On Exit provides fresh, new perspectiveson the debates on the rights of individuals against their own cultural or religious groups. It brings together scholars from different disciplines to discuss some of thekey questions concerning the relations of cultural and religious group…
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Main description: Rationally coping with situations with uncertain consequences is a matter of universal concern in modern societies. Here a critique of current paradigms of dealing with risk is the starting point for developing an ethics of risk that also takes into account ind…
The papers in this volume present some of the most recent results of the work about contradictions in philosophical logic and metaphysics; examine the history of contradiction in crucial phases of philosophical thought; consider the relevance of contradictions for political and …
Die Stufen Des Organischen Und Der Mensch: Einleitung in Die Philosophische Anthropologie (Sammlung Gaschen).
What does it mean to treat citizens as free and equal given their cultural differences' This book argues that the state ought to be neutral. Treating citizens as free requires justificatory neutrality. Treating citizens as equals requires the state to grant its citizens equal po…
Main description: This study is based on a Sino-Tibetan manuscript from the late 960s, carried by a Chinese pilgrim through the Hexi corridor on his way from Wutaishan to India. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction that functioned as a passport as the monk sto…
Biographical note: Alexandra Couto, University of Oslo, Norway. Main description: Literature on political perfectionism has often mainly focused on dealing with objections. This book highlights the intuitive appeal of liberal perfectionism. Many objections to perfectionism are …
Biographical note: Uljana Feest and Friedrich Steinle, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. Recent philosophy and history of science have seen a surge of interest in the role of concepts in scientific research. Combining philosophical and historical scholarship, the articles…
Biographical note: James Conant, University of Chicago, USA. Andrea Kern, University of Leipzig, Germany. This volume brings out the varieties of forms of philosophical skepticism that have continued to preoccupy philosophers for the past couple of centuries, as well as the spe…
By now Jacques Derrida's legacy has taken the form of a veritable (post- )deconstructive Babel. Its lasting presence is marked by a crucial oscillation between the echoes of its earlier success and the claims of a radically different sensibility. This volume takes stock of the c…
Die großen Revolutionen des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts begründen eine neue Legitimationspolitischer Herrschaft. Zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte der Menschheit wir die Rechtmäßigkeit politischer Ordnungen an die Zustimmung der unterworfenen Subjekte gebunden. Seinen paradigmatisch…
Main description: This volume collects medieval Latin texts from the 8th to the 14th centuries that shape a pseudo-historical image of the Prophet Muhammad. The texts, from critical editions, manuscripts and early printed books, are arranged in chronological order in 55 entries.…
Main description: Ist die Philosophie durch eine Wissenschaftslandschaft gefährdet, die zunehmend von Nutzenerwartungen geprägt wird? Aus welchen Gründen, mit welchen Zielen und Absichten wird Philosophie denn überhaupt betrieben? Die Leitfragen dieses Sammelbands berühren das S…
Main description: Education, knowledge, equal opportunity, autonomy and a good life. These are the keywords shaping current social debate. Is education just an economic program or does knowledge have a value in its own right? Does education promise autonomy and a good life? What…