"In 'Leo Strauss and the rediscovery of Maimonides', Kenneth Hart Green explores the critical role played by Maimonides in shaping Leo Strauss' thought. In uncovering the esoteric tradition employed in Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed, Strauss made the radical realization that…
Over the past 20 years scholars, policymakers, and the media have increasingly recognized the links between both traditional and non-traditional security issues and the changing condition of the global environment. Concepts such as ''environmental security'' and ''resource confl…
"Over the past 20 years scholars, policymakers, and the media have increasingly recognized the links between both traditional and non-traditional security issues and the changing condition of the global environment. Concepts such as 'environmental security' and 'resource conflic…
Main description: Spatial and social cognition are entwined in multiple ways. This volume explores how social, cognitive, neuropsychological and, linguistic approaches converge in explaining the surprising links between space and social thought. Theories and evidence, ranging fr…
A new, self-aware cohort of Muslim youth has arisen since the attacks of 9/11, facilitated by recent communication technologies and the Internet. These young people do not share a common socioeconomic status, cultural sensibility, or political position. Nor are they united in th…
Every day we are asked to fulfil others' requests, and we make regular requests of others too, seeking compliance with our desires, commands and suggestions. This accessible text provides a uniquely in-depth overview of the different social influence techniques people use in ord…
"Over the past two decades, an unprecedented burst of entrepreneurialism has transformed China's economy from a closed, impoverished, state-run system into a major power in global business. As products in China become more and more sophisticated, and as its companies embrace dom…
Lawyering for the Rule of Law introduces a new model of government lawyering in which government lawyers function as an ancillary mechanism that enables the court to expand its influence on policy-making within the political branches by forming out-of-court settlements. It discu…