Religion and Philosophy

This is Political Philosophy is an accessible and well-balanced introduction to the main issues in political philosophy written by an author team f...

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a format...

In The Ethics of Migration: An Introduction, Adam Hosein systematically and comprehensively examines the ethical issues surrounding the concept of ...

Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, democracy, community, liberty, equality. But what do these ideas really mean? How can politicians a...

How is love different from lust or infatuation? Do love and marriage really go together "like a horse and carriage"? Does sex have any necessary co...

Perspectives on Modern South Asia presents an exciting core collection of essays drawn from anthropology, literary and cultural studies, history, s...

Who am I? What is a person? What does it take for a person to persist from one time to another? What is the relation between the mind and the body?...

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the cont...

This volume presents a comparison of seven major religious reformers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: For Islam, Jamal ad-Din ...

In a focused assessment of one of the founding members of the liberal tradition in philosophy and a self-proclaimed “Under-Labourer” working to sup...

Introducing Hinduism, 2nd Edition is the ideal sourcebook for those seeking a comprehensive overview of the Hindu tradition. This second edition in...

Is it is justifiable to make any basic moral distinction between 'insiders and outsiders'? Do we have substantive duties of 'justice' to all human ...

GWF Hegel has long been considered one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the nineteenth century, and his work continues to prov...

The field of global ethics draws on traditions of moral theory, mostly derived from western philosophy, in order to address moral problems specific...

The perfect resource for those wishing to learn more about the Muslim culture, its people and its teachings, this accessible text explores the live...

This innovative introductory textbook explores the central practices and beliefs of Hinduism through contemporary, everyday practice. Introduces an...

Updated and revised, Ethics: The Basics, Second Edition, introduces students to fundamental ethical concepts, principles, theories, and traditions ...

The planet is undergoing a global change in climate that has begun to negatively affect populations and is predicted to accelerate in the coming de...

'The book maintains a clear objectivity about contentious topics like fundamentalism and science and women in Islam...as a desk and shelf reference...

This book presents an intellectual history of today’s Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressin...

Folk and popular religion is a very significant part of Chinese religious life, especially in rural areas. Contemporary Religions in China focuses ...

A major new introduction to the global history of Christianity, written by one of the world ;s leading theologians and author of numerous bestselli...

Buddhists: Understanding Buddhism through the Lives of Practitioners provides a series of case studies of Asian and modern Western Buddhists, spann...

This cool, clear-sighted comparative study has no theological axe to grind. It offers a trusty thematic guide to the figureheads of three of the la...

Building on the strengths of the highly successful first edition, the extensively updated Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory presents a complete sta...

This engaging introduction to Islam examines its lived reality, its worldwide presence, and the variety of beliefs and practices encompassed by the...

A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism offers a comprehensive, nuanced, and chronological account of the evolution of Buddhist religion in Japan f...

This popular text has now been revised to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of the growing number of people interested in all the main phi...

To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. Midgley...

Also published under the title of Principals of Social Reconstruction, and written in response to the devastation of World War I, Why Men Fight lay...

Why I Am Not A Christian by Bertrand Russell, 1138301450, 9781138301450, Routledge Classics

Unpopular Essays, [Paperback] Bertrand Russell

The World's Great Philosophers provides an introduction to and overview of some of the most profound and influential thinkers in the history of phi...

In a letter of 1932, Karl Popper described Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie – The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge...

According to Bertrand Russell, science is knowledge; that which seeks general laws connecting a number of particular facts. It is, he argues, far s...

Paul Ricoeur is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished philosophers of our time. In The Rule of Metaphor he seeks 'to show how language c...

Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the mo...

In the fiftieth anniversary of this book’s first release, Winch’s argument remains as crucial as ever. Originally published in 1958, The Idea of a ...

Erich Fromm sees right to the heart of our contradictory needs for community and for freedom like no other writer before or since. In Fear of Freed...

The Essentials of Philosophy and Ethics offers a distinctive take on philosophical and ethical concepts and on key thinkers in these areas. Philoso...

With over 450 clearly written definitions and articles by an international team of specialists, this authoritative dictionary covers the thinkers, ...

The second edition of this distinguished and popular Companion introduces new chapters on the philosophy of biology: bioethics, genethics, and medi...

In this comprehensive introduction, Julian Young covers the major aspects of Schopenhauer's philosophy. He discusses the central areas of Schopenha...

An invaluable introduction to this highly influential philosopher, Rawls is essential reading for anyone coming to his work for the first time.

First published in 1903, Principles of Mathematics was Bertrand Russell’s first major work in print. It was this title which saw him begin his asce...

Power by Bertrand Russell, 1138301434, 9781138301436, Routledge Classics