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A new environmental ethics

the next millennium for life of Earth

No one looking ahead at the middle of the last century could have foreseen the extent and the importance of the ensuing environmental crises. Now, more than a decade into the next century, no one can ignore it. A New Environmental Ethics: the Next Millennium ...

The fifth hammer

Pythagoras and the disharmony of the world

An ancient tradition holds that Pythagoras discovered the secrets of harmony within a forge when he came across five men hammering with five hammers, producing a wondrous sound. Four of the five hammers stood in a marvelous set of proportions, harmonizing; but there was also ...

Outcast Europe

refugees and relief workers in an Era of Total War 1936-48

The period of the 'long' Second World War (1936-1948) was marked by mass movements of diverse populations: 60 million people either fled or were forced from their homes. This book considers the Spanish Republicans fleeing Franco's Spain in 1939, the French civilians trying to ...

The anthropology of Islam reader

The Anthropology of Islam Reader brings together a rich variety of ethnographic work, offering an insight into various forms of Islam as practiced in different geographic, social, and cultural contexts. Topics explored include Ramadan and the Hajj, the Feast of Sacrifice, and the representation of ...

Cultures of migration

the global nature of contemporary mobility

Around the globe, people leave their homes to better themselves, to satisfy needs, and to care for their families. They also migrate to escape undesirable conditions, ranging from a lack of economic opportunities to violent conflicts at home or in the community. Most studies of ...

Princeton readings in religion and violence

This groundbreaking anthology provides the most comprehensive overview for understanding the fascinating relationship between religion and violence - historically, culturally, and in the contemporary world. Bringing together writings from scholarly and religious traditions, it is the first volume to unite primary sources - justifications for violence from ...

Lost colony

the untold story of China's first great victory over the West

During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world's most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War - Europe's first war with China - the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga ...

New battlefields old Laws

critical debates on asymmetric warfare

An internationally-recognized authority on constitutional law, national security law, and counterterrorism, William C. Banks believes changing patterns of global conflict are forcing a reexamination of the traditional laws of war. The Hague Rules, the customary laws of war, and the post-1949 law of armed conflict ...

Europe Today

a Twenty-First Century introduction

This clearly written and comprehensive book, a true twenty-first-century enterprise, is the only work that offers a sustained and unified set of both country case studies and analysis of the European Union. The contributors, an authoritative group of Americans and Europeans, explore the new Europe--west ...

The next supreme leader

succession in the Islamic Republic of Iran

As the commander in chief and highest political authority in Iran, the current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has played a critical role in the direction of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This monograph identifies three key factors that will shape succession of the next ...

Principles of government and politics in the Middle Ages

In many respects this book, first published in 1961, marked a somewhat radical departure from contemporary historical writings. It is neither a constitutional nor a political history, but a historical definition and explanation of the main features which characterised the three kinds of government which ...

Barack Obama and the politics of redemption

Every new president raises many questions in the public mind. Because Barack Obama was a relative newcomer to the national political scene, he raised more questions than most. Would he prove to be a pragmatic centrist or would his politics of hope ultimately flounder on ...

Transforming America

Barack Obama in the White House

The presidency of Barack Obama seeks major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy. It also ...

The great humanists

an introduction

Born out of a love of language, text, classical learning, art, philosophy and philology, the Christian Humanist project lasted beyond the turmoil of sixteenth-century Europe to survive in a new form in post-Reformation thought. Jonathan Arnold here explores the finest intellects of late-Renaissance Europe, providing ...

A short history of colonialism

This readable, comprehensive history of colonialism spans from its origins in the late Middle Ages, to the current problems of the Middle East. It takes a global and comparative perspective instead of the usual national approach and provides detailed information not only on the different ...

A history of violence

Violence is so much in the news today that we may find it hard to believe that it is less prevalent than it was in the past. But this is exactly what the distinguished historian Robert Muchembled argues in this major new work on the ...

Religion and politics in international relations

the modern myth

This is a critical analysis of the modern myth of 'religion' and its distinction from 'secular politics' as it appears in recent International Relations literature. Scholars in International Relations concerned with religion and its relations to world politics are rhetorically constructing a powerful modern myth ...

Olimpismo

selección de textos

Escritos filosóficos

1. Fundamentos de la sociología según la teoría del lenguaje

Este es el primero de los cinco volúmenes de los Escritos filosóficos de Jürgen Habermas. Todos ellos recogen una selección sistemática de los textos más importantes del autor, algunos de ellos todavía inéditos, y que constituyen la base filosófica de su extensa e importante obra ...

Pensar en la transcultura

Las culturas han elaborado, durante milenios, tecnologías de la comunicación y clasificaciones del mundo que han proporcionado cohesión, sentido y expansión a modos sumisos de vida. Pero, a finales del siglo XX, se diseminan por el planeta tecnologías digitales interactivas, de raíz epistémica occidental, que ...