“…Blending academic authority with creative flair and demonstrating the continuing interest of ancient Greek philosophy, this book will be a valuable addition to the libraries of all those studying and researching the origins of Western philosophy…”
Sumario

“…Equally, it embodies a sensibility attuned to the proliferation of devices and services that carry information through radio signals. Above all, it means heightened awareness of ongoing change and movement associated with networks, infrastructures, location, and information.The experience of wirelessness spans several strands of media-technological change, and Mackenzie moves from wireless cities through signals, devices, networks, maps, and products, to the global belief in the expansion of wireless worlds…”

“…A sweeping work of intellectual seriousness that’s also studded with impish delights, Intuition Pumps offers intrepid thinkers — in all walks of life — delicious opportunities to explore their pet ideas with new powers…”

“…Es bedarf eines erfahrenen Historikers, um die Tiefenschärfe all dieser Entwicklungen konzise zu beschreiben und zugleich in greifbare politische Lektionen für die Gegenwart zu übersetzen. …”
Sumario

“…These conclusions cast doubt on the widely held assumption that all vertebrate nervous systems are built according to a single, common plan. …”

“…La categoria del martire è stata così ripresa e applicata di volta in volta ai soldati morti per il potere temporale del papa e agli eroi dell’epopea risorgimentale, ai caduti delle forze armate e ai combattenti partigiani, ai militari morti in missione di pace e alle vittime della mafia."--Contracubierta…”

“…Der Text richtet sich an alle an der Willensfreiheitsdebatte interessierten ExpertInnen und Laien, insbesondere an die an einer sprachanalytischen Diskussion dieses Problems Interessierten -- Contracubierta…”

“…Hence ceramics is the most peculiar and extraordinary of all the arts. At once cheap, expensive, elite, plebian, high-tech, low-tech, exotic, eccentric, comic, tragic, spiritual, and secular, it has revealed itself to be as fluid as the mud it is made from. …”

“…Philosophers should function not merely as spectators of all time and existence, he argues, but as empirically-minded students of culture who try to use some of their ideas for the benefit of society…”
Sumario

“…The contributors to Free Markets with Sustainability and Solidarity, who represent a unique combination of European and American scholars,present their reflections on evolving forms of economics. All are unified by a holistic, Christian anthropology, from which they draw epistemological consequences for free markets and a free society…”

“…The issues addressed are relevant to archival practice in all developed English-speaking countries, and concepts in place in different parts of the world are examined in order to provide a global context…”

“…Fyodor Dostoevsky will fascinate all lovers of literature and Russian history…”

“…He founds the knightly order of the 'Franc Palais', an ideal of chivalric civilisation which prefigures the Round Table of Arthur and indeed that of Edward III; but that civilisation is, as the author shows, all too fragile. Because of its enormous length - it runs to over a million words - Nigel Bryant has provided here a version which gives a full account of every episode, linking extensive passages of translation, to make a manageable and highly readable version of this remarkable and largely unexplored work…”

“…By the time the liberal Constitution of Cadiz (1812) was ratified, consensus held that almost all people born in Spain's territories, whatever their ethnicity, were Spanish…”

“…It aims to provide useful reference to the reconstruction of existing hospitals and practice of expanding medical resources for all other regions around the world, to effectively contribute to pandemic control. …”

“…It will be of great interest to all interested in Kierkegaard and his importance for contemporary theology and philosophy…”

“…With its unique approach and broad international scope, From Mythic to Linear will be of interest to all those interested in children's literature and in comparative literature in general…”

“…Moreover, it contributes to the ‘archaeology of ethnicity', a field which currently attracts significant attention of archaeologists and anthropologists all over the world. Making use of an unparalleled archaeological database from ancient Israel, this volume has much to offer to the ongoing debate over the nature of ethnicity in general, and to the understudied question of how ethnic groups evolve (ethnogenesis), in particular"…”

“…L’autore prende le mosse da alcuni aspetti di natura biblica e teologica che hanno influito in maniera più o meno diretta sull’istituto, con particolare riferimento alla prassi penitenziale. Si passa poi all’indagine dello sviluppo dell’istituto nel corso del Medioevo, prendendo a riferimento sia testi canonistici che teologici, stante l’intreccio che viene a crearsi, nel periodo storico preso in esame, tra teologia e diritto. …”

“…Will the millennial generation do as well as their parents? How can we all find meaningful, well-paid work? -- Editor…”