Philosophy : Movements

This stimulating study considers how Charlotte Bront--euml--;'s writings engage with a whole range of issues in their time. Through a series of new readings of ostensibly well-known texts, Heather Glen reveals a Charlotte Bront--euml--; more alert to her historical moment and far more aesthetically sophisticated than she has usually been taken to be. - ;This stimulating study of Charlotte Bront--euml--;'s novels draws on extensive original research in a range of early Victorian writings, on subjects ranging from women's day-dreaming to sanitary reform, from the Great Exhibition to early Victorian religious thought. It is not, however, merely a study of context. Through a close consideration of the ways in which Bront--euml--;'s novels engage with the thinking of their time, it offers a powerful argument for the 'literary' as a. distinctive mode of intelligence, and reveals a Charlotte Bront--euml--; more alert to her historical moment and far more aesthetically sophisticated than she has usually been taken to be. The study will be of interest not only to students of Victorian literature and society, but also to those literary critics and theorists who. are beginning to reconsider the nature of the aesthetic and its relation to ideology. - ;Her scholarship is impressive. . . . Provides an immensely valuable record of what nineteenth-century English readers were thinking, and reminds us that Charlotte Bront--euml--; was one of them. . . . will become an indispensable resource for students of the Bront--euml--;s and nineteenth-century culture. Glen shows us how, exactly, Bront--euml--;'s novels are topical, and a picture of the age in which she lived and wrote emerges that is richer and more detailed than any we have previously. had. - Janet Gezari, Essays in Criticism;... the book is a treasure trove, with a tendency to dazzle and bewilder. Readers who would like an occasional look at the map will just have to be content to expect the unexp more...

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On the Commonwealth and On the Laws are Cicero's most important works of political philosophy. The present volume offers a masterly new translation of both by James E. G. Zetzel, supported by a concise introduction, notes and other aids, of interest to students in politics, philosophy, ancient history, law and classics. more...

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Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions became the most widely read book about science in the twentieth century. In this book, the recent theories of concepts developed by cognitive scientists are used to evaluate and extend Kuhn's most influential ideas. more...

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This is an indispensable book for scholars and students of Heidegger, but it is also one of the most difficult because of its aphoristic style and new and strange words. Here an international group of 14 Heidegger scholars share strategies for reading and understanding this challenging work. Overall approaches for becoming familiar with Heidegger's unique language and thinking are included along with detailed readings of key sections of the work. more...

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Develops a fundamental concept that in order to achieve security in a complex world, it is essential to ensure that we have sufficient variety available to cope with complexity and its potential dangers. This book develops many facets of this idea, covering major world issues, including energy, food and environmental security, and climate change. more...

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