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Cambridge University Press Contesting Cultural Authority
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of EighteenthCentury Political Thought The Cambridge History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Religion and TwentiethCentury American Intellectual Life
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Cambridge University Press WORLDS APART THE MARKET AND THE THEATER IN ANGLOAMERICAN THOUGHT 1550 1750 BY Agnew JeanChristopheAuthorPaperback on 10 1988
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Cambridge University Press On Liberty with The Subjection of Women and Chapters on Socialism Edited by S Collini Cambridge Text in the Hist of Political Thought CUP 1991
Book SynopsisOn Liberty has become known as the most powerful defence of the freedom of the individual. The Subjection of Women is an indictment of the social and economic position of women. This edition, first published in 1989, brings together these classic texts.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chronology; Bibliographical notes; Acknowledgements and note on the texts; Biographical synopses; On Liberty; The Subjection of Women; Chapters on Socialism; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Taming of Chance 17 Ideas in Context Series Number 17
Book SynopsisIn this important study Ian Hacking continues the enquiry into the origins and development of certain characteristic modes of contemporary thought undertaken in such previous works as the best-selling The Emergence of Probability. Professor Hacking shows how by the late-nineteenth century it became possible to think of statistical patterns as explanatory in themselves, and to regard the world as not necessarily deterministic in character. In the same period the idea of human nature was displaced by a model of normal people with laws of dispersion. These two parallel transformations fed into each other, so that chance made the world seem less capricious: it was legitimated because it brought order out of chaos. Combining detailed scientific historical research with characteristic philosophic breadth and verve, The Taming of Chance brings out the relations between philosophy, the physical sciences, mathematics and the development of social institutions, and provides a unique and authoritTrade Review"Hacking has an uncanny instinct for honing in upon some critical and novel feature of the past and showing how seemingly disparate facts fall into place once we grant him his central category. He does not pretend to make a complete survey of his topic. Again like an archaelogist, he respects the fragmentary record as one of the limitations of the trade. But what he digs up and deciphers never fails to engage and illuminate." Science"My summary hardly does justice to the richness of Hacking's ideas or his many asides, like the striking comparison of Peirce and Friedrich Nietzsche....Hacking's meticulous scholarship, his comprehension of various areas of learning, and his commitment to linear exposition seem to me to exceed Foucault's." Bruce Kuklick, American Historical Review"The Taming of Chance contains a wealth of information and is very pleasant reading. The various pursuits that impinge on the taming of chance and the development of statistical law are overwhelming. I recommend this book strongly to anyone interested in the development of statistical thought." Peter Guttorp, Journal of the American Statistical AssociationTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. The argument; 2. The doctrine of necessity; 3. Public amateurs, secret bureaucrats; 4. Bureaux; 5. The sweet despotism of reason; 6. The quantum of sickness; 7. The granary of science; 8. Suicide is a kind of madness; 9. The experimental basis of the philosophy of legislation; 10. Facts without authenticity, without detail, without control, and without value; 11. By what majority?; 12. The law of large numbers; 13. Regimental chests; 14. Society prepares the crimes; 15. The astronomical conception of society; 16. The mineralogical conception of society; 17. The most ancient nobility; 18. Cassirer's thesis; 19. The normal state; 20. As real as cosmic forces; 21. The autonomy of statistical law; 22. A chapter from Prussian statistics; 23. A universe of chance; Notes; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Moses Hess The Holy History of Mankind and Other Writings Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Political Thought in Europe 1250 1450
Book SynopsisThis book provides students of both medieval history and political thought with an accessible and lucid introduction to the early development of certain ideas fundamental to the organisation of the modern world and contains a full bibliography to assist students wishing to pursue the subject in greater depth.Trade Review"Not only does Political Thought in Europe, 1250-1450 fill an important gap, but it does so with grace, clarity and vision." Cary J. Nederman, The Review of Politics"The two salient qualities of Political Thought in Europe, 1250-1450 are, first, that it is the product of rethinking, as opposed to being one more restatement of received knowledge, and, second, that it is free of any pet interpretations. Antony Black has no place for ascending and descending theories of authority, as a way of categorizing different concepts of sovereignty, or for Aristotle's political doctrines as the basis of the medieval political outlook. Indeed, he recognizes that there was no single medieval outlook. He also rightly rejects such outdated stereotypes as the corporate character of medieval society." Gordon Leff, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The political community; 2. Church and state; 3. Empire and nation; 4. City-states and civic government; 5. Kingship, law and counsel; 6. Parliamentary representation; 7. The state; Select bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Vico The First New Science Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Cosmologies in the Making A Generative Approach to Cultural Variation in Inner New Guinea 64 Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Series Number 64
Book SynopsisAll culture, particularly that of non-literate traditions, is constantly being recreated, and in the process also undergoes changes. In this book, Fredrik Barth examines the changes that have taken place in the secret cosmological lore transmitted in male initiation ceremonies among the Mountain Ok of Inner New Guinea, and offers a new way of explaining how cultural change occurs. Professor Barth focuses in particular on accounting for the local variations in cosmological traditions that exist among the Ok people, who otherwise share similar material and ecological conditions, and similar languages. Rejecting existing anthropological theory as inadequate for explaining this, Professor Barth constructs a new model of the mechanisms of change, based on his close empirical observation of the processes of cultural transmission. This model emphasises the role of individual creativity in cultural reproduction and change, and maintains that cosmologies can be adequately understood only if theTrade Review"Barth provides significant theoretical insight into the nature of traditional and cultural variation. His focus on the mechanisms of communication and their effects on cultural symbols and the distribution of knowledge opens up a promising direction for future research." William H. McKellin, Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsForeword Jack Goody; Map; 1. The problem; 2. An attempt at systematic comparison: descent and ideas of conception; 3. The possible interrelations of sub-traditions: reading sequence from distribution; 4. The context for events of change; 5. The results of process - variations in connotation; 6. Secret thoughts and understandings; 7. The stepwise articulation of a vision; 8. Experience and concept formation; 9. The insights pursued by Ok thinkers; 10. General and comparative perspectives; 11. Some reflections on theory and method; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press James Mill
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Cambridge University Press Mill and Liberalism 2ed
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Cambridge University Press Knox
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Cambridge University Press Political Discourse in Early Modern Britain 24 Ideas in Context Series Number 24
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Cambridge University Press Walrasian Economics
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Cambridge University Press Revolution Economics and Religion
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Cambridge University Press The Origins of Freemasonry Scotlands Century 15901710
Book SynopsisThis is a classic account of the origins of freemasonry, a brotherhood of men bound together by secret initiatives, secret rituals and secret modes of identification with ideals of fraternity, equality, toleration and reason. Beginning in Britain, freemasonry swept across Europe in the mid-eighteenth century in astonishing fashion yet its origins are still hotly debated today. The prevailing assumption has been that it emerged in England around 1700, but David Stevenson demonstrates that the real origins of modern freemasonry lie in Scotland around 1600, when the system of lodges was created by stonemasons with rituals and secrets blending medieval mythology with Renaissance and seventeenth-century history. This fascinating work of historical detection will be essential reading for anyone interested in Renaissance and seventeenth-century history, for freemasons themselves, and for those readers captivated by the secret societies at the heart of the bestselling Da Vinci Code.Trade Review' … a work of creative scholarship flavoured by exceptional candour and gusto … makes an important contribution to the movement among historians which is rescuing pre-Union Scotland from its reputation for near-savage backwardness and showing how deep were the roots of Enlightenment in the country's culture.' London Review of BooksTable of ContentsList of plates; Preface; List of abbreviations and conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. The medieval contribution; 3. William Schaw, master of works and general warden; 4. The Sinclairs of Roslin and the masters of works; 5. The Renaissance contribution; 6. Rituals of identification and initiation; 7. Sir Robert Moray: masonry, symbolism and ethics; 8. The early Scottish lodges; 9. Early Scottish and English freemasonry; Appendix; Bibliographical note; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Bernstein
Book SynopsisA 1993 translation of Bernstein's famous and influential work. It will provide students with an accurate and unabridged edition of the classic defence of democratic socialism and the first significant critique of revolutionary Marxism from within the socialist movement.Trade Review"Its timely appearance gives students of political theory another reason to be thankful for this marvellous series of Cambridge Texts." Mark Garnett, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsEditor's notes; Introduction; Principal events in Bernstein's life; Bibliographical note; Foreword; 1. The basic tenets of Marxist socialism; 2. Marxism and the Hegelian dialectic; 3. The economic development of modern society; 4. The tasks and the opportunities of social democracy; Conclusion; The final goal and the movement.
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Cambridge University Press The Dutch Revolt
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Cambridge University Press The Return of Grand Theory in the Human Sciences Canto
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Cambridge University Press Filmer Patriarcha and Other Writings
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Cambridge University Press The Victorian Achievement of Sir Henry Maine
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Cambridge University Press More Utopia
Book SynopsisA new edition of More's Utopia, one of the classics of Renaissance humanism. It is the first to provide an accurate Latin text and facing-page English translation, and includes an introduction, textual apparatus, full commentary and guide to the critical literature.Trade Review"There is much to commend in this Latin/English edition of More's Renaissance masterwork...this edition can be recommended for undergraduate students." The Sixteenth Century Journal"There is much to commend in this Latin/English edition of More's Renaissance masterwork....this edition can be recommended for graduate students." R.J. Schoeck, The Sixteenth century JournalTable of ContentsPreface; Textual practices; Introduction; Interpretative contexts; The Latin text; Brief guide to scholarship; Utopia: text and translation; Appendix; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Loyseau
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Cambridge University Press Religion and TwentiethCentury American Intellectual Life
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Cambridge University Press The Savage Within
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Cambridge University Press The Humane Comedy
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Cambridge University Press From Politics to Reason of State The Acquisition and Transformation of the Language of Politics 12501600 22 Ideas in Context Series Number 22
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Cambridge University Press Interpretation and Meaning in the Renaissance The Case of Law 21 Ideas in Context Series Number 21
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Cambridge University Press Shaftesbury and the Culture of Politeness
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Cambridge University Press Malthus
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Cambridge University Press Islam in European Thought
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Cambridge University Press Harrington The Commonwealth of Oceana and A System of Politics Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Priestley Political Writings Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press The Origins of American Social Science
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Cambridge University Press astell
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Cambridge University Press Malthus An Essay on the Principle of Population Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of NineteenthCentury Political Thought The Cambridge History of Political Thought
Book SynopsisThis major work of academic reference provides the first comprehensive survey of political thought in Europe, North America and Asia in the century following the French Revolution. Written by a distinguished team of international scholars, this Cambridge History is the latest in a sequence of volumes firmly established as the principal reference source for the history of political thought. In a series of scholarly but accessible essays, every major theme in nineteenth-century political thought is covered, including political economy, religion, democratic radicalism, nationalism, socialism and feminism. The volume also includes studies of major figures, including Hegel, Mill, Bentham and Marx, and biographical notes on every significant thinker in the period. Of interest to students and scholars of politics and history at all levels, this volume explores seismic changes in the languages and expectations of politics accompanying political revolution, industrialisation and imperial expansTable of ContentsEditors' introduction; Part I. Political Thought after the French Revolution: 1. Counter-revolutionary thought Bee Wilson; 2. Romanticism and political thought in the early nineteenth century John Morrow; 3. On the principle of nationality John Breuilly; 4. Hegel and Hegelianism Frederick C. Beiser; 5. Historians and lawyers Donald R. Kelley; 6. Social science from the Revolution to Positivism Cheryl B. Welch; 7. Radicalism, Republicanism and Revolutionism, from the principles of '89 to the origins of modern terrorism Gregory Claeys and Christine Lattek; Part II. Modern Liberty and its Defenders: 8. From Jeremy Bentham's radical philosophy to J. S. Mill's philosophic radicalism Frederick Rosen; 9. John Stuart Mill, mid-Victorian Ross Harrison; 10. 'Woman question' and the origins of feminism Lucy Delap; 11. Constitutional Liberalism in France: from Benjamin Constant to Alexis de Tocqueville Jeremy Jennings; 12. American political thought from Jeffersonian Republicanism to Progressivism James P. Young; 13. German Liberalism in the nineteenth century Wolfgang J. Mommsen; 14. Visions of stateless society K. Steven Vincent; Part III. Modern Liberty and its Critics: 15. Aesthetics and politics Douglas Moggach; 16. Non-Marxian socialism 1815–1914 Gregory Claeys; 17. The young Hegelians, Marx and Engels Gareth Stedman Jones; Part IV. Secularity, Reform and Modernity: 18. Church and state: the problem of authority John E. Toews; 19. The politics of nature: science and religion in the age of Darwin Daniel Pick; 20. Conservative political thought from the revolutions of 1848 until the fin de siècle Lawrence Goldman; 21. Modern liberty redefined James Thompson; 22. Political economy Emma Rothschild; 23. German socialism and social democracy 1860–1900 Vernon L. Lidtke; 24. Russian political thought of the nineteenth century Andrezj Walicki; 25. European political thought and the wider world during the nineteenth century Christopher Bayly; 26. Empire and imperialism Duncan Bell; Epilogue: French Revolution to fin de siècle: political thought in retrospect and prospect, 1800 to 1914 Jose F. Harris.
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Cambridge University Press An Approach to Political Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Utopias of the British Enlightenment
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Cambridge University Press Defining Science William Whewell Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain 27 Ideas in Context Series Number 27
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Cambridge University Press Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists
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Cambridge University Press Hobbes On the Citizen Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Andrew Fletcher
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Cambridge University Press Sir John Fortescue
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Cambridge University Press An Approach to Political Philosophy Locke in Contexts 25 Ideas in Context
Book SynopsisAn Approach to Political Philosophy: Locke in Context brings together Professor Tully's most important and innovative statements on Locke in a systematic treatment of the latter's thought that is at once contextual and critical. Each essay has been rewritten and expanded for this volume, and each seeks to understand a theme of Locke's political philosophy by interpreting it in light of the complex contexts of early modern European political thought and practice. These historical studies are then used in a variety of ways to gain critical perspectives on the assumptions underlying current debates in political philosophy and the history of political thought. The themes treated include government, toleration, discipline, property, aboriginal rights, individualism, power, labour, self-ownership, community, progress, liberty, participation, and revolution.Trade Review'James Tully's analysis is scholarly in its historical detail, imaginative in its search for meaning, provocatively ambitious in its scope and thoroughly engaging at all levels.' Alsitais Edwards, Journal of Political StudiesTable of ContentsPart I. A Philosophy of Limited Government: 1. An introduction to Locke's political philosophy; Part II. Property Disputes: 2. After the Macpherson thesis; 3. The framework of natural rights in Locke's analysis of property; 4. Differences in the interpretation of Locke on property; 5. Rediscovering America: the two treatises and aboriginal rights; Part III. Governing Subjects: 6. Governing conduct: Locke on the reform of thought and behaviour; 7. Rights in abilities; 8. Progress and scepticism; Part IV. Freedom and Revolution: 9. Liberty and natural law; 10. Political freedom.
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Cambridge University Press Hobhouse Liberalism Othr Writngs Liberalism and Other Writings Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Voltaire Political Writings Cambridge Texts in
Book SynopsisThis edition of Voltaire's political writings presents a varied selection of his most interesting and controversial texts, many of which have not previously been translated into English. They range over the nature and legitimacy of political power, law and the social order, crime and punishment, liberty and humanity, war and peace, and the growing disorder in the French economy. They also touch on specific issues and events in pre-Revolutionary France to which Voltaire responded and in which he was closely involved, including the Seven Years' War and relations with Frederick II, the Genevan quarrels of the 1760s, and the sensational trials of Jean Calas, Sirven and the Chevalier de La Barre. A comprehensive introduction explores the background to these texts, which together reflect the full range of Voltaire's responses to the most significant issues of his time.Table of ContentsList of abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; Bibliographical note; Select bibliography; Biographical note; Editorial note; Note on translation; Articles from the Pocket Philosophical Dictionary; Articles from the Questions on the Encyclopaedia; The A B C, or Dialogues between A B C, translated from the English by Mr Huet; Other writings: Republican ideas. By a member of a public body; Thoughts on public administration; The rights of men and the usurpations of others; Commentary on the book On Crimes and Punishments; Dialogue between a philosopher and a comptroller-general of finance; Index.
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