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Cambridge University Press Leibniz Political Writings Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Political Innovation and Conceptual Change 11 Ideas in Context Series Number 11
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Cambridge University Press Pufendorf On Duty of Man Citizen On the Duty of Man and Citizen According to Natural Law Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
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Cambridge University Press Diderot
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Cambridge University Press A History of the University in Europe Volume 3 Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 18001945
Book SynopsisThis 2004 book tells the success story of the modern research university in Europe and its expansion to other continents. By focusing on the freedom of scientific research, teaching and study, the medieval university structure was modernised and enabled discoveries to become a professional, bureaucratically-regulated activity of the university.Trade Review'This volume can be read with profit by anyone interested in the development of higher education.' The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsForeword Walter Rüegg; Part I. Themes and Patterns: 1. Themes Walter Rüegg; 2. Patterns Christopher Charle; Part II. Structures: 3. Relations with authority Paul Gerbod; 4. Resources and management Paul Gerbod; 5. Teachers Matti Klinge; 6. The diffusion of European models outside Europe Edward Shils and John Roberts; Part III. Students: 7. Admission Fritz Ringer; 8. Student movements Lieve Gevers and Louis Vos; 9. Graduation and careers Konrad H. Jarausch; Part IV. Learning: 10. Theology and the arts Walter Rüegg; 11. History and the social sciences Asa Briggs; 12. The mathematical and the exact sciences Paul Blockstaele; 13. Biological and geosciences Anto Leikola; 14. Medicine Antonie M. Luyendijk-Elshout; 15. Technology Anna Guagnini; Epilogue: universities and war in the twentieth century Notker Hammerstein.
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Cambridge University Press Milton Political Writings Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Paperback C February 21 1991
Book SynopsisFrancisco Vitoria was the earliest and arguably the most important of the Thomist political philosophers of the Counter-Reformation. Not only did he write important essays on civil and ecclesiastical power, but he became celebrated for his defence of the new world Indians against the imperialism of his own master, the King of Spain. Vitoria's political works are thus of great importance for an understanding both of the rise of modern absolutism, and the debate about the emergent imperialism of the European powers. His works are also unusually accessible, since they survive mainly in the form of 'relectiones', or summaries delivered at the end of his lecture courses on law and theology at the University of Salamanca. Translated here into English for the first time, these texts comprise the core of Vitoria's thought, and will be of interest to specialists in political theory and the history of ideas, ecclesiastical history, and the history of early modern Spain. A comprehensive introductTable of ContentsEditors' note; Abbreviations and sigla; Introduction; Principal events in Vitoria's life; Bibliographical note; Critical note on texts and translation; 1. On civil power; 2. On the power of the Church; 3. On the power of the Church; 4. On law: lectures on ST I-II 90-105; 5. On dietary laws, self-restraint (extract); 6. On the American Indians; 7. On the law of war; List of references; Biographical notes; Glossary-index.
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Cambridge University Press PreRevolutionary Writings
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Cambridge University Press Bossuet Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture
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Cambridge University Press Diderot
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a selection of the political writings of one of the most significant figures of the French enlightenment.Trade Review'As there is no collection of Diderot's political writings available in English translation, this volume fills an obvious gap and will, one hopes, encourage further study of Diderot's contribution to political theory … These texts are prefaced by an elegant introduction, and accompanied by a chronology, a useful guide to further reading and an ample index.' French HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Bibliography; Articles from the Encyclopedie; Supplement to Bougainville's 'Voyage' Observations on the Nakaz; Extracts from the Histoire des Deux Indes; Index.
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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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