Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert ist ein Werk von außergewöhnlichem Ehrgeiz, von großer Originalität und von beeindruckendem Rigorismus. Es lenkt unser ganzes Verständnis von Ökonomie in neue Bahnen...
Mr. Danto argues that recent developments in the artworld, in particular the production of works of art that cannot be told from ordinary things, make urgent the need for a new theory of art and...
"Every line we succeed in publishing today...is a victory wrested from the powers of darkness." So wrote Walter Benjamin in January 1940. Not long afterward, he himself would fall prey to...
A look inside the minds of young children shows how we can better nurture their abilities to think and grow.Adults easily recognize children's imagination at work as they play. Yet most of us...
This volume explores the relationship between culture and the military in Chinese society from early China to the Qing empire, with contributions aby eminent scholars aiming to reexamine the...
On January 30, 1933, hearing about the celebrations for Hitler's assumption of power, Erich Ebermayer remarked bitterly in his diary, 'We are the losers, definitely the losers'....
Works in this volume recount the circumstances of Socrates' trial and execution in 399 BC. Euthyphro attempts to define holiness; Apology is Socrates' defense speech; in Crito he discusses...
In This Dialogue Between A Famous Atheist And A Former Radical, Sam Harris And Maajid Nawaz Invite You To Join An Urgently Needed Conversation: Is Islam A Religion Of Peace Or War? Is It Amenable...
From the temptation of Eve to the venomous murder of the mighty Thor, the serpent appears throughout time and cultures as a figure of mischief and misery. The worldwide prominence of snakes in...
In this book, we accompany Umberto Eco as he explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. Using examples ranging from fairy tales and Flaubert, Poe and Mickey Spillane, Eco draws us in...
Thucydides of Athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 BCE. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of Pericles. In 430, the second year of the...
Thucydides of Athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 BCE. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of Pericles. In 430, the second year of the...
Cornelius Nepos was born in Cisalpine Gaul but lived in Rome and was a friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Catullus. Most of his writings, which included poems, moral examples from history, a...
Lucian (ca. 120190 CE), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful travelling lecturer, before...
Sophocles (497/6406 BCE), with Aeschylus and Euripides, was one of the three great tragic poets of Athens, and is considered one of the world's greatest poets. The subjects of his plays were...
Drawing on a dozen years of research among managers, officers and politicians in the public realm and the private sector, among the non-profits, and in teaching, Heifetz presents clear, concrete...
Knowledge of wild chimpanzees has expanded dramatically. This volume, edited żeby Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to...
In a new approach to philosophical anthropology, Bruno Latour offers answers to questions raised in We Have Never Been Modern: If not modern, what have we been, and what values should we...
Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon's Birds of America, published in...
These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function. This book, opening with these words,...
Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered aby controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This...
What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on the legendary Harvard course that...
A study of the mechanics, practice, and application of negotiation explains the processes of negotiation and offers practical instruction in developing and improving negotiation skills.