Virtue and Terror (Robespierre Maximilien)(Paperback)

Virtue and Terror (Robespierre Maximilien)(Paperback)

Robespierre's justification of the Terror in the French RevolutionRobespierre's defence of the French Revolution remains one of the most powerful and unnerving justifications for political violence ever written. It has an extraordinary resonance in a world obsessed with terrorism and appalled by

Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life (McPhee Peter)(Paperback)

Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Adeyemi Tomi)(Paperback / softback)

Rich with magic and danger, Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the stunning sequel to Tomi Adeyemi's New York Times bestselling and award winning West African-inspired fantasy, Children of Blood and

Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution (Scurr Ruth)(Paperback)

'Judicious, balanced, and admirably clear at every point. This is quite the calmest and least abusive history of the Revolution you will ever read.'--Hilary Mantel, London Review of BooksSince his execution by guillotine in July 1794, Maximilien Robespierre has been contested terrain for

Connecting Virtues: Advances in Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy (Croce Michel)(Paperback)

Connecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy.Includes groundbreaking chapters offering cutting-edge research on the topic

Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi(Paperback / softback)

Ontological Terror: Blackness, Nihilism, and Emancipation (Warren Calvin L.)(Paperback)

In Ontological Terror Calvin L. Warren intervenes in Afro-pessimism, Heideggerian metaphysics, and black humanist philosophy by positing that the 'Negro question' is intimately imbricated with questions of Being. Warren uses the figure of the antebellum free black as a philosophical paradigm for

Aristotle and the Virtues (Curzer Howard J.)(Paperback)

Aristotle is the father of virtue ethics--a discipline which is receiving renewed scholarly attention. Yet Aristotle's accounts of the individual virtues remain opaque, for most contemporary commentators of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics have focused upon other matters. In contrast, Howard J

INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS MORALITY AND VIRTUES FOR CHILDREN (FRAIS TONY)(Paperback / softback)

Forever War - Dispatches from the War on Terror (Filkins Dexter)(Paperback / softback)

There are already many books on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and about the War on Terror - but this is something very different. instead, he captures with searing immediacy, the human experience - and tragedy - of

After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, Third Edition (MacIntyre Alasdair)(Paperback)

When After Virtue first appeared in 1981, it was recognized as a significant and potentially controversial critique of contemporary moral philosophy. Newsweek called it 'a stunning new study of ethics by one of the foremost moral philosophers in the English-speaking world.' Since that time, the

Meno and Other Dialogues: Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Meno (Plato)(Paperback)

A unique selection of four dialogues in which Plato considers virtue-- individual virtue as well as virtue as a whole-- and its definition. Charmides, Laches, and Lysis investigate the specific virtues of self-control, courage, and friendship. The later Meno discusses the concept of virtue as

The Cambridge Companion to Virtue Ethics (Russell Daniel C.)(Paperback)

Virtue ethics has emerged from a rich history, in which both Aristotle and Aquinas have played an important role, to become one of the fastest-growing fields in contemporary ethics. In this volume of newly commissioned essays, leading moral philosophers offer a comprehensive overview of virtue

Harvest of Sorrow - Soviet Collectivisation and the Terror-Famine (Conquest Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Trauma and Recovery - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Herman Judith Lewis)(Paperback / softback)

Glassmaker's Daughter (Cookson Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

_______________________'Humour, toughness, resolution and generosity are Cookson virtues

Fatal Purity - Robespierre and the French Revolution (Scurr Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesRobespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine where he had sent thousands ahead of

Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart (Pieper Josef)(Paperback)

'Josef Pieper's account of the centrality and meaning of the virtues is a needed primer to teach us exactly the meaning and relationship of the virtues and how they relate to the faith and its own special virtues. Pieper's attention is ever to the particular virtue, its precise meaning, and to its

London: Vintage Minis (Dickens Charles)(Paperback)

'Wealth and beggary, virtue and vice, repletion and the direst hunger, all treading on each other and crowding together' Could any writer portray London better than Charles Dickens? Dickens knew the city inside out, walking the streets day and night, in all weathers, and drawing inspiration from

The Four Cardinal Virtues: Human Agency, Intellectual Traditions, and Responsible Knowledge (Pieper Josef)(Paperback)

In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Joseph Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian

Russian Civil War: Red Terror, White Terror, 1917-1922 (Foley Michael)(Paperback)

Explores the terror of the Russian Civil

Survivor Song (Tremblay Paul)(Paperback)

A propulsive and chillingly prescient novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker award-winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.'Absolutely riveting.' -- Stephen KingIn a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious rabies-like virus

False Flags over Europe: A Modern History of State-Fabricated Terror (Kollerstrom Nicholas)(Paperback)

Reviews modern 'synthetic terror' events mainly in Europe and mainly in the 21st century. With color illustrations It argues that Muslims have not been doing these events, but that actors 'behind the scenes' manage them. Follows on tfrom the Author's earlier book, 'Terror on the tube, Behind the

Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World (Reckford Jonathan)(Paperback)