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After the Revolution? Authority in a Good Societyby Robert A. DahlISBN 0300049641 (0-300-04964-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everythingby Mary Gribbin, John R. GribbinISBN 0300084609 (0-300-08460-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Auschwitz and Afterby Charlotte Delbo, Lawrence L. Langer, Rosette C. LamontISBN 0300070578 (0-300-07057-8)
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Balanced Discoursesby John Makeham, Xu Gan, Gan XuISBN 0300092016 (0-300-09201-6)
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Benedict De Spinoza: An Introductionby Henry E. AllisonISBN 0300035969 (0-300-03596-9)
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Christianity and Classical Culture: The Metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter With Hellenismby Jaroslav PelikanISBN 0300062559 (0-300-06255-9)
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Churchmen and Philosophers: From Jonathan Edwards to John Deweyby Bruce KuklickISBN 0300040369 (0-300-04036-9)
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Courts, Law, and Politics in Comparative Perspectiveby Herbert M. Kritzer, Herbert Jacob, Joseph Sanders, Doris Marie Provine, Erhard BlankenburgISBN 0300063792 (0-300-06379-2)
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Criticism in the Wildernessby Geoffrey HartmanISBN 0300028393 (0-300-02839-3)
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The Death of Tragedyby George SteinerISBN 0300069162 (0-300-06916-2)
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Democracy and Its Criticsby Robert A. DahlISBN 0300049382 (0-300-04938-2)
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The Devil in the New World: The Impact of Diabolism in New Spainby Fernando CervantesISBN 0300068891 (0-300-06889-1)
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The Dialogue of Justice: Toward a Self-Reflective Societyby James S. FishkinISBN 0300066392 (0-300-06639-2)
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The Divine Relativity: A Social Conception of Godby Charles HartshorneISBN 0300028806 (0-300-02880-6)
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Dollars and Change: Economics in Contextby Louis PuttermanISBN 0300087101 (0-300-08710-1)
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Eighteenth-Century Hermeneutics: Philosophy of Interpretation in England from Locke to Burkeby Joel C. WeinsheimerISBN 0300052804 (0-300-05280-4)
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The Elusiveness of the Ordinary: Studies in the Possibility of Philosophyby Stanley RosenISBN 0300091974 (0-300-09197-4)
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Engaging the Moving Imageby Noel CarrollISBN 0300091958 (0-300-09195-8)
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Ethical and Religious Thought in Analytic Philosophy of Languageby Quentin SmithISBN 0300062125 (0-300-06212-5)
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Finding Philosophy in Social Scienceby Mario BungeISBN 0300066066 (0-300-06606-6)
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Forms of Explanation: Rethinking the Questions in Social Theoryby Alan GarfinkelISBN 0300049021 (0-300-04902-1)
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Freud and Freudians on Religion: A Readerby Donald CappsISBN 0300082010 (0-300-08201-0)
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From Soul to Mind: The Emergence of Psychology from Erasmus Darwin to William Jamesby Reed EdwardISBN 0300075812 (0-300-07581-2)
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From Soul to Mind introduces a cast that includes not only well-known psychologists and philosophers (Kant, Reid, Darwin, James) but also figures important in their time who are largely forgotten today (R. H. Lotze in Germany, G. H. Lewes in Britain) and literary notables (Mary, Shelley, E. T. A. Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe). Countering the widespread belief that psychology is the offspring of philosophy, Reed contends that modern philosophy arose when academic philosophers sought to distinguish themselves from psychologists. He places the histories of philosophy and psychology within a broad intellectual and social framework and offers a new perspective on the roots of the New Psychology. [via]
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From Soul to Mind: The Emergency of Psychology from Erasmus Darwin to William Jamesby Edward ReedISBN 0300069677 (0-300-06967-7)
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George Santayana, Literary Philosopherby Irving SingerISBN 0300080379 (0-300-08037-9)
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Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affairby John BossyISBN 0300049935 (0-300-04993-5)
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Giordano Bruno and the Philosophy of the Assby Nuccio Ordine, Arielle Saiber, Henryk BaranskiISBN 0300058527 (0-300-05852-7)
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Hegel's Philosophy of Freedomby Paul FrancoISBN 0300078323 (0-300-07832-3)
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Hermeneutics, Religion, and Ethicsby Hans-Georg GadamerISBN 0300074077 (0-300-07407-7)
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Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policyby Michael H. HuntISBN 0300043694 (0-300-04369-4)
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Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches Protogorasby Plato Plato, R.E. AllenISBN 0300074387 (0-300-07438-7)
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Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, Protagoras: The Dialogues of Platoby Plato, R.E. AllenISBN 0300063431 (0-300-06343-1)
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James Boswell's Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript in Four Volumes, 1766-1776by James Boswell, Elizabeth GoldringISBN 0300079699 (0-300-07969-9)
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John Dewey and the Lessons of Artby Philip W. JacksonISBN 0300082894 (0-300-08289-4)
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A Jonathan Edwards Readerby Harry S. Stout, Jonathan Edwards, John Edwin SmithISBN 0300062044 (0-300-06204-4)
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A Jonathan Edwards Readerby Jonathan Edwards, John E. Smith, Harry S. Stout, Kenneth P. MinkemaISBN 0300062036 (0-300-06203-6)
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Kantby Stephen KornerISBN 0300027923 (0-300-02792-3)
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Kant & Political Philosophy: The Contemporary Legacyby Ronald Beiner, William James BoothISBN 0300066414 (0-300-06641-4)
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Like Subjects, Love Objects: Essays on Recognition and Sexual Differenceby Jessica BenjaminISBN 0300074301 (0-300-07430-1)
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The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Characterby Nathan Glazer, David Riesman, Reuel Denney, Todd GitlinISBN 0300088655 (0-300-08865-5)
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The Mediating Self: Mead, Sartre, and Self-Determinationby Mitchell AboulafiaISBN 0300054769 (0-300-05476-9)
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Metaphysics in Ordinary Languageby Stanley RosenISBN 0300074786 (0-300-07478-6)
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Moral Questions in the Classroom: How to Get Kids to Think Deeply About Real Life and Their Schoolworkby Katherine G. SimonISBN 0300090323 (0-300-09032-3)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Muse Learns to Write: Reflections on Orality and Literacy from Antiquity to the Presentby Eric A. HavelockISBN 0300043821 (0-300-04382-1)
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Novalis: A Romantic's Theory of Language and Poetryby Kristin PfefferkornISBN 0300035977 (0-300-03597-7)
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On Reading Ruskinby Marcel Proust, Richard Macksey, Philip J. WolfeISBN 0300045034 (0-300-04503-4)
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On the Nature of Consciousness: Cognitive, Phenomenological, and Transpersonal Perspectivesby Harry T. HuntISBN 0300062303 (0-300-06230-3)
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The Origins of Aristotelian Scienceby Michael FerejohnISBN 0300046499 (0-300-04649-9)
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Origins of the Bill of Rightsby Leonard W. LevyISBN 0300089015 (0-300-08901-5)
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Parmenides: Being, Bounds and Logicby Scott AustinISBN 0300035594 (0-300-03559-4)
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Passage to Modernity: An Essay in the Hermeneutics of Nature and Cultureby Louis DupreISBN 0300065019 (0-300-06501-9)
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Patterns of Intention: On the Historical Explanation of Picturesby Michael BaxandallISBN 0300037635 (0-300-03763-5)
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Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religionby R. Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, Jonathan Ott, Carl A. P. RuckISBN 0300052669 (0-300-05266-9)
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Philosophy in World Perspective: A Comparative Hermeneutic of the Major Theoriesby David A. DilworthISBN 0300051263 (0-300-05126-3)
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Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Gorgias, Menexenusby R.E. AllenISBN 0300044887 (0-300-04488-7)
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Plato's Dialectical Ethics: Phenomenological Interpretations Relating to the Philebusby Hans-Georg Gadamer, Robert M. WallaceISBN 0300048076 (0-300-04807-6)
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Plato's Parmenidesby R.E. AllenISBN 0300077297 (0-300-07729-7)
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Politics, Law, and Morality: Essaysby Vladimir Wozniuk, Vladimir Sergeyevich SolovyovISBN 0300079958 (0-300-07995-8)
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The Practice of Readingby Denis DonoghueISBN 0300082649 (0-300-08264-9)
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Praise of Theory: Speeches and Essaysby Hans-Georg GadamerISBN 0300073100 (0-300-07310-0)
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Preempting the Holocaustby Lawrence LangerISBN 0300082681 (0-300-08268-1)
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Recasting Conservatism: Oakeshott, Strauss, and the Response to Postmodernismby Robert DevigneISBN 0300068689 (0-300-06868-9)
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Rhetoric and Hermeneutics in Our Time: A Readerby Michael J. Hyde, Walter JostISBN 0300068360 (0-300-06836-0)
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Ruskin and the Rhetoric of Infallibilityby Gary WihlISBN 0300033214 (0-300-03321-4)
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failedby James ScottISBN 0300078153 (0-300-07815-3)
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One of the most important common factors that Scott found in these schemes is what he refers to as a high modernist ideology. In simplest terms, it is an extremely firm belief that progress can and will make the world a better place. But "scientific" theories about the betterment of life often fail to take into account "the indispensable role of practical knowledge, informal processes, and improvisation in the face of unpredictability" that Scott views as essential to an effective society. What high modernism lacks is metis, a Greek word which Scott translates as "the knowledge that can only come from practical experience." Although metis is closely related to the concept of "mutuality" found in the anarchist writings of, among others, Kropotkin and Bakunin, Scott is careful to emphasize that he is not advocating the abolition of the state or championing a complete reliance on natural "truth." He merely recognizes that some types of states can initiate programs which jeopardize the well-being of all their subjects.
Although the collapse of most socialist governments might lead one to believe that Seeing Like a State is old news, Scott's analysis should prove extremely useful to those considering the effects of global capitalism on local communities. [via]
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The Self After Postmodernityby Calvin O. SchragISBN 0300078765 (0-300-07876-5)
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The Self in Social Theory: A Psychoanalytic Account of Its Construction in Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rawls, and Rousseauby C. Fred AlfordISBN 0300049226 (0-300-04922-6)
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Self-Knowledge in Plato's Phaedrusby Charles L. GriswoldISBN 0300043678 (0-300-04367-8)
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A Sense of Place, a Sense of Timeby John Brinckerhoff JacksonISBN 0300063970 (0-300-06397-0)
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Tolstoy or Dostoevsky: An Essay in the Old Criticismby George SteinerISBN 0300069170 (0-300-06917-0)
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Totalitarianism and the Modern Conception of Politicsby Michael HalberstamISBN 0300071809 (0-300-07180-9)
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Touchby Gabriel JosipoviciISBN 0300066902 (0-300-06690-2)
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Transcendentalism As a Social Movement, 1830-1850by Anne C. RoseISBN 0300037570 (0-300-03757-0)
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Voltaire's Politics: The Poet As Realistby Peter GayISBN 0300040954 (0-300-04095-4)
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What Is Philosophy?by C. P. Ragland, Sarah L. HeidtISBN 0300087942 (0-300-08794-2)
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William James: His Life and Thoughtby Gerald E. MyersISBN 0300089171 (0-300-08917-1)
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Woman, Nature, and Psycheby Patricia Jagentowicz MillsISBN 0300035373 (0-300-03537-3)
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