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Hardback. Divided into four sections, this collection of essays traces the interpretive, pedagogic and theoretical concerns inherent in the study of literature, ethics and modes of criticism. The book is a cohesive introduction to a reading paradigm that continues to affect the ways we think and feel. Editor(s): Davis, Todd F.; Womack, Kenneth. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920559
- ISBN
- 9780813920559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.11
€ 88.11
Paperback. Responsibility is the queen of modern virtues, Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. These essays, by scholars of philosophy, anthropology, history, religious studies, classics and law, encompass conceptions of responsibility around the globe. Editor(s): Davis, Winston. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920511
- ISBN
- 9780813920511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.15
€ 51.15
hardcover. Responsibility is the queen of modern virtues, Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. These essays, by scholars of philosophy, anthropology, history, religious studies, classics and law, encompass conceptions of responsibility around the globe. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920504
- ISBN
- 9780813920504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.36
€ 88.36
Hardback. From Hobbes to Harrington to Berkeley, this work explores the public function of the philosophical dialogue at the beginning of England's long 18th century. It argues that the dialogue as a literary form helped to develop the public sphere in late 17th- and early 18th-century England. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HPL; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920030
- ISBN
- 9780813920030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.47
€ 64.47
Hardback. This work proposes a new view of modernity, arguing that although it may variously be associated wtih the Renaissance, the discovery of the New World and other significant ruptures with primitive or premodern society, modernity fails as an idea if it only defines itself against what it replaces. Series: Richard Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919652
- ISBN
- 9780813919652
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Condition: New
€ 82.24
€ 82.24
The Correspondence of William James: William and Henry 1890-1894
James, William. Ed(S): Berkeley, Elizabeth M....
hardcover. This seventh volume continues the series of William James's correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues that was begun in volume four. Consisting of some 488 letters, with an additional 510 calendared, it offers an account of the academic's correspondence for the years 1890 to 1894. Editor(s): Berkeley, Elizabeth M.; McDermott, John J. (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Texas A&M University, USA). Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGA; HPC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918204
- ISBN
- 9780813918204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Hardback. Consisting of 400 letters with an additional 400 calendared, this volume offers an account of William James' correspondence for the years 1885-89. During this period, he completed most of the work on his book, "The Principles of Psychology" and became more directly involved with psychical research. Editor(s): McDermott, John J.; Skrupskelis, Ignas K.; Berkeley, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HPC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917382
- ISBN
- 9780813917382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.11
€ 123.11
The Correspondence of William James: William and Henry 1878-1884
James, William. Ed(S): Mcdermott, John J.; Be...
hardcover. This fifth volume of letters chronicles James's emergence into professional and personal maturity. The correspondence is dominated by letters to his wife, Alice, and they reflect difficult events of the period such as the death of his parents and the responsibility he took for heading the family. Editor(s): McDermott, John J.; Berkeley, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1270.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916880
- ISBN
- 9780813916880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
hardcover. Reinterpreting the Victorian aesthetic movement, this volume traces the genealogy of Victorian aestheticism back to the great crisis of the Whig polity in the earlier-18th century. It also examines the influence and consequences of Anthony Ashley Cooper's theory of a universal moral sense. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ABA; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916347
- ISBN
- 9780813916347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.58
€ 75.58
Paperback. This work traces James Madison's political and theoretical development as a means of illuminating its larger theme - the moral and intellectual underpinnings of the American nation. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914909
- ISBN
- 9780813914909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.69
€ 32.69
hardcover. A study of the problem of Soren Kierkegaard's "indirect communication". Instead of treating Kierkegaard's "difficult" works of the 1840s as serious presentations, Poole shows how Kierkegaard refuses to offer a personal view on any one of his great themes: love, duty, faith and anguish. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914602
- ISBN
- 9780813914602
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Condition: New
€ 77.33
€ 77.33
Paperback. Contributors: Joseph Cropsey * Benjamin R. Barber * Richard Hofstadter * Martin Diamond * Gordon S. Wood * Robert A. Goldwin * Wilson Carey McWilliams * Robert A. Dahl * James Ceaser * Walter Berns * Herbert J. Storing * Will Morrisey * Michael P. Zuckert Num Pages: 347 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- 3 ed
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813910826
- ISBN
- 9780813910826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.95
€ 40.95
Hardback. A compelling conversation between African American political intellectuals and the canon of western political philosophy Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439906552
- ISBN
- 9781439906552
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Condition: New
€ 73.08
€ 73.08
Hardback. Illuminating the moral views on violence, from the moral restraint of the just-war tradition through pragmatic nonviolence to principled variations of pacifism Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 407. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439903117
- ISBN
- 9781439903117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.51
€ 76.51
Paperback. In recent years, semantical partiality has emerged as an important concept in philosophical logic as well as in the study of natural language semantics. This is a study in spatial model theory, the theory of partially defined models. Series: Center for the Study of Language & Information - Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 271.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Edition
- 73
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780937073346
- ISBN
- 9780937073346
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Condition: New
€ 34.05
€ 34.05
Hardcover. Editor(s): Matheson, Mark. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607814276
- ISBN
- 9781607814276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.62
€ 43.62
Paperback. Explores the ideas of twentieth-century philosopher Emmanuel Levinas' concept of love, love's relation to wisdom, and how love makes the other visible to us. This book argues that Levinas' wisdom of love is a real possibility, one which grants priority to ethics over ontology. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602583382
- ISBN
- 9781602583382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.40
€ 28.40
Paperback. Post-modern thinkers have demonstrated the fragmentation of the Enlightenment understanding of the self, society, and nature. This title argues that we can begin to overcome post-Enlightenment fragmentation without abandoning either coherence or the valid insights of modern and post-modern thought. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602583313
- ISBN
- 9781602583313
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Condition: New
€ 75.96
€ 75.96
Paperback. Our ecological dilemmas provoke powerful emotions and deeply contested views. How should we think about them? And how can we live together, or even talk together, when we cannot listen to people who think differently? This book explores these questions in a collection of distinct but related philosophical short stories. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602582606
- ISBN
- 9781602582606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.18
€ 46.18
Paperback. The classical American pragmatists are hailed as the country's distinctive philosophical voice. This title brings to the fore several of the most influential pragmatist thinkers and presents their insight and instruction on religion. It includes the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and George Herbert Mead, among others. Editor(s): Clanton, J. Caleb. Num Pages: 425 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602582590
- ISBN
- 9781602582590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
Hardcover. Critiquing the internal contradictions and practical limitations of the social contract theory espoused by John Locke and John Rawls, this title presents a covenantal theory for political life based on H Richard Niebuhr's theology of radical monotheism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602582521
- ISBN
- 9781602582521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.55
€ 70.55
Paperback. An interdisciplinary academic study of gambling. It deals with the cultural and moral phenomenon that has become woven into the fabric of American life. It is suitable for American civic and church leaders, activists, historians and government officials. Editor(s): Wolfe, Alan; Owens, Erik C. Num Pages: 516 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HRCX6; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602581951
- ISBN
- 9781602581951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
Paperback. The 15 essays in this volume show the way in which phenomenological approaches can illuminate popular culture studies, and in so doing they take on the entire range of popular culture - television, popular literature, popular vacation sites, and advertising. Editor(s): Carroll, Michael (Associate Professor of English, New Mexico Highlands University, USA); Tafoya, Eddie (Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing, New Mexico Highlands University, USA). Num Pages: 269 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879728106
- ISBN
- 9780879728106
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.65
€ 20.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. The issues of animal rights and the use of animals in scientific experimentation are fraught with controversy. Defining the bases of such strong emotional response towards an ethical issue, this book presents the teachings of the major religions of the world concerning animals and, more specifically, their use in science. Series: Ethics & Action. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877225119
- ISBN
- 9780877225119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.37
€ 34.37