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For far too long (since Plato’s era, to be exact), philosophers have portrayed justice as an abstract, universal ideal instead of being an actual reality. In
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St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner! So we're honoring our favorite March holiday and one of our favorite Irishmen on Into the Intro this week with a preview of Samuel Beckett in Context.
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Whether we’re awed by a magic act, frightened by a ghost story, or impressed by a mind-reader, there’s nothing unusual about believing in unusual things. For centuries, mesmerists, mediums, and psychics have fueled a fascination with the paranormal and inspired belief in things that seem impossible. Extraordinary Beliefs: A Historical Approach to a Psychological Problem probes a question as perplexing as the incidents themselves: why do people believe in extraordinary phenomena? Go Into the Intro to find out.
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The question of responsibility for the June 1967 war remains as controversial today as it was in 1967. Yet as a lasting peace agreement seems ever more elusive—especially in the wake of renewed hostilities—a new book sheds much-needed insight on the legal basis for the war
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This week on Into the Intro, we're giving you a sneak peek at Wall Street Values, the book that outlines Wall Street's changing business model and explains why it is a threat to the American economy.
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Happy Darwin Day! Today marks the 204th birthday of the legendary evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin. So this week at Cambridge University Press, we're paying tribute to one of our most prolific and important authors. To commemorate International Darwin Day and Darwin's innumerable contributions, go Into the Intro of the new volume The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought.
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This week on Into the Intro, we’re celebrating Jane Austen and the bicentennial of her beloved classic Pride & Prejudice. Here’s the introduction to the new edited collection The Cambridge Companion to Pride & Prejudice, with all the information on how Jane Austen wrote a novel that we haven’t been able to put down for 200 years.
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This week, go Into the Intro of David Wells’ Games and Mathematics for some fun insights on how math elegantly shapes one of our most enduring cultural institutions. If you missed David Wells’ post last Friday about writing the book, be sure to check it out.
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