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2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the grant at Runnymede of Magna Carta.The story of how Magna Carta came into being ,and has been interpreted since, and its impact on individual rights and constitutional developments has more twists and turns than any work of historical fiction. The authors bring...

Teenagers are a lonely tribe, be it in Russia or in the U.S.A. The stories tell about the battle they fight against hypocrisy of the grown-ups world, against the rigid moral standards of a totalitarian regime, against their own fear, insecurity and confusion with new, bitter-sweet sexual emotions. Maturing comes fast in these circumstances, but very often at a very dear price . . .

West Meets East presents an ambitious and creative celebration of how two cultures intersect at the junction of words, concepts, and language. Featuring both poetic and prose pieces chosen to showcase both the similarities and differences between the two basic cultures of the West and the Orient,...

The book is of fantasy,suspense and adventure genres and is written for teenagers and young adults. It hints on our very limited,if not altogether wrong, vision of the world around and suggests a stunningly new view. It is good reading for those who ask "eternal" questions:who are we? why...

There is almost unanimous agreement that civilians should be protected from the direct effects of violent conflict, and that the distinction between combatant and non-combatant should be respected. But what are the fundamental ethical questions about civilian immunity? Are new styles of conflict making...

The book focusses on transitional justice policies implemented in Ukraine since the beginning of 2014. The author covers investigations and trials, vetting, historical justice, as well as two issues that only partially refer to the «transitional justice toolbox»: attempts to deal with the consequences...

« Pour quelle raison deux flocons de neige ne sont-ils jamais parfaitement identiques ? Pourquoi chaque cristal glacé restera-t-il à jamais unique ? Et si aucun flocon ne ressemble à un autre, jamais, pourquoi partagent-ils tous la forme d'une étoile à six branches ? Pourquoi pas cinq ou sept...

Shafarevich's Basic Algebraic Geometry has been a classic and universally used introduction  to the subject since its first appearance over 40 years ago. As the translator writes in a prefatory note, ``For all [advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate] students, and for the many specialists...

Why has social peace been preserved in some new, nationalizing countries in Eastern Europe and broken down in others? While civil peace has reigned in Estonia, Moldova experienced a bloody civil war in 1992, claiming more than a thousand casualties. These two states in question share a number of common...

Economic and cultural globalization and the worldwide threat of terrorism have contributed to the resurgence of patriotic loyalty in many parts of the world and made the issues it raises highly topical. This collection of new essays by philosophers and political theorists engages with a wide range...

This edited volume develops the philosophy of communication inspired by the scholarship of Richard L. Lanigan, with emphasis on communicology as a human science. Lanigan’s syntheses of the philosophies of speech, language and discourse stemming from the works of Edmund Husserl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty,...

Che ce ne rendiamo conto o meno, tutti abbiamo una filosofia. Ma siccome la nostra filosofia può avere conseguenze enormi sulla nostra vita e su quella delle persone che ci sono vicine, è bene sapersela costruire con cura. Il modo migliore consiste nel partire dall’alto, da quella che gli esperti...

«La mente mente!» Non è solo un modo di dire. È, anche se pochi oggi se ne sono accorti, l’intuizione del limite a cui giunge la nostra capacità di accorgerci di ciò che sappiamo e di ciò che siamo. Da quel sistema psichico che chiamiamo «mente» e dai suoi principali strumenti, che sono...

Con questo libro fiabe, Sacre Scritture e grandi opere letterarie si potranno intendere non come storie di personaggi immaginari, giunteci da epoche e culture troppo lontane. Sono ricostruzioni di una "iniziazione" personale, veri e propri manuali per affrontarla a nostra volta, per divenire tutto...