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“john j callanan”

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  • Man-Devil

    The Mind and Times of Bernard Mandeville, the Wickedest Man in Europe

    by John J. Callanan ...
    A lively and provocative account of Bernard Mandeville and the work that scandalized and appalled his contemporaries—and made him one of the most influential thinkers of the eighteenth centuryIn 1714, doctor, philosopher and writer Bernard Mandeville published The Fable of the Bees, a humorous tale in which a prosperous hive full of greedy and licentious bees trade their vices for virtues and ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Kant and Animals

    Edited by John J. Callanan, Lucy Allais ...
    This is the first edited collection devoted entirely to the question of the role of animals in the thought of Immanuel Kant. Though the topic is not one treated systematically in his work, mentions of animals occur throughout his corpus in relation to many of his central concerns. In this volume, a team of leading scholars address issues ranging over Kant's theoretical and practical philosophy, ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

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  • The Needs of Strangers

    by Michael Ignatieff ...
    This thought provoking book uncovers a crisis in the political imagination, a wide-spread failure to provide the passionate sense of community "in which our need for belonging can be met." Seeking the answers to fundamental questions, Michael Ignatieff writes vividly both about ideas and about the people who tried to live by them-from Augustine to Bosch, from Rousseau to Simone Weil. Incisive and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Hobbes

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard Tuck ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inevitably evil and proposed a totalitarian state to subdue human failings. In this illuminating study, Richard Tuck re-evaluates Hobbes's philosophy and dispels these myths, revealing him to have been passionately concerned with the refutation of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Locke

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John Dunn ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message has been curiously misunderstood. In this book John Dunn shows how Locke arrived at his theory of knowledge ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Protestant Whore

    Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750

    by Alison Conway ...
    After the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660, Protestants worried that King Charles II might favour religious freedom for Roman Catholics, and many suspected that the king was unduly influenced by his Catholic mistresses. Nell Gwyn, actress and royal mistress, stood apart by virtue of her Protestant loyalty. In 1681, Gwyn, her carriage surrounded by an angry anti-Catholic mob, famously ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Climbing Parnassus

    A New Apologia for Greek and Latin

    by Tracy Lee Simmons ...
    In Climbing Parnassus, winner of the 2005 Paideia Prize, Tracy Lee Simmons presents a defense and vindication of the formative power of Greek and Latin. He also shows how these languages have played a crucial role in the development of authentic Humanism, the foundation of the West's cultural order and America's understanding of itself as a union of citizens. Simmons's persuasive witness to the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Corporate Commonwealth

    Pluralism and Political Fictions in England, 1516–1651

    by Henry S. Turner ...
    The history of the rise and transformation of corporations—and their political power—in Renaissance England.Winner of the Elizabeth Dietz Memorial Prize for the Best Book in Renaissance StudiesThe Corporate Commonwealth traces the evolution of corporations during the English Renaissance and explores the many types of corporations that once flourished. Along the way, the book offers important ... Read more

    $22.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Routledge Guidebook to Hobbes' Leviathan

    by Glen Newey ...
    Series series The Routledge Guides to the Great Books
    Hobbes is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ideas and political thought, and his seminal text Leviathan is widely recognised as one of the greatest works of political philosophy ever written.The Routledge Guidebook to Hobbes’ Leviathan introduces the major themes in Hobbes’ great book and acts as a companion for reading this key work, examining:The context of ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Gendering the Nation

    Identity Politics and English Comic Theatre of the Long Eighteenth Century

    by Chandrava Chakravarty ...
    Gendering the Nation studies the role of the comic theatre in Britain during the long eighteenth century as a nation-building discourse. It evaluates the impact of the cultural phenomenon of Sentimentality on the English comic stage in conceptualising gendered identities for the men and women of a polite, genteel nation. The book analyses certain popular comic plays of the time to ascertain the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Origins of the English Novel, 1600–1740

    by Michael McKeon ...
    "This may well be the most important study of the development of prose fiction in England since Ian Watt's classic Rise of the Novel, on which it builds." — Library JournalThe Origins of the English Novel, 1600-1740, combines historical analysis and readings of extraordinarily diverse texts to reconceive the foundations of the dominant genre of the modern era. Now, on the fifteenth anniversary of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anti-Lawyers

    Religion and the Critics of Law and State

    by David Saunders ...
    In early modern Europe the law developed as one of the few non-religious orderings of civil life. Its separation from religion was, however, never complete and we see the contest continued today not only in the campaigns of religious fundamentalists of the right, but also in the clains of critical intellectuals to reshape government institutions and the legal apparatus in accordance with moral ... Read more

    $66.99 USD