“christopher williams”

Hit a child's head with a hammer, causing intellectual impairment, and the event is seen as a question of justice, with medicine attempting to heal the damage. Drive a car with leaded petrol, causing intellectual impairment in countless children, and the outcome is seen only as a medical problem, re... More

'And when the second and final colume of Williams' 'Collected Poems' is published, it should become even more apparent that he is this century's major American poet.' --Larry Kart, 'Chicago Tribune'... More

It is essential that all those involved in the care of people with diabetes, including the diabetes specialist team and nephrologists, are aware of the best clinical management practices in preventing and treating renal complications. This book summarises these; the important practical aspects in d... More

The psychological writing of Jung and the post-Jungians is all too often ignored as anachronistic, archaic and mystic. In Jung and the Postmodern, Christopher Hauke challenges this, arguing that Jungian psychology is more relevant now than ever before - not only can it be a response to modernity, bu... More

What appeals, ideals, values and prejudices could be expected to influence an Athenian jury? "Trials from Classical Athens" presents a selection of key oratorical speeches with new translations and lucid explanatory notes, detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments and a discussion of t... More

"Early Modern Italy: A Social History" is a fascinating examination of society in Italy from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries - from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. During this period Italy was not a coherent political unit, being divided into many different kinds of states. Particula... More

This book explores the ethical implications of war in the contemporary world. The author, a leading theorist of warfare, explains why it is of crucial importance that Western countries should continue to apply traditional ethical rules and practices in war, even when engaging with international terr... More

Christopher Winch launches a vigorous Wittgensteinian attack on both the "romantic" Rousseauian and the "scientific" cognitivist traditions in learning theory. These two schools, he argues, are more closely related than is commonly realized.Christopher Winch launches a vigorous Wittgensteinian attac... More

As Plato's tripartite division of the soul, Descartes's criterion of clear and distinct ideas, and Kant's notion of the categorical imperative attest, philosophy has traditionally been wedded to rationalism and its "intellectualist" view of persons. In this book Christopher Williams seeks to wean hi... More