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Social & political philosophy
Hardcover. Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? This book presents a moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 109 x 14. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143613
- ISBN
- 9780691143613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332930
- ISBN
- 9780822332930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.49
€ 30.99
€ 27.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JFSL1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813162
- ISBN
- 9781554813162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.59
€ 40.99
€ 40.59
Paperback. One of the most significant political philosophers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt is a deeply controversial figure who has been labeled both a Nazi sympathizer and a modern-day Thomas Hobbes. This work uses the Enlightenment philosopher's enduring symbol of the protective Leviathan to address the nature of modern statehood. Translator(s): Schwab, George; Hilfstein, Erna. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- University of Chicago Press Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738949
- ISBN
- 9780226738949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.98
€ 30.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Understand Political Philosophy brings key political concepts and theories to life by referring to current political issues and dilemmas. Series: Teach Yourself - General. Num Pages: 304 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hodder Education United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444107531
- ISBN
- 9781444107531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.32
€ 13.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Memory of historical trauma has a unique power to generate works of art. This title analyses the relation of public memory to history, forgetting, and selective memory in Berlin, Buenos Aires and New York - three late-20th century cities that have confronted major social or political traumas. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBBEY; 1KLSA; AB; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745611
- ISBN
- 9780804745611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Exposing the religious roots of our ostensibly godless age, this study reveals that modernity is much less secular than conventional wisdom suggests. Beginning with the collapse of the medieval world, it argues that from the very beginning, moderns sought not to eliminate religion but to support a new view of religion and its place in human life. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293462
- ISBN
- 9780226293462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.18
€ 32.18
Paperback. This is a major new book by one of the leading figures in feminist social and political theory. The author is very well known internationally and is widely regarded as one of the top figures in the field. Nancy Fraser is famous for her theory of justice which combines traditional concerns of redistribution with new concerns of recognition. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644875
- ISBN
- 9780745644875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.10
€ 24.10
Paperback. A deliberately post-deconstructionist manifesto against the dangers of incommensurability, Marcel Detienne's book argues for and engages in the constructive comparison of societies of a great temporal and spatial diversity. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757508
- ISBN
- 9780804757508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.13
€ 21.99
€ 21.13
Paperback. An engaging and highly topical look at justice, from the traditional theories to everyday realities. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LA; VSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001364
- ISBN
- 9781786070456
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. An engaging and highly topical look at justice, from the traditional theories to everyday realities. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LA; VSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0021155
- ISBN
- 9781786070456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Semiology is the science of signs and symbols, and their role in culture and society. This title presents a scientific definition of Saussurean linguistics and their aftermath. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CF; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099528326
- ISBN
- 9780099528326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.76
€ 16.99
€ 13.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Armstrong, Philip. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273850
- ISBN
- 9780823273850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.49
€ 30.99
€ 27.49
Paperback. Challenging the myth of the "post-belief society". Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781681749
- ISBN
- 9781781681749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.71
€ 23.71
Paperback. In The Politics of Equality, Jason C. Myers provides a readable, contemporary introduction to egalitarian political philosophy. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848138438
- ISBN
- 9781848138438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.36
€ 21.36
Paperback. Why do humans seek meaning to life? How do our imaginations leap into worlds so far beyond our actual reality? This book explores how we decorate our existence with countless fictions, twisting and turning to avoid acknowledging that we too are animals. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241953914
- ISBN
- 9780241953914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.71
€ 12.99
€ 9.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JMAL; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Progressive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615773763
- ISBN
- 9781615773763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.39
€ 24.99
€ 20.39
Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men: by Je...
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, Rosenblatt, Helena
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312468422
- ISBN
- 9780312468422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.20
€ 40.20
Hardcover. Exploitation locates what it is we recognize as bad when we judge a situation to be exploitative. Ideal for courses in social and political philosophy, public policy, or political science. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742513662
- ISBN
- 9780742513662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Paperback. Shows that current elitist theories are based on an inadequate understanding of the early writings of democratic theory and that much sociological evidence has been ignored. Num Pages: 132 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; YQN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with some minor shelf wear, light sunning to spine, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0014068
- ISBN
- 9780521290043
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95