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Aesthetic Vision and German Romanticism Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Crosses disciplinary boundaries to explore German Romantic writing about visual experience and the interplay of text and image in Romantic epistemology. The American Enlightenment Series: Library of the History of Ideas The Animal/Human Boundary: Historical Perspectives Series: Studies in Comparative History An examination of the difficulties in fundamentally differentiating humans from all other animals. Animals in Human Histories Series: Studies in Comparative History An exploration of the various ways animals and their relations to humans have been depicted throughout the ages. Beyond Contractual Morality Beyond Contractual Morality looks at current debates over the meaning of liberalism by reexamining their roots in eighteenth-century texts, which demonstrate the historical intertwining of political, legal and moral problems in their extension of social contract theory into various realms of public and private lives. Writers such as Rousseau, Voltaire, Sade, and Montesquieu are discussed. A Companion to the Works of Stefan George Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture New, wide-ranging essays on the controversial poet, who was both a harbinger of Modernism and a critic of modernity. A Companion to the Works of Heinrich von Kleist Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture New essays on the most prominent German dramatist and short-story writer of the early 19th century. A Companion to the Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture New essays providing a comprehensive view of the pathbreaking dramatist and theorist Lessing. A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture New essays providing a in-depth view of the many facets of the great world poet's work. The Critical Reception of Emerson Series: Studies in English and American Literature and Culture A history of the most important scholarly criticism of Emerson from his time down to the present. The Decline and Fall of Virgil in Eighteenth-Century Germany Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture A look at the dismissal of Virgil by 18th-century poets, who nevertheless continued to be influenced by his works. Destined for Evil? Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy This collection of 15 essays on various aspects of the problem of evil brings together the opinions of well known authors from various disciplines (philosophy, theology, literary criticism, political science, etc.). The Diary of Samuel Rogers, 1634-1638 Series: Church of England Record Society Rogers's diary offers a direct and personal expression of the meaning of English Puritanism on the eve of the civil war. Discovering China Series: Library of the History of Ideas Studies of the reaction of European thinkers of the Enlightenment - Leibniz, Wolff, Hegel, Kant, et al -to Chinese culture and ideas. Elias Canetti's Counter-Image of Society Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Pursues the unresolved question of Canetti's place as a cultural and civilizational critic. Enlightenment Thought in the Writings of Goethe Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Shows Goethe, the most famous of German writers, as a child of the Enlightenment. Essays by Lewis White Beck A comprehensive collection of essays by the philosopher Lewis White Beck. Essays on the History of Aesthetics Series: Library of the History of Ideas Twenty-five formative essays on the history of aesthetics, originally published over the past 50 years in the Journal of the History of Ideas. Essays on Political Philosophy Series: Library of the History of Ideas Twenty-three influential essays on political philosophy,culled from the published riches of the JHIover the past half-century. Figures on the Horizon Series: Library of the History of Ideas JHI essays on Durkheim, Wittgenstein, Spengler et al and their theories on society versus the individual. Fire in the Dark Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy The eight essays in Fire in the Dark frame and probe Pascal's underlying contention that the darkling, "hidden" God of Christian revelation, though Himself a profound mystery, especially in the matter of his justice towards fallen mankind, can nonetheless be used to demystify questions that matter most to us. Goethe's Concept of the Daemonic Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture The first book to examine Goethe's writings on the daemonic in relation to both Classical philosophy and German Idealism. Heinrich von Kleist und die Aufklärung Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture A collection of essays examining the influence of Kant on Heinrich von Kleist. History and the Disciplines A collection of essays from some of the world's leading intellectual historians, representing an international spectrum of research into the history of philosophy, intellect, science and music. The History of Ideas Series: Library of the History of Ideas A History of Reasonableness: Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy A defense of the social operation of thinking, with an emphasis on. testimony and authority. A History of Western Astrology Hölderlin after the Catastrophe Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture The first book-length study of Hölderlin's postwar reception and a case study of Germanistik. David Hume and Eighteenth-Century America Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy A thorough examination of the role which David Hume's writings played upon the founders of the United States. The Intersection of Science and Literature in Musil's The Man Without Qualities Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture A fresh view of the interplay of science and literature affecting Musil's great novel. Iris Murdoch's Paradoxical Novels Series: Studies in English and American Literature and Culture The first study of the literary criticism on Murdoch's novels. James of Viterbo Edition and translation of fourteenth-century analysis of the distribution of power within the Christian community, defending the authority of the pope. Kant's Legacy Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy According to Immanuel Kant, humans are creators. The papers in this volume examine Kant's legacy by addressing issues concerning creativity in all aspects of human experience. Kantian Virtue at the Intersection of Politics and Nature Series: North American Kant Society Studies in Philosophy An examination on how virtue is acquired in Kant's ethics. Language and the History of Thought Series: Library of the History of Ideas 17 essays discussing the role of language in the history of western thought. Leibniz on Purely Extrinsic Denominations Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy An examination of the philosopher Gottfried Leibniz's views on extrinsic denominations (relational properties), which argues that they are in fact the properties of the things they denominate. Maps of Medieval Thought - paperback Mappa mundi texts and images present a panorama of the medieval world-view, c.1300; the Hereford map studied in close detail. Maps of Medieval Thought Hereford - out of print Matter and Spirit Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy This narrative shows how the contours of moral and political philosophy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were shaped by Kant's two distinct philosophical responses to the results of modern science. Music and the Occult Series: Eastman Studies in Music A study of the hitherto unexplored relationship between occult philosophy and its expression in music, in the decades surrounding the Romantic period and up to the middle of the 20th century. Nietzsche and Antiquity Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Wide-ranging essays making up the first major study of Nietzsche and the classical tradition in a quarter of a century. Friedrich Nietzsche and Weimar Classicism Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Opens up a fresh and original perspective on Nietzsche by showing the important influence of Weimar classicism on his work. Nietzsche in American Literature and Thought Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture First-ever collection of essays to examine the American reaction to Nietzsche. Nietzsche's Anthropic Circle Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy The Occult Laboratory Magic, science and second sight in 17c Scottish Higlands, with new edition of Kirk's Secret Commonwealth. On Effectiveness Series: Studies on the Nature of War How 'effectiveness', increasingly a measurement of value replacing a simple financial result, can best be judged across a wide variety of fields. Perception and Action in Medieval Europe Study of the changing nature of the perception of an action and the action itself, and how thought-processes altered radically in the middle ages. The Philosopher's Child A collection of essays examining how philosophers in the Western tradition have viewed and written about children through the ages. Philosophy and the Darwinian Legacy Has exclusion of Darwin's views on evolution distorted 20c philosophy? Cunningham suggests a reappraisal. Philosophy, Religion and Science in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Series: Library of the History of Ideas Studies reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of science, philosophy and religion in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Pilgrim City St Augustine on the human condition, justice, the State, slavery, private property and war: essential sourcebook for historians of late classical and medieval thought. Plato's Erotic Thought Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy An attempt, by a close reading of three Platonic dialogues, the Symposium, Lysis, and the Phaedrus, to discover the true nature of the object of Eros and especially to understand the mystery of its birth. The Poet as Thinker Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective Survey of reception of German poet Hölderlin in French criticism and literature, with particular attention to Heidegger and his followers. Race, Class and Gender in Nineteenth-Century Culture Series: Library of the History of Ideas 20 essays reprinted from the Journal of the History of Ideas which contribute to an understanding of how the concepts of race, class and sex were viewed in the 19th century. Race, Gender, and Rank Series: Library of the History of Ideas Essays examining transformations in perceptions of race, gender and rank from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Rationality and Happiness Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy This volume explores the relationship between rationality and happiness from ancient Greek philosophy to early Latin medieval philosophy. Religion and the Origins of the German Enlightenment Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy Analysis of the close relationship between religion and secular learning in the works of one of the central figures of the early German Enlightenment, the jurist and philosopher Christian Thomasius (1655-1728). Renaissance Essays - paperback Series: Library of the History of Ideas Renaissance Essays Series: Library of the History of Ideas Fifteen classic essays illuminate a broad cross-section of the intellectual history of the Renaissance. Renaissance Essays II Series: Library of the History of Ideas A second collection of essays on renaissance themes from JHI. Renaissance Essays II - paperback Series: Library of the History of Ideas A second collection of essays on renaissance themes from JHI. The Republic of Genius Taylor analyzes Nietzsche's thoughts on the state, culture and education. The Revivifying Word Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Reading as key to the mysterious relation between lifeless material bodies and living, animate beings in Romantic fiction and thought. Robert Boyle (1627-91): Scrupulosity and Science A re-evaluation of Boyle in the light of new evidence of his tortured religious life and his difficult relations with his contemporaries. Robert Southey and Romantic Apostasy Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series A fresh and sympathetic interpretation of Robert Southey's changing social and political ideas, shedding new light on contemporary thought. Schiller's "On Grace and Dignity" in Its Cultural Context Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture The first English scholarly edition of Schiller's pivotal essay, accompanied by the first comprehensive commentary on it. Schiller's Aesthetic Essays Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective Science and the Shape of Orthodoxy Studies of specific figures - including John Evelyn, Christopher Wren, John Flamsteed -illuminate intellectual change in 17c. Science, Religion and Politics in Restoration England Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series A new perspective on the interaction of science, religion and politics in Restoration England, based on discussion of Cumberland's De legibus naturae. The Scottish Enlightenment Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy A collection of essays dealing with the history of the Scottish Enlightenment, its connection with the European Enlightenment in general, such major figures as Francis Hutcheson, Thomas Reid, and David Hume, and the making of the Scottish identity. Selected Essays on Kant by Lewis White Beck Series: North American Kant Society Studies in Philosophy A collection of Lewis White Beck's most important essays on Immanuel Kant's philosophy. State of Nature or Eden? Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy State of Nature or Eden? Thomas Hobbes and his Contemporaries on the Natural Condition of Human Beings aims to explain how Hobbes' state of nature was understood by a contemporary readership, whose most important reference point for such a condition was the original condition of human beings at the creation, in other words in Eden. The Sublime An important work offering a viable theory for the concept of "Sublime" in philosophy. The Technological Unconscious in German Modernist Literature Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture A bold new theoretical analysis of literary modernism and its conception of and relation to nature. Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture A study of Mann's novel tetralogy of the 1930s that stresses its relationship to three key essays by Mann. Thoreau's Late Career and The Dispersion of Seeds Series: Studies in English and American Literature and Culture The first detailed study of a major but neglected work by Thoreau. Understanding Purpose Series: North American Kant Society Studies in Philosophy A collection of essays investigating key historical and scientific questions relating to the concept of natural purpose in Kant's philosophy of biology. War and Ethnicity - paperback Series: Studies on the Nature of War A valuable collection of articles, which should be widely read. DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE Studies on war and violence in Bosnia, Somalia and other regions, their effect on ethnic minorities, and the intervention of political and other agencies. War and Games Series: Studies on the Nature of War These comparative studies focus on the relationship between war and games in an effort to achieve an understanding of the phenomenon of war, in order ultimately to avoid it. The Works of Bishop Butler Series: Rochester Studies in Philosophy The complete works of Joseph Butler, newly edited, with an introduction, notes, glossary, and an analytic index. Zarathustra's Children Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture A study of the enormous influence of the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche on turn-of-the-century German literature. |
