Possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century, it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant.

Nozick develops new views on philosophy’s central topics and weaves them into a unified perspective.

The most accurate and informative English translation ever produced of this epochal philosophical text.

"'What is involved, when we say what people are doing and why they are doing it? An answer to that question is the subject of this book.'"--Mr. Burke, as quoted on the cover.

wide criticism both from Western and Eastern scholars.

Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead.

Foucault's classic methodological statement.

For a decade of so, the book had little discernable impact; but from the early 1950s to present day its influence has grown incalculably, so that it is now difficult even to discuss beliefs about witchcraft or sorcery without reference to ...

Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed.