Oxford University Press

Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. Here, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human...

This unique study focuses on how the endowment assets of Oxford and Cambridge colleges are invested. Despite their shared missions, each interprets its investment objective differently, often resulting in remarkably dissimilar strategies. This thought provoking study provides new insights for all investors with a long-term investment horizon....

The Sufi Orders in Islam is one of the earliest modern examinations of the historical development of Sufism. Trimingham offers a clear and detailed account of the formation and development of the Sufi schools and orders (tariqahs) from the second century of Islam up until modern times....

Those who believe in God often puzzle over how God could permit evil and suffering in the world.    Nature Red in Tooth and Claw focuses specifically on non-human animal suffering, and whether or not it raises problems for belief in the existence of a perfectly good creator....

In this book, suggestions are offered for effective assessment and treatment of sexual aggression based on state-of-the-science theory and research. Hall and Hirschman's Quadripartite Model Sexual Aggression provides the unifying theoretical framework for the book. It breaks new ground by proposing preventive interventions with potential...

The human cognitive architecture consists of a set of largely independent modules associated with different brain regions. This book discusses in detail how these various modules can combine to produce behaviours as varied as driving a car and solving an algebraic equation....