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Previous scholars and writers have either celebrated the idealism in Plato's Laws or denounced its totalitarianism. Ryan K. Balot, by contrast, refuses to interpret the dialogue as a political blueprint, whether admirable or misguided. Instead, he shows that it constitutes Plato's greatest philosophical investigation of political life. In this transformative re-appraisal, Balot reveals that Plato's goal was to cultivate a tragic attitude towar...

The Roman Empire of the fourth century AD, ruled by the Emperor Constantine the Great, was a society marked by social, religious, and political transformation as the empire came under the influence of the Christian Church. To understand how this period's emperors and bishops, among other political and social actors, thought about and enacted political theory, Nathan Israel Smolin turns to theological sources, revealing an age of profound polit...

EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression: A New Approach for the Whole Person is a clinical guide that explores the innovative use of psychedelic therapy in treating depression. The book presents the EMBARK psychedelic therapy model, a comprehensive and participant-centric approach that focuses on the whole person, not just their symptoms. It delves into the preparation, medicine, and integration phases of therapy, providing practical guideli...

Steven Nadler presents a biographical and philosophical study of Louis de La Forge (1632-1666), an important but underappreciated (and understudied) follower of René Descartes (1596-1650) who made a major contribution to making Cartesianism the dominant philosophical paradigm of the seventeenth century. La Forge was a devoted and faithful, but not uncritical, disciple who defended, updated, and even corrected Descartes' metaphysics, physics, a...

Empire of Rags and Bones offers a fresh perspective on the history of the Third Reich and the Nazi genocide of the Jews. Historicizing the much-championed ideal of zero waste, this book explains the connections between Nazi resource-thinking, imperial expansion, and racial purging.

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While the use of arbitration in the private sector has grown dramatically in recent decades, arbitration itself is not new. Yet the practice today looks very different than it did at its origins. How did arbitration shift from providing a low cost, less adversarial, and more efficient way of handling disputes between relative equals to a private, non-reviewable, and compulsory forum for resolving disputes between individuals and corporations t...

While the use of arbitration in the private sector has grown dramatically in recent decades, arbitration itself is not new. Yet the practice today looks very different than it did at its origins. How did arbitration shift from providing a low cost, less adversarial, and more efficient way of handling disputes between relative equals to a private, non-reviewable, and compulsory forum for resolving disputes between individuals and corporations t...

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The definitive biography on Meriwether Lewis by Thomas C. Danisi and John C. Jackson now in paperback for the first time.October 11, 2009 marks the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis's death. As the leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, an epic exploration of uncharted territory west of the Mississippi, Lewis has been the subject of several biographies, yet much of the published information is unreliable. A number of myths surrounding his li...

A critical exploration of historical power structures and forces of oppression that shaped the field of psychology, and a compelling call to move towards the decolonisation of the discipline in today's university.

Designed as a pragmatic guide for new teachers and those training to teach, this book is a one-stop-shop for understanding assessment in primary and secondary schools, supported by a range of policy examples drawn from the UK, Ireland and wider international contexts.

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COVID-19 hat die Sportkommunikation nachhaltig verändert. Der Band bietet empirische Analysen, Einschätzungen und theoretische Ansätze sowie Erfahrungsberichte aus der Praxis zum Einfluss der Corona-Pandemie auf Medien, Journalismus und Sport. Aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven schauen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler sowie Personen aus der Praxis auf die Veränderungen in verschiedenen Medien- und Sportorganisationen sowie den Wandel v...

In diesem Open-Access-Sammelband werden verschiedene Leistungsdimensionen und Datenzugänge für Abbildung medizinischer Forschung empirisch dargestellt und diskutiert. Leitfragen sind dabei:Wie identifizieren wir Qualität in der medizinischen Forschung?Unter welchen Bedingungen lassen sich medizinische Themen bestmöglich beforschen, um das Patientenwohl und die öffentliche Gesundheit zu fördern sowie Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft voranzubringen...

Das Thema Mergers & Acquisitions ist für Wissenschaft und Praxis von hoher Relevanz. Die Herausforderung liegt insbesondere in interdisziplinären Fragestellungen, die sich im Rahmen solcher Transaktionen regelmäßig stellen. Der M&A, Alumni Deutschland e.V. hat daher die Fachtagung "Mergers & Acquisitions im Spannungsfeld der Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus Forschung und Praxis" ins Leben gerufen, um einen fach...

How Free Are We? contains a collection of edited interviews from The Free Will Show, a podcast by the philosophers Taylor W. Cyr and Matthew T. Flummer. In an accessible and conversational format, a variety of leading scholars introduce the main issues, questions, and arguments in the free will debate.