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39 produkter
Politics of Inequality
A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America
E-bok, 2007
437 kr
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Since the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth, and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. Yet over the past thirty-five years, neoconservatives and neoliberals alike have redrawn the tenets of …
Hegel’s Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Politics
Häftad, 2020
705 kr
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The renaissance in Hegel scholarship over the past two decades has largely ignored or marginalized the metaphysical dimension of his thought, perhaps most vigorously when considering his social and political philosophy. Many scholars have consistently maintained that Hegel’s political philosophy …
Stellar Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
Av Michael J. Thompson, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Häftad, 2008
764 kr
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In all phases of the life of a star, hydrodynamical processes play a major role. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge in stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics, and its publication marked the 60th birthday of Douglas Gough, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the …
Stellar Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
Av Michael J. Thompson, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Inbunden, 2003
2329 kr
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In all phases of the life of a star, hydrodynamical processes play a major role. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge in stellar astrophysical fluid dynamics, and its publication marked the 60th birthday of Douglas Gough, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the …
Rational Radicalism and Political Theory
Essays in Honor of Stephen Eric Bronner
Inbunden, 2010
1559 kr
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Paying tribute to one of the more original theorist of the late 20th and early 21st century, Rational Radicalism and Political Theory probes the thought of Stephen Eric Bronner. This collection of essays encompasses themes such as the Enlightenment's radical legacy, the impulse of cosmopolitanism, …
Logos Reader
Rational Radicalism and the Future of Politics
Av Michael J. Thompson, Stephen Eric Bronner
E-bok, 2005
459 kr
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The online publication Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture was launched in response to the atmosphere of triumphant conservatism and militarism that pervades American political culture in the aftermath of 9/11. Aiming to revitalize the moribund political left, several world-renowned …
Logos Reader
Rational Radicalism and the Future of Politics
Av Michael J. Thompson, Stephen Eric Bronner
E-bok, 2005
524 kr
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The online publication Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture was launched in response to the atmosphere of triumphant conservatism and militarism that pervades American political culture in the aftermath of 9/11. Aiming to revitalize the moribund political left, several world-renowned …
Descent of the Dialectic
Phronetic Criticism in an Age of Nihilism
Inbunden, 2024
2144 kr
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This book reconstructs the concept and practice of dialectics as a means of grounding a critical theory of society. At the center of this project is the thesis of phronetic criticism or a form of reason that is able to synthesize human value with objective rationality.This book argues that defects …
Descent of the Dialectic
Phronetic Criticism in an Age of Nihilism
Häftad, 2025
708 kr
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This book reconstructs the concept and practice of dialectics as a means of grounding a critical theory of society. At the center of this project is the thesis of phronetic criticism or a form of reason that is able to synthesize human value with objective rationality.This book argues that defects …
Descent of the Dialectic
Phronetic Criticism in an Age of Nihilism
E-bok, 2024
831 kr
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This book reconstructs the concept and practice of dialectics as a means of grounding a critical theory of society. At the center of this project is the thesis of phronetic criticism or a form of reason that is able to synthesize human value with objective rationality. This book argues that defects …
Descent of the Dialectic
Phronetic Criticism in an Age of Nihilism
E-bok, 2024
813 kr
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This book reconstructs the concept and practice of dialectics as a means of grounding a critical theory of society. At the center of this project is the thesis of phronetic criticism or a form of reason that is able to synthesize human value with objective rationality. This book argues that defects …
Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics
The Betrayal of Politics
Av Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker, Michael J. Thompson
E-bok, 2015
763 kr
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Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics is a challenge to contemporary radical politics and political thought. This collection of essays critiques the dominant trends and figures on the left that have distorted the legacy of progressive politics, arguing that they have …
Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics
The Betrayal of Politics
Av Michael J. Thompson, Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics is a challenge to contemporary radical politics and political thought. This collection of essays critiques the dominant trends and figures on the left that have distorted the legacy of progressive politics, arguing that they have …
Palgrave Handbook of Critical Theory
Inbunden, 2017
2733 kr
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This handbook is the only major survey of critical theory from philosophical, political, sociological, psychological and historical vantage points. It emphasizes not only on the historical and philosophical roots of critical theory, but also its current themes and trends as well as future …
Palgrave Handbook of Critical Theory
E-bok, 2017
3829 kr
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This handbook is the only major survey of critical theory from philosophical, political, sociological, psychological and historical vantage points. It emphasizes not only on the historical and philosophical roots of critical theory, but also its current themes and trends as well as future …
Hegel’s Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Politics
Inbunden, 2018
2525 kr
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The renaissance in Hegel scholarship over the past two decades has largely ignored or marginalized the metaphysical dimension of his thought, perhaps most vigorously when considering his social and political philosophy. Many scholars have consistently maintained that Hegel’s political philosophy …
Hegel's Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Politics
E-bok, 2018
813 kr
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The renaissance in Hegel scholarship over the past two decades has largely ignored or marginalized the metaphysical dimension of his thought, perhaps most vigorously when considering his social and political philosophy. Many scholars have consistently maintained that Hegel’s political philosophy …
Hegel's Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Politics
E-bok, 2018
831 kr
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The renaissance in Hegel scholarship over the past two decades has largely ignored or marginalized the metaphysical dimension of his thought, perhaps most vigorously when considering his social and political philosophy. Many scholars have consistently maintained that Hegel’s political philosophy …
Asteroseismology Across the HR Diagram
Proceedings of the Asteroseismology Workshop Porto, Portugal 1–5 July 2002
Av Michael J. Thompson, Margarida S. Cunha m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1643 kr
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Ground-based observations have detected solar-like oscillations on Sun-like stars, and diagnostics similar to those used in helioseismology are now being used to test and constrain the physics and evolutionary state of these stars. Multi-mode oscillations are being observed in an abundance of other …
Specter of Babel
A Reconstruction of Political Judgment
Inbunden, 2020
1286 kr
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Presents a new way of thinking about fundamental political concepts such as freedom, justice, and the common good.In an age of rising groupthink, reactionary populism, social conformity, and democratic deficit, political judgment in modern society has reached a state of crisis. In The Specter of …
Specter of Babel
A Reconstruction of Political Judgment
Häftad, 2021
648 kr
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Presents a new way of thinking about fundamental political concepts such as freedom, justice, and the common good.In an age of rising groupthink, reactionary populism, social conformity, and democratic deficit, political judgment in modern society has reached a state of crisis. In The Specter of …
Georg Lukacs Reconsidered
Critical Essays in Politics, Philosophy and Aesthetics
Inbunden, 2011
2280 kr
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Georg Lukcs stands as a towering figure in the areas of critical theory, literary criticism, aesthetics, ethical theory and the philosophy of Marxism and German Idealism. Yet, despite his influence throughout the twentieth century, his contributions to the humanities and theoretical social sciences …
Georg Lukacs Reconsidered
Critical Essays in Politics, Philosophy and Aesthetics
Häftad, 2012
561 kr
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Georg Lukács stands as a towering figure in the areas of critical theory, literary criticism, aesthetics, ethical theory and the philosophy of Marxism and German Idealism. Yet, despite his influence throughout the twentieth century, his contributions to the humanities and theoretical social …
Georg Lukacs Reconsidered
Critical Essays in Politics, Philosophy and Aesthetics
E-bok, 2011
608 kr
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Georg Lukács stands as a towering figure in the areas of critical theory, literary criticism, aesthetics, ethical theory and the philosophy of Marxism and German Idealism. Yet, despite his influence throughout the twentieth century, his contributions to the humanities and theoretical social …
Telomeres and Telomerase
Methods and Protocols
Av Michael J. Thompson, John A. Double
E-bok, 2008
1174 kr
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The fundamental problem that dividing cells have to ov- come is that of end-replication. Chromosomes shorten by many bases during DNA replication and so this presents a major hurdle that a cell has to overcome both to enable it to proliferate and for the larger organism to survive and reproduce. …
Constructing Marxist Ethics: Critique, Normativity, Praxis
Studies in Critical Social Science, Volume 74
Häftad, 2016
344 kr
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Does Marxism possess an ethical impulse? Is there a moral foundation that underpins the Marxist critique of capitalism and the vision for social progress? The essays collected in Constructing Marxist Ethics: Critique, Normativity, Praxis argue that there is such an ethical grounding for Marxist …
Georg Lukács and the Possibility of Critical Social Ontology
Häftad, 2020
412 kr
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Georg Lukács was one of the most important intellectuals and philosophers of the 20th century. His last great work was a systematic social ontology that was an attempt to ground an ethical and critical form of Marxism. This work has only now begun to attract the interest of critical theorists and …
Domestication of Critical Theory
Inbunden, 2016
1992 kr
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Critical theory was one of the most vigorous and insightful intellectual traditions of the twentieth-century. At its core was a critique of culture and consciousness tied to instrumental rationality and capitalist economic life. Yet, Michael J. Thompson argues in this highly original book that this …
Domestication of Critical Theory
Häftad, 2016
716 kr
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Critical theory was one of the most vigorous and insightful intellectual traditions of the twentieth-century. At its core was a critique of culture and consciousness tied to instrumental rationality and capitalist economic life. Yet, Michael J. Thompson argues in this highly original book that this …
