Books published by Cambridge University Press

Reading Shakespeare's drama as a negative mode of political experience and thought, Nicholas Luke reorients how we think about politics in Shakespeare. He draws on a long religious and philosophical tradition to develop an original notion of negative political theology, establishing Shakespeare's drama as a force of freedom and creativity.

Aimed at postgraduate students and researchers of anthropology, sociology and youth culture in Africa, and Rwanda in particular, this book offers insights into how urban young people in Rwanda navigate everyday life through popular music and new religious practices, finding ways to exert agency in a challenging political context.

The Briennes were a particularly fascinating example of the far-flung international aristocracy in the 'age of the Crusades'. This first comprehensive study of the dynasty explores not only its rise, glory and fall, but also how it helped to shape the nature of the European state system.

This comprehensive book on one of Plato's most famous dialogues, the Phaedo, carefully reinterprets famous ideas, examines the dialogue's literary structure, and brings out the interest of its lesser-known parts. Topics include ethics, metaphysics, methodology, natural science, religion, cosmology, and the soul.

These essays showcase the incomparable contribution and enduring relevance of Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation to fields as diverse as metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, religion, science, and feminism. The volume will be valuable for both students and advanced scholars in philosophy and German studies.

This volume of The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings focuses on early Christian reflection on Christ as God incarnate from the first century to ca. 450 CE. It will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers in early Christian studies, theology, religious studies and late antique Roman history.

This first volume in the six-volume series The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings focuses on writings about God's nature and unity and the meaning of faith. An invaluable resource for students and academic researchers in early Christian studies, history of Christianity, theology, religious studies and late antique Roman history.

This book is the second volume in the six-volume series The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings and focuses on the topic of practice. It is an invaluable resource for students and academic researchers of early Christian studies, the history of Christianity, theology, religious studies and late antique Roman history.

In this ground-breaking study, Andrew Chandler examines the complex relationship between religions and politics, church and state, and national and international politics during the period that witnessed the rise and fall of the Third Reich. He explores these dilemmas within the context of the tumultuous years when many British Christian confronted and challenged the Nazi regime. Chandler shows how many of the key moral questions which came to define the modern world now crystallized: What view should the Christian take of the political state? How should the claims of dictators and democrats be judged? How should the Church protest against injustice - and what can be done about it? How should peace be preserved and when should war be declared? How should a just war be justly fought? It is a history which places the Third Reich firmly in an international perspective, revealing the moral arguments and debates that Nazism provoked across the democracies. It is also an important study of the many ways in which men and women outside Germany intervened, protested, and campaigned against the Hitler regime and sought to support its critics and its victims.

Our understanding of what it means to be a parent is shaped by our biological, social, legal, and moral concepts of parenthood. This book combines traditional philosophical methods with research in the broader social sciences and humanities to explore the dilemmas which challenge our understanding of parenthood today.

Cognitive scientists aim to understand the ways in which psychological functions relate to brain structures. This book examines taxonomic practices in cognitive science and proposes a new understanding of the nature of cognitive categories, and a novel account of the ways in which cognitive constructs relate to neural constructs.

Organized around eight core themes in aesthetics today, this book uncovers the complex development of Kant's aesthetic theory. It will be useful to advanced students and scholars in fields across the humanities and studies of the arts.

Eight centuries have passed since the Dominicans first arrived in England. This book tells their fascinating story. It discusses their role in the medieval British Church; their fate after the Reformation; their eventual re-establishment in Britain; their expansion into the Caribbean and South Africa; and their adaptation after Vatican II.

Most people believe that we should help others in need. This book argues that we should also help starving, wounded and sick wild animals. It will be of interest to scholars of philosophy, as well as to a non-specialist audience, including policy-makers and members of environmental and animal charities.

In this ground-breaking study, Robin Baker investigates the contribution ancient Mesopotamian theology made to the origins of Christianity. Drawing on a formidable range of primary sources, Baker's conclusions challenge the widely held opinion that the theological imprint of Babylonia and Assyria on the New Testament is minimal, and what Mesopotamian legacy it contains was mediated by the Hebrew Bible and ancient Jewish sources. After evaluating and substantially supplementing previous research on this mediation, Baker demonstrates significant direct Mesopotamian influence on the New Testament presentation of Jesus and particularly the character of his kingship. He also identifies likely channels of transmission. Baker documents substantial differences among New Testament authors in borrowing Mesopotamian conceptions to formulate their Christology. This monograph is an essential resource for specialists and students of the New Testament as well as for scholars interested in religious transmission in the ancient Near East and the afterlife of Mesopotamian culture.

Hegel's Phenomenology is famed for its account of the problem of recognition; this book presents a novel interpretation of Hegel's work focusing on the themes of recognition and the self. It will be important for scholars and students of Hegel, German idealism, and philosophical questions around recognition.

This volume of the Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings focuses on early Christian reflection on Christ as God incarnate from ca. 450 CE to the eighth century. It will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers in early Christian studies, theology, religious studies and late antique Roman history.

The Australian Army served in numerous theatres and campaigns throughout World War II, earning distinction and at times facing significant challenges. During the Pacific War, the infantry brigade, as an intermediate formation commanding multiple infantry battalions and numerous attached units, was key in Australian efforts to secure victory.