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Thomas H. Mawson's book was first published in 1900 and is a classic today, the definitive guide to garden making. It has been published in many editions; the fifth edition from 1926 is considered the most beautiful. This edition is now available as a facsimile to give more people the opportunity to discover Mawson's exquisite work. The book contains a new foreword written by Clive Aslet.

The first printing of this facsimilie includes a gold leaf top edge.

The belief in a governing, universal, celestial principle has followed us through human history. More than 80 percent of the world's population has a religious affiliation and even in secular states, religion continues to play an important role. Politics and international relations today cannot be understood without accounting for the element of religion in cultural contexts.

The essays in this book derive from the Engelsberg Seminar of 2014, and investigate the role which religion plays in society today and in the past. They also explore religion as a phenomenon in relation to the human condition and how it manifests itself as an individual experience. In order to understand ourselves, do we need to understand religion?

We have come a long way from the religions, myths and foundation stories that created the bedrock of man s early understanding of the world and everything in it, and our stock of knowledge has increased exponentially in recent times. In this volume leading scholars in the arts and sciences discuss how knowledge and information have been preserved and transferred throughout history, bringing us up to today s digital age and the multiple challenges it presents, not least with regard to our personal data.

Amid growing tension between a cognitive elite and those who feel excluded from public discourse and decision making, alongside increasing friction in academia over freedom of interpretation and expression, will our information society turn out to be an era of enlightenment or are we entering a new dark age for knowledge?

Vårt medvetande är unikt som vetenskapligt ämne. Till att börja med finns det ingen konsensus kring hur det ska definieras. Åsikterna går isär om hur med vilka metoder man bör närma sig det. Under många decennier var medvetandeforskningen bortglömd av den akademiska världen, begravd under behaviorismen och den kognitiva vetenskapen. Nu har den återigen tagit plats på scen som ett relevant område inom vetenskaplig forskning. 

Denna nyutgåva av essäsamlingen från 2016 innehåller en ny text av  dr Christof Koch, som ger en sammanfattning av den utveckling som skett sedan boken publicerades första gången. Den har också ett uppdaterat förord av Kurt Almqvist. Boken är en milstolpe i den vetenskapliga forskningen kring medvetande och utkommer enbart på engelska.