LIBROS DEL AUTOR: andrew collier

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  • The Government of Emergency
    Andrew Lakoff / Stephen J. Collier
    The origins and development of the modern American emergency stateFrom pandemic disease, to the disasters associated with global warming, to cyberattacks, today we face an increasing array of catastrophic threats. It is striking that, despite the diversity of these threats, experts and officials approach them in common terms: as future events that threaten to disrupt the vital,...
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    42,36 €

  • Shadow Banking and the Rise of Capitalism in China
    Andrew Collier
    This book is about the growth of shadow banking in China and the rise of China’s free markets. Shadow Banking refers to capital that is distributed outside the formal banking system, including everything from Mom and Pop lending shops to online credit to giant state owned banks called Trusts. They have grown from a fraction of the economy ten years ago to nearly half of all Chi...
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    121,98 €

  • On Christian Belief
    Andrew Collier
    'On Christian Belief' offers a defense of realism in the philosophy of religion. It argues that religious belief--with particular reference to Christian belief--unlike any other kind of belief, is cognitive; making claims about what is real, and open to rational discussion between believers and non-believers. The author begins by providing a critique of several views which eith...
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    95,42 €

  • In Defence of Objectivity
    Andrew Collier
    This volume addresses the interlocking themes of realism, objectivity, existentialism and (eco-socialist) politics, based on critical realism. However, it moves beyond the purely scientific orientation of earlier contributions to this philosophy, to further develop the themes.The title essay defends objectivity in science, everyday knowledge, and ethics, and examines both subje...
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    104,32 €

  • Christianity and Marxism
    Andrew Collier
    Andrew Collier analyses recent cooperation between Christianity and Marxism after earlier years of antagonism. He first discusses the nature of Christianity and Marxism and their place amongst contemporary world views, before looking at areas of apparent conflict and possible reconciliation. This groundbreaking work will be of interest to those involved in philosophy, theology,...
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    104,80 €

  • Transcendence
    Andrew Collier / Douglas V. Porpora / Margaret S. Archer
    Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world. Conversely, religious belief confronts a double standard. Religious believers are not permitted to make truth claims but are in...
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    88,39 €

  • Being and Worth
    Andrew Collier
    Being and Worth argues that beings both in the natural and human worlds have worth in themselves by extending recent depth-realist philosophy to the question of values. ...
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    45,38 €