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  • The Imperative of Responsibility

    In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age

    by Hans Jonas ...
    A classic work of ethical philosophy that explores our options in an age of devatasting technological changeHans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like. Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, Jonas's ethics is grounded not in ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • The Gnostic Religion

    The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity

    by Hans Jonas ...
    The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Memoirs

    Hans Jonas

    by Hans Jonas, Christian Wiese ...
    Translated by Krishna Winston ...
    Series series The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry
    When Hans Jonas died in 1993, he was revered among American scholars specializing in European philosophy, but his thought had not yet made great inroads among a wider public. In Germany, conversely, during the 1980s, when Jonas himself was an octogenarian, he became a veritable intellectual celebrity, owing to the runaway success of his 1979 book The Imperative of Responsibility. In the 1920s, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Judaism and Environmental Ethics

    A Reader

    by E L. Allen, Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Jeremy Benstein, Philip J. Bentley, J David Bleich, Gerald Blidstein, Jeremy Cohen, David Ehrenfeld, Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Hans Jonas, Leon R. Kass, Eric Katz, Jeanne Kay, Aldo Leopold, Ze'ev Levy, Eric Rosenblum, RobertD Sacks, Arthur Schaeffer, Eilon Schwartz, Steven S. Schwarzschild, Lawrence Troster, Michael Wyschogrod ...
    Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental responsibility or not? What Jewish teachings, if any, appropriately address today's environmental crisis? Do ecology, Judaism, and philosophy work together, or are they at odds with each other in ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Narratives in Times of Radical Transformation

    Edited by Toshio Kawai, Jonas Fahlbusch, Hans-Liudger Dienel, Ortwin Renn, Regina Renn ...
    This book explores how narratives have been and can be used to facilitate radical transformations towards a more sustainable future.Scholars from various disciplines have been increasingly utilizing social and cultural narratives to understand personal, social, and cultural transformations. These narratives offer guiding principles for achieving personal, social, and cultural transformations. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Clinical Neuroanatomy

    Brain Circuitry and Its Disorders

    by Hans J. ten Donkelaar, Jonas Broman, Marco Catani, Ayhan Cömert, Johannes R.M. Cruysberg, Wilfred F.A. den Dunnen, Jonne Doorduin, Paul A.T.M. Eling, Yoshio Hashizume, Akira Hori, Anja K.E. Horn, Ricardo Insausti, David Kachlik, Klimitaka Kaga, Benno Küsters, Martin Lammens, Veronika Němcová, Sebastiaan Overeem, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Ton van der Vliet, Bart van de Warrenburg, Peter van Domburg, Pieter Wesseling, Michèl Willemsen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Connections define the functions of neurons: information flows along connections, as well as growth factors and viruses, and even neuronal death can progress through connections. Accordingly, knowing how the various parts of the brain are interconnected to form functional systems is a prerequisite for properly understanding data from all fields in the neurosciences.Clinical Neuroanatomy: Brain ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • Organizing for Independence

    Secessionist Protest, Organizational Change, and the Referendum Crisis in Catalonia

    by Hans Jonas Gunzelmann ...
    Series series Protest and Social Movements
    Independence protests are on the rise across Europe, as Spain, the UK, and other states have faced severe secessionist challenges. The largest wave of these protests swept Catalonia and reached its peak in 2017 when the push for a binding referendum led to an unprecedented secessionist crisis. Organizing for Independence explores the question of how the referendum crisis as a threat and ... Read more

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  • Comparative International Politics of Democracy Promotion

    Edited by Jonas Wolff, Hans-Joachim Spanger, Hans-Jürgen Puhle ...
    Series series Democratization and Autocratization Studies
    Though scholarly attention to democracy promotion is increasing, there is still little comparative and theoretically-based work on the protagonists of democracy promotion. This book investigates the motives that drive democracy promotion in a comparative and theoretically oriented manner, exploring how democracy promoters deal with conflicting objectives and the factors that shape their behaviour. ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Practical Healthcare Epidemiology

    Edited by Ebbing Lautenbach, Preeti N. Malani, Keith F. Woeltje, Jennifer H. Han, Emily K. Shuman, Jonas Marschall ...
    Practical Healthcare Epidemiology takes a hands-on approach to infection prevention for physicians, healthcare epidemiologists, infection preventionists, microbiologists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Increased regulatory requirements and patient knowledge and involvement has elevated patient safety, healthcare-associated infections, antibiotic stewardship and quality-of-care to ... Read more

    $196.79 USD

  • Industrial Collaboration in Nazi-Occupied Europe

    Norway in Context

    Edited by Mats Ingulstad, Jonas Scherner, Hans Otto Frøland ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book brings together leading experts to assess how and whether the Nazis were successful in fostering collaboration to secure the resources they required during World War II. These studies of the occupation regimes in Norway and Western Europe reveal that the Nazis developed highly sophisticated instruments of exploitation beyond oppression and looting. The authors highlight that in ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

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    An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics

    by Erich Fromm ...
    The New York Times –bestselling author and social philosopher explores the function of ethics and morality in the human psyche: "A fascinating volume . . . magnificent in its implications" ( Saturday Review ).Are we primarily determined by nature or nurture? What are the best ways that people can live productively? In Man for Himself, renowned social philosopher Erich Fr... ... Read more

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  • The German Genius

    Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century

    by Peter Watson ...
    A "compelling" history of German cultural and intellectual development from 1750 to the twentieth century ( Financial Times).From the end of the Baroque era and the death of Bach to the rise of Hitler, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among Western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force. By 1933, Germans had won more Nobel Prizes than the British and Americans combined ... Read more

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