Author: Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134799993
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This popular Key Guide provides an overview of the broader intellectual currents of Jewish philosophy. It includes a chronological table and maps.
Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers
Author: Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134799993
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This popular Key Guide provides an overview of the broader intellectual currents of Jewish philosophy. It includes a chronological table and maps.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134799993
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This popular Key Guide provides an overview of the broader intellectual currents of Jewish philosophy. It includes a chronological table and maps.
Fifty Key Medieval Thinkers
Author: Gillian Rosemary Evans
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415236638
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Focusing on individuals whose ideas shaped intellectual life between 400 and 1500, this book is an accessible guide to those religious, philosophical and political concepts central to the medieval worldview.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415236638
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Focusing on individuals whose ideas shaped intellectual life between 400 and 1500, this book is an accessible guide to those religious, philosophical and political concepts central to the medieval worldview.
Fifty Key Thinkers in Psychology
Author: Noel Sheehy
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415167752
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Table of contents
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415167752
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Table of contents
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment
Author: Joy A. Palmer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134756240
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer, herself an important and prolific author on environmental matters, has assembled a team of thirty-five expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures – from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are: Philosophers such as Rousseau, Spinoza and Heidegger Activists such as Chico Mendes Literary giants such as Virgil, Goethe and Wordsworth Major religious and spiritual figures such as the Buddha and St Francis of Assisi. Lucid, scholarly and informative, these fifty essays offer a fascinating overview of mankind’s view and understanding of the physical world.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134756240
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer, herself an important and prolific author on environmental matters, has assembled a team of thirty-five expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures – from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are: Philosophers such as Rousseau, Spinoza and Heidegger Activists such as Chico Mendes Literary giants such as Virgil, Goethe and Wordsworth Major religious and spiritual figures such as the Buddha and St Francis of Assisi. Lucid, scholarly and informative, these fifty essays offer a fascinating overview of mankind’s view and understanding of the physical world.
Fifty Key Classical Authors
Author: Alison Sharrock
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134709765
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers, Fifty Key Classical Authors is an invaluable introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the ancient world. Including essays on Sappho, Polybius and Lucan, as well as on major figures such as Homer, Plato, Catullus and Cicero, this book is a vital tool for all students of classical civilization.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134709765
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers, Fifty Key Classical Authors is an invaluable introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the ancient world. Including essays on Sappho, Polybius and Lucan, as well as on major figures such as Homer, Plato, Catullus and Cicero, this book is a vital tool for all students of classical civilization.
Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide
Author: Paul R. Bartrop
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136931384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
This unique volume critically discusses the works of fifty of the most influential scholars involved in the study of the Holocaust and genocide. Studying each scholar’s background and influences, the authors examine the ways in which their major works have been received by critics and supporters, and analyse each thinker’s contributions to the field. Key figures discussed range from historians and philosophers, to theologians, anthropologists, art historians and sociologists, including: Hannah Arendt Christopher Browning Primo Levi Raphael Lemkin Jacques Sémelin Saul Friedländer Samantha Power Hans Mommsen Emil Fackenheim Helen Fein Adam Jones Ben Kiernan. A thoughtful collection of groundbreaking thinkers, this book is an ideal resource for academics, students, and all those interested in both the emerging and rapidly evolving field of Genocide Studies and the established field of Holocaust Studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136931384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
This unique volume critically discusses the works of fifty of the most influential scholars involved in the study of the Holocaust and genocide. Studying each scholar’s background and influences, the authors examine the ways in which their major works have been received by critics and supporters, and analyse each thinker’s contributions to the field. Key figures discussed range from historians and philosophers, to theologians, anthropologists, art historians and sociologists, including: Hannah Arendt Christopher Browning Primo Levi Raphael Lemkin Jacques Sémelin Saul Friedländer Samantha Power Hans Mommsen Emil Fackenheim Helen Fein Adam Jones Ben Kiernan. A thoughtful collection of groundbreaking thinkers, this book is an ideal resource for academics, students, and all those interested in both the emerging and rapidly evolving field of Genocide Studies and the established field of Holocaust Studies.
Fifty Major Political Thinkers
Author: Ian Adams
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415228107
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The life and thought of major figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide an accessible and clearly written introduction to the major ideas and schools of thought which have shaped contemporary politics, including figures such as: Aristotle, Machiavelli, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft, Karl Marx, Mohandas Ghandi, Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault, and Jurgen Habermas.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415228107
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The life and thought of major figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the present day. The entries provide an accessible and clearly written introduction to the major ideas and schools of thought which have shaped contemporary politics, including figures such as: Aristotle, Machiavelli, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecraft, Karl Marx, Mohandas Ghandi, Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault, and Jurgen Habermas.
Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion
Author: Gary Kessler
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136662405
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years. Arranged chronologically, the book explores the lives, works and ideas of key writers across a truly interdisciplinary range, from sociologists to psychologists. Thinkers covered include: Friedrich Nietzsche James Frazer Sigmund Freud Emile Durkheim Ludwig Wittgenstein Mary Douglas Talal Asad Søren Kierkegaard Providing an indispensable one volume map of our understanding of religion in the west, the book is fully cross-referenced throughout and provides authoritative guides to important primary and secondary texts for students wishing to take their studies further.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136662405
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years. Arranged chronologically, the book explores the lives, works and ideas of key writers across a truly interdisciplinary range, from sociologists to psychologists. Thinkers covered include: Friedrich Nietzsche James Frazer Sigmund Freud Emile Durkheim Ludwig Wittgenstein Mary Douglas Talal Asad Søren Kierkegaard Providing an indispensable one volume map of our understanding of religion in the west, the book is fully cross-referenced throughout and provides authoritative guides to important primary and secondary texts for students wishing to take their studies further.
Fifty Key Christian Thinkers
Author: Peter McEnhill
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415170494
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Fifty Key Christian Thinkersprovides both valuable information and stimulating debate on the lives and work of fifty of the most important Christian theologians. This guide provides an overview of Christian theology from the emergence of the faith 2000 years ago to the present day. Among the figures profiled in this accessible guide are: * St Paul * Barth * Aquinas * Boethius * Niebuhr * Calvin * Luther * Feuerbach * Kierkegaard * Origen
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415170494
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Fifty Key Christian Thinkersprovides both valuable information and stimulating debate on the lives and work of fifty of the most important Christian theologians. This guide provides an overview of Christian theology from the emergence of the faith 2000 years ago to the present day. Among the figures profiled in this accessible guide are: * St Paul * Barth * Aquinas * Boethius * Niebuhr * Calvin * Luther * Feuerbach * Kierkegaard * Origen
Sport and Physical Education
Author: Timothy John Lindsay Chandler
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415231426
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Written specifically for students of both Sports Science and Physical Education,Sport and Physical Education: The Key Conceptsis a reference guide to the disciplines, themes, topics and concerns current in contemporary sport. Entries on such diverse subjects as professionalism, history, exercise physiology and education offer an up-to-date perspective on the changing face of sport science.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415231426
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Written specifically for students of both Sports Science and Physical Education,Sport and Physical Education: The Key Conceptsis a reference guide to the disciplines, themes, topics and concerns current in contemporary sport. Entries on such diverse subjects as professionalism, history, exercise physiology and education offer an up-to-date perspective on the changing face of sport science.