In 1817 a Cantonese scholar was mocked in Beijing as surprisingly learned for someone from the boondocks; in 1855 another Cantonese scholar boasted of the flourishing of literat...
1000 tulosta hakusanalla Steven B. Miles.
Opportunity in Crisis explores the history of late Qing Cantonese migration along the West River basin during war and reconstruction and the impact of those developments on the...
Tracing journeys of Cantonese migrants along the West River and its tributaries, this book describes the circulation of people through one of the world’s great river systems bet...
Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. Steven B. Miles places...
Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. Steven B. Miles places...
Steven B. Silas was a silly boy, or so it seemed. He always giggled.Morning, noon, and night, Steven B. Silas giggled out loud.But...why?Follow Steven and his mom on their adven...
The work of photographer and Rhode Island School of Design professor Steven B. Smith (born 1963) chronicles the transition of the Western landscape into suburbia. Robert Pinsky,...
Hegel's Critique of Liberalism
Steven B. Smith · ISBN 9780226763507
Julkaistu 1991 Kieli englanti nidottu
In Hegel's Critique of Liberalism, Steven B. Smith examines Hegel's critique of rights-based liberalism and its relevance to contemporary political concerns. Smith argues that H...
Interest in Leo Strauss is greater now than at any time since his death, mostly because of the purported link between his thought and the political movement known as neoconserva...
Interest in Leo Strauss is greater now than at any time since his death, mostly because of the purported link between his thought and the political movement known as neoconserva...
Spinoza, Liberalism, and the Question of Jewish Identity
Steven B. Smith · ISBN 9780300076653
Julkaistu 1998 Kieli englanti pokkari
Baruch de Spinoza (1632-1677)—often recognized as the first modern Jewish thinker—was also a founder of modern liberal political philosophy. This book is the first to connect sy...
Most readers of Spinoza treat him as a pure metaphysician, a grim determinist, or a stoic moralist, but none of these descriptions captures the author of the Ethics, argues Stev...
Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? How should conflict be controlled? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the...
Modernity and Its Discontents
Steven B. Smith · ISBN 9780300240238
Julkaistu 2018 Kieli englanti pokkari
Steven B. Smith examines the concept of modernity, not as the end product of historical developments but as a state of mind. He explores modernism as a source of both pride and...
Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes
Steven B. Smith · ISBN 9780300254044
Julkaistu 2021 Kieli englanti sidottu
A rediscovery of patriotism as a virtue in line with the core values of democracy in an extremist age “Like you perhaps, I still regard myself as an extremely patriotic person....
Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes
Steven B. Smith · ISBN 9780300268157
Julkaistu 2023 Kieli englanti pokkari
A rediscovery of patriotism as a virtue in line with the core values of democracy in an extremist age “Like you perhaps, I still regard myself as an extremely patriotic person....
What true statecraft consists of, and how to know a statesman when we see one In the modern world we yearn for great leaders but resist them when they come along. In this much-n...
An Introduction to Philosophy
Steven B. Sherman; Richard A. Holland; Gary S. Osmundsen; Peter J. Rasor · ISBN 9780310111733
Julkaistu 2025 Kieli englanti sidottu
Designed for students in Christian colleges and seminaries, An Introduction to Philosophy surveys the four main areas of philosophy - logic, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethic...
One sixth grader takes his battle against homework all the way to the Supreme Court Sixth-grader Sam Warren is sick of stressing over assignments, and that's exactly what he tel...
A group of 12-year-old friends concerned about climate change proposes a new way to save the earth: amending the U.S. Constitution. Their project propels these activists on an a...