Dennis C. Rasmussen 
Pragmatic Enlightenment [PDF ebook] 
Recovering the Liberalism of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire

Bringing together a number of case studies, this book shows how from early on Chinese philosophical discourses unfolded through innovation and the subversion of dominant forms of thinking. Narrowing …

This book investigates how we should form ourselves in a world saturated with technologies that are profoundly intruding in the very fabric of our selfhood.　 New and emerging technologies, such as sm …

Chapman Cohen’s "Determinism or Free-Will?" is a concept-provoking analysis of one of the maximum lasting philosophical issues that has captivated philosophers for millennia. Cohen’s painti …

This book reconsiders the nature of positivist philosophy in social science theory based on classical and medieval thought in what later became ‚Europe.‘ It argues that social theory is being held ba …

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. For Hannah Arendt, friendship had political relevance and importa …

A New Philosophy of Social Conflict joins in the contemporary conflict resolution and transitional justice debates by contributing a Deleuze-Guattarian reading of the post-genocide justice and reconc …

This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection. …

Hegel After Derrida provides a much needed insight not only into the importance of Hegel and the importance of Derrida“s work on Hegel, but also the very foundations of postmodern and deconstruction …

Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430) is arguably the most controversial Christian thinker in history. His positions on philosophical and theological concerns have been the subjects of intense scrutiny and …

To a historian the most interesting thing about decisions is the fact that everyone talks about them. No one interested in social ideas can fail to notice how large a part the word ‚decision‘ has com …