Philosophy
Philosophy from Greece and Rome to medieval and modern thought.
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Human Space [Paperback]
Otto Bollnow (Author)
£27.99ISBN: 9788869772832
Published by : Mimesis International
Human Space is an English translation of one of the most comprehensive studies of space as we experience it. Since it was published in Germany in 1963, Bollnow’s text has become a key reading in architecture, anthropology, and philosophy,... .... Learn More -
Biopolitics for Beginners: Knowledge of Life and Government of People [Paperback]
Ottavio Marzocca (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9788869771781
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
Michel Foucault claimed that the term biopolitics can be fully understood only within the context of modern forms of governing society. From this perspective, the development of modern medical knowledge, the re-organization of the hospital as a he... .... Learn More -
Resounding Spaces: Approaching Musical Atmospheres [Paperback]
Federica Scassillo (Editor)
£16.99ISBN: 9788869773020
Published by : Mimesis International
This book is the result of an international conference that took place in Rome on September 13th-14th 2019, entitled “Resounding Spaces: Music and Atmospheres”. The main topic was the relationship between music(s) and concepts like resonance, atmo... .... Learn More -
Ash‘arism encounters Avicennism: Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī on Creation [Hardback]
Laura Hassan (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9781463207199
Published by : Gorgias Press
Series: Islamic History and Thought
Volume: 19
This study of Sayf al-Dīn al-Āmidī’s (d. 631/1233) teachings on creation offers close analysis of all of his extant works of falsafa and kalām. Some of these were not known to previous scholars, yet they bear witness to key facets of the interacti... .... Learn More -
Freedom in the Nets [Paperback]
Osvaldo Zebris (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9788869773150
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Out of Series
Osvalds Zebris’ stories capture those moments of existence visible only to the most attentive observer, laying particular attention on language and an idiosyncratic vision of the world. His characters seem bound to an irrevocable desinty, even if ... .... Learn More -
The Aesthetics of Experience Design: A Philosophical Essay [Paperback]
Anna Ichino (Author)
£13.99ISBN: 9788869772986
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Aesthetics
What is the imagination’s role in human cognition and culture? This book explores the hypothesis that such role is larger than we commonly think: imagination is the key to understand many important domains of our lives – including religion, supers... .... Learn More -
The Making of Modern Anthrax, 1875-1920: Uniting Local, National and Global Histories of Disease [Paperback]
James F. Stark (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780822966494
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
From the mid-nineteenth century onwards a number of previously unknown conditions were recorded in both animals and humans. Known by a variety of names, and found in diverse locations, by the end of the century these diseases were united under the... .... Learn More -
The Making of British Anthropology, 1813-1871 [Paperback]
Efram Sera-Shriar (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780822966487
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Victorian anthropology has been derided as an "armchair practice," distinct from the scientific discipline of the twentieth century. But the observational practices that characterized the study of human diversity developed from the established sci... .... Learn More -
Science and Societies in Frankfurt am Main [Paperback]
Ayako Sakurai (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780822966463
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
The nineteenth century saw science move from being the preserve of a small learned elite to a dominant force which influenced society as a whole. Sakurai presents a study of how scientific societies affected the social and political life of a city... .... Learn More -
Regionalizing Science: Placing Knowledges in Victorian England [Paperback]
Simon Naylor (Author)
£27.00ISBN: 9780822966425
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Victorian England, as is well known, produced an enormous amount of scientific endeavour, but what has previously been overlooked is the important role of geography on these developments. Naylor seeks to rectify this imbalance by presenting a hist... .... Learn More
