Imprint Academic imprint: 246 books
by Erich Kofmel
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
From a historical and cross-cultural perspective it cannot be denied that most democracies failed. Only western democracies for a short while -- from the fall of Soviet communism to the rise of radical Islam -- believed themselves to be invincible. It has therefore become necessary to think about political...
Global Modernity
And Other Essays
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
This group of essays follows a similar eclectic pattern to that found in Tom Rubens' previous essay-collections published by Imprint Academic. The author's aim is, as before, to appeal widely but also succinctly: in a way that will stimulate readers to develop their own thoughts on, and consult more...
by James J.S. Foster
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Thomas Reid was one of the greatest thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment. In his own time he was seen as the most able opponent of the scepticism of David Hume and the architect of 'Common Sense' philosophy. His ideas were immensely influential both in his native Scotland and abroad, and the last...
On Being Someone
A Christian Point of View
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
This book continues the discussions in "What a piece of work: on being human" (Imprint Academic 2006) and may be considered its sequel.Among all the creatures in the physical universe, humans seem to be more than simply physical, because they are aware of being creatures in the universe. Human beings...
Global Philosophy
What Philosophy Ought to Be
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
This book is about education, learning, rational inquiry, philosophy, science studies, problem solving, academic inquiry, global problems, wisdom and, above all, the urgent need for an academic revolution. Despite this range and diversity of topics, there is a common underlying theme. Education ought...
A Scientist in Wonderland
A Memoir of Searching for Truth and Finding Trouble
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
This is the story of the author’s life as a doctor and a scientist. Despite a youthful ambition to become a jazz musician, he studied medicine and eventually became a medical research scientist, taking up appointments in Germany, Austria and finally in England. His reverence for the pursuit of truth...
Managing Britannia
Culture and Management in Modern Britain
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
For more than thirty years the solution to all Britain’s problems has been better management. As a result management schools dominate higher education and managers are at work everywhere developing ‘strategies’ and ‘systems’ and quantifying ‘outcomes’. There are now more managers on the...
Practical Philosophy
Ethics, Society and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
In this wide ranging volume of philosophical essays John Haldane explores some central areas of social life and issues of intense academic and public debate. These include the question of ethical relativism, fundamental issues in bioethics, the nature of individuals in relation to society, the common...
How Universities Can Help Create a Wiser World
The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
In order to make progress towards a better world we need to learn how to do it. And for that we need institutions of learning rationally designed and devoted to helping us solve our global problems, make progress towards a better world. It is just this that we lack at present. Our universities pursue...
Sortition
Thoery and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
This volume reflects the up-and-coming academic interest in sortition. It is based on contributions to the first international conference dedicated to the subject held at the University of Political Science (Sciences-Po) in Paris in November 2008.The papers explore important theoretical questions...
Universities
The Recovery of an Idea
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Research assessment exercises, teaching quality assessment, line management, staff appraisal, student course evaluation, modularization, student fees - these are all names of innovations (and problems) - in modern British universities. How far do they reflect a more conscientious approach to the effective...
Insides and Outsides
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Animate Nature
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
This book brings together diverse aspects of animate nature, diverse not only in terms of animate nature itself, but in terms of areas of study. Indeed, the book lives up to the word "interdisciplinary" in its title. It brings together diverse academic perspectives within each chapter and across chapters,...
The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth
A Sociological Account
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
This book is based on the author's ten-year research into the politics of belief surrounding paranormal ideas. Through a detailed examination of the participants, issues, strategies and underlying factors that constitute the contemporary paranormal debate, the book explores the struggle surrounding the...
by Tony Burns
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
Leo Strauss was a political philosopher who died in 1973 but came to came to prominent attention in the United States and also Britain around the beginning of the War in Iraq. Charges began emerging that architects of the war such as Paul Wolfowitz and large numbers of staff in the US State and Defense...