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| 1. |  | Title: Nietzsche, genealogy, morality: essays on Nietzsche's Genealogy of morals Author: Schacht, Richard 1941- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Philosophy | German Studies | European History | European Literature Publisher's Description: Written at the height of the philosopher's intellectual powers, Friedrich Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals has become one of the key texts of recent Western philosophy. Its essayistic style affords a unique opportunity to observe many of Nietzsche's persisting concerns coming together in an il . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 2. |  | Title: The Nietzsche legacy in Germany, 1890-1990 Author: Aschheim, Steven E 1942- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: German Studies | Intellectual History | Social and Political Thought | Politics | German Studies Publisher's Description: Countless attempts have been made to appropriate the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche for diverse cultural and political ends, but nowhere have these efforts been more sustained and of greater consequence than in Germany. Aschheim offers a magisterial chronicle of the philosopher's presence in German li . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 3. |  | Title: The gold standard and the logic of naturalism: American literature at the turn of the century Author: Michaels, Walter Benn Published: University of California Press, 1987 Subjects: Literature | American Literature Publisher's Description: The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism discusses ways of creating value in turn-of-the-century American capitalism. Focusing on such topics as the alienation of property, the invention of masochism, and the battle over free silver, it examines the participation of cultural forms in these phen . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 4. |  | Title: The unity of the common law: studies in Hegelian jurisprudence  Author: Brudner, Alan Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Philosophy | Law | Social and Political Thought | Political Theory Publisher's Description: Countering the influential view of Critical Legal Studies that law is an incoherent mixture of conflicting political ideologies, this book forges a new paradigm for understanding the common law as being unified and systematic. Alan Brudner applies Hegel's legal and moral philosophy to fashion a comp . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 5. |  | Title: Race hygiene and national efficiency: the eugenics of Wilhelm Schallmayer Author: Weiss, Sheila Faith Published: University of California Press, 1987 Subjects: Science | History and Philosophy of Science Similar Items |
| 6. |  | Title: Hegel's ethics of recognition Author: Williams, Robert R 1939- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Philosophy | Ethics Publisher's Description: In this significant contribution to Hegel scholarship, Robert Williams develops the most comprehensive account to date of Hegel's concept of recognition ( Anerkennung ). Fichte introduced the concept of recognition as a presupposition of both Rousseau's social contract and Kant's ethics. Williams sh . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 7. |  | Title: Cognition: an introduction to Hegel's Phenomenology of spirit Author: Rockmore, Tom 1942- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Philosophy | Intellectual History Publisher's Description: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit , the philosopher's first and perhaps greatest work, is the most important philosophical treatise of the nineteenth century. In this companion volume to his general introduction to Hegel, Tom Rockmore offers a passage-by-passage guide to the Phenomenology for first-ti . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 8. |  | Title: Hooliganism: crime, culture, and power in St. Petersburg, 1900-1914 Author: Neuberger, Joan Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: History | Politics | Russian and Eastern European Studies | Criminology Publisher's Description: n this pioneering analysis of diffuse underclass anger that simmers in many societies, Joan Neuberger takes us to the streets of St. Petersburg in 1900-1914 to show us how the phenomenon labeled hooliganism came to symbolize all that was wrong with the modern city: increasing hostility between class . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 9. |  | Title: A usable past: essays in European cultural history Author: Bouwsma, William James 1923- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European History Publisher's Description: The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, t . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 10. |  | Title: The art of living: Socratic reflections from Plato to Foucault Author: Nehamas, Alexander 1946- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Classics | Classical Philosophy | Classical Literature and Language | Philosophy | Social and Political Thought | Literature Publisher's Description: For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an "art of living." This practical aspect of philosophy has been much less dominant in modernity than it was in ancient Greece and Rome, when philosophers of all stripes kept returning to Socrates as a mod . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 11. |  | Title: Imagining karma: ethical transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek rebirth Author: Obeyesekere, Gananath Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Religion | Anthropology | Buddhism | Classics | Indigenous Religions | Asian Studies Publisher's Description: With Imagining Karma, Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the very first comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures. Exploring in rich detail the beliefs of small-scale societies of West Africa, Melanesia, traditional Siberia, Canada, and the northwest coast of North America, Obeyese . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 12. |  | Title: Music as cultural practice, 1800-1900 Author: Kramer, Lawrence 1946- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Music | Musicology | European History | Literary Theory and Criticism Publisher's Description: In Music as Cultural Practice , Lawrence Kramer adapts the resources of contemporary literary theory to forge a genuinely new discourse about music. Rethinking fundamental questions of meaning and expression, he demonstrates how European music of the nineteenth century collaborates on equal terms wi . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 13. |  | Title: Gilles Deleuze and the ruin of representation Author: Olkowski, Dorothea Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Philosophy | Art Theory Publisher's Description: Dorothea Olkowski's exploration of the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze clarifies the gifted French thinker's writings for specialists and nonspecialists alike. Deleuze, she says, accomplished the "ruin of representation," the complete overthrow of hierarchic, organic thought in philosophy, politics, ae . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 14. |  | Title: On the edge of America: California modernist art, 1900-1950 Author: Karlstrom, Paul J Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Art | Art History | California and the West | United States History | Californian and Western History Publisher's Description: To many, California's social and cultural identity has set it apart from the rest of the nation. Identified almost exclusively with Hollywood and popular culture, the entire region has been denied a meaningful relationship to mainstream twentieth-century modernism. This groundbreaking collection emp . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 15. |  | Title: The Russian city between tradition and modernity, 1850-1900 Author: Brower, Daniel R Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European History | Russian and Eastern European Studies | Urban Studies Publisher's Description: The Russian City Between Tradition and Modernity provides a comprehensive history of urban development in European Russia during the last half of the nineteenth century. Using both statistical perspectives on urbanization and cultural representations of the city, Brower constructs a synthetic view o . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 16. |  | Title: Rediscovering Palestine: merchants and peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900 Author: Doumani, Beshara 1957- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: History | Politics | Middle Eastern Studies | Middle Eastern History Publisher's Description: Drawing on previously unused primary sources, this book paints an intimate and vivid portrait of Palestinian society on the eve of modernity. Through the voices of merchants, peasants, and Ottoman officials, Beshara Doumani offers a major revision of standard interpretations of Ottoman history by in . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 17. |  | Title: Countering colonization: Native American women and Great Lakes missions, 1630-1900 Author: Devens, Carol Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | Native American Studies | American Studies | Native American Ethnicity | Women's Studies | Religion Publisher's Description: With Countering Colonization , Carol Devens offers a well-documented, revisionary history of Native American women. From the time of early Jesuit missionaries to the late nineteenth century, Devens brings Ojibwa, Cree, and Montagnais-Naskapi women of the Upper Great Lakes region to the fore. Far fro . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 18. |  | Title: Education and society in late imperial China, 1600-1900 Author: Elman, Benjamin A 1946- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History | Asian History | China Publisher's Description: This comprehensive volume integrates the history of late imperial China with the history of education over three centuries, revealing the significance of education in Chinese social, political, and intellectual life. A collaboration between social and intellectual historians, these fifteen essays pr . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 19. |  | Title: The problems of a political animal: community, justice, and conflict in Aristotelian political thought Author: Yack, Bernard 1952- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Politics | Philosophy | Political Theory | Social and Political Thought | Social Theory Publisher's Description: A bold new interpretation of Aristotelian thought is central to Bernard Yack's provocative new book. He shows that for Aristotle, community is a conflict-ridden fact of everyday life, as well as an ideal of social harmony and integration. From political justice and the rule of law to class struggle . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 20. |  | Title: Radicalism and reverence: the political thought of Gerrard Winstanley Author: Shulman, George M Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Politics | European History Publisher's Description: One of the most undeservedly neglected political theorists of the seventeenth century, Gerrard Winstanley is a fascinating figure who wrote broadly and creatively on issues that appear surprisingly modern to his present-day readers. His theoretical approach to the English revolution knit together su . . . [more] Similar Items |