Oxford University Press

Political Theology for a Plural Age provides historic and contemporary understandings of political engagement in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, engaging political theologies not merely as a set of theoretical concepts but as religious beliefs and principles that motivate specific political action....

Lynda Mugglestone's hugely popular The Oxford History of English is republished in a reset and revised edition featuring David Crystal's new take on the future of English. With impeccable and approachable scholarship, it describes the changing sounds, words, and meanings of English. A book for everyone interested in the language....

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(Dora)A Case of Hysteria reveals how Freud dealt with patients and interpreted their statements. A crucial text in the development of his theories, it is famous for its literary qualities, and the story of &'Dora&' and her unhappy family is as dramatic as a modern novel. This new translation includes a fascinating introduction to the work....

The infrastructure of the worldIf humans had not harnessed chemistry, we would all literally still be living in the Stone Age. Peter Atkins celebrates the importance of this most fundamental science; and in non-technical lay language, he explains its concepts, components, and methods. A marvellous primer for anyone who would like to understand...

How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment SystemFifty years after John F. Kennedy's speech on mental illness and retardation, E. Fuller Torrey's book provides an insider's perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program. Torrey draws on his own first-hand account of the creation and launch of the...