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  • What Is a Jewish Classicist?

    Essays on the Personal Voice and Disciplinary Politics

    par Simon Goldhill ...
    Collections 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 ... En savoir plus

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  • In Defence of History

    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 ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

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

    Problems Faced in the Writing of History

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

    $19.79 CAD

  • Philology

    The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities

    par James Turner ...
    Collections 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, ... En savoir plus

    $34.99 CAD

  • Comparative Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Ben Hutchinson ...
    Collections 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 ... En savoir plus

    $7.59 CAD

  • 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:· ... En savoir plus

    $12.79 CAD

  • What is the History of Knowledge?

    par Peter Burke ...
    Collections 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 ... En savoir plus

    $22.99 CAD

  • Humanism

    par Tony Davies ...
    Collections 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 ... En savoir plus

    $58.35 CAD

  • 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 ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • What is Intellectual History?

    Collections 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 ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Year of Our Lord 1943

    Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis

    par Alan Jacobs ...
    By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared for their success. A war won by technological superiority merely laid the groundwork for a post-war society ... En savoir plus

    $31.19 CAD

  • Modern Historiography

    An Introduction

    par Michael Bentley ...
    Modern Historiography is the essential introduction to the history of historical writing. It explains the broad philosophical background to the different historians and historical schools of the modern era, from James Boswell and Thomas Carlyle through to Lucien Febure and Eric Hobsbawm and surveys:the Enlightenment and Counter EnlightenmentRomanticismthe voice of Science and the process of ... En savoir plus

    $75.99 CAD