Philosopher John Dewey called Ralph Waldo Emerson the one citizen of the New World fit to have his name uttered in the same breath with that of Plato Through his writing & his own personal philosophy Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history & showed Americans how to be creators of their own contexts With his central text Nature he singlehandedly engendered an entire spiritual & intellectual movement in Transcendentalism Editor Jeffrey S Cramer has chosen texts like Nature & The American Scholar along with revelatory journal entries letters & poetry revealing a stirringly human writer ...

The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century also called the Age of Reason was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty & an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry & natural experience Enlightenment philosophers in Europe & America planted the seeds for modern liberalism cultural humanism science & technology & laissez-faire Capitalism This volume brings together works from this era with more than 100 selections from a range of sources It

Includes:: examples by Kant Diderot Voltaire Newton Rousseau Locke Franklin Jefferson Madison & Paine that demonstrate the pervasive impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy & epistemology as well as on political social & economic institutions

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A newly edited collection of the seminal writings & speeches of a legendary writer orator & civil rights leader The life of Frederick Douglass is nothing less than the history of America in the 19th century from slavery to reconstruction His influence was felt in the political sphere major social movements literary culture & even international affairs His resounding words tell not only his own remarkable story but also that of a burgeoning nation forced to reckon with its tremulous moral ground This compact volume offers a full course on a necessary historical figure giving voice once again to a man whose guiding words are needed now as urgently as ever The Portable Frederick Douglass

Includes:: the full range of Douglass's writings from autobiographical writings that span from his life as a slave child to his memories of slavery as an elder statesman in the late 1870s; his protest fiction (one of the first works of African American fiction); his brilliant oratory constituting the greatest speeches of the Civil War era which launched his political career; & his journalistic essays that range from cultural & political critique toart literature law history philosophy & reform

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Although Hannah Arendt is considered one of the major contributors to social & political thought in the twentieth century this is the first general anthology of her writings This volume

Includes:: selections from her major works including The Origins of Totalitarianism Between Past & Future Men in Dark Times The Jew as Pariah & The Human Condition as well as many shorter writings & letters Sections include extracts from her work on fascism Marxism & totalitarianism; her treatment of work & labour; her writings on politics & ethics; & a section on truth & the role of the intellectual

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This book is an outstanding overview of the life & thoughts of Karl Marx The editor masterfully weaves together Marx's published works & private letters into a rich tapestry of history & ideas In addition to what you might expect to find in a collection like this (the text of The Communist Manifesto selections from Das Kapital) there are also tidbits from Marx's hand that help you truly understand the man & the history of his ideology from his predictions on the fates of France & Russia even down to his favorite color (red of course) & his old report cards No serious student of economic & political philosophy should be without an understanding of Karl Marx This book provides it like no other ...

Edited by Hollis Robbins & Henry Louis Gates Jr; this collection comprises work from forty-nine writers arranged into sections of memoir poetry & essays on feminism education & the legacy of black women writers Many of these pieces engage with social movements like abolition women's suffrage temperance & civil rights but the thematic centre is black women's intellect & personal ambition The diverse selection

Includes:: well-known writers like Sojourner Truth Hannah Crafts & Harriet Jacobs as well as lesser-known writers like Ella Sheppard who offers a firsthand account of life in a world-famous singing group Taken together these incredible works insist that the writing of black women writers be read remembered & addressed

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Self-described as 'a mystic a transcendentalist & a natural philosopher to boot' Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man & as an artist Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration & his refuge from what he considered the follies of society Heedless of his friends' advice to live in a more orthodox manner he determinedly pursued his own inner bent
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- in prose & verse in his masterpiece Walden from which this work is taken Edited by noted Thoreau scholar Jeffrey S Cramer this edition is the new standard for those interested in discovering the great thinker's influential ideas about everything from environmentalism to limited government

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Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure Widely accepted as Henry James' great masterpiece The Portrait of a Lady is a poignant & intense exploration of freedom & identity This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an introduction by Costa Award-winning author Colm Toibin Intelligent beautiful & vivacious Isabel Archer fascinates & intimidates the elite society of Albany New York Fiercely protective of her independence she travels to England with her aunt to escape a persistent suitor but upon inheriting a considerable fortune falls into the sway of the devious Mrs Merle who whisks her off to Italy There she is seduced by the narcissistic Gilbert Osmond an art collector who will stop at nothing to possess her & whose connection to Mrs Merle is shrouded in mystery ...

Henry James's great masterpiece now in a stunning Penguin clothbound edition designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Lionel Kelly Senior Lecturer in English University of Reading Transplanted to Europe from her native America Isabel Archer has candour beauty intelligence an independent spirit & a marked enthusiasm for life An unexpected inheritance apparently gives her freedom but despite all her natural advantages she makes one disastrous error of judgement & the result is genuinely tragic Her tale told with James' inimitable poise is of the widest relevance The phase when his (Henry James') genius functioned with the freest & fullest vitality is represented by The Portrait of a Lady' (FR LEAVIS) ...