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Paperback. The Snowden Affair, Wikiieaks, the lone wolf terrorist, Hilary Clinton's private email account - the question of the secret is arguably the central element of our contemporary political experience. Organised as a reflection on Jacques Derrida's later writings on secrecy, Charles Barbour looks at the basic ontological question: what is a secret? Series: Incitements. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 black and white illustration. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425001
- ISBN
- 9781474425001
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€ 28.22
€ 28.22
Paperback. Originally published between 1968 and 2009, this collection of 25 pieces includes six interviews translated into English for the first time and a new transcription of a Q&A session with Baudrillard following a lecture he gave in London in 1994, The guiding theme of the collection is Baudrillard's engagement with culture. Editor(s): Smith, Richard G.; Clarke, David B. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF; HPN; HPS; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474417785
- ISBN
- 9781474417785
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€ 28.58
€ 28.58
Paperback. Secularism was born of Christianity. This book argues that it is impossible to understand the idea of the secular without appreciating that, at root, it is Christian. It reshapes discussions of western culture, religion and politics. It is suitable for students of religion, political philosophy, and the history of ideas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; HRQA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845115777
- ISBN
- 9781845115777
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Condition: New
€ 31.89
€ 31.89
Paperback. Translator(s): Clarke, Desmond M. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 212 x 16. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241236628
- ISBN
- 9780241236628
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.83
€ 13.99
€ 10.83
Paperback. Presents an account of the concept of revolution in the work of Deleuze and Guattari. This title provides the full length account of Deleuze and Guattari's relationship to a concrete revolutionary struggle. It also outlines the theoretical and practical origins of the return to political revolution. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HBTV; HPS; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699797
- ISBN
- 9780748699797
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Condition: New
€ 28.22
€ 28.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPS; JFFE; JPH; JPV; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Nation Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568585703
- ISBN
- 9781568585703
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Paperback.
In the social sciences and in everyday speech we often talk about groups as if they behaved in the same way as individuals, thinking and acting as a singular being. We say for example that "Google intends to develop an automated car", "the U.S. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745684840
- ISBN
- 9780745684840
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Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. Draws on a range of empirical studies of aspects of the history of voluntary action. This title includes chapters that range across two centuries and a variety of fields of activity, geographical areas and organisational forms. Editor(s): Rochester, Colin; Gosling, George Campbell; Penn, Aliason; Zimmeck, Meta. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194246
- ISBN
- 9781845194246
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€ 38.99€ 35.51
€ 38.99
€ 35.51
Hardback. The sexual revolution is justly celebrated for the freedoms it brought. The author argues that the contradictions of modern love, our new freedoms have also brought new burdens and rules - without, however, wiping out the old rules, emotions, desires, and arrangements. Translator(s): Randall, Steven. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149141
- ISBN
- 9780691149141
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Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. A fully revised third edition of More's Utopia - one of the most influential texts in the western philosophical and literary tradition. Editor(s): Logan, George M. Translator(s): Adams, Robert. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS; JPHC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107568730
- ISBN
- 9781107568730
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Condition: New
€ 19.26
€ 19.26
Paperback. This is a primer on the Capabilities Approach, Martha Nussbaum's innovative model for assessing human progress. She argues that much humanitarian policy today violates basic human values; instead, she offers a unique means of redirecting government and development policy toward helping each of us lead a full and creative life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; HPQ; HPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072350
- ISBN
- 9780674072350
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.07
€ 23.99
€ 21.07
Paperback. Translator(s): Jordan, Joshua David. Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 116 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351153
- ISBN
- 9781584351153
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.68
€ 17.99
€ 13.68
Paperback. Acclaimed French philosopher on metaphysics and politics. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844677818
- ISBN
- 9781844677818
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Condition: New
€ 22.86
€ 22.86
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If fundamental political categories were represented as geometric shapes, citizenship would be one of those rotating polyhedrons with reflective surfaces that together create effects of light and shade. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745682419
- ISBN
- 9780745682419
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Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
Paperback. Translator(s): Roth, Nancy Ann. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFD; UD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 205 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816670239
- ISBN
- 9780816670239
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.62
€ 25.99
€ 24.62
Paperback. "First published in the United States of America by The Viking Press 1977"--T.p. verso. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780936611
- ISBN
- 9781780936611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.30
€ 31.30
Paperback. What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related prescriptions for peace. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HPS; JPA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362. A Theoretical Analysis. 263 pages. What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related prescriptions for peace. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBG; HPS; JPA; JW. Dimension: 204 x 134 x 16. Weight: 362.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 263
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125376
- ISBN
- 9780231125376
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.34
€ 32.99
€ 24.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415671323
- ISBN
- 9780415671323
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.30
€ 32.99
€ 32.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; HPN; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472595423
- ISBN
- 9781472595423
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.46
€ 38.99
€ 38.46
Paperback. One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196054
- ISBN
- 9780300196054
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.12
€ 16.99
€ 14.12