Steven Rendall

A searing historical account of a tragic episode of the Stalinist terror

How happiness became mandatory—and why we should reject the demand to "be happy"

From the Nobel Prize–winning economist, a bold new agenda for the role of economics in society

A definitive biography of the great French essayist and thinker

A revolutionary account of the ancient Greek economy

A monumental history of Asia Minor from the Stone Age to the Roman Empire

The story of German philosophy from the Middle Ages to today

Here, for the first time in English, is celebrated French classicist Jacques Jouanna's magisterial account of the life and work of Sophocles. Exhaustive and authoritative, this acclaimed book combines biography and detailed studies of...

From Nobel Prize–winning economist Jean Tirole, a bold new agenda for the role of economics in society

A comprehensive history of manhunting in the West, from ancient times to the present

Why the West must overcome its guilty conscience to foster a better global future

Prophets of the Past is the first book to examine in depth how modern Jewish historians have interpreted Jewish history. Michael Brenner reveals that perhaps no other national or religious group has used their shared history for so many...

This is a sweeping and provocative work of aesthetic theory: a trenchant critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, combined with a carefully reasoned plea for a new and...

Lost in the Sacred poses questions about the Muslim world that no other book by a Western writer has dared to ask. Focusing on the Arab Middle East, Dan Diner asks what caused the Muslim world to lag behind so dramatically. Is Western...

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short book, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap...