More than a classic work on the history and philosophy of science, Kuhn's 1962 book is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of the 20th century. Kuhn helped change the way everyone looks at science.
More than a classic work on the history and philosophy of science, Kuhn's 1962 book is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of the 20th ...
A critical analysis of Argyris's Integrating The Individual and the Organization, in which Chris Argyris used strong, well-structured arguments to make his point. His reasoning has strong implications for solving a problem that many organizations experience: disengaged and disloyal employees.
A critical analysis of Argyris's Integrating The Individual and the Organization, in which Chris Argyris used strong, well-structured arguments to mak...
Exploration and Exploitation is a key text for scholars and business practitioners interested in promoting economic well-being and sustainable growth. March's work promotes the preservation of companies' competitiveness and sustainability in the fluctuating market environment by maintaining a balance between exploration and exploitation processes.
Exploration and Exploitation is a key text for scholars and business practitioners interested in promoting economic well-being and sustainable growth....
What is the past and what can we really know about it? Relying on his groundbreaking technique championing 'problem-based history,' Febvre explores whether 16th-century French writer Francois Rabelais was he really one of France's first atheists. Febvre's thorough research on Rabelais and the times he lived in challenges this accepted view.
What is the past and what can we really know about it? Relying on his groundbreaking technique championing 'problem-based history,' Febvre explores wh...
A critical analysis of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973), an explosive and indispensable contribution to debates about how to reap a good return on investing in stocks and shares. At the book's heart lies a simple question of evaluation: just how successful are investment experts?
A critical analysis of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973), an explosive and indispensable contribution to debates about how to rea...
The history of anthropology is, to a large extent, the history of differing modes of interpretation.
As anthropologists have long known, examining, analyzing and recording cultures in the quest to understand humankind as a whole is a vastly complex task, in which nothing can be achieved without careful and incisive interpretative work. Edward Evans-Pritchard’s seminal 1937 Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande is a model contribution to anthropology’s grand interpretative project, and one whose success is based largely on its author’s thinking skills. A major issue...
The history of anthropology is, to a large extent, the history of differing modes of interpretation.
Thomas Hobbes is a towering figure in the history of modern thought and political philosophy. He remains best remembered for his 1651 treatise on government, Leviathan, a work that shows at the very best the reasoning skills of a deeply original and creative thinker.
Creative thinking is all about taking a novel approach to questions and problems – showing them in a new light. When Hobbes was writing Leviathan, the standard approach to understanding (and advocating for) monarchical government was to argue, using Christian theology, that kings and queens gained their...
Thomas Hobbes is a towering figure in the history of modern thought and political philosophy. He remains best remembered for his 1651 treatise on g...
A critical analysis of Centuries of Childhood, in which the French historian Philippe Aries offers a fundamentally fresh interpretation of what childhood is and what the institution means for society at large. Aries's core idea is that ‘childhood,’ as we understand it today – a special time that requires special efforts and resources – is an invention of the 19th century, and that before that date children were in effect thought of as small adults. This led him to a re-evaluation of sources that suggested a second, crucial, conclusion: the idea that these competing...
A critical analysis of Centuries of Childhood, in which the French historian Philippe Aries offers a fundamentally fresh interpretati...
