History of Ideas, Intellectual History


"Politics Ancient and Modern"

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This study re-examines the nature of Greek politics and democracy, and explores the ways in which they have been perceived since the Renaissance. It shows how the nature of political life in Ancient Greece has been interpreted and re-interpreted throughout the centuries. With 0. Hardback, 224 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 479g.
Author:  Vidal-Naquet, Pierre
ISBN:  0745610803
Publisher:  Blackwell Publishers
Date:  1995  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"Vitoria"

Political Writings

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"Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought" series; Geuss, Raymond (ed.) Lawrance, J. (trans.) Francisco Vitoria work has been translated here into English. With chronology, bibliography, glossary, index. Paperback, 442 pages. Size: 217 x 138 mm. Weight: 610g.
Author:  Vitoria, Francisco De (Pagden, A.R., ed.)
ISBN:  052136714X
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  1991  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"Voltaire: Political Writings"

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"Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought" series; Presents a broad selection of Voltaire's most interesting and controversial texts. Paperback, 348 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 502g.
Author:  Voltaire (Williams, David, ed.)
ISBN:  052143727X
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  1994  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"A Natural History of Vision"

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"Bradford Book" series; This illustrated survey covers the observational era of vision, beginning with the Greek philosophers and ending with Wheatstone's description of the stereoscope at the end of the 1830s (after which vision became an experimental science). With 304 illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 478 pages. Size: 255 x 202 mm. Weight: 950g.
Author:  Wade, Nicholas
ISBN:  0262731290
Publisher:  Mit Press Ltd
Date:  2000  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"The Uncertainties of Knowledge"

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"Politics, History, & Social Change" series; Argues that the disciplinary divisions of academia have trapped us in a paradigm that assumes knowledge is a certainty and that it can help us explain the social world. This work offers a fresh conception of the social sciences, one whose methodology allows for uncertainties. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 249g.
Author:  Wallerstein, Immanuel
ISBN:  159213243X
Publisher:  Temple University Press,U.S.
Date:  2004  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"Teach Yourself Postmodernism"

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"Teach Yourself Philosophy" series; Postmodernism embodies the idea that there are no new ideas to be invented - everything is borrowed from previous times and we live in a post-modern age. This book presents an introduction to postmodernism and offers guide to this subject. It is useful for readers encountering theories of postmodernism for the first time. With b&w photographs, index. New ed. Paperback, 192 pages. Size: 199 x 129 mm. Weight: 304g.
Author:  Ward, Glenn
ISBN:  0340859709
Publisher:  Hodder Education
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"Revolution, Economics and Religion"

Christian Political Economy, 1798-1833

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Professor Waterman analyses the story of the 'intellectual repulse of revolution', and describes the ideological alliance of political economy and Christian theology after 1798. With illustrations. Hardback, 328 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 602g.
Author:  Waterman, A.M.C.
ISBN:  0521394473
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  1991  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"Ideas"

A History

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A highly ambitious and lucid history of ideas from the very earliest times to the present day. Paperback, 1152 pages. Size: 215 x 135 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author:  Watson, Peter
ISBN:  0753820897
Publisher:  Orion Publishing Co
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
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"A Terrible Beauty"

The People and Ideas That Shaped the Modern Mind - a History

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A history of the 20th century which covers all the ideas, people, great events, literary and artistic movements, scientific discoveries which have shaped the 20th century. Paperback, 854 pages. Size: 232 x 156 mm. Weight: 1259g.
Author:  Watson, Peter
ISBN:  1842124447
Publisher:  Orion Publishing Co
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Tertiary Education (Us: College) History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"Weber"

Political Writings

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"Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought" series; Speirs, Ronald (trans.) A selection of Max Weber's most important political writings. With notes, chronology, annotated bibliography. Paperback, 424 pages. Size: 217 x 139 mm. Weight: 575g.
Author:  Weber, Max (Lassman, Peter, ed.)
ISBN:  0521397197
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  1994  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World"

A Short History of Modern Delusions

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An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. New ed. Paperback, 368 pages. Size: 197 x 130 mm. Weight: 249g.
Author:  Wheen, Francis
ISBN:  0007140975
Publisher:  Harpercollins Publishers
Date:  2004  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"A Philosophy of Culture"

The Scope of Holistic Pragmatism

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Offers a reconsideration of the philosophy of culture in the twentieth century. This book defends the holistic view that scientific belief is tested by experience but that such testing is rightly applied to systems or conjunctions of beliefs, not isolated beliefs. New ed. Paperback, 216 pages. Size: 203 x 127 mm. Weight: 294g.
Author:  White, Morton
ISBN:  0691123985
Publisher:  University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date:  2005  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"A Theory of Everything"

An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality

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A concise, comprehensive overview of Wilber's revolutionary thought and its application in today's world. New ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 135 mm. Weight: 262g.
Author:  Wilber, Ken
ISBN:  0717131637
Publisher:  Gill & MacMillan Ltd
Date:  2001  (Ireland)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"The Sense of the Past"

Essays in the History of Philosophy

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A collection of essays on the history of philosophy. It covers subjects such as the sixth century BC to the twentieth AD, from Homer to Wittgenstein by way of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Collingwood, and Nietzsche. Paperback, 416 pages. Size: 235 x 155 mm. Weight: 514g.
Author:  Williams, Bernard (Burnyeat, Myles, ed.)
ISBN:  0691134081
Publisher:  University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date:  2007  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational History of Ideas, Intellectual History

"God's Funeral"

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An original and engaging analysis of the decline of religion in the nineteenth century. With 16 b&w illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 539 pages. Size: 199 x 129 mm. Weight: 452g.
Author:  Wilson, A.N.
ISBN:  0349112657
Publisher:  Little, Brown Book Group
Date:  2000  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) History of Ideas, Intellectual History

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