The Great War in history

debates and controversies, 1914 to the present

Since the Armistice, a vast literature has been produced on the First World War and its repercussions. For the first time, two leading historians from the United States and France have produced a fully comparative analysis of the ways in which this history has been ...

Epicurus on freedom

In this book, Tim O'Keefe reconstructs the theory of freedom of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-271/0 BCE). Epicurus' theory has attracted much interest, but our attempts to understand it have been hampered by reading it anachronistically as the discovery of the modern ...

God and ethics of belief

new essays in philosophy of religion

Philosophy of religion in the Anglo- American tradition experienced a 'rebirth' following the 1955 publication of New Essays in Philosophical Theology (eds. Antony Flew and Alisdair MacIntyre). Fifty years later, this volume of New Essays offers a sampling of the best work in what is ...

Heidegger on ontotheology

technology and the politics of education

Heidegger is now widely recognized as one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the twentieth century, yet much of his later philosophy remains shrouded in confusion and controversy. Restoring Heidegger's understanding of metaphysics as 'ontotheology' to its rightful place at the center ...

Understanding and using advanced statistics

Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics is a comprehensive, practical guide for postgraduate students advising how and when to use more advanced statistical methods. Perfect for students without a mathematical background, the authors refresh important basics such as descriptive statistics and research design as well as ...

Wittgenstein's Tractatus

an introduction

Ludwig Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' is one of the most important books of the twentieth century. It influenced philosophers and artists alike and it continues to fascinate readers today. It offers rigorous arguments but clothes them in enigmatic pronouncements. Wittgenstein himself said that his book ...

Crusader art in the Holy Land, from the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre

1187-1291

This book tells the story of the Architecture and the Figural Art produced for the Crusaders after the battle of Hattin and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, during the one hundred years that Acre was the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1191-1291 ...

Seeing and being seen in the Later Medieval world

optics, theology and religious life

During the later Middle Ages people became increasingly obsessed with vision, visual analogies and the possibility of visual error. In this book Dallas Denery addresses the question of what medieval men and women thought it meant to see themselves and others in relation to the ...

Aristocracy and athletics in Archaic and Classical Greece

Athletics represented an important institution through which the Greek aristocracies sought to maintain their privileged political position. Victory had always involved the use of those in lower classes, such as charioteers, jockeys, and trainers. In the late archaic and early classical period, the relationship between ...

Reformation and the culture of persuasion

Why did people choose the Reformation? What was it in the evangelical teaching that excited, moved or persuaded them? Andrew Pettegree here tackles these questions directly by re-examining the reasons that moved millions to this decisive and traumatic break with a shared Christian past. He ...

History and geography in Late Antiquity

The period from the fifth century to the eighth century witnessed massive political, social and religious change in Europe. Geographical and historical thought, long rooted to Roman ideologies, had to adopt the new perspectives of late antiquity. In the light of expanding Christianity and the ...

Gender, politics, and allegory in the art of Rubens

Gender, Politics, and Allegory in the Art of Peter Paul Rubens examines the intertwined relationship between paintings of family and marriage, and of war, peace, and statehood by the Flemish master. Drawing extensively upon recent critical and gender theory, Lisa Rosenthal reshapes our view of ...

The Bible and empire

postcolonial explorations

At a time of renewed interest in Empire, this stimulating volume explores the complex relationship between the Bible and the colonial enterprise, and examines some overlooked aspects of this relationship. These include unconventional retellings of the gospel story of Jesus by Thomas Jefferson and Raja ...

Stalin

a new history

The figure of Joseph Stalin has always provoked heated and often polarized debate. The recent declassification of a substantial portion of Stalin's archive has made possible this fundamental new assessment of the Soviet leader. In this groundbreaking study, leading international experts challenge many assumptions ...

Obras completas

.T.IV: Servet frente a Calvino, a Roma y al luteranismo

INDICE: Sentido y forma de tres breves obras polémicas de Servet. Treinta cartas a Calvino: predicador de los ginebrinos. Sesenta signos del reino del Anticristo, y su revelación ya en la actualidad. Apología contra Felipe Melanchton y sus colegas sobre el misterio de la Trinidad ...

Filosofar desde el temple de ánimo

la "experiencia fundamental" y la teoría del "encontrarse" en Heidegger

En sus primeros textos disponibles, las lecciones universitarias de Friburgo, Heidegger habla de una ‘experiencia fundamental’ de la que hace depender la posibilidad misma de la hermenéutica de la facticidad, su primera propuesta filosófica. El libro propone un estudio de este concepto de tan relevante ...

Don Quijote en los estudios de Salamanca

Daño y mal

un problema ético actual

An introduction to the philosophy and religion of Taoism

pathways to immortality

In its rich evolution from antiquity to present times, Chinese religion has encompassed manifold religious expressions. Taoism is one facet of Chinese religion, and exemplifies particularly well the variety of beliefs and practices that humankind has adopted and experienced in the search for answers to ...

Zen buddhism

beliefs and practices

Informed by almost two decades of dialogue, research and teaching, this book refutes the mistaken premise that Zen Buddhism is more suited to people who lived all those years ago, or at least live all those miles away. Pivotal to this work is recognition that ...