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The many mass protests that have taken place since 2011 have been characterised by an unmistakable need to challenge, overthrow and destroy the prevailing political representations without proposing new ones.The protests are not concerned with replacing the current...
Editeur :
Polity
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2025-11-11
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Theory Redux
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Human beings change the world in order to know it more easily and reliably. That is, we construct social and material environments, or ‘epistemic niches’, and develop cognitive tools to better acquire, transmit, or store information. A queue, for example, is an...
Editeur :
Polity
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2025-11-11
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The life and thought of Diogenes the Cynic, an iconoclastic philosopher who pioneered a brash and free-thinking vision of life that inspired the philosophy of Stoicism “A rich, engaging portrait of intellectual fearlessness” (Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer...
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Basic Books
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2025-11-11
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This open access volume presents the select proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, Anubhuti: Revitalizing Indian Knowledge Systems for the Modern World (ICIKS 2025).
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Atlantis Press
Parution :
2025-11-08
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This book envisions a more practical effectiveness of critical theory thru consideration of concrete alternatives that allow for the capability of a gradually transformed and redeemed reality. Mordacci combines critique with utopia, and inspires new visions in...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-11-07
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Der Denkraum der Besonnenheit stammt als Begriff vom Hamburger Kulturwissenschaftler Aby Warburg (1866-1929). Obwohl bereits vor über einhundert Jahren formuliert, scheint die dringliche Notwendigkeit für einen derartigen Raum aktueller denn je. Das Buch...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-11-07
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This book provides the first in-depth theory of how we communicate using photographs. Despite the ubiquitous use of photographs as a universal language in digital social media, a systematic understanding of photographic communication has remained elusive. The author...
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Springer
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2025-11-07
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This book develops a logic of world-views: belief-systems that shape how we know, interpret, and act in the world. It explores how these frameworks function as sign-systems, models of reality, and normative guides for thought and behavior.This book starts with...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-11-01
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Value-based Civilization revolutionizes civilization studies by spotlighting human values as civilization's core and technology as its propelling force. The book's trailblazing "Human Civilization Function" model and "Value-Based Civilization" formula provide incisive...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-11-01
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This open access book offers an innovative exploration of the concept of autonomy, extending beyond the traditional individualistic perspectives to encompass a richer, more interdependent understanding of autonomy in various domains. The authors delve into the...
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Springer
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2025-10-31
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This book offers an exploration of how Carnap’s legacy informs and challenges current approaches to philosophical methodology. The volume gathers new essays centered on two themes. The first examines language pluralism and its implications for metaphysics:...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-10-30
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This book explores significant literary and critical thinking achievements that have shaped our world.This slim yet comprehensive guide is divided into three parts: Dawn of the Western Tradition, Epistemologies of Knowledge, and Literary Phenomenology & Cultural...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-10-30
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Since the last decade of the twentieth century, there has been talk of a return of religion in Western societies - the very societies that were regarded by many people as undergoing an irreversible process of secularization. Paul Ricoeur's philosophical writings on...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2025-10-28
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This book explores new perspectives on venerable problems about being mental that have always attracted philosophers’ attention. For human beings, being mental is one of the most fascinating research subjects, since having a mind is the feature that makes our life...
Editeur :
Springer
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2025-10-26
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This is the first book to focus on the concept of human rights in African philosophy and the debates surrounding it. It provides its readers–from policymakers to scholars, from experts in human rights to experts in African philosophy–with a succinct, general guide on...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-10-25
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Conceptual engineering is the method of critically assessing, improving, and replacing the concepts we use in thought and talk. Based on lectures by leading philosophers at theConceptual Engineering Online Seminar 2020–2022, this first of three volumes is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-10-24
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This book offers a complete overview of the complex topic of reasonableness. Ranging through ethics, political theory and legal theory, the author shows how ‘reasonable’ is an unescapable evaluative term. One uses this concept to evaluate positively or negatively – ‘it...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-10-14
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Dieses Buch befasst sich mit Fragen, die das Erleben unserer Lebenszeit berühren. Warum vergeht die Zeit manchmal schnell und manchmal langsam? Warum erscheint ein Rückweg kürzer als ein Hinweg? Warum scheint die Zeit immer schneller zu vergehen, je...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-10-13
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Conceptual engineering is the method of critically assessing, improving, and replacing the concepts we use in thought and talk. Based on lectures by leading philosophers at theConceptual Engineering Online Seminar 2020–2022, this third of three volumes focuses on...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-10-09
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This book presents an innovative and thought-provoking argument regarding the foundations of politics and its ethical implications, exploring the difference between what politics is (and/or can be) and what it is not (and/or cannot be). It distinguishes between two...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-10-09
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