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Social & political philosophy
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From Gandhi?s salt march to the US civil rights movement and Occupy Wall Street, nonviolent campaigns to promote democracy, human rights and social justice have long played an important transformative role in local, national and global politics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- Polity
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780745682679
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- 9780745682679
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€ 24.03
€ 24.03
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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: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- Polity
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780745684833
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- 9780745684833
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€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Hardcover. White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slipping below 50% of the population. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- Polity
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- 1st Edition
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- New
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- V9780745685441
- ISBN
- 9780745685441
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€ 64.46
€ 64.46
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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- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780745685700
- ISBN
- 9780745685700
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€ 21.54
€ 21.54
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
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780745688350
- ISBN
- 9780745688350
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€ 46.21
€ 46.21
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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
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780745688367
- ISBN
- 9780745688367
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€ 15.43
€ 15.43
Hardcover. Written in the early stages of the Cold War by one of the most controversial political and legal thinkers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt's two short dialogues on power and space bring together several dimensions of his work in new ways. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780745688688
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- 9780745688688
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€ 58.45
€ 58.45
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- Polity
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780745688695
- ISBN
- 9780745688695
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€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Hardcover. 'The capacity to affect and to be affected'. This simple definition opens a world of questions - by indicating an openness to the world. To affect and to be affected is to be in encounter, and to be in encounter is to have already ventured forth. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 49. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780745689814
- ISBN
- 9780745689814
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€ 70.74
€ 70.74
Paperback. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691008
- ISBN
- 9780745691008
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€ 21.58
€ 21.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
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- 1st Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9780801473395
- ISBN
- 9780801473395
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€ 33.99€ 33.25
€ 33.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780801484179
- ISBN
- 9780801484179
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€ 45.99€ 40.23
€ 45.99
€ 40.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Heyes, Cressida J. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488382
- ISBN
- 9780801488382
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€ 46.99€ 41.87
€ 46.99
€ 41.87
Hardback. Philosophical, critical, often personal, Fromm's sweeping, interdisciplinary, and sometimes combative essays will change the way you think about your place in the environment. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
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- New
- SKU
- V9780801891298
- ISBN
- 9780801891298
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€ 42.99€ 36.11
€ 42.99
€ 36.11
Paperback. A collection of articles, lectures, and interviews whose apparent variety, touching on social criticism, psychoanalysis, philosophy, poetry and science, among others, is actually strongly focused on one main idea: that of autonomous, creative action at the individual and collective levels. Translator(s): Arnold, Helen. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756181
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- 9780804756181
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€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Hardback. A study of Hannah Arendt's indictment of social science, approaches to totalitarianism (Bolshevism and National Socialism), and of the robust responses of her contemporary sociological critics: Raymond Aron, David Riesman, Jules Monnerot, and Theodor Abel. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
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- New
- SKU
- V9780804756501
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- 9780804756501
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€ 80.57
€ 80.57
Hardback. In this book, Agamben investigates the roots of the modern moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy. Translator(s): Kotsko, Adam. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: HRCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784030
- ISBN
- 9780804784030
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€ 102.68
€ 102.68
Hardback. Through a bold combination of meticulous historiographical research and autobiographical material, this book characterizes the post-World War II era as a time of "latency" during which there emerged a new "chronotope," or change in our relationship to time. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBG; HBLW3; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785181
- ISBN
- 9780804785181
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€ 42.03
€ 42.03
Paperback. This book reconstructs John Locke's political theology to offer a revolutionary theory of the secular as public religion. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9780804785761
- ISBN
- 9780804785761
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€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. As the first book in English dedicated to Bergson's political philosophy, this study develops an original concept of human rights as a medium of self-care and personal transformation. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785792
- ISBN
- 9780804785792
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€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. Examines the possibilities of a naturalistic ethics, the implications of behavioural morality for reform of the criminal law, the prospects for a bio-political science, and the relationship between nature, culture and social engineering Editor(s): Fleming, James E.; Levinson, Sanford V. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 409 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771228
- ISBN
- 9780814771228
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€ 74.43
€ 74.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694877
- ISBN
- 9780816694877
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€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Paperback. Writing involves risks - the risk of being persecuted, the risks of being made a champion for causes in which one does not believe, and the risk of inadvertently supporting a reader's prejudices. This title illuminates the process by which writers negotiate difficult path to free themselves from the ideological and contextual traps. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions / Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325208
- ISBN
- 9780822325208
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€ 32.99€ 30.02
€ 32.99
€ 30.02
Paperback. Translated into English for the first time, this work portrays a different side of Hegel -- not just as a philosopher preoccupied with abstract ideas but a man deeply enmeshed and active in the pressing, concrete political issues of his time Translator(s): Morris, Marella; Morris, Jon. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332916
- ISBN
- 9780822332916
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.17
€ 35.99
€ 32.17