Social & political philosophy
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Social & political philosophy
Paperback. This is a short, accessible introduction to John Rawls' thought and gives a thorough and concise presentation of the main outlines of Rawls' theory as well as drawing links between Rawls' enterprise and other important positions in moral and political philosophy. Translator(s): Kosch, Michelle. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195136371
- ISBN
- 9780195136371
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Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199846290
- ISBN
- 9780199846290
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Condition: New
€ 89.99
€ 89.99
Hardback. 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
€ 13.99€ 11.64
€ 13.99
€ 11.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332930
- ISBN
- 9780822332930
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. The concepts of alienation and its overcoming are central to Marx's thought. They underpin his critique of capitalism and his vision of future society. Marx's ideas are explained in rigorous and clear terms. They are situated in the context of the Hegelian ideas that inspired them and put into dialogue with contemporary debates. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379856
- ISBN
- 9781137379856
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Condition: New
€ 120.88
€ 120.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349057498
- ISBN
- 9781349057498
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Condition: New
€ 62.91
€ 62.91
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813162
- ISBN
- 9781554813162
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Condition: New
€ 42.16
€ 42.16
Paperback. Explores 18th century theories of international market competition. This book connects the commercial politics of nationalism and globalization in the 18th century to theories of commercial society and Enlightenment ideas of the economic limits of politics. It considers British neo-Machiavellian political economy after the Glorious Revolution. Num Pages: 560 pages, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HPS; JPS; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 37. Weight in Grams: 810.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055773
- ISBN
- 9780674055773
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.88
€ 38.99
€ 32.88
Paperback. This volume provides the first in-depth collection of essays aimed at critically examining the work of political philosopher Giorgio Agamben. Editor(s): Calarco, Matthew; Decaroli, Steven. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750509
- ISBN
- 9780804750509
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Condition: New
€ 27.48
€ 27.48
Paperback. Thinking about Thinking examines philosophy from a variety of perspectives as a the practice realized by persons who communicate with one another while reflecting about the meaning of human life and thought. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823240180
- ISBN
- 9780823240180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
Hardcover. Plato's Republic is one of the most well-known and widely discussed texts in the history of philosophy, but how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2500 years after it was originally composed? Alain Badiou invents a new genre in order to breathe fresh life into Plato's text and restore its universality. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662145
- ISBN
- 9780745662145
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Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65
Paperback. This book draws together essays that play in various ways upon questions involving books, archivization, machines for writing, and the mechanicity inherent in language, the media, and intellectuals. Translator(s): Bowlby, Rachel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFC; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746205
- ISBN
- 9780804746205
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Leading scholars working on Buddhism and politics in South and Southeast Asia add to current discussions regarding 'Engaged Buddhism' and the recent work on protests. The writers have mostly established themselves in their fields, offering a diverse approach and country-by-country coverage. Editor(s): Kitiarsa, Pattana; Whalen-Bridge, John. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HPS; HR; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462001
- ISBN
- 9781349462001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. Epidemiology is one of the fastest growing and increasingly important sciences. This thorough analysis lays out the conceptual foundations of epidemiology, identifying traps and setting out the benefits of properly understanding this fascinating and important discipline, as well as providing the means to do so. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; MBN; MBNS; PDA; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346851
- ISBN
- 9781349346851
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Condition: New
€ 152.45
€ 152.45
Hardcover. Num Pages: 242 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFB; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972254
- ISBN
- 9780865972254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.37
€ 26.99
€ 20.37
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
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- University of Chicago Press Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738949
- ISBN
- 9780226738949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.90
€ 31.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486451169
- ISBN
- 9780486451169
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Condition: New
€ 11.16
€ 11.16
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745611
- ISBN
- 9780804745611
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFE2; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487187
- ISBN
- 9780801487187
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.00
€ 38.99
€ 35.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; PDA; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190 x 18. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199782437
- ISBN
- 9780199782437
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Condition: New
€ 137.58
€ 137.58
Paperback. In this volume Axel Honneth deepens and develops his highly influential theory of recognition, showing how it enables us both to rethink the concept of justice and to offer a compelling account of the relationship between social reproduction and individual identity formation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652337
- ISBN
- 9780745652337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
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
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Freeman, Richard; Sturdy, Steve. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HPS; JPA; JPH; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 35. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447309994
- ISBN
- 9781447309994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.39
€ 37.99
€ 36.39
Hardback. This book considers nonviolence in relationship to specific social, political, ecological and spiritual issues. Through case studies and examinations of social resistance, gender, the arts, and education, it provides specialists and non-specialists with a solid introduction to the importance and relevance of nonviolence in various contexts. Editor(s): Eaton, Heather; Levesque, Lauren. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPS; HRAM1; JFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781794715
- ISBN
- 9781781794715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.85
€ 135.85