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Social & political philosophy
Paperback. * Alain Badiou is probably the most widely read and influential philosopher in France today. Alain Finkielkraut is also a well-known public intellectual in France * Both have attracted controversy in the past and they hold strongly contrasting political views. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745685700
- ISBN
- 9780745685700
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€ 22.03
€ 22.03
Hardcover. In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688350
- ISBN
- 9780745688350
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€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Paperback.
In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688367
- ISBN
- 9780745688367
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€ 15.70
€ 15.70
Hardcover. Alain Badiou was born in 1937 in Rabat and Jean-Claude Milner in 1941 in Paris. They were both involved in the Red Years at the end of the Sixties and both were Maoists, but while Badiou was focusing all his attention on China, Milner was already taking his distance from it. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745682167
- ISBN
- 9780745682167
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€ 68.96
€ 68.96
hardcover. * Alain Badiou is probably the most widely read and influential philosopher in France today. Alain Finkielkraut is also a well-known public intellectual in France * Both have attracted controversy in the past and they hold strongly contrasting political views. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745685694
- ISBN
- 9780745685694
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€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, things look a little different. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509501700
- ISBN
- 9781509501700
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€ 53.75
€ 53.75
Paperback. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B.; Philip, Franklin. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691604183
- ISBN
- 9780691604183
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€ 54.99€ 39.73
€ 54.99
€ 39.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226071817
- ISBN
- 9780226071817
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€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Cultures around the world have regarded self-fulfillment as the ultimate goal of human striving and as the fundamental test of the goodness of a human life. The ideal has also been criticized, however, as egotistical and value-neutral. This book seeks to overcome these and other arguments. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144405
- ISBN
- 9780691144405
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€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. Tackles the crucial questions about the Founding: Were the Framers motivated by their economic interests; how democratic was their Constitution; should we interpret the Founding using philosophical or strictly historical approaches; and what traditions of political thought were most important to the Founders? Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2nd Revised, Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617524
- ISBN
- 9780700617524
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€ 43.62
€ 43.62
Hardback. Conflicting claims about culture are a familiar refrain of political life in the contemporary world. This book reasserts the case in favor of liberal multiculturalism by developing a new ethical defense of minority rights. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 233 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159379
- ISBN
- 9780691159379
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€ 53.24€ 42.00
€ 53.24
€ 42.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 248 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173559
- ISBN
- 9780691173559
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€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 116 x 184 x 14. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490583
- ISBN
- 9781631490583
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€ 15.99€ 14.40
€ 15.99
€ 14.40
paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- Princeton Univers. Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163680
- ISBN
- 9780691163680
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€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Aristotle. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 117 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 136.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490576
- ISBN
- 9781631490576
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€ 15.99€ 14.48
€ 15.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. A lucid introduction to the philosophical complexities and the practical limits of the political thought of Karl Marx. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 118 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 152.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490606
- ISBN
- 9781631490606
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€ 15.99€ 14.56
€ 15.99
€ 14.56
Paperback. Tocqueville's gifts as an observer and commentator on American life and democracy are brought to vivid life in this splendid volume. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 116 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 158.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631490590
- ISBN
- 9781631490590
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€ 15.99€ 14.59
€ 15.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. No philosopher speaks more immediately to the excesses of our twenty-first-century world and the limits of human reason than Augustine. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 114 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871407078
- ISBN
- 9780871407078
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€ 16.99€ 15.39
€ 16.99
€ 15.39
hardcover. Both a lucid introduction and a subtle demolition of the philosopher whose theories were treated as near-divine by those who followed him. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Norton & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780871407931
- ISBN
- 9780871407931
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.60
€ 13.99
€ 10.60
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544. A Critical Theory of Political Judgment. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. 296 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 24. Weight: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153805
- ISBN
- 9780231153805
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€ 73.36€ 56.67
€ 73.36
€ 56.67
hardcover. Examines how Zapatismo, the political philosophy of the Zapatistas, crossed the regional and national boundaries of the isolated indigenous communities of Chiapas to influence diverse communities of North American activists. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HPS; JFSL9; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098306
- ISBN
- 9780802098306
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€ 92.05
€ 92.05
Paperback. Political Philosophy, First Edition is an accessible and well-balanced introduction to the main issues in political philosophy written by an author team from the fields of both philosophy and politics. Series: This is Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118765975
- ISBN
- 9781118765975
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€ 41.19
€ 41.19
Paperback. Determining which moral principles should guide political action is a vexing question in political theory. This book argues that John Locke's potential contribution to this debate - what Tuckness terms the 'legislative point of view' - has long been obscured by overemphasis on his doctrine of consent. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095042
- ISBN
- 9780691095042
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Hardcover. Political Philosophy, First Edition is an accessible and well-balanced introduction to the main issues in political philosophy written by an author team from the fields of both philosophy and politics. Series: This is Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118765951
- ISBN
- 9781118765951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.23
€ 110.23