Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series – serie
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Historical Dictionary of Kierkegaard's Philosophy
Av Julia Watkin
Inbunden, 2000
2399 kr
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Watkin provides a contextual introduction to Kierkegaard's 19th century world of Copenhagen, a chronology of events and key figures in his life, as well as definitions of the key systems of his thought_theology, existentialism, literature, and psychology. The extensive bibliographical section …
Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism
Av Scott B. Noegel, Brannon M. Wheeler
Inbunden, 2002
1556 kr
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Both traditions recognize and draw theological and historical lessons from some of the same narrative sources, but this is the first comparative resource to provide interdisciplinary coverage of the history and textual sources associated with prophets and prophecy. This thorough treatment of a …
Historical Dictionary of New Age Movements
Av Michael York
Inbunden, 2003
1345 kr
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The decline of institutionalized religion in the increasingly secularized West has been offset by the contemporary spiritual development understood in the form of emerging New Age movements. This Dictionary presents the potpourri of spiritual and psycho-physical therapeutic practices associated …
Historical Dictionary of Utopianism
Av James M. Morris, Andrea L. Kross
Inbunden, 2004
1838 kr
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This Dictionary contains more than 600 dictionary entries on utopian thought and experimentation that span the centuries from ancient times to the present. The text not only covers utopian communities worldwide, but also its ideas from the well known such as those expounded in Thomas More's Utopia, …
Historical Dictionary of Jainism
Inbunden, 2004
2104 kr
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Jain is the term used for a person who has faith in the teachings of the Jinas ("Spiritual Victors"). Jinas are human beings who have overcome all passions (kasayas) and have attained enlightenment or omniscience (kevala-jnana), who teach the truths they realized to others, and who attain …
Historical Dictionary of Hobbes's Philosophy
Inbunden, 2011
1556 kr
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Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is one of the most important early modern thinkers. Though Hobbes is best known for Leviathan (1651) and the theory of absolute sovereignty, his works discuss virtually all the major problems of philosophy as well as science and mathematics, and contain the translations of …
Historical Dictionary of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy
Av Rosalind Carey, John Ongley
Inbunden, 2009
1697 kr
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Academic philosopher, logician, public intellectual, educator, political activist, and freethinker, Bertrand Russell was and remains a colossus. No other single philosopher in the last 200 years can be said to have created so much and influenced so many. His Principia Mathematica, written with A. …
Historical Dictionary of the Non-Aligned Movement and Third World
Av Guy Arnold
Inbunden, 2006
1731 kr
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During the long period when the world was divided between East and West and the Cold War threatened to turn hot with devastating consequences, the Non-Aligned Movement was one of the few institutions that consistently sought other outcomes not in its own interest, but that of all humanity. …
Historical Dictionary of Logic
Inbunden, 2006
1415 kr
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This one-volume encyclopedia of logic introduces the central concepts of the field in a series of brief, non-technical, cross-referenced dictionary entries. The 352 alphabetically arranged entries give a clear, basic introduction to a very broad range of logical topics. Entries can be found on …
Historical Dictionary of Aesthetics
Inbunden, 2006
1697 kr
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Aesthetics is not a "factual" discipline; there are no aesthetic facts. The word itself is derived from the Greek word for "feeling" and the discipline arises because of the need to find a place for the passions within epistemology—the branch of philosophy that investigates our beliefs. Aesthetics …
Historical Dictionary of Ethics
Av Harry J. Gensler, Earl Spurgin
Inbunden, 2008
1979 kr
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The Historical Dictionary of Ethics covers a very broad range of ethical topics, including ethical theories, historical periods, historical figures, applied ethics, ethical issues, ethical concepts, non-Western approaches, and related disciplines. Harry J. Gensler and Earl W. Spurgin tackle such …
Historical Dictionary of Buddhism
Av Carl Olson
Inbunden, 2009
1979 kr
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In the early 21st century, Buddhism has become ubiquitous in America and other western nations, moving beyond the original bodhi tree in India to become a major global religion. During its journey westward, it has changed, adapted to new cultures, and offered spiritual help to many people looking …
Historical Dictionary of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Inbunden, 2010
2542 kr
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The Protestant Reformation of the 16th century has traditionally been viewed as marking the onset of modernity in Europe. It finally broke up the federal Christendom of the middle ages, under the leadership of the papacy and substituted for it a continent of autonomous and national states, …
Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement
Inbunden, 2009
1697 kr
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It is much harder to define a religious movement than it is to define a religion or denomination. That applies especially when that movement almost defies definition as the Holiness Movement does. The Holiness Movement is a Methodist religious renewal movement that has over 12 million adherents …
Historical Dictionary of Metaphysics
Av Gary Rosenkrantz, Joshua Hoffman
Inbunden, 2010
1556 kr
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Metaphysics is what Aristotle described as "the First Philosophy" or "first science," a comprehensive inquiry into the ultimate nature of reality. As such, metaphysics consists of a systematic study of the more general categories of being and of the more general ways of relating entities. The …
Historical Dictionary of Heidegger's Philosophy
Av Frank Schalow, Alfred Denker
Inbunden, 2010
1979 kr
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By the time Martin Heidegger passed away on May 26th, 1976, he had become the most important and controversial philosopher of his age. While many of his former students had become important philosophers and thinkers in their own right, Heidegger also inspired countless others, like Jacques Derrida, …
Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition
Inbunden, 2014
1458 kr
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For almost four thousand years, men and women with power have exploited vulnerable populations for cheap or free labor. These slaves, serfs, helots, tenants, peons, bonded or forced laborers, etc., built pyramids and temples, dug canals and mined the earth for precious metals and gemstones. They …
Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality
Inbunden, 2009
1748 kr
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The history of sexuality is central to social history, the history of ideas, the realization or repression of human rights, and other areas of focus. This is also true about those who have had, or do have, what could be called minority sexualities. Same-sex attraction has generally been a minority …
Historical Dictionary of Hegelian Philosophy
Inbunden, 2008
1681 kr
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George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel evoked passionate discipleship, as well as equally passionate opposition. He was praised by the likes of Karl Marx and John Dewey but scorned by Karl Popper and Bertrand Russell. He has been charged with being a proponent of an authoritarian state by some, and he has …
Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement
Av Christopher M. Richardson, Ralph E. Luker
Inbunden, 2014
2618 kr
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The fiftieth anniversary of many major milestones in what is commonly called the African-American Civil Rights Movement was celebrated in 2013. Fifty years removed from the Birmingham campaign, the assassination of Medgar Evers, and the March on Washington and it is clear that the sacrifices borne …
Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements
Inbunden, 2011
1556 kr
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New religious movements—commonly known as cults—are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years. Most treatments of these movements have typically resorted to sensationalism rather than objectivity, and New religious movements tend to receive negative media publicity. …
Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor
Av James C. Docherty, Sjaak van der Velden
Inbunden, 2012
2328 kr
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Organized labor is about the collective efforts of employees to improve their economic, social, and political position. It can be studied from many different points of view—historical, economic, sociological, or legal—but it is fundamentally about the struggle for human rights and social justice. …
Historical Dictionary of Hegelian Philosophy
E-bok, 2008
1870 kr
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George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel evoked passionate discipleship, as well as equally passionate opposition. He was praised by the likes of Karl Marx and John Dewey but scorned by Karl Popper and Bertrand Russell. He has been charged with being a proponent of an authoritarian state by some, and he has …
Historical Dictionary of Ethics
Av Harry J. Gensler, Earl Spurgin
E-bok, 2008
2182 kr
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The Historical Dictionary of Ethics covers a very broad range of ethical topics, including ethical theories, historical periods, historical figures, applied ethics, ethical issues, ethical concepts, non-Western approaches, and related disciplines. Harry J. Gensler and Earl W. Spurgin tackle such …
Historical Dictionary of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy
Av Rosalind Carey, John Ongley
E-bok, 2009
1830 kr
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Academic philosopher, logician, public intellectual, educator, political activist, and freethinker, Bertrand Russell was and remains a colossus. No other single philosopher in the last 200 years can be said to have created so much and influenced so many. His Principia Mathematica, written with A. …
Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality
E-bok, 2009
1870 kr
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The history of sexuality is central to social history, the history of ideas, the realization or repression of human rights, and other areas of focus. This is also true about those who have had, or do have, what could be called minority sexualities. Same-sex attraction has generally been a minority …
Historical Dictionary of Buddhism
Av Carl Olson
E-bok, 2009
2135 kr
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In the early 21st century, Buddhism has become ubiquitous in America and other western nations, moving beyond the original bodhi tree in India to become a major global religion. During its journey westward, it has changed, adapted to new cultures, and offered spiritual help to many people looking …
Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement
E-bok, 2009
1870 kr
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It is much harder to define a religious movement than it is to define a religion or denomination. That applies especially when that movement almost defies definition as the Holiness Movement does. The Holiness Movement is a Methodist religious renewal movement that has over 12 million adherents …
Historical Dictionary of Husserl's Philosophy
E-bok, 2007
1630 kr
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Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) is widely regarded as the founding figure of the philosophical movement of "phenomenology." Husserl''s philosophical program was both embraced and rejected by many, but in either case, his ideas set the stage for and exercised an enormous influence on the development of …
Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement
Av Miranda Schreurs, Elim Papadakis
E-bok, 2007
2056 kr
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Human beings have been concerned about nature and their place in it for millennia. Disquiet about the consequences of human action on the natural environment date back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The efforts of the green movement can be traced back to the nineteenth century. In this period, …
