Oxford University Press

Exploring the Victorian BrainSir William Richard Gowers was one of the pre-eminent clinical neurologists of the nineteenth century. Co-authored by one of Dr Gowers' descendents and two leading neurologists, this book is the definitive reference work on the life of one of the founding fathers of neurology....

In this book, Charles Bellinger draws on the thought of S/oren Kierkegaard and Rene Girard in search of a Christian understanding of the roots of violence. Utilizing Kierkegaard's idea of sin as the evasion of the call to become oneself before God, he argues that the basic motive that impels human beings toward acts of violence is a refusal to grow...

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The question of why people act against their better judgment has always been        prominent in philosophy. Risto Saarinen presents the first study of ideas about        weakness of the will between 1350 and 1650. He shows how the understanding of human        conduct and free will changed in this formative period between medieval times...

Social Determinants of Health, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it provides accessible summaries of the scientific justification for isolating different aspects...

Reformation in Britain and Ireland is an innovative volume which studies the coming of reform in the sixteenth century more broadly than do traditional national narratives of religious change. It argues for an interactive and comparative understanding of this crucial dimension of British and Irish history. Through the examination of political...