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Sôphrosunê, the canonical Greek virtue perhaps best reflected in the English term “self-discipline,” is little remembered today, but during the generations around Socrates it was the object of significant debate--about its scope, its feel, its practical manifestations, and its value… Meer
The Politics of German Idealism reconstructs the political philosophies of Kant, Fichte and Hegel against the background of their social-historical context. It aims to connect their abstract doctrines to particular social changes taking place at the time, and to profile each of their views against… Meer
This book explores historical changes in the words and concepts we use to describe morally significant experiences and events. Focusing on cases like the invention of the term “genocide” in 1942 and the development of the concept of “sexual harassment” in 1975, Moral Articulation offers a… Meer
New research in philosophy and neighboring disciplines has moved beyond cataloguing and characterising forms of oppression to highlighting the practices of resistance that marginalized and oppressed groups engage in… Meer
A timely and fascinating look at massive historical change across two millennia, from the Christianization of the Roman Empire to today's new economy. Disruption examines how fringe intellectual movements can change powerful institutions, and why those institutions are vulnerable to big changes. Meer
Visual Arts and Human Flourishing brings together thoughtful and innovative thinkers from various visual arts fields such as art history, architecture, public art, and museums, to examine visual arts' relationship to flourishing, well-being, and happiness from the ancient world to the present day… Meer
Forgiveness is at one and the same time a very ordinary and quite challenging moral phenomenon. This volume brings a diverse set of academic concerns to bear on forgiveness, including neuroscience, research on both victims and perpetrators, legal anthropology, holistic measures of health, theology… Meer
Worker Centered is a close-to-the-ground, ethnographic narrative of a workplace organizing campaign at a company whose workforce was primarily low wage and immigrant. The book details the overall strategy of the campaign and its ultimate failure to win its core demands… Meer
This book explores how liberal democratic elites' perceptions of personalist adversaries--dictators--make democracies more likely to opt for military solutions than other regime types. Madison V. Schramm argues that when conflicts of interest between liberal democracies and personalist regimes… Meer
Adlam reconceptualizes the quantum measurement problem as a problem of epistemology, and in doing so presents a novel perspective on the issue, offering a new approach to finding valid solutions. Meer
She's much more than a showgirl. Taylor Swift has long been celebrated as a masterful storyteller, but her songwriting is also full of deep philosophical reflection. Hidden beneath the gleaming surfaces of cliffside pools and the shattered edges of mirror balls are philosophical insights for the… Meer
From the Best to the Rest explores the role of idealistic political models in understanding real-world politics. David Wiens argues against using these models as guides for what we should do but shows how we can still use them to sharpen our explanations of how politics works and how to make things… Meer
In an age of relentless competition, self-branding, and growing social isolation, we face a pressing question: how can we stop seeing only ourselves and start seeing others? How can we build genuine relationships and communities without losing our sense of self?… Meer
House of Mirrors defends a radical and counterintuitive theory of consciousness. It argues that a certain form of consciousness, called phenomenal consciousness, which seems particularly mysterious and which fascinates philosophers and cognitive scientists, does not really exist… Meer
This book looks at Antarctic politics as a source of inspiration for the environmental governance of other places on earth that are confronted by similar challenges, especially climate change. It argues that the Antarctic Treaty created a model focused on “Joint Guardianship” and on protection… Meer
This book examines the entire range of sacred literature produced between the sixteenth- and nineteenth century to give a comprehensive account of Sikhism. Dealing with the historical evolution of the Sikh tradition, it discuss issues like self-image, identity, and ideology. Meer
Drawn on love, compassion and forgiveness, nonviolence is an inspirational value to humanity. From the historic movements led by Gandhi and then Martin Luther King Jr, to the recent Arab Spring in Egypt as also the impact of Anna Hazare's call for anti-corruption struggle further confirm the… Meer
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the various aspects of Sri Aurobindo's work as a poet, literary critic, political leader, social reformer, philosopher, and spiritual thinker. Bringing together essays by scholars across disciplines, it situates and evaluates his work and contribution… Meer
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