Books in the WORLD THOUGHT IN TRANSLATION (YAL) series

Istvan Bibo (1911-1979) was a Hungarian lawyer, political thinker, prolific essayist, and minister of state for the Hungarian national government during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This compendium of Bibo's essays introduces the writings of one of the foremost theorists and psychologists of twentieth-century European politics and culture.

This book, the first English translation of what many consider to be the most original work of Chinese philosophy produced in the twentieth century, draws from Buddhist and Confucian philosophy to develop a critical inquiry into the relation between the ontological and the phenomenal. This annotated edition examines Xiong Shili's complex engagement with Buddhist thought and the legacy of Xiong's thought in New Confucian philosophy. It will be an indispensable resource for students of Eastern philosophy and Chinese intellectual history, as well as for philosophers who may not be familiar with the Chinese tradition.

Rached Ghannouchi has long been known as a reformist or moderate Islamist thinker. In 'Public Freedoms in the Islamic State', he argues that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights--in its broad outlines--meets with wide acceptance among Muslims if their interpretation of Islamic law is correct. Under his theory of the purposes of Shari'a, justice and human welfare are not exclusive to Islamic governance, and the objectives of Islamic law can be advanced in multiple ways. Translated by David L. Johnston.

The first and much-needed English translation of a thirteenth-century text that shaped the development of Islamic law in the late middle ages.