Wiley: All New Humanities Titles

Against Epistemology: A Metacritique

Theodor W. Adorno — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

This classic book by Theodor W. Adorno anticipates many of the themes that have since become common in contemporary philosophy: the critique of foundationalism, the illusions of idealism and the end of epistemology. It also foreshadows many of the key ideas that were developed by Adorno in his most important philosophical works, including Negative Dialectics.

Against Epistemology is based on a manuscript Adorno originally wrote in Oxford in 1934-37

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Joining the Resistance

Carol Gilligan — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Since the publication of her landmark book In a Different Voice, Carol Gilligan has transformed the way we think about women and men and the relations between them. It was ‘the little book that started a revolution’, and with more than 800,000 copies in print it has become one of the most widely read and influential books ever written on gender and human development.

In her new book Joining the Resistance

Believe and Destroy: Intellectuals in the SS War Machine

Christian Ingrao — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

There were eighty of them. They were young, clever and cultivated; they were barely in their thirties when Adolf Hitler came to power. Their university studies in law, economics, linguistics, philosophy and history marked them out for brilliant careers. They chose to join the repressive bodies of the Third Reich, especially the Security Service (SD) and the Nazi Party’s elite protection unit, the SS. They theorized and planned the extermination of

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John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: The Poems and Lucina's Rape

Keith Walker (Editor), Nicholas Fisher (Editor) — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Building on the strength of Keith Walker’s acclaimed The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1984), leading scholar Nicholas Fisher presents a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the work of one the greatest Restoration wits.

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Eclipse of Grace: Divine and Human Action in Hegel

Nicholas Adams — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Eclipse of Grace offers original insights into the roots of modern theology by introducing systematic theologians and Christian ethicists to Hegel through a focus on three of his seminal texts: Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic,and Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion.

Aquinas and the Supreme Court: Biblical Narratives of Jews, Gentiles and Gender

Eugene F. Rogers, Jr. — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

This new work clarifies Aquinas’ concept of natural law through his biblical commentaries, and explores its applications to U.S. constitutional law.

Happy-People-Pills For All

Mark Walker — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing.

Happy-People-Pills For All

Mark Walker — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory, 2nd Edition

Michael Payne (Editor), Jessica Rae Barbera (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Now thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of the highly acclaimed dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to modern ideas in the broad interdisciplinary fields of cultural and critical theory

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The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy: A Politico-cultural Transformation and Its Interpretations

Johann P. Arnason (Editor), Kurt A. Raaflaub (Editor), Peter Wagner (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy presents a series of essays that trace the Greeks’ path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek polis as a citizen state and democracy as well as the interaction between democracy and various forms of cultural expression from a comparative historical perspective and with special attention to the place of Greek democracy in political thought and debates about democracy throughout the

No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology

Michael Hanby — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology presents a work of philosophical theology that retrieves the Christian doctrine of creation from the distortions imposed upon it by positivist science and the Darwinian tradition of evolutionary biology.

A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic

Jane DeRose Evans (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republicoffers a diversity of perspectives to explore how differing approaches and methodologies can contribute to a greater understanding of the formation of the Roman Republic.

A Companion to the Neronian Age

Emma Buckley (Editor), Martin Dinter (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

An authoritative overview and helpful resource for students and scholars of Roman history and Latin literature during the reign of Nero.

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A Handbook of Modernism Studies

Jean-Michel Rabaté — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Featuring the latest research findings and exploring the fascinating interplay of modernist authors and intellectual luminaries, from Beckett and Kafka to Derrida and Adorno, this bold new collection of essays gives students a deeper grasp of key texts in modernist literature.

A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams

David Waldstreicher — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams presents a collection of original historiographic essays contributed by leading historians that cover diverse aspects of the lives and politics of John and John Quincy Adams and their spouses, Abigail and Louisa Catherine.

Wittgenstein and His Interpreters: Essays in Memory of Gordon Baker

Guy Kahane (Editor), Edward Kanterian (Editor), Oskari Kuusela (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Comprising specially commissioned essays from some of the most significant contributors to the field, this volume provides a uniquely authoritative and thorough survey of the main lines of Wittgenstein scholarship over the past 50 years, tracing the history and current trends as well as anticipating the future shape of work on Wittgenstein.

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A Companion to African American Literature

Gene Andrew Jarrett (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Through a series of essays that explore the forms, themes, genres, historical contexts, major authors, and latest critical approaches, A Companion to African American Literature presents a comprehensive chronological overview of African American literature from the eighteenth century to the modern day

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Classifying Reality

David S. Oderberg (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Distinguished metaphysicians examine issues central to the high-profile debate between philosophers over how to classify the natural world, and discuss issues in applied ontology such as the classification of diseases.

A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts

Mark Bland — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts provides an introduction to the language and concepts employed in bibliographical studies and textual scholarship as they pertain to early modern manuscripts and printed texts

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The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future

Max More (Editor), Natasha Vita-More (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking

The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address key philosophical arguments for and against human enhancement, explore the inevitability of life