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Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom (2015)

English | 2015 | ISBN: 080145316X | 208 Pages | PDF | 1,7 MB In Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom, Mary P. Nichols argues for the centrality of the idea of freedom in Thucydides’ thought. Through her close reading of his History of the Peloponnesian War, she...
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The New Demons: Rethinking Power and Evil Today (2014)

English | 2014 | ISBN: 0804786240, 080479295X | 416 Pages | PDF | 26 MB As long as we care about suffering in the world, says political philosopher Simona Forti, we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. But is the concept of evil still useful...
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Unbearable Life: A Genealogy of Political Erasure (2019)

English | 2019 | ISBN: 0231193386, 0231193394 | 288 Pages | PDF | 2 MB In ancient Rome, any citizen who had brought disgrace upon the state could be subject to a judgment believed to be worse than death: damnatio memoriae, condemnation of memory. The Senate would decree...
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Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil (2013)

English | 2013 | ISBN: 0307886840 | EPUB | 288 Pages | 0.2 mb A leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. ? From John Locke to Sigmund Freud, philosophers and psychologists have long believed that we begin...
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