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Social & political philosophy

Hardback. The author draws on lesser known archival materials, including Marx's notebooks on women and patriarchy and technology to offer a new interpretation of Marx's concept of alienation as this concept develops in his later works. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224407
ISBN
9780230224407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.35

Hardcover. Pragmatist philosopher William James has long been deemed a dubious guide to ethical reasoning. This book overturns such thinking, demonstrating the coherence of James's efforts to develop a flexible but rigorous framework for individuals and societies seeking freedom, meaning, and justice in a world of interdependence, uncertainty, and change. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230117822
ISBN
9780230117822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.03

Hardback. "The Courage of the Truth" is the last course that Michel Foucault delivered at the College de France. Here, he continues the theme of the previous year's lectures in exploring the notion of "truth-telling" in politics to establish a number of ethically irreducible conditions based on courage and conviction. Editor(s): Davidson, A. Translator(s): Burchell, Graham. Series: Michel Foucault, Lectures at the College de France. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112889
ISBN
9780230112889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.25

Hardback. Fourteen philosophers, economists and legal scholars address the question 'Can intellectual property rights be fair?' What differentiates intellectual from real property? Should libertarians or Rawlsians defend IP rights? What's wrong with free-riding? How can incentives be taken into account by theories of justice? Editor(s): Gosseries, Axel; Marciano, Alain; Strowel, Alain. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB; LNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230007093
ISBN
9780230007093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

Hardback. Carl Schmitt's friend/enemy principle is exposed to in-depth philosophical analysis and historical examination with the aim of showing that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as form follows matter. The book argues that the partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the national and global terrorist. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002517
ISBN
9780230002517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.01

paperback. John Holloway et al explore solutions to postmodern political paralysis in the 'negative dialectics' of Theodor Adorno. Editor(s): Holloway, John; Matamoros, Fernando; Tischler, Sergio. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC; JPW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745328362
ISBN
9780745328362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.79

Hardback. Along with reason, Aristotle granted emotions a vital role in political life. This book revisits Aristotle's understanding of the emotions and finds that it not only resonates with psychological theories but, more importantly, it also offers a resource for political science. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803616
ISBN
9780875803616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.58

Hardback. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931449
ISBN
9780813931449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.13

Hardback. From Hobbes to Harrington to Berkeley, this work explores the public function of the philosophical dialogue at the beginning of England's long 18th century. It argues that the dialogue as a literary form helped to develop the public sphere in late 17th- and early 18th-century England. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HPL; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920030
ISBN
9780813920030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.38

Hardcover. Critiquing the internal contradictions and practical limitations of the social contract theory espoused by John Locke and John Rawls, this title presents a covenantal theory for political life based on H Richard Niebuhr's theology of radical monotheism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602582521
ISBN
9781602582521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.55

Hardcover. Talking about the Victorian critic and public intellectual John Ruskin, this work recovers both Ruskin's critique of economic life and his public practice of moral imagination. It recasts interpretations of Ruskin's place in 19th-century literature and aesthetics, and challenges nostalgic diagnoses of the supposed historical loss of virtue ethics. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925585
ISBN
9780813925585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.11

Paperback. Encounters with Bergson(ism) in Spain: Reconciling Philosophy, Literature, Film and Urban Space Series: North Carolina Studies in Romance Languages and Literature. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807892992
ISBN
9780807892992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.18

Paperback. This is an analysis of the logical structure of the entire text of Aristotles "Politics" and each of its constitutive arguments and conclusions. A commentary on the philosophical argument in "Politics", it should serve as a basis for future study of Aristotle's political thought. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AH; DSBB; HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807853573
ISBN
9780807853573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801499876
ISBN
9780801499876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487156
ISBN
9780801487156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.50

Paperback. A searching examination of TR's political thought, especially in relation to the ideas of Washington, Hamilton, and Lincoln the statesmen TR claimed most to admire. Sheds new light on his place in the American political tradition, while enhancing our understanding of the roots of progressivism and its transformation of the Founders' Constitution." Series: American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas). Num Pages: 337 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; HPS; JPA; JPFM; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619689
ISBN
9780700619689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.24

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
2nd Revised, Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617524
ISBN
9780700617524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.94

Hardcover. 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, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
Revised and Exp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617517
ISBN
9780700617517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.26

Hardcover. Reassesses Horace Mann's philosophy of civic education. Argues that Mann's approach marginalized the role of schools in training the intellect, and that this anti-intellectual component has been retained in the current model of schooling in the United States. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617456
ISBN
9780700617456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

Paperback. Makes the case that campus speech codes - no matter how well grounded in history, law, or philosophy - have tended to be overbroad, arbitrarily enforced, and used selectively to protect only certain groups at the expense of others. This title challenges academics and general readers to reconsider how we deal with this important issue. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JNM; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
2 Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616480
ISBN
9780700616480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.18

Hardcover. Makes the case that campus speech codes - no matter how well grounded in history, law, or philosophy - have tended to be overbroad, arbitrarily enforced, and used selectively to protect only certain groups at the expense of others. This title challenges academics and general readers to reconsider how we deal with this important issue. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JNM; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Edition
2 Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616473
ISBN
9780700616473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.81

Hardcover. From his Kentucky farm, Wendell Berry preaches and practices stewardship of the land as he seeks to defend the value and traditions of farm life in an industrial capitalist society. This book explores key aspects of Berry's thought, as well as his overall contribution to environmental theory. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; KNAC; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612307
ISBN
9780700612307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.01

Paperback. This text provides an introduction to conceptions of international justice, spanning 2500 years of intellectual history from Thucydides and Plato to Morgenthau and Waltz. It shows how older traditions of political philosophy remain relevant to contemporary debates in international relations. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700612215
ISBN
9780700612215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.71

paperback. Discusses Howe's critical reputation from the 1940s to the 1990s. This work presents a selection of essays and reviews about the work of Irving Howe (1920-93), a vocal radical humanist and the most influential American socialist intellectual of his generation. It includes essays that focus on Howe's major works and on the disputes they generated. Editor(s): Rodden, John. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218369
ISBN
9780803218369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.06

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