Yitzhak Y. Melamed & Hasana Sharp 
Spinoza’s Political Treatise [PDF ebook] 
A Critical Guide

The notion of a personal self took centuries to evolve, reaching the pinnacle of autonomy with Descartes” ”I think, therefore I am” in the 17th century. This ”personalisation” of identity thrive …

Evolution of the concepts of atom and atomism, and the impact of electromagnetism on our worldview, is the object of our study in this book. Electromagnetism is the key link in the transition from cl …

Buddhas, gods, prophets and oracles are often depicted as asking questions. But what are we to understand when Jesus asks “Who do you say that I am?”, or Mazu, the Classical Zen master asks, “Why do …

This title, first published in 1973, brings together a variety of papers by Israel Scheffler, one of America’s leading educational philosophers. The essays each stress the importance of critical thou …

In this book, Bryan Wesley Hall breaks new ground in Kant scholarship, exploring the gap in Kant’s Critical philosophy in relation to his post-Critical work by turning to Kant’s final, unpublished wo …

Playwright, novelist, political theorist, literary critic and philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-80) remains an iconic figure. This book examines his philosophical ideas and methods. It is an introd …

Despite the ever-expanding body of Deleuzian scholarship, single volume has explored the religious dimensions of Delueze”s writing. Now, Mary Bryden has assembled a team of international scholars to …

This book critically evaluates liberalism, the dominant attempt in the tradition of political philosophy to provide a philosophical foundation for democracy, and argues for a conception of deliberati …

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

This book examines dominant parties in both established democracies and new democracies and explores the relationship between dominant parties and the democratic process. Bridging existing literature …