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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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