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Richard Hooker, Reformer and Platonist - W.j. Torrance Kirby - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Richard Hooker, Reformer and Platonist - W.j. Torrance Kirby - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This book explores key aspects of Richard Hooker''s philosophical and theological discourse in the context of currents of thought prevalent in the ''Magisterial Reformation'' of the sixteenth century. Hooker''s treatment of natural law, his dependence upon the philosophical discourse and traditional cosmology of Christian Neoplatonism, and his appeal to the authority of patristic sources, are all closely examined. Challenging the received ''exceptionalist'' model of much of the twentieth-century interpretation of Hooker, in particular the concept of his supposed defence of the English Reformation as striking a ''via media'' between Rome and mainstream Protestant reform, W.J. Torrance Kirby argues that Hooker adheres to principles of ''magisterial'' reform while building upon the assumptions of a distinctively Protestant version of Platonism.

DKK 579.00
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Andrew Melville (1545-1622) - Steven J. Reid - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Andrew Melville (1545-1622) - Steven J. Reid - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Andrew Melville is chiefly remembered today as a defiant leader of radical Protestantism in Scotland, John Knox’s heir and successor, the architect of a distinctive Scottish Presbyterian kirk and a visionary reformer of the Scottish university system. While this view of Melville’s contribution to the shaping of Protestant Scotland has been criticised and revised in recent scholarship, his broader contribution to the development of the neo-Latin culture of early modern Britain has never been given the attention it deserves. Yet, as this collection shows, Melville was much more than simply a religious reformer: he was an influential member of a pan-European humanist network that valued classical learning as much as Calvinist theology. Neglect of this critical aspect of Melville’s intellectual outlook stems from the fact that almost all his surviving writings are in Latin - and much of it in verse. Melville did not pen any substantial prose treatise on theology, ecclesiology or political theory. His poetry, however, reveals his views on all these topics and offers new insights into his life and times. The main concerns of this volume, therefore, are to provide the first comprehensive listing of the range of poetry and prose attributed to Melville and to begin the process of elucidating these texts and the contexts in which they were written. While the volume contributes to an on-going process that has seen Melville’s role as an ecclesiastical politician and educational reformer challenged and diminished, it also seeks to redress the balance by opening up other dimensions of Melville’s career and intellectual life and shedding new light on the broader cultural context of Jacobean Scotland and Britain.

DKK 420.00
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All the Best, Neill (Routledge Revivals) - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

All the Best, Neill (Routledge Revivals) - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A. S. Neill, founder of Summerhill, the most admired and most feared of all progressive schools, was famous as a schoolteacher, educational reformer, and author of illuminating and stylish books about education and the mind of the child. But few people know he was also a dedicated, prolific, uninhibited, witty and often mischievous letter writer. This selection of gems, first published in 1983, has been chosen from hundreds of his letters by his biographer. It includes letters about education, children, politics, writing, fatherhood, the Bomb, old age and death.

DKK 564.00
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Selected Papers on Economic Theory - Knut Wicksell - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Selected Papers on Economic Theory - Knut Wicksell - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This volume, originally published in 1958, contains a selection of the most important and interesting articles by Knut Wicksell, which had hitherto only been published in Swedish. They cover Wicksell’s views on Economics and monetary theory, his theory of production and distribution, some review articles on the works of Pareto, Böhm-Bawerk, Carl Menger and Bowley and some papers on foreign trade problems, written after the First World War. Erik Lindahl’s introductory essay gives a picture of Wicksell the social reformer, who radical opinions often brought him into conflict with the authorities and the general public.

DKK 403.00
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Reflections on the Constitution (Works of Harold J. Laski) - Harold J. Laski - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Reflections on the Constitution (Works of Harold J. Laski) - Harold J. Laski - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This work remains of interest to anyone concerned with Britain’s political institutions and how they might be reformed. Laski was strongly in favour of utilising Britain’s capacity for decisive government to drive through great social reforms. He was still confident that there was a majority will for such change and quite unable to imagine the kind of centralisation that was later to take place in the UK. If Laski is still important it is more for his pluralist view which counsel against such developments, but these lectures are still of interest in showing how a radical reformer could accept and defend established institutions like the House of Commons.

DKK 477.00
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Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine - Dolores Flamiano - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine - Dolores Flamiano - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The tension between social reform photography and photojournalism is examined through this study of the life and work of German émigré Hansel Mieth (1909-1998), who made an unlikely journey from migrant farm worker to Life photographer. She was the second woman in that role, after Margaret Bourke-White. Unlike her colleagues, Mieth was a working-class reformer with a deep disdain for Life''s conservatism and commercialism. In fact, her work often subverted Life''s typical representations of women, workers, and minorities. Some of her most compelling photo essays used skillful visual storytelling to offer fresh views on controversial topics: birth control, vivisection, labor unions, and Japanese American internment during the Second World War. Her dual role as reformer and photojournalist made her a desirable commodity at Life in the late 1930s and early 40s, but this role became untenable in Cold War America, when her career was cut short. Today Mieth''s life and photographs stand as compelling reminders of the vital yet overlooked role of immigrant women in twentieth-century photojournalism. Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine draws upon a rich array of primary sources, including Mieth''s unpublished memoir, oral histories, and labor archives. The book seeks to unravel and understand the multi-layered, often contested stories of the photographer''s life and work. It will be of interest to scholars of photography history, women''s studies, visual culture, and media history.

DKK 505.00
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The Essential Comte (RLE Social Theory) - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Essential Comte (RLE Social Theory) - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Auguste Comte proclaimed himself the founder of sociology and, on the whole, this claim is accepted. His most important work is the six-volume Cours de Philosophie Positive of which this present book is a selective abridgement. Comte, as this selection shows, was a methodological visionary. He was an eminently successful terminological innovator and to him we owe not only ''sociology'' and ''positivism'' but also ''biology'' and ''altruism''. Professor Andreski, in his lucid introduction, assesses Comte''s place under six headings, as scientist, philosopher, sociological theorist, sociological historian, reformer and methodologist. But this selection from Comte''s works will be most welcomed because it provides a modern English translation of the main body of his thought.

DKK 477.00
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Lord Shaftesbury and Social-Industrial Progress - J. Wesley Bready - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Lord Shaftesbury and Social-Industrial Progress - J. Wesley Bready - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Originally published in 1926, this volume is much more than a biography of an outstanding politician, social reformer and philosopher. It provides an analysis of the history of social conditions in England during the nineteenth century, as well as a discussion of the development of social affairs and the inertia of political psychology. The role that faith and religion played in motivating Lord Shaftesbury’s desire for social reform is also discussed as is the ways in which he and John Wesley transformed the social and ethical ideas of England to enshrine in law many of the working conditions that we take for granted today such as defined hours of work and rest periods.

DKK 807.00
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Jeremy Bentham - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Jeremy Bentham - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Jeremy Bentham''s (1748-1832) writings in social and political thought were both theoretical and practical. As a theorist, he made important contributions to the modern understanding of the principle of utility, to ideas of sovereignty, liberty and justice and to the importance of radical reform in a representative democracy. As a reformer, his ideas regarding constitutionalism, revolution, individual liberty and the extent of government have not only played an important role in eighteenth and nineteenth century debates but also, together with his theoretical work, remain relevant to similar debates today. This volume includes essays from leading Bentham scholars plus an introduction, surveying recent scholarship, by Frederick Rosen, formerly Director of the Bentham Project and Professor Emeritus of the History of Political Thought, University College London.

DKK 354.00
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Tolstoy - Ernest Joseph Simmons - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Tolstoy - Ernest Joseph Simmons - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Tolstoy’s fame as one of the world’s greatest novelists has never been in doubt, but the importance of his views on the social, moral and religious issues of his time is not so widely recognised. This study, first published in 1973, presents an introduction to the historical and cultural background of Tolstoy’s lifetime, then going on to consider the major events of his developing personality as a writer and reformer. As well as considering the famous novels and literary criticism, Simmons treats his educational theories and practice, famine relief work, spiritual crises and religious, social and moral beliefs, as reflected in controversial writings such as What I Believe , What Then Must We Do? and The Kingdom of God Is Within You . He also investigates Tolstoy’s involvement in government, war and revolution, and the relevance of his reformist views in the contemporary world.

DKK 422.00
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American Literature in Context - Andrew Hook - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

American Literature in Context - Andrew Hook - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

First published between 1982 and 1983, this series examines the peculiarly American cultural context out of which the nation’s literature has developed. Covering the years from 1865 to 1900, this third volume of American Literature in Context focuses on the struggles of American writers to make sense of their rapidly changing world. In addition to such major figures as Walt Whitman, Henry James, Emily Dickinson and Mark Twain, it analyses the writings of an unorthodox economist (Henry George), a Utopian reformer (Edward Bellamy) and a critical sociologist (Thorstein Veblen). Particular attention is paid to the challenge to conventional literary and cultural values represented by writers such as William Dean Howell who pursued a new form of scientific, democratic realism in American writing. This book will be of interest to those studying American literature and American studies.

DKK 288.00
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Julian (Routledge Revivals) - Polymnia Athanassiadi - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Julian (Routledge Revivals) - Polymnia Athanassiadi - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Julian: An Intellectual Biography , first published in 1981, presents a penetrating and scholarly analysis of Julian’s intellectual development against the background of philosophy and religion in the late Roman Empire. Professor Polymnia Athanassiadi tells the story of Julian’s transformation from a reclusive and scholarly adolescent into a capable general and an audacious social reformer. However, his character was fraught with a great many contradictions, tensions and inconsistencies: he could be sensitive and intelligent, but also uncontrollably spontaneous and subject to alternating fits of considerable self-pity and self-delusion. Athanassiadi traces the Emperor Julian’s responses to personal and public challenges, and dwells on the conflicts that each weighty choice imposed on him. This analysis of Julian’s character and of all the issues that confronted him as an emperor, intellectual and mystic is based largely on contemporary evidence, with particular emphasis on the extensive writings of the man himself.

DKK 574.00
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Concord and Reform - Thomas M. Izbicki - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Concord and Reform - Thomas M. Izbicki - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Nicholas of Cusa is known as one of the most original philosophers of the 15th century, but by training he was a canon lawyer who received his degree from the University of Padua in 1423. The essays in this book analyse his legal and political ideas against the background of medieval religious, legal and political thought and its development in the Renaissance. The first two pieces deal with the legal ideas and humanism that affected Cusanus and with some of the problems faced by 15th-century lawyers, including his friends. The central section of the book also discusses how he reacted to the religious, legal and political issues of his day; Cusanus as reformer of the Church is a theme that runs through many of the essays. The final studies look at some of Cusanus'' contemporaries, with special emphasis on Gregor Heimburg, the sharpest critic of Cusanus.

DKK 524.00
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Vidyasagar - Brian A. Hatcher - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Vidyasagar - Brian A. Hatcher - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This book offers a new interpretation of the life and legacy of the Indian reformer and intellectual, Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar (1820–91). Drawing upon autobiography, biography, secondary criticism and a range of Vidyasagar’s original writings in Bengali, the book interrogates the role of history, memory and controversy, and emphasises the key challenge of pinning down the identity of an enigmatic and multi-faceted figure. By examining lesser-known works of Vidyasagar (including several pseudonymous and posthumous works) alongside the evidence of his public career, the author calls attention to the colonial transformation of intellectual and social life, the nature of life writing, the limits of standard biographies and the problem of modern Indian identity as such. Based on decades of research and an original perspective, this book will be especially useful to scholars of modern Indian history, biographical studies, comparative literature and those interested in Bengal.

DKK 335.00
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The Transformation of Tamil Religion - Srilata Raman - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Transformation of Tamil Religion - Srilata Raman - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This book analyses the religious ideology of a Tamil reformer and saint, Ramalinga Swamigal of the 19th century and his posthumous reception in the Tamil country and sheds light on the transformation of Tamil religion that both his works and the understanding of him brought about. The book traces the hagiographical and biographical process by which Ramalinga Swamigal is shifted from being considered an exemplary poet-saint of the Tamil Śaivite bhakti tradition to a Dravidian nationalist social reformer. Taking as a starting point Ramalinga’s own writing, the book presents him as inhabiting a border zone between early modernity and modernity, between Hinduism and Christianity, between colonialism and regional nationalism, highlighting the influence of his teachings on politics, particularly within Dravidian cultural and political nationalism. Simultaneously, the book considers the implication of such an hagiographical process for the transformation of Tamil religion in the period between the 19th –mid-20th centuries. The author demonstrates that Ramalinga Swamigal’s ideology of compassion, cīvakāruṇyam, had not only a long genealogy in pre-modern Tamil Śaivism but also that it functioned as a potentially emancipatory ethics of salvation and caste critique not just for him but also for other Tamil and Dalit intellectuals of the 19th century. This book is a path-breaking study that also traces the common grounds between the religious visions of two of the most prominent subaltern figures of Tamil modernity – Iyothee Thass and Ramalingar. It argues that these transformations are one meaningful way for a religious tradition to cope with and come to terms with the implications of historicization and the demands of colonial modernity. It is, therefore, a valuable contribution to the field of religion, South Asian history and literature and Subaltern studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315794518 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

DKK 448.00
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Frederick Douglass - L. Diane Barnes - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Frederick Douglass - L. Diane Barnes - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland, in February, 1818. From these humble beginnings, Douglass went on to become a world-famous orator, newspaper editor, and champion of the rights of women and African Americans. He was the most prominent African American activist of the 19th century. He remains important in American history because he moved beyond relief at his own personal freedom to dedicating his life to the progress of his race and his country. This volume offers a short biographical exploration of Douglass'' life in the broader context of the 19th century world, and pulls together some of his most important writings on slavery, civil rights, and political issues. Bolstered by the series website, which provides instructors with more images and documents, as well as targeted links to further research, Frederick Douglass: Reformer and Statesman gives the student of American history a fully-rounded glimpse into the world inhabited by this great figure.

DKK 474.00
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Ida B. Wells - Kristina Durocher - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Ida B. Wells - Kristina Durocher - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Born into slavery in 1862, Ida B. Wells went on to become an influential reformer and leader in the African American community. A Southern black woman living in a time when little social power was available to people of her race or gender, Ida B. Wells made an extraordinary impact on American society through her journalism and activism. Best-known for her anti-lynching crusade, which publicly exposed the extralegal killings of African Americans, Wells was also an outspoken advocate for social justice in issues including women''s suffrage, education, housing, the legal system, and poor relief. In this concise biography, Kristina DuRocher introduces students to Wells''s life and the historical issues of race, gender, and social reform in the late 19th- and early 20th-century U.S. Supplemented by primary documents including letters, speeches, and newspaper articles by and about Wells, and supported by a robust companion website, this book enables students to understand this fascinating figure and a contested period in American history.

DKK 412.00
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B.R. Ambedkar and Social Transformation - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

B.R. Ambedkar and Social Transformation - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This book revisits the philosophy of B.R Ambedkar in the context of the present socio-economic-political realities of India. It examines the philosophical and theoretical interventions of Ambedkar, as well as his egalitarian principles of equality, liberty, fraternity and morality. Noting the current shift in state policy from welfarism to neoliberalism, the book argues that the measures, interventions and recommendations that Ambedkar made are highly appropriate and concrete to face challenges and can be considered as practical solutions to existing problems. It studies various themes that form a part of his oeuvre such as Buddhism, federalism, justice, social exclusion, representation, anti-caste system, women’s equality, among others. It also discusses his impact on literature, visual arts, and literary, democratic and cultural movements throughout history. The volume positions Ambedkar as a theoretician, social reformer, and a real visionary of social justice and democratization. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of social exclusion, politics, especially Indian political thought, sociology and South Asian studies.

DKK 448.00
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Neville Chamberlain - Nick Smart - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Neville Chamberlain - Nick Smart - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Neville Chamberlain, the Conservative Prime Minister who pursued the doomed policy of appeasing Hitler, is one of the most reinterpreted of modern British Prime Ministers. Infamous on account of his declaration of having achieved ‘peace for our time’, Neville Chamberlain has often been portrayed as a social reformer out of sync with the times in which he lived. In this new biography, Nick Smart offers a picture conditioned more by the opinions of contemporaries than by hindsight, examining Chamberlain''s life, career, achievements and failures. Stressing that the system in which Chamberlain found himself operating had more impact on the historical developments than anything he did personally, Smart describes a man who was hardworking but ultimately out of his depth, destined to be remembered in history as the fall-guy to Winston Churchill’s hero. Presenting Chamberlain''s life and politics in a nuanced way, Nick Smart''s biography is a must read for anyone interested in British politics and its impact on the international stage.

DKK 448.00
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The Routledge Companion to John Wesley - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Routledge Companion to John Wesley - - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Routledge Companion to John Wesley provides an overview of the work and ideas of one of the principal founders of Methodism, John Wesley (1703-91). Wesley remains highly influential, especially within the worldwide Methodist movement of some eighty million people. As a preacher and religious reformer his efforts led to the rise of a global Protestant movement, but the wide-ranging topics addressed in his writings also suggest a mind steeped in the intellectual developments of the North Atlantic, early modern world. His numerous publications cover not only theology but ethics, history, aesthetics, politics, human rights, health and wellbeing, cosmology and ecology. This volume places Wesley within his eighteenth-century context, analyzes his contribution to thought across his multiple interests, and assesses his continuing relevance today. It contains essays by an international team of scholars, drawn from within the Methodist tradition and beyond. This is a valuable reference particularly for scholars of Methodist Studies, theology, church history and religious history.

DKK 467.00
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