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A valuable and unique contribution both to environmental ethics and public policy analysis of the preservation of species question. Norton provides a critical overview of the range of thought on the issue, presents a new and comprehensive rationale for preservation of both species and ecosystems, and addresses policy issues. Originally published i

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Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners In Why Sex Matters, Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics, to show that these and many other questions about human

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A series of candid personal interviews with nearly 100 donors gives an in-depth look at the world of elite philanthropy. Harvard sociologist Francie Ostrower focuses on the New York City area to explore the motivations of single donors and the significance of elite group philanthropy. This book won the 1996 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize and was co-recipient of the 1996 ARNOVA Award.

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Physics has the reputation of being difficult to understand and remote from everyday life. This book presents a collection of physics demonstrations and experiments that prove that physics can, in fact, be 'made simple.' It uses 'low tech' and inexpensive materials from everyday life to make key principles of physics easy to understand.

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This provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory--why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse Why are religious obligations that conflict with the law accorded special toleration while other obligations of conscience are not In Why Tolera

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American public policy has become demonstrably more conservative since the 1960s. In demonstrating a strong link between public opinion and policy outcomes, this book represents a substantial contribution to the study of public opinion and voting behavior, policy, and American politics generally.

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Why do more people vote - or get involved in other civic and political activities - in some communities than in others This book demonstrates that our communities shape our civic and political engagement, and that schools are especially significant communities for fostering strong civic norms.

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Tells the story of biodiversity conservation in Indonesia in the decade culminating in the great fires of 1997-98 - a time when the country's environment became a point of concern for environmental activists, and the fishermen and farmers nationwide who suffered from degraded environments and faced accusations that they were destroying nature.

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This volume of Princeton University's planned six-volume translation of Dilthey's selected works brings together the various parts of the 'Introduction to the Human Sciences' published separately in the German edition.

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The philosopher and historian of culture Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) has had a significant and continuing influence on twentieth-century Continental philosophy and in a broad range of scholarly disciplines. This title presents some of his most important works.

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Presents Wilhelm Dilthey's principal writings on aesthetics and the philosophical understanding of poetry, as well as representative essays of literary criticism. This book includes the essay, "The Imagination of the Poet" which is his attempt to examine the philosophical bearings of literature in relation to psychological and historical theory.

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Tells how Brazil, against all odds, became the first developing country to universalize access to life-saving AIDS therapies - a breakthrough made possible by an unexpected alliance of activists, government reformers, development agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry.

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In Peter Brueghel's painting The Adoration of the Kings, the depiction of Joseph and Mary suggested to William Carlos Williams a paradigm for the relationship between poem and painting, reader and text, man and woman, that he had sought throughout his life to establish: a marriage that can acknowledge and withstand infidelity. Here Terence Diggory

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Traces how the William Faulkner's fiction echoes the economic and racial traumas of the South's modernization in the mid-twentieth century. By demonstrating the interrelation of literary forms and economic systems, this book describes, the poetics of an economy. It makes helps the reader understand the relation between literature and history.

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At the turn of the twentieth century, William James was America's most widely read philosopher. This title details James' contributions to experimental psychopathology, psychical research, and the psychology of religion.