Hegel’s 1807 Phenomenology of Spirit is renowned for being one of the most challenging and important books in Western philosophy. Above all, it is... Læs mere
Aristotle, a student of Plato, wrote Nicomachean Ethics in 350 BCE, in a time of extraordinary intellectual development. Over two... Læs mere
Hannah Arendt’s 1958 The Human Condition was an impassioned philosophical reconsideration of the goals of being human. In its arguments about the kind... Læs mere
Wollstonecraft’s 1792 work sets out all the chief principles of feminist thought developed... Læs mere
Butler’s 1990 work shook the foundations of feminist theory and changed the conversation about gender. While many thinkers already accepted that “gender”... Læs mere
Few works of scholarship have so comprehensively recast an existing debate as Chinua Achebe’s essay on Joseph... Læs mere
In His book Gender and the Politics of History (1998), Scott draws attention to the fact that despite gender equality’s long-term recognition there has been no genuinely revolutionary change unlike economic, social, and class inequalities.
The story of the crusades has been told and retold in Western histories—but invariable from Western perspectives. Carole Hillenbrand’s fresh interpretation drew on Islamic sources that describe the crusades from a Muslim point of view.
Christopher Hill turned thinking about the English Civil Wars (1642–51) on its head with The World Turned Upside Down.
What is the past and what can we really know about it? Relying on his groundbreaking technique championing ‘problem-based... Læs mere
Before Bailyn’s 1967 work, it was generally accepted that the American Revolution was driven by social conflict between settlers and the British government and class conflict in American society.
Our Ecological Footprint presents a powerful model for measuring humanity’s impact on the Earth to reduce the harm we are causing the planet before it’s too late.