
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
Grethe B. Peterson(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 28. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-0-521-17638-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is the annual publication of lectures given at Clare Hall, Cambridge University; Brasenose College, Oxford University; Harvard University; Yale University; the University of California; Stanford University; the University of Michigan; and the University of Utah as well as other locations. Established to reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values, the lectureships are international and intercultural, and transcend ethnic, national, religious, and ideological distinctions. This Volume X, first published in 1989, includes: ALBERT O. HIRSCHMAN 'Two Hundred Years of Reactionary Rhetoric: The Case of the Perverse Effect'; ROBERT A. DAHL 'The Pseudodemocratization of the American Presidency'; JAVIER MUGUERZA 'The Alternative of Dissent'; WILLIAM THEODORE DE BARY 'The Trouble with Confucianism'; ANTHONY QUINTON 'The Varieties of Value'; BARRY STROUD 'The Study of Human Nature and the Subjectivity of Value'.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-17638-5 (9780521176385)
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Grethe B. Peterson
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Volume 10, 1989
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07/1989
Cambridge University Press
€55.71
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Grethe B. Peterson
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Volume 10, 1989
Book
07/1989
Cambridge University Press
€55.71
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Content
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values; The trustees; Preface to Volume X; 1. Two hundred years of reactionary rhetoric: the case of the perverse effect Albert O. Hirschman; 2. The pseudodemocratization of the American Presidency Robert A. Dahl; 3. The alternative of dissent Javier Muguerza; 4. The trouble with confucianism Wm. Theodore de Bary; 5. The varieties of value Anthony Quinton; The study of human nature and the subjectivity of value Barry Stroud; Tanner lecturers; Index to Volume X.