Marcus Paul: 24 books

This book is a collection of twelve essays devoted to Michael Boylan's important work in moral philosophy,A Just Society. The collection is thematically organized to mirror Boylan's own volume, so the first half explores fundamental issues of justification in ethics while the second half focuses on...

This book is a most impressive and important study of the presence of the spiritual and the sacred in the writings of the twentieth century French philosopher Gabriel Marcel, offering immense help in understanding Marcel and in seeing the usefulness of his ideas in psychoanalysis.

Oil palm is widely cultivated in tropical countries for use in food processing, personal care products and other applications such as biodiesel. Cultivation faces a range of challenges such as its environmental impact (e.g. in deforestation and biodiversity loss) as well threats from pests and diseases....

This book claims that a tragicomic outlook—the kind that echoes in black and gallows humour and the "laughter through tears" of Jewish humour—is the most effective way to manage what Freud called the "harshness" of everyday life.

This essential resource takes a close look at The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and those key provisions which impact mightily on defendants in criminal prosecutions. The book was authored by four noted legal professionals, each from different backgrounds (private practice of law,...

Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), French phenomenological philosopher and Talmudic commentator, is regarded as perhaps the greatest ethical philosopher of our time. While Levinas enjoys prominence in the philosophical and scholarly community, especially in Europe, there are few if any books or articles...

The art of living the "good life" requires skilful attunement to the lovely presences in everyday life. Lodged in a psychoanalytic sensibility, and drawing from ancient and modern religious and spiritual wisdom, this book provides the details, conceptual structures, and inner meanings of...

Diese umfassende und grundlegende Einführung in das Fach Psychologie wurde für die 5. Auflage vollständig überarbeitet. Neue Entwicklungen, methodische Erweiterungen und aktuelle Trends wurden eingearbeitet. Basierend auf den Richtlinien der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) werden...

Kirche ist die Hoffnung der Welt. Doch wie sieht ihre Zukunft aus? In diesem Buch stellen Kirchen und Gemeinden aus der Schweiz, Deutschland und Österreich ihre Vision vor, die sich in der Wirklichkeit stets neu bewähren muss. Kleine Gemeinden und größere, Landes- und Freikirchen, Jugend- und...

Die Wiederentdeckung eines vergessenen Autors und eines einmaligen Buches über die zwanziger Jahre: Es geht um das turbulente kulturelle Leben, um den damals neuen Film, um Theater, Literatur, Musik und Kabarett, um den Sport, aber auch um die politische Bedrohung spätestens seit 1930 durch die Nazis...