"Based on the author's long experience in academic life and the public realm, especially in foreign policy, this book argues that a single categoric classification of cities is inadequate, and that cities have had different and varied impacts and positions throughout the history…
"Based on the author's long experience in academic life and the public realm, especially in foreign policy, this book argues that a single categoric classification of cities is inadequate, and that cities have had different and varied impacts and positions throughout the history…
A comprehensive exposition and analysis of Jan Patočka's political philosophy, in particular his idea of Europe and concept of 'post-Europe', and its continuing relevance to philosophy and contemporary politics.
Thinking after Europe: Jan Patočka and politics
Europe as an idea and a political project is a central issue in contemporary political theory. Patočka's political thought offers many original insights into questions surrounding the European project. Here, for the first time, a group of leading scholars from different discipli…
Thinking after Europe: Jan Patočka and politics
A comprehensive exposition and analysis of Jan Patočka's political philosophy, in particular his idea of Europe and concept of 'post-Europe', and its continuing relevance to philosophy and contemporary politics.
Thinking after Europe: Jan Patočka and politics
A comprehensive exposition and analysis of Jan Patočka's political philosophy, in particular his idea of Europe and concept of 'post-Europe', and its continuing relevance to philosophy and contemporary politics.
Addressing the remarkable absence of colonial legacy from Pierre Nora's Les Lieux de mémoire, the present volume fosters a new reading of the French past by discerning and exploring an initial repertoire of realms that bridges the gap between traditionally instituted French memo…
"Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is among the great sociologists of the twentieth century. This volume is a carefully chosen collection of Elias's most important writings and includes many of his most brilliant ideas. The development of Elias's thinking during the course of his long ca…
Review: "Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is among the great sociologists of the twentieth century. This volume is a carefully chosen collection of Elias's most important writings and includes many of his most brilliant ideas. The development of Elias's thinking during the course of his…
Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is described as one of the great sociologists of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Elias earned a doctorate in philosophy and then turned to sociology, working with Max Weber's younger brother, Alfred Weber, and with Karl Mannheim. He later fled the Naz…