Oxford University Press

In 1870 the First Vatican Council vindicated the old Roman vision of an essentially unlimited monarchical authority residing in the pope, thus vanquishing an even older, conciliar, essentially constitutionalist ideal of church governance. This book reconstructs the half-millennial history of that rival and now largely forgotten tradition....

Michael Otsuka's ingenious and exciting book vindicates left-libertarianism, a political philosophy which combines stringent rights of control over one's own mind, body, and life with egalitarian rights of ownership of the world. He reclaims the ideas of John Locke from the libertarian Right, and defends a view which is both more libertarian and...

Stefano Predelli comes to the defence of the traditional 'formal' approach to natural-language semantics, arguing that it has been misrepresented not only by its critics, but also by its foremost defenders. Contexts will make invigorating reading for all philosophers of language and many linguists....

Navigating the New International Politics of DiversityUsing an innovative blend of political theory, international law, and studies on        the sociological and geo-political foundations of minority rights, this landmark        publication will set the debate on the likely future of the international politics        of diversity....

Boundaries and Knowledge in ActionManagement consultants are typically seen as key mediators in the flow of        management ideas. And yet little is known about exactly what happens when they work        together with clients, behind closed doors in consulting projects. Do they really        innovate or simply legitimate existing knowledge? This...

This program has at its foundation the use of ritual prevention and prolonged        actual and imaginable exposure exercises. Therapists will learn the best methods for        assessing OCD and formulating a treatment program tailored to their client's        particular OCD symptoms. Sample lists of exposure items are provided for fear...