Troublemakers: A Philosophy of Puer Robustus (Thom Dieter)(Pevná vazba)

Troublemakers: A Philosophy of Puer Robustus (Thom Dieter)(Pevná vazba)

The political crises and upheavals of our age often originate from the periphery rather than the center of power. Figures like Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning acted in ways that disrupted power, revealing truths that those in power wanted to keep hidden. They are thorns in the

Letters of Thom Gunn (Gunn Thom)(Pevná vazba)

This selection of correspondence presents, for the first time, the private life and reflections of a maverick figure in the history of British and American

The Philosophy of Illumination (Suhrawardi)(Pevná vazba)

Robust Control for Nonlinear Time-Delay Systems (Hua Changchun)(Pevná vazba)

Introduction.- Part I High-order polynomial form.- Robust Stabilization of a Class of Nonlinear Time-delay Systems.- Robust Model Reference Adaptive Control for Interconnected Time-delay Systems.- Part II General Nonlinear Uncertainties.- Decentralized Adaptive Control for Interconnected Systems

A Philosophy of Madness: The Experience of Psychotic Thinking (Kusters Wouter)(Pevná vazba)

Dieter Roth Collected Interviews (Wien Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

The oeuvre of Dieter Roth (1930-1998) encompasses painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, film, video, music, typography, design, architecture, and, last but not least, literature. 'His books alone would give him a place of honor in 20th-century art,' wrote artist Richard Hamilton, who

Phenomenology, Transversality, and World Philosophy (Jung Hwa Yol)(Pevná vazba)

Phenomenology, Transversality, and World Philosophy explores the concept of world philosophy (Weltphilosophie) to take into account the reality of today's multicultural and globalizing world. It challenges the assumption that the particular in the West is universalizable, but the particular in the

Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (Maudlin Tim)(Pevná vazba)

A sophisticated and original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics from one of the world's leading philosophers of physicsIn this book, Tim Maudlin, one of the world's leading philosophers of physics, offers a sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of quantum

An Introduction to Latin American Philosophy (Nuccetelli Susana)(Pevná vazba)

Latin American philosophy is best understood as a type of applied philosophy devoted to issues related to the culture and politics of Latin America. This introduction provides a comprehensive overview of its central topics. It explores not only the unique insights offered by Latin American thinkers

A New History of Western Philosophy (Kenny Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as 'wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding' (Times Higher Education Supplement) and 'genial and highly accessible' (London Review of Books). Now these four splendid books have been combined into

Medieval Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 4 (Adamson Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the least widely known. Adamson introduces us to

No Place Like Home (Daemen Dieter)(Pevná vazba)

Disobey: A Philosophy of Resistance (Gros Frederic)(Pevná vazba)

Exploring the philosophy of disobedience The world is out of joint, so much so that disobeying should be an urgent question for everyone. In this provocative essay, Fr d ric Gros explores the roots of political obedience. Social conformity, economic subjection, respect for authorities,

Spinoza and the Philosophy of Love (Strawser Michael)(Pevná vazba)

In Spinoza and the Philosophy of Love, Michael Strawser provides a new reading of Spinoza as a philosopher of love, and one who centered in his thought an ethically qualified conception of noble love. Strawser examines the threefold conception of love found in Spinoza's Ethics and argues that what

Philosophy of Science for Scientists (Johansson Lars-Gran)(Pevná vazba)

This textbook offers an introduction to the philosophy of science. It helps undergraduate students from the natural, the human and social sciences to gain an understanding of what science is, how it has developed, what its core traits are, how to distinguish between science and pseudo-science and

Nine Lives of Neoliberalism (Plehwe Dieter)(Paperback)

Untangling the long history of neoliberalism Neoliberalism is dead. Again. Yet the philosophy of the free market and the strong state has an uncanny capacity to survive, and even thrive, in times of crisis. Understanding neoliberalism's longevity and its latest permutation requires a more detailed

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City (Meagher Sharon M.)(Pevná vazba)

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City is an outstanding reference source to this exciting subject and the first collection of its kind. Comprising 40 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into clear sections addressing the following central topics: -

Surfing and the Philosophy of Sport (Brennan Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Surfing and the Philosophy of Sport uses the insights gained through an analysis of the sport of surfing to explore key questions and discourses within the philosophy of sport. As surfing has been practiced dynamically, since its beginnings as a traditional Polynesian pursuit to its current status

Contributions to Philosophy (of the Event) (Heidegger Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Martin Heidegger's Contributions to Philosophy reflects his famous philosophical 'turning.' In this work, Heidegger returns to the question of being from its inception in Being and Time to a new questioning of being as event. Heidegger opens up the essential dimensions of his thinking on the

The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy (Hardcover) (Still Andrew T.)(Pevná vazba)

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Newton Isaac)(Pevná vazba)

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, often known as the Principia, is one of the most important scientific works ever to have been written and has had a profound impact on modern science. Consisting of three separate books, the Principia states Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of

Philosophy of Childhood Today: Exploring the Boundaries (Bahler Brock)(Pevná vazba)

Although philosophy of childhood has always played some part in philosophical discourse, its emergence as a field of postmodern theory follows the rise, in the late nineteenth century, of psychoanalysis, for which childhood is a key signifier. Then in the mid-twentieth century Philipe Aries's

Flower Philosophy: Seasonal projects to inspire & restore - Anna Potter, India Hobson

A celebration of season, Flower Philosophy presents a selection of beautiful arrangements designed to free readers from the pressures of perfection and instead encourage creative freedom, intuition and original results. Flowers are not perfect, and flower arranging shouldn’t be either. Anna

Philosophy in the Condition of Modernism (Falcato Ana)(Pevná vazba)

Produced on the fringes of philosophy and literary criticism, this book is a pioneering study which aims to explicitly address and thematize what may be called a 'critical philosophy in the condition of