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Humanities | Social sciences

More than two hundred years after his birth, and 150 years after the publication of his most famous essay On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains one of the... 
Political science | Philosophy | Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 | Liberalism | Modern Political Theory | Nationalism | Political Theory | Political Philosophy | Politics & International Relations | Political Ideologies | Political History | History | History of Philosophy | 19th Century Philosophy | Mill, John Stuart

This revisionist account of the history of Islamic political thought from the early to the late medieval period focuses on Ibn Taymiyya, one of the most... 
Political science | Islamic Empire | 1263-1328 | Ibn Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm | History | Political and social views | Islam and state

Ethics | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Philosophy | Plays (Shakespeare, William) | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Ethics | Philosophy in literature | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Political and social views | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 | Political and social views | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Criticism and interpretation | Philosophy

"Once recalled only for The Whig interpretation of history (1931) and Christianity and history (1949), Sir Herbert Butterfield's contribution to western... 
Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979 | Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979 Political and social views | International relations | Science | Christianity | History | Historiography | Religious aspects | Europe Historiography | Historians | Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979 Religion | Intellectuals | Philosophy | Great Britain | 20th century | Religion | Biography | Political and social views | Butterfield, Herbert | 1900-1979

"In The Political Thought of Henry David Thoreau, Jonathan McKenzie analyzes not only Thoreau's well-known works but also his journals and correspondence to... 
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 Philosophy | Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 Political and social views

Political science | Political culture | Philosophy

During its short lifespan, the Weimar Republic (1918-33) witnessed an unprecedented flowering of achievements in many areas, including psychology, political... 
Political culture | Humanities | Germany History | History | Social sciences | Germany Intellectual life | Intellectual life | 20th century | 1918–1933 | Germany | Philosophy | Political Science | PHILOSOPHY | Europe | History & Surveys | Modern | HISTORY | 1918-1933

Catholic Church | Church and social problems | Christian sociology

Contrary to standard assumptions, reasoning is often an emotional process. Emotions can have good effects, as when a scientist gets excited about a line of... 
Emotions and cognition | Philosophy | emotions and cognition

"X: The Problem of the Negro as a Problem for Thought offers an original account of matters African American, and by implication the African diaspora in... 
Intellectual life | Race identity | PHILOSOPHY / General | Race | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations | African Americans | Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963 Political and social views | Social aspects | Philosophy | General | PHILOSOPHY | Sociology | philosophy | Discrimination & Race Relations | SOCIAL SCIENCE | William Edward Burghardt | 1868-1963 | United States | Du Bois, W. E. B | Political and social views

Vicki A. Spencer reveals Herder as one of the first Western philosophers to grapple seriously with cultural diversity without abandoning a commitment to... 
Political science | Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803 Contributions in political science | Philosophy | Contributions in political science | Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744–1803

This new book takes a literary approach in its study of Sayyid Qutb, one of the most significant political thinkers for contemporary Islamists and who has... 
Middle East Politics | Islamic Philosophy | Political Philosophy | 1906-1966 | Islamic fundamentalism | Islam and state | Islam and social problems | Quṭb, Sayyid

Lord Robbins (1898-1984) was a remarkably accomplished thinker, writer, and public figure. He made important contributions to economic theory, methodology, and... 
Economics | History | Economic History | Economic Conditions | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

First published in 2000, Dipesh Chakrabarty's influentialProvincializing Europeaddresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original... 
Eurocentrism | Europe HistoryPhilosophy | Historiography | India Historiography | Decolonization | Western | HBAH | JFCX | HBJD | Europe | HBA | Social History | History | Philosophy | India | English Literature | Postcolonialism | Related Studies | Twentieth Century | European Culture

Are you saying one thing whilst your hands reveal another? Are you influenced by other people's body language without even knowing it? Darting through examples... 
Body language | Psychology | Social Psychology | Non-verbal Communication | Psychological aspects | Gesture