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441. Science and Golf (Routledge Revivals)

     Proceedings of the First World Scientific Congress of Golf

     Edited by A. J. Cochran

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     First published in 1990, this reissue contains the papers presented at the First World Scientific Congress of Golf, held at the University of St Andrews. This Congress was the first gathering of its kind, bringing together leading scientists researching into golf, including specialists in&...

     Published August 12th 2010 by Routledge
442. A History of Europe (Routledge Revivals)

     From the Invasions to the XVI Century

     By Henri Pirenne

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     First published in 1939, this is a reissue of Henri Pirenne's extremely popular and influential history of Europe in the Middle Ages. It begins with the Barbarian and Musulman invasions in the fifth century AD, which signalled the end of the Roman world in the West, and&...

     Published July 25th 2010 by Routledge
443. In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions (Routledge Revivals)

     And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Education

     By Israel Scheffler

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     First published in 1991, In Praise of Cognitive Emotions comprises fourteen of Scheffler's most recent essays – all of which challenge contemporary notions of education and rationality. While defending the ideal of rationality, he insists that rationality not be identified with a mental...

     Published July 18th 2010 by Routledge
444. The Economics of Non-Wage Labour Costs (Routledge Revivals)

     By Bob Hart

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     Throughout the OECD, 30% of the average firm’s total labour costs comprises items which are other than direct remuneration. This reissue, first published in 1984, focuses upon these non-wage labour costs, which include; fringe-benefit payments, obligatory social-welfare contributions, holiday...

     Published July 18th 2010 by Routledge
445. Radical Records (Routledge Revivals)

     Thirty Years of Lesbian and Gay History, 1957-1987

     By Bob Cant, Susan Hemmings

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     The period between the publication in 1957 of the liberalising Wolfenden Report and the introduction in 1987 of the homophobic Section 28 was characterised by unprecedented optimism and political activism among lesbians and gay men in Britain. But the law and its shortcomings never determined their...

     Published July 18th 2010 by Routledge
446. Philosophy of Logic (Routledge Revivals)

     By Hilary Putnam

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     First published in 1971, Professor Putnam's essay concerns itself with the ontological problem in the philosophy of logic and mathematics - that is, the issue of whether the abstract entities spoken of in logic and mathematics really exist. He also deals with the question of whether or not...

     Published July 1st 2010 by Routledge
447. Critics of Society (Routledge Revivals)

     Radical Thought in North America

     By Tom B. Bottomore

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     First published in 1967, this essay in the interpretation of radical social thought deals mainly with the radical theorists rather than the doctrines of social and political movements, but makes an exception in an important discussion of the new radicalism of the 1960s. The author's main concern is...

     Published July 1st 2010 by Routledge
448. Intellectuals and Politics (Routledge Revivals)

     By Robert Brym

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     This essay, first published in 1980, analyses the relationship between intellectuals’ social locations and their political orientations. Dr Brym provides a critical discussion of the various sociological views of intellectuals and specifies some of the social conditions which encourage...

     Published July 1st 2010 by Routledge
449. Okubo Diary (Routledge Revivals)

     Portrait of a Japanese Valley

     By Brian Moeran

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     First published in 1985, this Routledge Revival is a lively and colourful account of life in the Japanese countryside, as seen through the eyes of an anthropologist who did fieldwork there for four years. Part journal, part ethnographic observation, part social and moral commentary, this very...

     Published July 1st 2010 by Routledge
450. Ethics, Emotion and the Unity of the Self (Routledge Revivals)

     By Oliver Letwin

     Series: Routledge Revivals

     This Routledge Revival reissues Oliver Letwin’s philosophical treatise: Ethics, Emotion and the Unity of the Self, first published in 1987, which concerns the applicability of the artistic classifications of romanticism and classicism to philosophical doctrine. Dr Letwin examines three particular...

     Published July 1st 2010 by Routledge