Reassessing the radical enlightenment
Part I. The big picture -- "Radical Enlightenment" : a game-changing concept / Jonathan I. Israel -- The radical Enlightenment : a heavenly city with many mansions / Margaret C. Jacob -- Of radical and moderate Enlightenment / Harvey Chisick -- The emergence of the "radical Enli…
Strategies of resistance -- Competing narratives -- Debates on decolonization -- Palestinian spokesmen -- Complicated heroes
When the state of Israel was established in 1948, not all Palestinians became refugees: some stayed behind and were soon granted citizenship. Those who remained, however, were relegated to second-class status in this new country, controlled by a military regime that restricted t…
"This wide ranging study of late antique education explores the intellectual and doctrinal milieux of the two great cities of Athens and Alexandria to shed new light on the interaction between the pagan cultural legacy and Christianity. Where as previous scholarship has seen Chr…
"What is the relationship between thought and practice in the domains of language, literature and politics? Is thought the only standard by which to measure intellectual history? How did Arab intellectuals change and affect political, social, cultural and economic developments f…
"What is the relationship between thought and practice in the domains of language, literature and politics? Is thought the only standard by which to measure intellectual history? How did Arab intellectuals change and affect political, social, cultural and economic developments f…
"What is the relationship between thought and practice in the domains of language, literature and politics? Is thought the only standard by which to measure intellectual history? How did Arab intellectuals change and affect political, social, cultural and economic developments f…
Introduction: the duty of the true race woman -- Organized anxiety : the National Association of Colored Women and the creation of the black public sphere -- "Proper, dignified agitation" : the evolution of Mary Church Terrell -- Queering Jane Crow : Pauli Murray's quest for an …
From associations of the educated to societies for education : historical background -- Historical societies at the juncture of scholarship, politics, and education -- From the university societies to the "university extension" : historians as public activists -- The Society of …
Languages of science in the eighteenth century
The eighteenth century is an important period both in the history of science and in the history of languages. In this volume, seventeen authors explore, from a variety of angles, the construction of a scientific language and discourse. The chapters explore the forming of scienti…
Each chapter examines the correspondence of a particular psycho-analyst with a particular author.
If you were looking for a philosopher likely to appeal to Americans, Friedrich Nietzsche would be far from your first choice. After all, in his blazing career, Nietzsche took aim at nearly all the foundations of modern American life: Christian morality, the Enlightenment faith i…