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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...

How can people believe that the supernatural end of the world lies just around the corner when, so far, every such prediction has been proved wrong? Some scholars argue that millenarians are psychologically disturbed; others maintain that their dreams of paradise on earth reflect a nascent political awareness. In this book Damian Thompson looks at...

Essential ReadingsThe classic articles in this volume address the fundamental questions of social epistemology in ways that are both cutting-edge and easy to understand....