"One of the most remarkable phenomena of the past decade has been the renascence of Humanism in various ideological systems," observes Erich Fromm in his introduction to this volume, which gathers together for the first time the free-ranging thoughts of a new group of thinkers most of whom call themselves "socialist humanists," and who, despite their vastly divergent backgrounds and political c…
This collection of essays traces the development of a range of social ideas, then addresses questions about society and the international order. With its balanced inclusion of historical and contemporary selections, Social Ideals and Policies is the most comprehensive anthology available in social and political philosophy
A lavish volume published to mark the first half-century of the Court. It provides a well-documented and abundantly illustrated retrospective of the Court's activities from its origins to the present day, and also investigates the history of the development of the law, from the early notions of justice and equity as they originated in municipal spheres to their assembling on an international le…
This major anthology is the first to apply a fully interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies. A comprehensive guide to environmental literacy, the book demonstrates how the sciences, social sciences, and humanities all contribute to understanding our interrelationships with the natural world.
"I have attempted to take the high ground," writes George F. Kennan in the foreword to this illuminating work, "trying to stick to the broader dimensions of things--the ones that would still be visible and significant in future decades." Against the background of a century of wars, revolution, and uneasy peace, Mr. Kennan advances his thoughts on a broad front: how the individual's quest for po…
Without neglecting political history, it contains more social history than any other book of similar size. It treats of popular sports and pastimes, such as shooting, fishing, horse racing, and sail- ing: eating and drinking customs; devel- opments in fine arts, music, and medicine; deals with the revolution in sexual mores, and pays particular attention to the American Indian. The parallel his…
The distant origins of the present volume lie in an article entitled "The End of History?" which I wrote for the journal The national Interest in the summer of 1989. This was not to say that today's stable democracies, like the United States, France, or Switzerland, were not without injustice or seriuos social problems.
This volume comprises three essays on the city of Malacca and its society, during the first decades of Portuguese rule, when the social structures inherited from the Sultanate days were yet to undergo major changes.
Do you know in Brunei we used to have a festival called 'Berjanawari'? Or that the Brunei word for great-great-great grandparents is the same as the action describing shaking your head? Or that Brunei's largest export used to be derived from mangrove trees? Or that 'Hua Hui' a gambling game was widely played in Brunei? Or the many facts that you have never known about Brunei? This is the second…
The book is a compilation of papers on these issues presented by distinguished participants drawn from the fields of diplomacy, academics and journalism at an international seminar organised by the Indian Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA). It provides an in-depth look at State Sovereignty - its concept, relevance and limits which i…