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  • The Imperative of Responsibility

    In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age

    by Hans Jonas ...
    A classic work of ethical philosophy that explores our options in an age of devatasting technological changeHans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like. Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, Jonas's ethics is grounded not in ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • The Gnostic Religion

    The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity

    by Hans Jonas ...
    The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity ... Read more

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  • Memoirs

    Hans Jonas

    by Hans Jonas, Christian Wiese ...
    Translated by Krishna Winston ...
    Series series The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry
    When Hans Jonas died in 1993, he was revered among American scholars specializing in European philosophy, but his thought had not yet made great inroads among a wider public. In Germany, conversely, during the 1980s, when Jonas himself was an octogenarian, he became a veritable intellectual celebrity, owing to the runaway success of his 1979 book The Imperative of Responsibility. In the 1920s, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Judaism and Environmental Ethics

    A Reader

    by E L. Allen, Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Jeremy Benstein, Philip J. Bentley, J David Bleich, Gerald Blidstein, Jeremy Cohen, David Ehrenfeld, Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Hans Jonas, Leon R. Kass, Eric Katz, Jeanne Kay, Aldo Leopold, Ze'ev Levy, Eric Rosenblum, RobertD Sacks, Arthur Schaeffer, Eilon Schwartz, Steven S. Schwarzschild, Lawrence Troster, Michael Wyschogrod ...
    Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Organizing for Independence

    Secessionist Protest, Organizational Change, and the Referendum Crisis in Catalonia

    by Hans Jonas Gunzelmann ...
    Series series Protest and Social Movements
    Independence protests are on the rise across Europe, as Spain, the UK, and other states have faced severe secessionist challenges. The largest wave of these protests swept Catalonia and reached its peak in 2017 when the push for a binding referendum led to an unprecedented secessionist crisis. Organizing for Independence explores the question of how the referendum crisis as a threat and ... Read more

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  • Man for Himself

    An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The New York Times –bestselling author and social philosopher explores the function of ethics and morality in the human psyche: "A fascinating volume . . . magnificent in its implications" ( Saturday Review ).Are we primarily determined by nature or nurture? What are the best ways that people can live productively? In Man for Himself, renowned social philosopher Erich Fr... ... Read more

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  • The German Genius

    Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century

    by Peter Watson ...
    A "compelling" history of German cultural and intellectual development from 1750 to the twentieth century ( Financial Times).From the end of the Baroque era and the death of Bach to the rise of Hitler, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among Western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force. By 1933, Germans had won more Nobel Prizes than the British and Americans combined ... Read more

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  • Education Policies in the 21st Century

    Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Birol Akgün, Yusuf Alpaydın ...
    Series series Maarif Global Education Series
    This open access book explores the agenda of education policies in the 21st century. In the first part of the book, education is handled from a historical and political framework, and the effects of the change of states and policies on education are examined. In the second part, the effects of changes in the economy on education policies and economies’ demands from educational institutions are ... Read more

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  • Eclipse of Reason

    by Max Horkheimer ...
    In Eclipse of Reason, Horkheimer discusses how the Nazis were able to project their agenda as "reasonable", but also identifies the Pragmatism of John Dewey as problematic, due to his emphasis on the instrumental dimension of reasoning. It is broken into five sections: Means and Ends, Conflicting Panaceas, The Revolt of Nature, The Rise and Decline of the Individual and On the Concept of ... Read more

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  • The German Conception of History

    The National Tradition of Historical Thought from Herder to the Present

    by Georg G. Iggers ...
    This is the first comprehensive critical examination in any language of the German national tradition of historiography. It analyzes the basic theoretical assumptions of the German historians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and relates these assumptions to political thought and action.The German national tradition of historiography had its beginnings in the reaction against the ... Read more

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  • Nietzsche, Godfather of Fascism?

    On the Uses and Abuses of a Philosophy

    Edited by Jacob Golomb, Robert S. Wistrich ...
    An examination of the association between the influential and controversial philosopher's ideas and fascistic beliefs.Frequently described as the "radical aristocrat" of the spirit, Friedrich Nietzsche abhorred mass culture and strove to cultivate an Übermensch endowed with exceptional mental qualities. What can such a thinker have in common with the fascistic manipulation of the masses for ... Read more

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  • Gender in Refugee Law

    From the Margins to the Centre

    Edited by Efrat Arbel, Catherine Dauvergne, Jenni Millbank ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Asylum, Migration and Refugee Law
    Questions of gender have strongly influenced the development of international refugee law over the last few decades. This volume assesses the progress toward appropriate recognition of gender-related persecution in refugee law. It documents the advances made following intense advocacy around the world in the 1990s, and evaluates the extent to which gender has been successfully integrated into ... Read more

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