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The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays
This book presents a collection of linked essays written by one of the leading philosophers of biology, Kim Sterelny, on the topic of biological... Les mer
The Evolution of Agency and Other Essays
This book presents a collection of linked essays written by one of the leading philosophers of biology, Kim Sterelny, on the topic of biological... Les mer
Logic, Signs and Nature in the Renaissance
How or what were doctors in the Renaissance trained to think, and how did they interpret the evidence at their disposal for making diagnoses and... Les mer
Scientific Method in Ptolemy’s Harmonics
The science called harmonics was one of the major intellectual enterprises of Greek antiquity. Ptolemy’s treatise seeks to invest it with new... Les mer
The History of Political Thought in National Context
In this volume a distinguished international team of contributors characterises the nature of, and recent developments in, the history of political... Les mer
Community and Civil Society
Ferdinand Tönnies’ Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (first published in 1887) is a classic of social and political theory, which explores the clash... Les mer
Community and Civil Society
Ferdinand Tönnies’ Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (first published in 1887) is a classic of social and political theory, which explores the clash... Les mer
The English Constitution
Walter Bagehot’s anatomy of The English Constitution is a classic of English political writing. In this new Cambridge Texts edition it appears for... Les mer
The English Constitution
Walter Bagehot’s anatomy of The English Constitution is a classic of English political writing. In this new Cambridge Texts edition it appears for... Les mer
Political Writings
This collection brings together thirty-five letters and sermons of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo from 396 to 430 AD, that deal with political matters.... Les mer
Conrad, Language, and Narrative
In this re-evaluation of the writings of Joseph Conrad, Michael Greaney places language and narrative at the heart of his literary achievement. A... Les mer
Political Writings
Thomas Paine was arguably the single most influential political writer in the English-speaking world during the great upheavals of the American and... Les mer
Language and History in the Early Germanic World
This book offers a distinctive and accessible approach to the earliest encounters of the Germanic tribes of Northern Europe with classical antiquity... Les mer
The English Language
The English Language: A Historical Introduction covers the history of the English language from its prehistoric Indo-European origins to the present... Les mer
Lexical Phonology and the History of English
This book has two main goals: the re-establishment of a rule-based phonology as a viable alternative to current non-derivational models and the... Les mer
The Cambridge History of the English Language
This volume of the Cambridge History of the English Language covers the period 1476–1776, beginning at the time of the establishment of Caxton’s... Les mer
Greek Art
Since antiquity, the period from 480 to 323 BC in Greece has been considered to be the high point, the classical era, of Hellenic culture. In the... Les mer
Metaphors of Memory
What is memory? It is at the same time ephemeral, unreliable and essential to everything we do. Without memory we lose our sense of identity,... Les mer
An Introduction to Arabic Literature
Roger Allen provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary texts in Arabic, from their unknown beginnings in the fifth century AD to the... Les mer
An Introduction to Arabic Literature
Roger Allen provides a comprehensive introductory survey of literary texts in Arabic, from their unknown beginnings in the fifth century AD to the... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance
This Companion presents fifteen original and engaging essays by leading scholars on one of the most influential genres of Western literature.... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance
This Companion presents fifteen original and engaging essays by leading scholars on one of the most influential genres of Western literature.... Les mer
Classical Arabic Biography
Pre-modern Arabic biography has served as a major source for the history of Islamic civilization. In the first book-length study to explore the... Les mer
The Early History of Greed
The history of avarice as the deadliest vice in western Europe has been said to begin in earnest only with the rise of capitalism or, earlier, the... Les mer