Jerome Bruner shows that the basic concepts of science and the humanities can be grasped intuitively at a very early age. Bruner's foundational case for the... Læs mere
Emphasizing that science can only be understood through its practice, the author examines science and technology in action: the... Læs mere
How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not do it? Why should we give such reasons priority over our... Læs mere
This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery,... Læs mere
Stories pervade our daily lives. We use them to make sense of the world. But how does this work? In Making Stories, the eminent psychologist Jerome Bruner examines... Læs mere
Berman’s masterwork narrates the interaction of evolution and revolution in the development of Western law.... Læs mere
Liberals often worry that inviting moral and religious argument into the public sphere runs the risk of intolerance and coercion. These essays respond to... Læs mere
With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this... Læs mere
New Geographies, 7 examines the forms, imprints, places, and territories of information and communication technologies (ICTs) through spatially grounded and... Læs mere
Human rights offer a vision of international justice that idealistic millions hold dear. Yet the very concept on which the movement is based became familiar only... Læs mere
In a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the war’s beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a... Læs mere
“Slow violence” from climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war occurs gradually and often... Læs mere