4578 results for '"Davies, Peter'

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violenceEvery year,...

Renaissance Sense of the Past (Documents of Modern History)

This is a full-length account of MacIntyre's work for the social sciences. His work is shown to provide the resources for a powerful critique of liberalism and as the inspiration for a critical...

This classic biography was first published thirty years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching.

Integrates valid insights of both science and philosophy to examine the mysterious origin of ethics in human nature, arguing that biology alone cannot account for our behavior patterns or altruistic...

In the autumn of 1944, Belgium was liberated at lightning speed. Yet Allied troops continued to dominate much of Belgian society until late 1945. The author's revisionist account reveals that during...

The compelling story of the military campaign that changed how we think about warResponding to the enemy's innovation in war presents problems to soldiers and societies of all times. This book traces...

"An introduction to the life and work of the philosopher Jacques Derrida"--

How does contemporary art best respond to social crisis? Through reflection on its own crisis of formCriticism of contemporary art is split by an opposition between activism and the critical function...

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Literary Studies, German Studies

The Encyclopedia of the Modern World delves into the period from 1750 to the present, providing special attention to social, economic, cultural and political topics applicable to the time.The breadth...