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Paperback. Robert Wokler was one of the world's leading experts on Rousseau and the Enlightenment, but some of his best work was published in the form of widely scattered and difficult-to-find essays. This book collects a representative selection of his most important essays on Rousseau and the legacy of Enlightenment political thought. Editor(s): Garsten, Bryan. Num Pages: 416 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147895
- ISBN
- 9780691147895
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€ 57.43€ 44.58
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Hardback. The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This title sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A.; Zhe, Sun. Translator(s): Ryden, Edmund. Series: The Princeton-China Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148267
- ISBN
- 9780691148267
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€ 50.99€ 36.40
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Hardback.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148403
- ISBN
- 9780691148403
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€ 59.73€ 46.37
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Hardback. Brings together some of the author's most personal philosophical and nonphilosophical essays. This title offers an account of his first trip to India, which includes unforgettable vignettes of encounters with strangers and reflections on poverty and begging. It reveals a personal side of one of the influential philosophers of our time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 457.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148809
- ISBN
- 9780691148809
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Condition: New
€ 105.67€ 79.61
€ 105.67
€ 79.61
Hardback. We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry - not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? This title examines moral, political, and economic treatises of the period. Translator(s): Gage, Jennifer Curtiss. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149271
- ISBN
- 9780691149271
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Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 40.56
€ 51.69
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Hardback. Situating Tocqueville in the context of the crisis of authority in post revolutionary France, this title shows that Tocqueville was an ambivalent promoter of democracy, a man who tried to reconcile himself to the coming wave, but who was also nostalgic for the aristocratic world in which he was rooted. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGA; HBJD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Translation
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152042
- ISBN
- 9780691152042
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.79
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Hardback. In the 40s BCE, during his forced retirement from politics under Caesar's dictatorship, Cicero turned to philosophy, producing a massive and important body of work. This title examines the rhetorical battle that Cicero stages in his philosophical prefaces - a battle between the forces that would oppose or support his project. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 13. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153322
- ISBN
- 9780691153322
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Condition: New
€ 57.43€ 44.77
€ 57.43
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Hardback. Addresses the enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory - why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why is a Sikh boy permitted to wear his ceremonial dagger to school while any other boy could be expelled for packing a knife? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153612
- ISBN
- 9780691153612
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€ 51.69€ 40.56
€ 51.69
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Hardback. Connects the rejection of compromise to the domination of campaigning over governing - the permanent campaign - in American democracy. This title shows that campaigning for political office calls for a mindset that blocks compromise - standing tenaciously on principle to mobilize voters and mistrusting opponents in order to defeat them. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPHV; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153919
- ISBN
- 9780691153919
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.07
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Paperback. Makes a case that Machiavelli, far from being a pagan or atheist, was a prophet of a true religion of liberty, a way of moral and political living that would rediscover and pursue charity and justice. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154497
- ISBN
- 9780691154497
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Condition: New
€ 43.75
€ 43.75
Hardback. Explains the relevance of framing effects for normative theories of democracy. Employing a behavioral approach, this book argues for rejecting the rational actor model of decision making and replacing it with an understanding of choice imported from psychology and social science. Num Pages: 168 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: HPS; JMAL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155197
- ISBN
- 9780691155197
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.40
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Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 halftones. 4 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157528
- ISBN
- 9780691157528
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Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 41.08
€ 51.69
€ 41.08
Paperback. To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis - dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. This book shows why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPHV; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New Preface by the authors
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160856
- ISBN
- 9780691160856
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Condition: New
€ 26.01
€ 26.01
Hardback. Translator(s): Tarantino, Elisabetta. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New afterword by the autho
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161457
- ISBN
- 9780691161457
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
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Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HPS; JFCX; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163833
- ISBN
- 9780691163833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 40.56
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Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168159
- ISBN
- 9780691168159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168593
- ISBN
- 9780691168593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.13
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF3; HPS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168616
- ISBN
- 9780691168616
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.39
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171289
- ISBN
- 9780691171289
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
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Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173450
- ISBN
- 9780691173450
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€ 29.99€ 21.39
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Paperback. Translation of: Traktat euber kritische Vernunft. Translator(s): Rorty, Mary Varney. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691611785
- ISBN
- 9780691611785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.79
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 518 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615912
- ISBN
- 9780691615912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.79
€ 104.79
Paperback. An accessible introduction to the methods, theory and ideas of the radical French thinker. Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328201
- ISBN
- 9780745328201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.73
€ 38.99
€ 30.73
Hardback. A short, radical biography of the author of the classic anti-colonial text Black Skin, White Masks. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; HPS; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336305
- ISBN
- 9780745336305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.63€ 80.21
€ 97.63
€ 80.21