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  • On the Literature and Thought of the German Classical Era

    Collected Essays

    by Hugh Barr Nisbet ...
    This volume provides a valuable contribution to our knowledge of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century intellectual life inside and outside Germany.—Prof. Karl S. Guthke, Harvard UniversityThis elegant collection of essays ranges across eighteenth and nineteenth-century thought, covering philosophy, science, literature and religion in the ‘Age of Goethe.’ A recognised authority in the field, Nisbet ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lectures on the Philosophy of World History

    by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ...
    Translated by Hugh Barr Nisbet ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics
    An English translation of Hegel's introduction to his lectures on the philosophy of history, based directly on the standard German edition by Johannes Hoffmeister, first published in 1955. The previous English translation, by J. Sibree, first appeared in 1857 and was based on the defective German edition of Karl Hegel, to which Hoffmeister's edition added a large amount of new material previously ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Volunteers in Prison After-Care

    The Report of the Teamwork Associates Pilot Project

    by Hugh Barr ...
    Series series National Institute Social Services Library
    Originally published in 1971, volunteers in the social services were being asked to undertake increasingly demanding and responsible work, particularly in the field of prison after-care. Effective professional leadership and support were therefore essential. Hugh Barr’s report describes a pilot project in London in which he tried to build effective partnership between professionals and volunteers, ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Social Work Education and Training

    by Gillian Ruch, Fritz-Reudiger Volz, Joan Orme, Andrew Hill, David Ward, Kate Skinner, Charlotte Knight, Hugh Barr, Ian Shaw, Steven Shardlow, Pedro Morago, Chris Clark, Pamela Trevithick, Nathalie Huegler, Karen Lyons ...
    Series series Research Highlights in Social Work
    Excellent social work education and training is vital for ensuring best practice, and it is important to understand the key approaches and methods in order to provide the best teaching and ensure effective learning.This volume provides an overview of social work education, including the background and current context. It covers the key debates surrounding social work education, such as the ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

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  • The Life of the Mind

    The Groundbreaking Investigation on How We Think

    by Hannah Arendt ...
    "A passionate, humane intelligence addressing itself to the fundamental problem of how the mind operates." — NewsweekConsidered by many to be Hannah Arendt's greatest work, published as she neared the end of her life, The Life of the Mind investigates thought itself, as it exists in contemplative life. In a shift from her previous writings, most of which focus on the world outside the mind, this ... Read more

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  • Memory, Metaphor, and Aby Warburg's Atlas of Images

    by Christopher D. Johnson ...
    Series series Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought
    The work of German cultural theorist and art historian Aby Warburg (1866–1929) has had a lasting effect on how we think about images. This book is the first in English to focus on his last project, the encyclopedic Atlas of Images: Mnemosyne. Begun in earnest in 1927, and left unfinished at the time of Warburg's death in 1929, the Atlas consisted of sixty-three large wooden panels covered with ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Goethe

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Ritchie Robertson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In 1878 the Victorian critic Matthew Arnold wrote: 'Goethe is the greatest poet of modern times... because having a very considerable gift for poetry, he was at the same time, in the width, depth, and richness of his criticism of life, by far our greatest modern man.' In this Very Short Introduction Ritchie Robertson covers the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832): scientist, ... Read more

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  • The History of Philosophy

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    by MobileReference ...
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  • Futures Past

    On the Semantics of Historical Time

    by Reinhart Koselleck ...
    Translated by Keith Tribe ...
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