but as offering a set of assumptions or conventions that
might be opposed or accepted, subverted or ignored or reworked into
a striking variety of newly imagined worlds. Like its predecessor,
this volume will be of interest to anyone concerned with the
history, literature and culture of the later Roman empire. It stems
from an international conference held in Cambridge in 2009,
generously supported by the Faculty of Classics and the Henry
Arthur Thomas Fund.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is a major figure in Western
Philosophy and is one of the most widely read and studied political
philosophers of all time. His writings range from abstract works
such as On the Social Contract to literary masterpieces such as The
Reveries of the Solitary Walker as well as immensely popular novels
and operas. The Rousseauian Mind provides a comprehensive survey of
his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also
exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising over forty
chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook
covers: The predecessors and contemporaries to Rousseau's work The
major texts of the 'system' Autobiographical texts including
Confessions, Reveries of the Solitary Walker and Dialogues
Rousseau's political science The successors to Rousseau's work
Rousseau applied today. Essential reading for students and
researchers in philosophy, Rousseau's work is central to the study
of political philosophy, the Enlightenment, French studies, the
history of philosophy and political theory.
For Rousseau, "consecrating one's life to the truth" (his personal
credo) meant publicly taking responsibility for what one publishes
and only publishing what would be of public benefit. Christopher
Kelly argues that this commitment is central to understanding the
relationship between Rousseau's writings and his political
philosophy.
Unlike many other writers of his day, Rousseau refused to publish
anonymously, even though he risked persecution for his writings.
But Rousseau felt that authors must be self-restrained, as well as
bold, and must carefully consider the potential political effects
of what they might publish: sometimes seeking the good conflicts
with writing the truth. Kelly shows how this understanding of
public authorship played a crucial role in Rousseau's
conception--and practice--of citizenship and political action.
"Rousseau as Author will be a groundbreaking book not just for
Rousseau scholars, but for anyone studying Enlightenment ideas
about authorship and responsibility.
History remembers Attila, the leader of the Huns, as the Romans
perceived him: a savage barbarian brutally inflicting terror on
whoever crossed his path. Following Attila and the Huns from the
steppes of Kazakhstan to the court of Constantinople, Christopher
Kelly portrays Attila in a compelling new light, uncovering an
unlikely marriage proposal, a long-standing relationship with a
treacherous Roman general, and a thwarted assassination plot. We
see Attila as both a master warrior and an astute strategist whose
rule was threatening but whose sudden loss of power was even more
so. The End of Empire is an original exploration of the clash
between empire and barbarity in the ancient world, full of
contemporary resonance.
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Keith Hopkins was a sociologist and Professor of Ancient History at
Cambridge from 1985 to 2001. He is widely recognised as one of the
most radical, innovative and influential Roman historians of his
generation. This volume presents fourteen of Hopkins' essays on an
impressive range of subjects: contraception, demography, economic
history, slavery, literacy, imperial power, Roman religion, Early
Christianity, and the social and political structures of the
ancient world. The papers have been re-edited and revised with
accompanying essays by Hopkins' colleagues, friends and former
students. This volume brings Hopkins' work up to date. It sets his
distinctive and pioneering use of sociological approaches in a
wider intellectual context and explores his lasting impact on the
ways that ancient history is now written. This volume will interest
all those fascinated by Rome and its empire, and particularly those
eager to experience challenging and controversial ways of
understanding the past.
The new urbanisation necessitates the upgrading of urban governance
and spatial planning and design. Landscape Architecture Frontiers
accentuates the intelligence on urban growth and physical
construction for years. In this issue, LA Frontiers focuses on the
topics about urban governance and spatial quality improvement under
the promotion of inventory planning and governance refinement,
including: 1) Urban village (micro-) renewals, waterfront
revitalisation, and industrial, cultural, and historical heritage
regeneration; 2) Public participation, community engagement, and
other polycentric urban governance modes and inclusive design
approaches; 3) The resilience of urban planning and design against
sudden disasters and public health emergencies and crises; 4)
Diagnoses on the working systems/mechanisms that support the
upgrades of urban governance and public space construction, through
lenses of Economic Sociology. By gathering cutting edge research
with international outlooks and presenting latest practice examples
among China and abroad, LA Frontiers might offer a new prospective
that helps professionals interpret associated governance and
planning policies, inform practitioners the goals and roadmaps of
public empowerment, navigate planners and designers with flexible
implementation and management guidelines, to eventually improve the
spatial quality of public places, as well as the overall benefits
in society, ecology, and economy.
The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population
of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the
Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England
to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria, and from the
Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire
of force - employing a mixture of violence, suppression, order, and
tactical use of power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture.
This Very Short Introduction covers the history of the Empire from
Augustus (the first Emperor) to Marcus Aurelius, describing how the
empire was formed, how it was run, its religions and its social
structure. It examines how local cultures were "romanised" and how
people in far away lands came to believe in the emperor as a god.
The book also examines how the Roman Empire has been considered and
depicted in more recent times, from the writings of Edward Gibbon,
to the differing attitudes of the Victorians and recent Hollywood
blockbuster films. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions
series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in
almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect
way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors
combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to
make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1804 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1803 Edition.
This raw and unwavering, yet accessable novel concentrates on
Wellington, a desert storm veteran turned homeless alcoholic
panhandler and his journey to Key West for his annual vacation. His
travels from New York City to Key West force him to deal with
religious zealots, masturbating truck drivers, gun toting
hillbillies, drunken colleges kids and even one or two kinder
souls. A there and back again of the lowest class. Life is in the
details, whatever details a drunk can remember. When his friends,
family and the world around him began to pass him by, Wellington
decided to become a bum. The bulk of his military pension went to
his wife and son, whom he hasn't seen since his decision. The rest
is saved for his "vacation from being a bum," as he likes to say.
The people that he meets along the way and his reactions to the
situations his alcohol induced torpor put him in tell the tale of
this conflicted man's life. Will he break free from the shackles of
his own stunted philosophies or continue to his death?
Title: A Full and Circumstantial Account of the Memorable Battle of
Waterloo: the second restoration of Louis XVIII; and the
deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the island of St. Helena and
every recent particular relative to his conduct and mode of life in
his exile. Together with an interesting account of the affairs of
France, and biographical sketches of the most distinguished
Waterloo heroes. Embellished with engravings.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied
collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view
of the world. Topics include health, education, economics,
agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and
industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++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 insure edition identification: ++++
British Library Kelly, Christopher; 1817, 1816, 17] 509 p.; 4 .
9074.dd.1.
Title: A new and complete System of Universal Geography: or an
authentic history of the whole world ... Illustrated by ... a new
set of accurate maps, forming a ... complete atlas.Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the
world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items
in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,
sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection
includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft.
Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural
world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies
of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are
regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism,
topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and
significant tracts of North America. ++++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 insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Kelly, Christopher; 1814-17. 2 vol.; (4 ); 28 cm. 10003.d.11.
And The Deportation Of Napoleon Buonaparte To The Island St.
Helena. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of
the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original
text.
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