princeton university press jun 2015 (19 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Praise of Folly is perhaps Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) best-known work. No other book displays quite so completely the transition from the medieval to the modern world, and Erasmus's wit, wisdom, and critical spirit have lost none of their timeliness today. This Princeton Classics edition features a new foreword by Anthony Grafton that provides an essential introduction to this enduring masterpiece.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Filled with concise information and accurate illustrations, this terrific field guide will be a handy, quick reference for the layperson and serious naturalist on boat trips off the West Coast of the United States. No other useful guides for this region deal with both marine mammals and seabirds in the same book.'--Sophie Webb, coauthor of Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Combining wide-ranging historical and comparative evidence with social and moral theory, Hall examines how the nature of civility has fluctuated in the last three centuries, how it became lost, and how it was reestablished in the twentieth century following the two world wars. He also considers why civility is currently breaking down and what can be done to mitigate this threat. The Importance of Being Civil is a decisive and sophisticated addition to the discussion of civility in its modern cultural and historical contexts.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote a book about relativity for a popular audience. His intention was to give an exact insight into the theory of relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics. The book remains one of the most lucid explanations of the special and general theories ever written. In the early 1920s alone, it was translated into ten languages, and fifteen editions in the original German appeared over the course of Einstein's lifetime.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world. Jardine offers a fascinating study of Erasmus and a bold account of a key moment in Western history.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds - remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Lost Enlightenment chronicles this forgotten age of achievement, seeks to explain its rise, and explores the competing theories about the cause of its eventual demise.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published in 1959, The Faith of a Heretic is the most personal statement of the beliefs of Nietzsche biographer and translator Walter Kaufmann. A first-rate philosopher in his own right, Kaufmann here provides the fullest account of his views on religion. Although he considered himself a heretic, he was not immune to the wellsprings and impulses from which religion originates, declaring it among the most vital and radical expressions of the human mind. Beginning with an autobiographical prologue that traces his evolution from religious believer to 'heretic,' the book touches on theology, organized religion, morality, suffering, and death-all examined from the perspective of a 'quest for honesty.' Kaufmann also subjects philosophy's faith in truth, reason, and absolute morality to the same heretical treatment. The resulting exploration of the faiths of a nonbeliever in a secular age is as fresh and challenging as when it was first published.In a new foreword, Stanley Corngold vividly describes the intellectual and biographical milieu of Kaufmann's provocative book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume of Reiner Stach's acclaimed and definitive biography of Franz Kafka tells the story of the final years of the writer's life, from 1916 to 1924 - a period during which the world Kafka had known came to an end. Stach's riveting narrative, which reflects the latest findings about Kafka's life and works, draws readers in with a nearly cinematic power, zooming in for extreme close-ups of Kafka's personal life, then pulling back for panoramic shots of a wider world scarred by World War I, disease, and inflation.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Lives of the Novel is an extraordinary accomplishment, one that few would have dared to attempt and fewer still have had the talent to pull off. At once a work of intellectual and literary history, literary theory, and moral philosophy, all delivered in an unstintingly limpid, flowing, impassioned prose, it constitutes a worthy successor to the efforts of Auerbach, Bakhtin, Lukacs, and Watt. It may, indeed, prove a formidable rival to all four.'--Joshua Landy, Stanford University.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious consciousness. In this book, Moshe Halbertal provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Maimonides's life and work, revealing how his philosophical sensibility and outlook informed his interpretation of Jewish tradition.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Exceptional. No other book can compete with this one in providing students with a comprehensive, unified treatment of the subject.'--Peter Pilewskie, University of Colorado Boulder.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A landmark study that will enlighten anyone who cares about the evolution of American politics since World War II. With Lisa McGirr's thorough, sophisticated, smoothly crafted exploration of Orange County conservatism, the history of the modern Right has finally come of age.'--Michael Kazin, Georgetown University, coauthor of America Divided and The Populist Persuasion.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Westerners tend to divide the political world into 'good' democracies and 'bad' authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as 'political meritocracy.' The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and the.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This excellent book has already become a classic reference for economists who want to study the basic New Keynesian model. This update contains important extensions such as the impact of the zero lower bound on interest rates and an explicit treatment of unemployment. The book's clear and unified exposition shows why the New Keynesian model is likely to remain a workhorse model for understanding monetary policy for a long time to come.'--Frank Smets, European Central Bank.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This fifth volume of W. H. Auden's prose displays a great writer's mind in its full maturity of wisdom, learning, and emotional and moral intelligence. It contains his most personally revealing essays, the ones in which he wrote for the first time about the full history of his family life, his sexuality, and the development of his moral and religio.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This sixth and final volume of W. H. Auden's prose displays a great writer's mind in its full maturity of wisdom, learning, and emotional and moral intelligence. It contains the full text of the only book that he regarded as an autobiography, A Certain World, in which he portrayed himself by selecting and commenting on writings by others that most.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'David Randall's book tells it like it is. He provides a compelling account of the large-scale circulation--what makes the air go around the planet, what makes it go up and down, and why it rains in some places and is dry in others. He tells us about both the observations and mechanisms in a concrete and straightforward way and in so doing he provides a valuable resource for theorists and practitioners alike.'--Geoffrey K. Vallis, University of Exeter.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Development Macroeconomics continues to set the standard for graduate textbooks in the field. In this hugely impressive new edition, Pierre-Richard Agenor and Peter Montiel bring their already superb text bang up to date, introducing new insights and techniques to economists wanting to understand the macroeconomics of developing countries in the post-crisis global economy. It will go straight to the top of my reading list.'--Christopher Adam, University of Oxford.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Exceptional. No other book can compete with this one in providing students with a comprehensive, unified treatment of the subject.'--Peter Pilewskie, University of Colorado Boulder.