1006 títulos para "Penn State University Press"
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The Committed Word
Engell, James
During the past century, literary education, often divorced from rhetoric, has grown increasingly distant from the practice of language in statecraft, law, religion, and ethics. Yet literature and rhetoric retain open, independent powers to enhance what Emerson calls "the conduct of life." In these...
During the past century, literary education, often divorced from rhetoric, has grown increasingly di...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-02787-6
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Burden of Dreams
Wanner, Catherine
Ukraine is the largest new state to appear on the map of Europe this century. With a population of more than 50 million people and a territory larger than France, the new Ukrainian state faces many challenges, not least of which is to forge a national identity after years of Soviet rule. Burden of D...
Ukraine is the largest new state to appear on the map of Europe this century. With a population of m...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-03001-2
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Mysticism
Hollenback, Jess
This sweeping study of mysticism by Jess Hollenback considers the writings and experiences of a broad range of traditional religious mystics, including Teresa of Avila, Black Elk, and Gopi Krishna. It also makes use of a new category of sources that more traditional scholars have almost entirely ign...
This sweeping study of mysticism by Jess Hollenback considers the writings and experiences of a broa...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-03002-9
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Platonic Questions
Clay, Diskin
The dialogue has disappeared as a mode of writing philosophy, and philosophers who study Plato today often ignore the form in which Plato's work appears in favor of reconstructing and analyzing arguments thought to be conveyed by the content of the dialogues. A distinguished classicist here offers a...
The dialogue has disappeared as a mode of writing philosophy, and philosophers who study Plato today...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-03003-6
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Self-Knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus
Griswold, Charles L., Jr.
In this award-winning study of the Phaedrus, Charles Griswold focuses on the theme of "self-knowledge." Relying on the principle that form and content are equally important to the dialogue's meaning, Griswold shows how the concept of self-knowledge unifies the profusion of issues set forth by Plato....
In this award-winning study of the Phaedrus, Charles Griswold focuses on the theme of "self-knowledg...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-03004-3
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Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde
DeWeese, Devin
This book is the first substantial study of Islamization in any part of Inner Asia from any perspective and the first to emphasize conversion narratives as important sources for understanding the dynamics of Islamization. Challenging the prevailing notions of the nature of Islam in Inner Asia, it ex...
This book is the first substantial study of Islamization in any part of Inner Asia from any perspect...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-03006-7
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Contract, Culture, and Citizenship
Button, Mark E.
The idea of the social contract has typically been seen in political theory as legitimating the exercise of governmental power and creating the moral basis for political order. Mark Button wants to draw our attention to an equally crucial, but seldom emphasized, role for the social contract: its edu...
The idea of the social contract has typically been seen in political theory as legitimating the exer...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-03382-2
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The Fight for Status and Privilege in Late Medieval and Early Modern Castile, 1465-1598
Crawford, Michael J.
In The Fight for Status and Privilege in Late Medieval and Early Modern Castile, 1465-1598, Michael Crawford investigates conflicts about and resistance to the status of hidalgo, conventionally understood as the lowest, most heavily populated rank in the Castilian nobility. It is generally accepted...
In The Fight for Status and Privilege in Late Medieval and Early Modern Castile, 1465-1598, Michael...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-06290-7
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The Illusion of Civil Society
Shefner, Jon
Much has been written about how civil society challenges authoritarian governments and helps lead the way to democratization. These studies show that neoliberal economic policies have harmed many sectors of society, weakening the state and undermining clientelistic relationships that previously prov...
Much has been written about how civil society challenges authoritarian governments and helps lead th...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-03385-3
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Stories of Globalization
Bonanno, Alessandro / Constance, Douglas H.
The economic and social outcomes of mid-twentieth-century Fordist capitalism were characterized by a decrease in the significance of distance and a shift in the dynamic of time. This "time-space compression" is one of the defining components of contemporary globalization. In their latest collaborati...
The economic and social outcomes of mid-twentieth-century Fordist capitalism were characterized by a...
Penn State University Press / 978-0-271-03389-1
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