Presents British architecture in a new light and questions long-held assumptions
Uses a jargon-free, thematic approach
Encourages readers to think about the relationship between British culture ... Read more
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Teaches about an extraordinary thinker who provided much of the basis of subsequent historiography
Examines Thucydides' account of the war in the context both of the international situation in th ... Read more
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Surveys Dostoevsky's major themes, anchoring them in readings of his major novels and journalism
Offers readers a new understanding of the context underlying Dostoevsky's writing and the historic ... Read more
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Explores the topic of self in an interdisciplinary way, drawing on philosophy, psychology, and sociology
Addresses questions of wide general interest as well as introducing academic approaches
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Takes a fresh look at hazardous geophysical phenomena through the prism of global heating and climate breakdown, providing a new perspective on the storms, floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruption ... Read more
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Places the field of artificial intelligence in a broad historical, economic, legal, political, and philosophical perspective
Provides context for understanding the deluge of news, announcements, ... Read more
Examines the Gulag in the context of the Soviet system
Presents a picture of the human face of suffering and survival through the stories of ordinary prisoners and exiles
Clarifies the variety ... Read more
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Provides a concise, accessible synopsis of Simone Weil's life and the major aspects of her philosophy
Characterizes Weil's ethics as an 'ethics of attention' and situates it between Kantian and c ... Read more
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Includes an expansive historical range, from ancient Greece and Rome to the revolutions of modern day
First synthesis of structural and cultural approaches to revolution studies
Explores the ro ... Read more
Provides a lively, modern account of the nature and range of ancient Greco-Roman philosophy
Focuses on the issues and debates that propelled the tradition, rather than a list of Great Thinkers
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