Nicola Clarke: 2 books
The Muslim Conquest of Iberia
Medieval Arabic Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Medieval Islamic society set great store by the transmission of history: to edify, argue legal points, explain present conditions, offer political and religious legitimacy, and entertain. Modern scholars, too, have had much to say about the usefulness of early Islamic history-writing, although this...
Motives and Mechanisms
An Introduction to the Psychology of Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
As the first introductory statement of the ‘new psychology’, Motives and Mechanisms, originally published in 1985, aims to bring the study of human action to the forefront of the subject. Like any science, the practice of psychology is very much influenced by the hidden assumptions of its practitioners....