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  • Wittgenstein's Philosophical Development

    Phenomenology, Grammar, Method, and the Anthropological View

    by M. Engelmann ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The book explains why and how Wittgenstein adapted the Tractatus in phenomenological and grammatical terms to meet challenges of his 'middle period.' It also shows why and how he invents a new method and develops an anthropological perspective, which gradually frame his philosophy and give birth to the Philosophical Investigations . ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Oprah Winfrey: In Her Own Words

    Edited by Anjali Becker, Jeanne Engelmann ...
    Series series In Their Own Words
    The public's appetite for all things Oprah Winfrey has waned little since her Chicago TV debut in 1983. Known as a self-help guru and the "Queen of All Media," Oprah has been shining light on social issues and encouraging fans to "live your best life" for more than 30 years, revolutionizing her corner of the entertainment industry in the process. Winfrey's unprecedented influence and celebrity ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Stockholm Octavo

    A Novel

    by Karen Engelmann ...
    "A delicious page-turner that brings eighteenth-century Stockholm to vivid life, complete with scandal, conspiracy, mystery, and a hint of magic." —Eleanor Brown, New York Times–bestselling authorOne man's fortune holds the key to a nation's fate in this sensational debut novel set in eighteenth-century Sweden.The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann transports readers to a colorful Scandinavian ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Imagining Interest in Political Thought

    Origins of Economic Rationality

    by Stephen G. Engelmann ...
    Imagining Interest in Political Thought argues that monistic interest—or the shaping and coordination of different pursuits through imagined economies of self and public interest—constitutes the end and means of contemporary liberal government. The paradigmatic theorist of monistic interest is the English political philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), whose concept of utilitarianism calls for ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Sensing Art in the Atmosphere

    Elemental Lures and Aerosolar Practices

    by Sasha Engelmann ...
    Series series Ambiances, Atmospheres and Sensory Experiences of Spaces
    This book engages artistic interventions in the aerial elements to investigate the aesthetics and politics of atmosphere.Sensing Art in the Atmosphere: Elemental Lures and Aerosolar Practices traces the potential of artistic, community-driven experiments to amplify our sensing of atmosphere, marrying attentions to atmospheric affect with visceral awareness of the materials, institutions and ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Pompeii

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Richard Engelmann ...
    This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Pompeii opens as a compact companion for travelers drawn to art, history, and the strange intimacy of ruined places. Set against the beauty of the Bay of Naples, it presents Vesuvius as both a scenic landmark and a force of terror, recalling the eruption of 1872 as a modern echo of the catastrophe that destroyed the ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Plague and the City

    Edited by Lukas Engelmann, John Henderson, Christos Lynteris ...
    Series series The Body in the City
    Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague measures in the city during the medieval, early modern and modern periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent or limit the outbreak of epidemic disease.Bringing together leading scholars of plague working across different historical periods, this ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation

    The Roles of Domain-Specific and Domain-General Knowledge

    Edited by Frank Fischer, Clark A. Chinn, Katharina Engelmann, Jonathan Osborne ...
    Competence in scientific reasoning is one of the most valued outcomes of secondary and higher education. However, there is a need for a deeper understanding of and further research into the roles of domain-general and domain-specific knowledge in such reasoning. This book explores the functions and limitations of domain-general conceptions of reasoning and argumentation, the substantial ... Read more

    $92.06 CAD

  • Politics and Aesthetics

    by Jacques Rancière, Peter Engelmann ...
    Translated by Wieland Hoban ...
    In this book the influential philosopher Jacques Rancière, in discussion with Peter Engelmann, explores the enduring connection between politics and aesthetics, arguing that aesthetics forms the fundamental basis for social and political upheaval.Beginning from his rejection of structuralist Marxism, Rancière outlines the development of his thought from his early studies on workers’ emancipation ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Nature and the Artificial

    Aristotelian Reflections on the Operative Imperative

    by Edward Engelmann ...
    For years now much attention has been given to the phenomenon of the artificial. Speculation regarding “what is real?” abounds in the sciences, literature, as well as films and other visual arts. This work presents the first critical, sustained, philosophical study on this topic.Nature and the Artificial: Aristotelian Reflections on the Operative Imperative reveals the inner logic of the ... Read more

    $126.99 CAD

  • Working With Diagrams

    Edited by Lukas Engelmann, Caroline Humphrey, Christos Lynteris ...
    Series Book 14 - Studies in Social Analysis
    Arising from the need to go beyond the semiotic, cognitive, epistemic and symbolic reading of diagrams, this book looks at what diagrams are capable of in scholarly work related to the social sciences. Rather than attempting to define what diagrams are, and what their dietic capacity might be, contributions to this volume draw together the work diagrams do in the development of theories. Across a ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Basel II Risk Parameters

    Estimation, Validation, Stress Testing - with Applications to Loan Risk Management

    Edited by Bernd Engelmann, Robert Rauhmeier ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The estimation and the validation of the Basel II risk parameters PD (default probability), LGD (loss given fault), and EAD (exposure at default) is an important problem in banking practice. These parameters are used on the one hand as inputs to credit portfolio models and in loan pricing frameworks, on the other to compute regulatory capital according to the new Basel rules. This book covers the ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD