Tipo de Livro
-Autor
-Editora
-Ano de Publicação
-Cidade
+Sebos e Livreiros
+Preço
+Promoções
+Categoria
+Idioma
+Avaliação
+Compra Corporativa
+Exibindo: 89 - 132 de 2.411 resultados
The Possibility of Altruism
<p>Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which altruism is included among the basic rational requirements on desire and action.</p>
1979
The Translation Zone
<p>Translation, before 9/11, was deemed primarily an instrument of international relations, business, education, and culture. Today it seems, more than ever, a matter of war and peace. In <i>The Translation Zone</i>, Emily Apter argues that the field of translation studies, habitually confined to a framework of linguistic fidelity to an original, is ripe for expansion as the basis for a new compar...
2005
The Wine Revolution in France
<p>During the past eight decades French vineyards, wineries, and wine marketing efforts have undergone such profound changes--from technological, scientific, economic, and commercial standpoints--that the transformation is revolutionary for an industry dating back thousands of years. Here Leo Loubre examines how the modernization of Western society has brought about new conditions in well-establis...
2014
Tokutomi Soho, 1863-1957
<p>Tokutomi Soho was one of modern Japan's most prolific, most popular, and most influential journalists and social critics. Through a comprehensive and balanced biography of this important public figure, John Pierson examines the interaction of a man and his time.<br><br>Originally published in 1980.<br><br>The <b>Princeton Legacy Library</b> uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again ma...
2014
Veto Players
<p>Political scientists have long classified systems of government as parliamentary or presidential, two-party or multiparty, and so on. But such distinctions often fail to provide useful insights. For example, how are we to compare the United States, a presidential bicameral regime with two weak parties, to Denmark, a parliamentary unicameral regime with many strong parties? <i>Veto Players</i> a...
2002
W. V. Quine
<p>The most influential philosopher in the analytic tradition of his time, Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) changed the way we think about language and its relation to the world. His rejection of the analytic/synthetic distinction, his scepticism about modal logic and essentialism, his celebrated theme of the indeterminacy of translation, and his advocacy of naturalism have challenged key assum...
2002
A Virtue for Courageous Minds
<p>Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is one of the most understudied concepts in political theory. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions,<i> A Virtue for Courageous Minds</i> examines moderation in modern French politica...
2016
Book of Idols
<p>Here, in the translation and edition of Nabih A. Faris of the American University at Beirut, is the text of the unique Arabic source on the idols and worship of pagan Arabia. The influence of pagan Arabia on the development of Islam is increasingly recognized by modern scholars, and this is an important key to its understanding. <i>Princeton Oriental Studies, No. 14</i>.<br><br>Originally publi...
2015
Chance and Chaos
<p>How do scientists look at chance, or randomness, and chaos in physical systems? In answering this question for a general audience, Ruelle writes in the best French tradition: he has produced an authoritative and elegant book--a model of clarity, succinctness, and a humor bordering at times on the sardonic.</p>
1993
Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan
<p>The description for this book, Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan, will be forthcoming.</p>
1988
T.S. Eliot's Dramatic Theory and Practice
<p>Although there have been innumerable studies of T. S. Eliot, this is the first to examine closely the changes in his dramatic practice and to relate them to his artistic and intellectual development. Professor Smith finds Eliot's dramatic theory rooted in his conception of the need for order in religion and art; she traces this concept as it evolved from the overtly religious <i>The Rock</i> an...
2015
The Form of Greek Romance
<p>In the early Roman Empire a new literary genre began to flourish, mainly in the Greek world: prose fiction, or romance. Broadly defined as a love story that offers adventure and a romantic vision of life, this form of literature emerged long after the other genres and, until recently, seemed hardly worthy of critical attention. Here B. P. Reardon addresses the growing interest in ancient fictio...
2014
Machiavelli's Ethics
<p><i>Machiavelli's Ethics</i> challenges the most entrenched understandings of Machiavelli, arguing that he was a moral and political philosopher who consistently favored the rule of law over that of men, that he had a coherent theory of justice, and that he did not defend the "Machiavellian" maxim that the ends justify the means. By carefully reconstructing the principled foundations of his poli...
2009
Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens
<p>This book asks an important question often ignored by ancient historians and political scientists alike: Why did Athenian democracy work as well and for as long as it did? Josiah Ober seeks the answer by analyzing the sociology of Athenian politics and the nature of communication between elite and nonelite citizens. After a preliminary survey of the development of the Athenian "constitution," h...
1991
Patent Failure
<p>In recent years, business leaders, policymakers, and inventors have complained to the media and to Congress that today's patent system stifles innovation instead of fostering it. But like the infamous patent on the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, much of the cited evidence about the patent system is pure anecdote--making realistic policy formation difficult. Is the patent system fundamentally...
2009
Principles of Economic Sociology
<p>The last fifteen years have witnessed an explosion in the popularity, creativity, and productiveness of economic sociology, an approach that traces its roots back to Max Weber. This important new text offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of economic sociology. It also advances the field theoretically by highlighting, in one analysis, the crucial economic roles of both interests and so...
2007
Reference and Description
<p>In this book, Scott Soames defends the revolution in philosophy led by Saul Kripke, Hilary Putnam, and David Kaplan against attack from those wishing to revive descriptivism in the philosophy of language, internalism in the philosophy of mind, and conceptualism in the foundations of modality. Soames explains how, in the last twenty-five years, this attack on the anti-descriptivist revolution ha...
2007
Soul Dust
<p><b>A radically new view of the nature and purpose of consciousness</b><br><br>How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In <i>Soul Dust</i>, the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a magical-mystery show that we sta...
2012
Terror in Chechnya
<p><b>A riveting history of Russia's crimes in Chechnya</b><br><br><i>Terror in Chechnya</i> is the definitive account of Russian war crimes in Chechnya. Emma Gilligan provides a comprehensive history of the second Chechen conflict of 1999 to 2005, revealing one of the most appalling human rights catastrophes of the modern era-one that has yet to be fully acknowledged by the international communit...
2013
The Calculi of Lambda-Conversion (AM-6), Volume 6
<p><b>The classic book that inspired Alan Turing and helped to lay the foundation for theoretical computer science</b><br><br>This book provides a concise introduction to the calculi of lambda-conversion first discovered by Alonzo Church and developed by him in collaboration with his students, S. C. Kleene and J. B. Rosser. The first four chapters present the calculus of lambda-conversion in detai...
1985
To See with a Better Eye
<p>René Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1826) is best known for his invention of the stethoscope, one of medicine's most powerful symbols. Histories, novels, and films have cloaked his life in hagiography and legend. Jacalyn Duffin's fascinating new biography relies on a vastly expanded foundation of primary source material, including thousands of pages of handwritten patient records, lecture no...
2014
Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud
<p><i>Tradition and the Formation of the Talmud</i> offers a new perspective on perhaps the most important religious text of the Jewish tradition. It is widely recognized that the creators of the Talmud innovatively interpreted and changed the older traditions on which they drew. Nevertheless, it has been assumed that the ancient rabbis were committed to maintaining continuity with the past. Mouli...
2016
The Language of History in the Renaissance
<p>At any time, basic assumptions about language have a direct effect on the writing of history. The structure of language is related to the structure of knowledge and thus to the definition of historical reality, while linguistic competence gives insights into the relation of ideas and action.<br><br>Within the framework of these ideas, and drawing on recent work in linguistic theory, including t...
2015
Birth of the Symbol
<p>Nearly all of us have studied poetry and been taught to look for the symbolic as well as literal meaning of the text. Is this the way the ancients saw poetry? In <i>Birth of the Symbol</i>, Peter Struck explores the ancient Greek literary critics and theorists who invented the idea of the poetic "symbol."<br><br><br> The book notes that Aristotle and his followers did not discuss the use of poe...
2014
Coming of the French Revolution (Paper)
The description for this book, The Coming of the French Revolution, will be forthcoming.
1992
1 usado
R$ 20,00