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Social & political philosophy

Hardback. Is Leo Strauss truly an intellectual forebear of neoconservatism and a powerful force in shaping Bush administration foreign policy? This title puts this question to rest, revealing how the popular media came to perpetuate an oversimplified view of a complex and wide-ranging philosopher. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226993324
ISBN
9780226993324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.73
€ 76.95

Paperback. Is Leo Strauss truly an intellectual forebear of neoconservatism and a powerful force in shaping Bush administration foreign policy? This title puts this question to rest, revealing how the popular media came to perpetuate an oversimplified view of a complex and wide-ranging philosopher. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226993331
ISBN
9780226993331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult of rights, which identifies the worth of human life with our autonomy, and a cult of life, which identifies human worth with the possession of a soul, and thereby, of human dignity. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRAB; HRAM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349336647
ISBN
9781349336647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Hardback. The contributors gathered together by Richard J. Golsan and Sarah M. Misemer in The Trial That Never Ends assess the contested legacy of Hannah Arendt's famous book and the issues she raised. Editor(s): Golsan, Richard J. Series: German & European Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HPS; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487501464
ISBN
9781487501464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.18

Paperback. Alexis de Tocqueville is an ancestor of modern social science and one of the most influential political thinkers of the 19th century. This reader includes his major writing, travel letters, conversations with ministers and politicians, and diary entries not originally intended for the public. Editor(s): Zunz, Olivier (Commonwealth Professor of History, University of Virginia, USA); Kahan, Alan S. (Associate Professor, History Department, Florida International University, USA). Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BJ; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631215462
ISBN
9780631215462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.46

Paperback. A spectre is haunting Western thought, the specter of the Cartesian subject. This book unearths a subversive core to this elusive spectre. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844673018
ISBN
9781844673018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

Paperback. The first global study of social democracy - authored by a wide range of leading thinkers from around the world Editor(s): Schmidt, Ingo. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745336084
ISBN
9780745336084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.03

Hardcover. Following Nietzsche's call for a philosopher-physician and his own use of the bodily language of health and illness as tools to diagnose the ailments of the body politic, this book offers a reconstruction of the concept of political physiology in Nietzsche's thought, bridging gaps between Anglo-American, German and French schools of interpretation. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230282551
ISBN
9780230282551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.06

Paperback. Following Nietzsche's call for a philosopher-physician and his own use of the bodily language of health and illness as tools to diagnose the ailments of the body politic, this book offers a reconstruction of the concept of political physiology in Nietzsche's thought, bridging gaps between Anglo-American, German and French schools of interpretation. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 241.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349328383
ISBN
9781349328383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardback. * Roberto Esposito is one of leading figures in a new generation of Italian philosophers. * This book criticizes the notion of the person and develops an original account of the concept of the impersonal - what he calls the third person. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643977
ISBN
9780745643977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.05

Paperback. * Roberto Esposito is one of leading figures in a new generation of Italian philosophers. * This book criticizes the notion of the person and develops an original account of the concept of the impersonal - what he calls the third person. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745643984
ISBN
9780745643984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1998
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349263356
ISBN
9781349263356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; HRCM; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403968470
ISBN
9781403968470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

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

€ 31.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. In Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823273263
ISBN
9780823273263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.28

Hardback. In Techne of Giving, Timothy Campbell elaborates a notion of generosity as way of responding to contemporary biopower. Reading films from Visconti, Rossellini, and Antonioni, he both updates their political lexicon while adopting them as models able to push back against neoliberal forms of gift-giving. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823273256
ISBN
9780823273256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.98

paperback. Erin McKenna argues that Utopian vision informed by pragmatism results in a process model of Utopia that can help form the future based on critical intelligence. Using John Dewey's works with feminist theory and literature, McKenna develops this pragmatist feminist model of Utopia. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742513198
ISBN
9780742513198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; FYB; FYT; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 12.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172637
ISBN
9780691172637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.88

Paperback. Reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women's real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. This book argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy reduces the concept's complexity, which is more revealed by taking such practical issues into account. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691096254
ISBN
9780691096254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.64

Paperback. The strategic use of referendums by leaders often confers legitimacy but it may also reflect the power struggle between leaders, groups, and institutions and in doing so not provide a democratic result for the citizenry of a country. Num Pages: 156 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349527014
ISBN
9781349527014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardback. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought. Num Pages: 94 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 4 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HPS; JFFS; JHBA; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319524092
ISBN
9783319524092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.62

Paperback. What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? This work offers an assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, and explores its implications for policy and political action. It includes accounts of democracy's purposes that focus on aggregating preferences. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123967
ISBN
9780691123967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.76

Paperback. In recent years, feminist and queer theory have effectively disavowed both the human and revolutionary politics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690759
ISBN
9780745690759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.03

Hardcover. In recent years, feminist and queer theory have effectively disavowed both the human and revolutionary politics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690742
ISBN
9780745690742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.74

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