LINDSBORG, Kan., June 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A comprehensive, meticulously researched, yet highly readable survey of the history of Western philosophy awaits the academic in Philosophy in the West: Men, Women, Religion, Science, a general guide authored by educator and philosopher Eugene F. Bales and released through Xlibris.
Written to address the need for a historical philosophy focused on historical context, political thought, the general development of the culture, and the participation of women, this single volume is distinguished by its wide coverage of figures and a substantive discussion of the historical background of each epoch. Philosophy in the West is a narrative divided into twelve chapters, each containing a historical and philosophical overview of the age, concluding with a brief essay focusing on its achievements and developments.
This detailed book is intended as a general guide to those taking courses in the history of philosophy, humanities, and related areas. It will also be of interest to those in the fields of theology, philosophy, feminism, and historical studies.
For a comprehensive, authoritative, and readable account - with several innovative features - of the history of philosophy, get a copy of Philosophy in the West: Men, Women, Religion, Science now. For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Eugene Bales has been a successful teacher of philosophy and related fields for nearly thirty-eight years and is presently the Provost and Dean of the College of Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. He has presented and published papers on Plotinus and Heidegger, and is the author of A Ready Reference to Philosophy East and West (University Press of America, 1987), which was selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1988-1989. In 1998, he received the Mortvedt Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award at Bethany College.
Philosophy in the West* by Eugene F. Bales
Men, Women, Religion, Science
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
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