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The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology
Av Jerry Walls, Jerry L. Walls
Häftad, 2010
1170 kr
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Eschatology is the branch of theology that deals with the final consummation of all things. Covering such subject matter as death, judgment, and the life to come, the discipline of eschatology must grapple with some of our greatest hopes, fears, anxieties and expectations. The issues involved are …
The Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime
Häftad, 2019
913 kr
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While the success of national and international law enforcement cooperation to suppress organized crime means that stable, large-scale criminal organizations like the Cosa Nostra or the Japanese Yakuza have seen their power reduced, organized crime remains a concern for many governments. Economic …
The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology
Häftad, 2005
779 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology contains 19 previously unpublished chapters by today's leading figures in the field. These chapters function not only as a survey of key areas, but as original scholarship on a range of vital topics. Written accessibly for advanced undergraduates, graduate …
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies
Av Susan Ashbrook Harvey, David G. Hunter
Häftad, 2010
638 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies responds to and celebrates the explosion of research in this inter-disciplinary field over recent decades. As a one-volume reference work, it provides an introduction to the academic study of early Christianity (c. 100-600 AD) and examines the vast …
The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy
Av Barry R. Weingast, Donald Wittman m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
682 kr
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Over its long lifetime, "political economy" has had many different meanings: the science of managing the resources of a nation so as to provide wealth to its inhabitants for Adam Smith; the study of how the ownership of the means of production influenced historical processes for Marx; the study of …
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers
Av Vicki Cummings, Peter Jordan m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
799 kr
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For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of …
The Oxford Handbook of Normative Ethics
Av David Copp, Connie Rosati m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2515 kr
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Normative ethics is the study of what makes actions right or wrong, and includes such approaches as consequentialism, traditional deontology (including Kantian theory), virtue theory (including Aristotelian theory), and the ethics of care, a feminist approach. With contributions from over forty …
The Oxford Handbook of Consequentialism
Inbunden, 2020
2475 kr
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Consequentialism is a major moral theory in contemporary philosophy: it is the view that the only thing that matters when making moral decisions is the outcome of those decisions. Consequentialists hold that to morally assess an act, we must first evaluate and rank the various ways that things …
The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe
Av Chris Fowler, Jan Harding m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
877 kr
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The Neolithic --a period in which the first sedentary agrarian communities were established across much of Europe--has been a key topic of archaeological research for over a century. However, the variety of evidence across Europe, the range of languages in which research is carried out, and the way …
The Oxford Handbook of Post-Medieval Archaeology in the Nordic Countries
Av Sanna Lipkin, Titta Kallio-Seppä
Inbunden, 2026
1976 kr
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Post-medieval archaeology in the Nordic countries has experienced rapid growth since the late 1990s, driven by urban development and increasing recognition of the period's importance. This volume provides a comprehensive synthesis of recent research, focusing on the region's integration into …
The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age
Av Anthony Harding, Harry Fokkens
Häftad, 2020
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703 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age is a wide-ranging survey of a crucial period in prehistory during which many social, economic, and technological changes took place. Written by expert specialists in the field, the book provides coverage both of the themes that characterize the period, …
The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs
Av Deborah L. Nichols, Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría
Häftad, 2021
774 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs, the first of its kind, provides a current overview of recent research on the Aztec empire, the best documented prehispanic society in the Americas. Chapters span from the establishment of Aztec city-states to the encounter with the Spanish empire and the Colonial …
The Oxford Handbook of the Incas
Av Sonia Alconini, Sonia Alconini m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1058 kr
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When Spaniards invaded their realm in 1532, the Incas ruled the largest empire of the pre-Columbian Americas. Just over a century earlier, military campaigns began to extend power across a broad swath of the Andean region, bringing local societies into new relationships with colonists and officials …
The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean
Av Eric H. Cline, Eric H. Cline
Häftad, 2012
1196 kr
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The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BC, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious …
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death
Av Ben Bradley, Fred Feldman m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
961 kr
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Death has long been a pre-occupation of philosophers, and this is especially so today. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death collects 21 newly commissioned essays that cover current philosophical thinking of death-related topics across the entire range of the discipline. These include …
The Oxford Handbook of Causation
Av Helen Beebee, Christopher Hitchcock m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
803 kr
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Causation is a central topic in many areas of philosophy. In metaphysics, philosophers want to know what causation is, and how it is related to laws of nature, probability, action, and freedom of the will. In epistemology, philosophers investigate how causal claims can be inferred from statistical …
The Oxford Handbook of Popular Music in the Nordic Countries
Av Fabian Holt, Antti-Ville Kärjä
Inbunden, 2017
2705 kr
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Popular music has come to play a significant role in the political and cultural history of the Nordic countries. Research on the region's culture has largely followed national narratives created by political and economic institutions, even as cultural life in the region--which spans a large area of …
The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management
Häftad, 2018
657 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management provides state-of-the-art scholarship in the emerging field of megaproject management. Megaprojects are large, complex projects that typically cost billions of dollars and impact millions of people, like building a high-speed rail line, a megadam, a …
The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Phenomenology
Av Dan Zahavi
Inbunden, 2012
2556 kr
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The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Phenomenology presents twenty-eight essays by some of the leading figures in the field, and gives an authoritative overview of the type of work and range of topics found and discussed in contemporary phenomenology. The essays aim to articulate and develop …
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy
Av COOPER ET AL, Andrew F. Cooper m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
3040 kr
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At a time when diplomatic practices and the demands imposed on diplomats are changing quite radically, and many foreign ministries feel they are being left behind, there is a need to understand the various forces that are affecting the profession. Diplomacy remains a salient activity in today's …
The Oxford Handbook of Plato
Av Gail Fine
Inbunden, 2019
2717 kr
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Plato is the best known, and continues to be the most widely studied, of all the ancient Greek philosophers. The updated and original essays in the second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Plato provide in-depth discussions of a variety of topics and dialogues, all serving several functions at …
The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Latin Literature
Av Ralph Hexter, David Townsend m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
1113 kr
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The twenty-eight essays in this handbook represent the best current thinking in the study of Latin language and literature in the Middle Ages. Contributing authors--both senior scholars and gifted younger thinkers among them--not only illuminate the field as traditionally defined but also offer …
The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor
Av Pauline Allen, Bronwen Neil
Häftad, 2017
725 kr
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Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary patristic studies. This is partly due to the relatively recent discovery and critical edition of his works in various genres, including On the Ascetic Life, Four Centuries on Charity, Two Centuries on …
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time
Häftad, 2013
730 kr
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As the study of time has flourished in the physical and human sciences, the philosophy of time has come into its own as a lively and diverse area of academic research. Philosophers investigate not just the metaphysics of time, and our experience and representation of time, but the role of time in …
The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality
Av Markus Werning, Wolfram Hinzen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
2581 kr
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In this book leading scholars from every relevant field report on all aspects of compositionality, the notion that the meaning of an expression can be derived from its parts. Understanding how compositionality works is a central element of syntactic and semantic analysis and a challenge for models …
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Crime and Criminal Justice
Av Paul Knepper, Anja Johansen
Häftad, 2019
940 kr
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The historical study of crime has expanded in criminology during the past few decades, forming an active niche area in social history. Indeed, the history of crime is more relevant than ever as scholars seek to address contemporary issues in criminology and criminal justice. Thus, The Oxford …
The Oxford Handbook of Textual Criticism of the Bible
Av Sidnie White Crawford, Tommy Wasserman
Inbunden, 2026
1881 kr
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Oxford Handbook of the Textual Criticism of the Bible provides an overview of the disciplines of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament as practiced in the twenty-first century. This volume first explores overarching issues like the formation of the Jewish and Christian canons; …
The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History
Av Andrew C. Isenberg, Andrew C. Isenberg
Häftad, 2017
997 kr
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The field of environmental history emerged just decades ago but has established itself as one of the most innovative and important new approaches to history, one that bridges the human and natural world, the humanities and the sciences. With the current trend towards internationalizing history, …
The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World
Av John Peter Oleson, John Peter Oleson
Häftad, 2010
1375 kr
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Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to the topics of engineering and technology. This volume highlights both the accomplishments of the ancient societies and the remaining research problems, and …
The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies
Av J. W. Rogerson, Judith M. Lieu
Häftad, 2008
858 kr
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The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress …
