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  • What Is a Jewish Classicist?

    Essays on the Personal Voice and Disciplinary Politics

    door Simon Goldhill ...
    Serie series Rubicon
    In recent years, there has been no issue that has convulsed academia and its role in society more stridently than the personal politics of its institutions: who has access to education? How does who you are change what you study and how you engage with it? How does scholarship reflect the politics of society – how should it? These new essays from one of the best-known scholars of ancient Greece ... Meer lezen

    20,90 €

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  • In Defence of History

    door Richard J. Evans ...
    The classic explanation of the craft of history and the vital worth of historians to civilizationIn this volume, English historian Richard Evans offers a defence of the importance of his craft. At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, Evans shows us why history is necessary. Taking us into the historians' workshop to show us just how good history gets written, he ... Meer lezen

    18,42 €

  • Histories and Fallacies: Problems Faced in the Writing of History

    Problems Faced in the Writing of History

    door Carl R. Trueman ...
    How do we know the stories told by historians are true? To what extent can we rely on their interpretations of the past?Histories and Fallacies is a primer on the conceptual and methodological problems in the discipline of history. Historian Carl Trueman presents a series of classic historical problems as a way to examine what history is, what it means, and how it can be told and understood. Each ... Meer lezen

    11,23 €

  • The Twilight Of Atheism

    The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World

    door Alister McGrath ...
    Atheism is one of the most important movements in modern Western culture. For the last two hundred years, it seemed to be on the verge of eliminating religion as an outmoded and dangerous superstition. Recent years, however, have witnessed the decline of disbelief and a rise in religious/spiritual devotion throughout the world. In this highly readable book, the distinguished historian and ... Meer lezen

    12,99 €

  • Is History Fiction?

    The relationship between history and fiction has always been a controversial one. Can we ever know that a historical narrative is giving us a true account of what actually happened? Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and insightful examination of the ways in which history is – and might be – written. It traces History's doubleness and divided nature, beginning with its founding ... Meer lezen

    14,99 €

  • Philology

    The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities

    door James Turner ...
    Serie series The William G. Bowen Series
    A prehistory of today's humanities, from ancient Greece to the early twentieth centuryMany today do not recognize the word, but "philology" was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only the study of Greek and Roman literature and the Bible but also all other studies of language and literature, as well as history, culture, art, and more. In short, ... Meer lezen

    25,96 €

  • Comparative Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    door Ben Hutchinson ...
    Serie series Very Short Introductions
    Comparative Literature is both the past and the future of literary studies. Its history is intimately linked to the political upheavals of modernity: from colonial empire-building in the nineteenth century, via the Jewish diaspora of the twentieth century, to the postcolonial culture wars of the twenty-first century, attempts at 'comparison' have defined the international agenda of literature. But ... Meer lezen

    7,27 €

  • Unimaginable

    What Our World Would Be Like Without Christianity

    A Stirring Account of Christianity's Power for GoodIn a day when Christians are often attacked for their beliefs, professor and speaker Jeremiah Johnston offers an inspiring look at the positive influence of Christianity, both historically and today. In Unimaginable, you'll discover the far-reaching ways that Christianity is good for the world--and has been since the first century AD--including:· ... Meer lezen

    9,74 €

  • What is the History of Knowledge?

    door Peter Burke ...
    Serie series What is History?
    What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, ‘knowledges in the plural’) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Leading cultural historian, Peter Burke, draws upon examples of this ... Meer lezen

    16,99 €

  • Humanism

    door Tony Davies ...
    Serie series The New Critical Idiom
    Definitions of humanism have evolved throughout the centuries as the term has been adopted for a variety of purposes – literary, cultural and political – and reactions against humanism have contributed to movements such as postmodernism and anti-humanism. Tony Davies offers a clear introduction to the many uses of this influential yet complex concept and this second edition extends his discussion ... Meer lezen

    41,51 €

  • The Great Mystery

    Science, God and the Human Quest for Meaning

    There is currently huge interest in the question of human nature and identity, and what the human future might look like. Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Are we alone? And what can religion bring, alongside biology and anthropology, to these important and exciting questions?The Great Mystery focuses on this fascinating field of study. Alister McGrath, bestselling author and ... Meer lezen

    3,99 €

  • What is Intellectual History?

    door Richard Whatmore ...
    Serie series What is History?
    What is intellectual history?Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Some consider the discipline to be among the most ... Meer lezen

    15,99 €