Glasnost, perestroika, and Gorbachev's rural policies: The built-in contradictions of Soviet socialism
In: Studies in comparative communism, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 115-124
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In: Studies in comparative communism, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 115-124
ISSN: 0039-3592
In: Ancient Israel and its literature number 26
"Donna Laird examines Ezra and Nehemiah in the light of modern sociological theorist Pierre Bourdieu. How did this context of hardship, exile, and return change what Ezra and Nehemiah viewed as important? How did they define who was a part of their community, and who was an outsider? It goes on to explore how the books engaged readers at the time: how it addressed their changing circumstances, and how different groups gained and used "social power," or the ability to influence society"--
In: Routledge revivals
ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. The character of moral enquiry -- ch. 3. Of imperatives and of their justification -- ch. 4. The application to practice -- ch. 5. The knowledge of good and evil -- ch. 6. The psychology of moral action -- ch. 7. Conscious and unconscious regulation -- ch. 8. Freedom -- ch. 9. A survey concerning imperatives -- ch. 10. Self and others -- ch. 11. The ethics of collective action -- ch. 12. Moral philosophy.
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The essence of Hume's eighteenth-century philosophy was that all the sciences were 'dependent on the science of man', and that the foundations of any such science need to rest on experience and observation. This title, first published in 1932, examines in detail how Hume interpreted 'the science of man' and how he applied his experimental methodology to humankind's understanding, passions, social duties, economic activities, religious beliefs and secular history throughout his career. Particular attention is paid to the English, French and Latin sources that shaped Hume's theories. This is a f
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Main description: Although there is a huge literature on Nietzsche's philosophy, this is the first study in English that focuses on his ontology. Before proceeding to that ontology, Addis argues that, contrary to many commentators, Nietzsche defends both the possibility and the desirability of objectivity in the search for knowledge, including knowledge of the basic features of reality, that is, of ontology. In separate chapters, Addis then sets out, analyzes, and evaluates the five essential components of Nietzsche's ontology: constant change, substances and things, minds, causation, and will to power. In each case, Addis contributes an original understanding of the feature under discussion, with more detail than exists in other treatments, and defended with quotes from relevant texts of Nietzsche.
In: G-24 discussion paper series 48
In: United Nations publication
In: Philosophical analysis Vol. 20
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