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36 produkter
The Constitution and the Pride of Reason
Inbunden, 1998
2037 kr
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Examining the perennial claim that constitutional law somehow embodies a commitment to governance by "reason," this book shows how the lofty intentions of yesterday's framers and today's scholars have culminated in rampant confusion and elaborate sophistry. The Constitution and the Pride of Reason …
Constitution and the Pride of Reason
E-bok, 1998
829 kr
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Attempting to realize Plato''s vision of a republic governed by "reason," American constitutionalists, according to Steven D. Smith''s bold new critical study, have instead reenacted the Tower of Babel myth, producing a constitutional discourse marked by rampant confusion, elaborate sophistry, and …
Fictions, Lies, and the Authority of Law
Inbunden, 2021
1537 kr
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Fictions, Lies, and the Authority of Law discusses legal, political, and cultural difficulties that arise from the crisis of authority in the modern world.Is there any connection linking some of the maladies of modern life—"cancel culture," the climate of mendacity in public and academic life, …
Fictions, Lies, and the Authority of Law
Häftad, 2026
365 kr
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Fictions, Lies, and the Authority of Law discusses legal, political, and cultural difficulties that arise from the crisis of authority in the modern world. Is there any connection linking some of the maladies of modern life—"cancel culture," the climate of mendacity in public and academic life, …
Disintegrating Conscience and the Decline of Modernity
Inbunden, 2023
1537 kr
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This book considers how the modern concept of "conscience" turns the historic commitment on its head, in a way that underlies the decadence of modern society.Steven D. Smith's books are always anticipated with great interest by scholars, jurists, and citizens who see his work on foundational …
Disintegrating Conscience and the Decline of Modernity
Häftad, 2026
418 kr
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This book considers how the modern concept of "conscience" turns the historic commitment on its head, in a way that underlies the decadence of modern society. Steven D. Smith's books are always anticipated with great interest by scholars, jurists, and citizens who see his work on foundational …
Law’s Quandary
Häftad, 2007
354 kr
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This lively book reassesses a century of jurisprudential thought from a fresh perspective, and points to a malaise that currently afflicts not only legal theory but law in general. Steven Smith argues that our legal vocabulary and methods of reasoning presuppose classical ontological commitments …
Disenchantment of Secular Discourse
Inbunden, 2010
420 kr
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Prominent observers complain that public discourse in America is shallow and unedifying. This debased condition is often attributed to, among other things, the resurgence of religion in public life. Steven Smith argues that this diagnosis has the matter backwards: it is not primarily religion but …
Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom
Inbunden, 2014
489 kr
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Familiar accounts of religious freedom in the United States often tell a story of visionary founders who broke from the centuries-old patterns of Christendom to establish a political arrangement committed to secular and religiously neutral government. These novel commitments were supposedly …
Pagans and Christians in the City
Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac
Inbunden, 2018
419 kr
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Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the US wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago in the Roman Empire …
Pagans and Christians in the City
Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac
Häftad, 2021
345 kr
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Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the United States wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago faced very …
The Godless Constitution and the Providential Republic
Inbunden, 2025
293 kr
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Were Americas founding ideals religious or secular? In this timely and well-researched book, law scholar Steven D. Smith makes the case that the United States of America was founded on a providentialist viewthe belief that God actively directs the destinies not only of individuals but of nations. …
Getting Over Equality
A Critical Diagnosis of Religious Freedom in America
Inbunden, 2001
1131 kr
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Questions of religious freedom continue to excite passionate public debate. Proposals involving school prayer and the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools and courtrooms perennially spur controversy. But there is also a sense that the prevailing discourse is exhausted, that no one seems to …
Archaeology, History and Predictive Modeling
Thirty Years of Research at Fort Polk
Av David G. Anderson, Steven D. Smith
Häftad, 2003
455 kr
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Fort Polk Military Reservation encompasses approximately 139,000 acres in western Louisiana 40 miles southwest of Alexandria. As a result of federal mandates for cultural resource investigation, more archaeological work has been undertaken there, beginning in the 1970s, than has occurred at any …
Partisans, Guerillas, and Irregulars
Historical Archaeology of Asymmetric Warfare
Av Steven D. Smith, Clarence R. Geier
Inbunden, 2019
585 kr
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Essays that explore the growing field of conflict archaeology.Within the last twenty years, the archaeology of conflict has emerged as a valuable sub-discipline within anthropology, contributing greatly to our knowledge and understanding of human conflict on a global scale. Although archaeologists …
Partisans, Guerillas, and Irregulars
Historical Archaeology of Asymmetric Warfare
Av Clarence R. Geier, Clarence R. Geier m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
975 kr
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Essays that explore the growing field of conflict archaeology Within the last twenty years, the archaeology of conflict has emerged as a valuable subdiscipline within anthropology, contributing greatly to our knowledge and understanding of human conflict on a global scale. Although archaeologists …
Against the Law
Av Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
356 kr
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A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, Against the Law consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a deep criticism of contemporary legal culture. Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, and Steven D. Smith challenge the conventional …
Against the Law
Av Steven D. Smith, Pierre Schlag m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
524 kr
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A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, Against the Law consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a deep criticism of contemporary legal culture. Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, and Steven D. Smith challenge the conventional …
Ponds and Lakes of the White Mountains
A Four-Season Guide for Hikers and Anglers
Häftad, 1998
314 kr
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The second revised edition of this companion to the ponds and lakes of New Hampshire's White mountains celebrates their rich diversity: You can hike, ski, snowshoe, swim, paddle a canoe, watch birds or moose, or simply linger by a sunny shore. Expanded fishing information tells you where to cast a …
Man and Animal in Severan Rome
The Literary Imagination of Claudius Aelianus
Inbunden, 2014
1706 kr
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The Roman sophist Claudius Aelianus, born in Praeneste in the late second century CE, spent his career cultivating a Greek literary persona. Aelian was a highly regarded writer during his own lifetime, and his literary compilations would be influential for a thousand years and more in the Roman …
Man and Animal in Severan Rome
The Literary Imagination of Claudius Aelianus
Häftad, 2017
606 kr
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The Roman sophist Claudius Aelianus, born in Praeneste in the late second century CE, spent his career cultivating a Greek literary persona. Aelian was a highly regarded writer during his own lifetime, and his literary compilations would be influential for a thousand years and more in the Roman …
Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture
Gender, Desire, and Denial in the Age of Justinian
Inbunden, 2019
1872 kr
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Sexy, scintillating, and sometimes scandalous, Greek epigrams from the age of the Emperor Justinian commemorate the survival of the sensual in a world transformed by Christianity. Around 567 CE, the poet and historian Agathias of Myrina published his Cycle, an anthology of epigrams by contemporary …
Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture
Gender, Desire, and Denial in the Age of Justinian
E-bok, 2019
624 kr
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Sexy, scintillating, and sometimes scandalous, Greek epigrams from the age of the Emperor Justinian commemorate the survival of the sensual in a world transformed by Christianity. Around 567 CE, the poet and historian Agathias of Myrina published his Cycle, an anthology of epigrams by contemporary …
Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture
Gender, Desire, and Denial in the Age of Justinian
E-bok, 2019
638 kr
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Sexy, scintillating, and sometimes scandalous, Greek epigrams from the age of the Emperor Justinian commemorate the survival of the sensual in a world transformed by Christianity. Around 567 CE, the poet and historian Agathias of Myrina published his Cycle, an anthology of epigrams by contemporary …
Greek Epigram and Byzantine Culture
Gender, Desire, and Denial in the Age of Justinian
Häftad, 2021
654 kr
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Sexy, scintillating, and sometimes scandalous, Greek epigrams from the age of the Emperor Justinian commemorate the survival of the sensual in a world transformed by Christianity. Around 567 CE, the poet and historian Agathias of Myrina published his Cycle, an anthology of epigrams by contemporary …
Battles of Fort Watson and Fort Motte, 1781
Inbunden, 2024
339 kr
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On May 9, 1781, American general Nathanael Greene and his Continental army were outside of British-held Camden, South Carolina. Greene was despondent and contemplating resigning his commission, believing he could not force the British out of the fortified village. His compatriot Francis Marion, …
Leading Like the Swamp Fox
The Leadership Lessons of Francis Marion
Av Kevin Dougherty, Steven D Smith
Inbunden, 2022
243 kr
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Francis Marion is certainly the stuff of which legends are made. His nickname “The Swamp Fox,” bestowed upon him by one of his fiercest enemies, captures his wily approach to battle. The embellishment of his exploits in Parson Weems’ early biography make separation of fact from fiction difficult, …
Leading Like the Swamp Fox
The Leadership Lessons of Francis Marion
Av Steven D. Smith, Kevin Dougherty
E-bok, 2022
221 kr
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A study of how Francis Marion delivered the leadership and strategy to defeat the British in the South Carolina Lowcountry campaigns. "Dougherty and Smith have produced an excellent study of Marion as a commander for history enthusiasts, their work deserves to garner equal attention from those in …
Revolutionary War in South Carolina
Profiles in Leadership
Av Steven D Smith, Kevin Dougherty
Inbunden, 2025
344 kr
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An examination of the panorama of individuals whose leadership helped make the Patriot cause successful in South Carolina. Historians Steven D. Smith and Kevin Dougherty look beyond the towering figure of Francis Marion to profile significant personalities and actions both on and off the …
