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Giovanni Molteni Tagliabue (Italy) Rationalized and Extended Democracy – The REDemo Project. Foreword by Gilberto Corbellini. Firenze University Press 2023.…
Porphyry of Tyre on Theology and Theurgy (Harvard University Press & Center for the Study of World Religions, 2026) Permanently…
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Saul Smilansky PARADOXICAL ETHICS (Oxford University Press, 2026). Available by Open Access. https://academic.oup.com/book/62721?login=false Paradoxical Ethics is a unique book, exploring…
Some background: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/12/thousands-of-university-of-nottingham-staff-told-they-are-at-risk-of-redundancy Not only does Nottingham University have a good academic reputation, the city of Nottingham has a great…
Jacob Barrett, Ideal and Non- Ideal Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2026) Part of the Elements in Political Philosophy series. Permanently…
A moral philosopher and philosopher of human rights, Professor Griffin spent most of his career at Oxford University, where he was Emeritus White's Professor of Moral Philosophy. There is a brief memorial notice from Keble College, Oxford here. (Thanks to Matt Lister for the pointer.) I will add links to other memorial notices as they appear.
UPDATE: Oxford Philosophy's memorial notice is here. (Thanks to Grant Lamond for the pointer.)
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