Authors:Peter Childs, Michael Storry,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: culture, contemporary, encyclopedias, british, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 1999-11-01
List price: $305.00
ISBN-10: 0415147263
ISBN-13: 9780415147262

In over 970 alphabetically arranged entries, this single-volume encyclopedia examines both high and popular culture in the UK, and encompasses everything British--from architecture to pubs to film to internet to the monarchy. This unique encyclopedia casts its net over the whole range of British contemporary life. Entries range from short biographical synopses of the careers of key individuals to longer overview articles exploring the main issues within contemporary cultural debates. Bringing together subjects rarely found in one volume, the Encyclopedia defines "culture" in its broadest sense

Author: Michael L. Bressler
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Keywords: understanding, contemporary, regions, world, amp, introductions, russia, states
Number of Pages: 423
Published: 2008-10-31
List price: $26.50
ISBN-10: 1588265617
ISBN-13: 9781588265616

Author: Jose Luis Bermudez
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: philosophy, contemporary, introductions, routledge, introduction, psychology
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2005-06-13
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0415275954
ISBN-13: 9780415275958

José Luis Bermúdez introduces the philosophy of psychology as an interdisciplinary exploration of the nature and mechanisms of cognition. Philosophy of Psychology charts out four influential ’pictures of the mind’ and uses them to explore central topics in the philosophical foundations of psychology, including the relation between different levels of studying the mind/brain; the nature and scope of psychological explanation; the architecture of cognition; and the relation between thought and language. Chapters cover all the core concepts, including: models of psychological

Authors:F. Mache, Nigel Osborne,
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Keywords: contemporary, music, review, france, imagination, society
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: $52.00
ISBN-10: 3718654210
ISBN-13: 9783718654215

Music, Society and Imagination in Contemporary France provides new insight into the dominant creative elements of French contemporary music at the close of the 1980s. The collection includes thirteen essays drawn from a diverse range of authors, sketches by composers, musicological studies, and interviews, and a discussion of the universal problems of writing and technique. These elements have taken on an auxiliary role in contemporary music, as musical forms are no longer a primordial concern. The collection poses such challenging questions as whether music should be created for those who do

Author: Andrew Cutrofello
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: philosophy, contemporary, introductions, routledge, introduction, continental
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2005-08-25
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0415242096
ISBN-13: 9780415242097

Continental Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction looks at the development of the tradition, tracing it back from Kant to the present day. Taking a thematic approach, the book carefully attempts to establish the continental framework in terms of the major, as well as less-well known, thinkers.

Authors:Matthias Steup, Ernest Sosa,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: contemporary, debates, philosophy, epistemology
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2005-02-11
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 1405107391
ISBN-13: 9781405107396

Eleven pairs of newly commissioned essays face off on opposite sides of fundamental problems in current theories of knowledge. Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in epistemology. Questions addressed include: Is knowledge contextual? Can skepticism be refuted? Can beliefs be justified through coherence alone? Is justified belief responsible belief? Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, and paves the way for further discussion. Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topics in contemporary epistemology, whilst also capturing the imag

Author: Michael Loux
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: contemporary, readings, philosophy, routledge, metaphysics
Number of Pages: 664
Published: 2008-05-07
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 0415962382
ISBN-13: 9780415962384

Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major themes in Metaphysics. Chapters appear under the headings: Universals Particulars Modality and Possible Worlds Causation Time Persistence Realism and Anti-RealismEach section is prefaced by an introductory essay by the editor which guides students gently into each topic.  Articles by the following leading philosophers are included: Allaire, Anscombe, Armstrong, Black, Broad, Casullo, Dummett, Ewing, Heller, Hume, Kripke, Lewis, Mackie, McTaggart, Mellor, Merr