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Ideas in Context

Ideas in Context is a 17-book series first released in 1984 with contributions by Laurence Dickey, Georgios Varouxakis, and 17 others.

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Hegel

Hegel: Religion, Economics, and the Politics of Spirit, 1770–1807
ByLaurence Dickey

1987 • 1 Reader

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Liberty Abroad

Liberty Abroad: J. S. Mill on International Relations
ByGeorgios Varouxakis

2013 • 1 Reader

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Max Weber in Politics and Social Thought

Max Weber in Politics and Social Thought: From Charisma to Canonization
ByJoshua Derman

2012 • 1 Reader

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Philosophy and Government 1572–1651

Philosophy and Government 1572–1651
ByRichard Tuck

1993 • 2 Readers

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Philosophy in History

Philosophy in History: Essays in the Historiography of Philosophy
ByRichard Rorty(Editor),J.B. Schneewind(Editor),+1 more

1984 • 1 Reader

Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections
Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections
ByJames Hankins(Editor),Quentin Skinner(Editor),+1 more

2000 • 1 Reader • 336 pages • 4

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Self-Interest before Adam Smith

Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science
ByPierre Force

1999 • 1 Reader

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Taming the Leviathan

Taming the Leviathan: The Reception of the Political and Religious Ideas of Thomas Hobbes in England 1640–1700
ByJon Parkin

2007 • 1 Reader

That noble dream
That noble dream
ByPeter Novick

1988 • 1 Reader • 662 pages

The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life
The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life
ByGerd Gigerenzer,Zeno Swijtink,+4 more

1989 • 1 Reader • 364 pages

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The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought

The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought
ByEric Nelson

2004 • 1 Reader

The Languages of Political Theory in Early-Modern Europe
The Languages of Political Theory in Early-Modern Europe
ByAnthony Pagden(Editor)

1987 • 1 Reader • 380 pages

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The Origins of American Social Science

The Origins of American Social Science
ByDorothy Ross

1990 • 1 Reader

The Worlds of Renaissance Melancholy: Robert Burton in Context
The Worlds of Renaissance Melancholy: Robert Burton in Context
ByAngus Gowland

2006 • 1 Reader • 356 pages

The Young Karl Marx: German Philosophy, Modern Politics, and Human Flourishing
The Young Karl Marx: German Philosophy, Modern Politics, and Human Flourishing
ByDavid Leopold

2007 • 1 Reader

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Utilitarianism and the New Liberalism

Utilitarianism and the New Liberalism
ByD. Weinstein

2007 • 1 Reader

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Virtue, Commerce, and History

Virtue, Commerce, and History: Essays on Political Thought and History, Chiefly in the Eighteenth Century
ByJ.G.A. Pocock

1985 • 1 Reader