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Herrnhut: The Formation of a Moravian Community, 1722–1732 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Examines the origins of the Herrnhut religious community and describes its development in the context of German Pietism in the early eighteenth century.
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And Mankind Created the Gods: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A graphic novel adaptation of Pascal Boyer’s writings that examine religion through the lenses of cognitive science, anthropology, psychology, and evolutionary biology.
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All Men and Both Sexes: Gender, Politics, and the False Universal in England, 1640–1832 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
An exploration of such universal terms as "people", "man" or "human" in early modern England, from the Civil War through the Enlightenment. Such language falsely implies inclusion of both men and women when actually it excludes women.
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Comrades and Commissars: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Cecil D. Eby pushes beyond the bias that has dominated study of the Lincoln Battalion and gets to the very heart of the American... Læs mere
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Creating a Democratic Public: The Struggle for Urban Participatory Democracy During the Progressive Era (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Beginning with an analysis of the work of early activists and the social centres movement in the... Læs mere
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Embodiment and Agency (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A collection of essays in feminist philosophy. Contributors theorize how we act through differently acculturated bodies in a variety of interpersonal and political contexts. Addresses recent feminist challenges to bring the body more fully and positively into theory.
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Feminist Interpretations of David Hume (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
These essay cover a wide diversity of subjects in Hume's work. This includes his theory of knowledge; his conception of human inquiry and the human mind; his views on our knowledge of the external world and the future; and his treatments of the passions, emotions and virtue.
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Frail Happiness: An Essay on Rousseau (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Rousseau is often said to have "discovered and invented our modernity", and the author's interpretation centres on the question of what sort of life we can live in modern times.
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Homeland Mythology: Biblical Narratives in American Culture (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Collins shows that biblical narratives have inspired a multitude of nationalist narratives, myths ingeniously spun out to justify a number of... Læs mere
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The Human Embrace: The Love of Philosophy and the Philosophy of Love- Kierkegaard, Cavell, Nussbaum (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A philosophical examination of the challenge all humans face in "embracing" their humanity despite the... Læs mere
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Pennsylvania in Public Memory: Reclaiming the Industrial Past (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Looks at sites and events in Pennsylvania to explore the emergence of heritage culture about industry and its loss in America. Traces the... Læs mere
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Public Piers Plowman: Modern Scholarship and Late Medieval English Culture (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This title returns the 14th-century poem "Piers Plowman" to late medieval English culture by treating it as a public rather than... Læs mere
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