Essays on Telugu and South Indian literature and culture by distinguished Telugu scholar Narayana Rao.

Leading theorists explore the concept of political liberalism.

European scholars discuss Leo Strauss as a major figure in the history of philosophy.

Reflections on principle and prudence in the thoughts and actions of great thinkers and statesmen.

Synthesizes the most important recent work on wonder and brings a number of disciplines into conversation.

Examines the relationship between diverse iterations of Rosicrucianism and the philosophy of the Enlightenment.

Leading scholars engage the later contributions of Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the towering figures of Renaissance mysticism.

Explores the life and career of one of the twentieth century’s most colorful Zionist leaders.

Examines Jean-Paul Sartre’s antiracist politics and his contributions to critical race theories, postcolonialism, and Africana existentialism.

Contributors draw on Hegel’s account of identity and difference to challenge conventional theories of identity.

The first systematic treatment of Karl Popper’s contribution to the philosophy of the social sciences.

Discusses the first decades of Peking University and its role in shaping Chinese intellectual culture.

Shows how Chinese intellectuals with varying politics envisioned the peasantry and its role in changing society during the first half of the twentieth century.

Explores the larger social, political, and philosophical contexts in which the current vitriolic science vs. anti-science debates occur.

Argues that classical social theory has its intellectual and moral roots in classical Greece.
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Uses Heidegger’s philosophy to critique and remedy “world order thinking” in international politics.

Demonstrates the systematic connection between Kant's ethics and his philosophy of history.

Presents the first complete account of the thought of David Hartley, one of the most original minds of the eighteenth century.

A major reassessment of the work of Jean Paulhan within the context of his own times as well as in the light of contemporary debates in literary theory.

Reinhold Niebuhr and John Dewey frequently have been identified as the most influential American philosophers of their respective times. Although their direct contact in print and in political action ...