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This fresh orientation to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason presents his central theme, the development of his Transcendental Idealism, as a ground-breaking response to perceived weaknesses in his predecessors' accounts of experiential knowledge. Traces the central theme of the Critique, the development of Kant's Transcendental Idealism.

This short introduction conveys the complexities associated with the term "territory" in a clear and accessible manner. It surveys the field and brings theory to ground in the case of Palestine. A clear and accessible introduction to the complexities associated with the term "territory".

Psychopaths continue to be demonised by the media and estimates suggest that a disturbing percentage of the population has psychopathic tendencies. This timely and controversial new book summarises what we already know about psychopathy and antisocial behavior and puts forward a new case for its cause - with far-reaching implications.

* Provides an introduction to the study of death and remembrance in the past. * Focuses not only on material culture but also on theories of emotion and experience in the context of death. * Includes insights from outside archaeology, drawing on literary and historical sources. .

A guide to using rational emotive therapy RET in counselling individuals.

Poetry in Theory: An Anthology 1900--2000 brings together key critical and theoretical texts from the twentieth century which have animated debates about modern poetry. * Helps readers to think critically about the nature of modern poetry, and to engage with broader questions about aesthetics, language, culture and imagination.

Acknowledges the impact of early grief on Wordsworth's poetry and integrates it into a critical account of how his art developed from 1787 to 1813. This title explains the importance of the poet's great, unfinished epic "The Recluse" to his work as a whole. It includes 20 illustrations from original notebooks.

This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds.

A presentation of and sustained argument for a particular view about propositions which express contrary-to-fact conditionals, including the author's infamous defense of realism about possible worlds.

George Rude's text provides an account of Europe before the great upheaval, outlining both the course of the Revolution in France and Napoleon's rule, and tracing their impact and influence on Europe.

This anthology of Christian literature gathers together writings drawn from 2000 years of Christian history. Assuming no prior knowledge of Christian theology or history, it offers students in one volume a diverse selection of material.

* Emphasizes the computational theory of mind in both its digital and connectionist forms. * Explains the basic concepts rather than particular hypotheses and experiments. * Provides historical background to theory of mind: philosophical, psychological, biological and computational.

This book is the ideal introduction to the fundamental problems and issues of epistemology. It assumes no prior knowledge of the subject and is valuable both as a core text for beginning students and as support material for more advanced courses.

Edited by one of the leading scholars in childrena s literature studies, this highly entertaining and scholarly anthology features over 120 complete works, poems, stories, and extracts from novels. * Includes over 120 complete works, poems, stories and extracts from novels.

* A jargon--free introduction to the whole history of the novel in the twentieth century. * Examines the main strands of twentieth--century fiction, including post--war, post--imperial and multicultural fiction, the global novel, the digital novel and the post--realist novel.

Michael Payne introduces the principal writings of Roland Barthes, Michael Foucault and Louis Althusser by means of a detailed focus on their common interest in the forms and conditions of knowledge.

This work examines the emergence of the Normans, their characteristics as a group, and their achievements in war, culture and civilization. The Normans were a product of history rather than a natural ethnic or regional group. This book explores what they believed made them a distinct people.

Finance and the Economics of Uncertainty explores the growing range of economic decisions that are conducted under uncertainty both on the personal level, as well as by large firms. * Analyzes the allocation of risk in the context of the current literature, as well as emphasizes the role of information in decisions and prices.

* Discusses and demystifies Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment and connects it to Kant's other relevant work. * Explains difficult concepts in plain language, using numerous examples and a helpful glossary. * Proceeds in the same order as Kant's text for ease of reference and comprehension.

Investigates the history of emotions across cultures as well as the evolutionary history of emotions and of emotional development across an individual's life span. This title examines key topics such as emotional intelligence, emotion and the brain, and emotional disorders.

Presents an overview of debates about how to accommodate context sensitivity within a theory of human communication, investigating the effects of context on communicative interaction and, as a corollary, what a context of utterance is and what it is to be in one.

Traces the history of evolutionary thought in psychology and examines the complex and changing relations between psychology and evolutionary theory. This book explains evolutionary thought's banishment by behaviorism and cultural anthropology in the early 20th century, along with its eventual re-emergence through ethology and sociobiology.

Making Sense of Media is a lively and accessible text that helps readers understand mass media and the texts they carry. Designed expressly for those interested in gaining a solid understanding of the media and how they work, it is an indispensable book.

Presents the author's view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history.

This innovative new text from Jeffrey Sachs and Xiokai Yang introduces students to development economics from the perspectives of inframarginal analysis and marginal analysis. The book demonstrates how the new-found emphasis on inframarginal analysis has influenced a shift back to an interest in Classical Economics from Neoclassical Economics.

This book explores the theological lessons to be learnt from 2000 years of Christian Church history.

* written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics * presents the results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.

* The second volume of a compelling, original work which will redefine our perceptions of medieval civilization, the renaissance and the evolution of modern Europe. * Written by a man who was widely regarded as the greatest medieval historian. .

In the new edition of this popular book, Professor Grenville provides a lucid and sympathetic guide to the great political and international changes of the thirty years between 1848 and 1878. For this edition the author has included coverage of the experience of Britain within his discussion of continental Europe.

This anthology of drama in English contains plays from the late 14th century to the onset of the Renaissance. It brings together selections from all the major dramatic genres to provide readers with a sense of the breadth and depth of dramatic activity in Britain in these years.