Social & political philosophy
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Social & political philosophy
Hardback. William James is known as a philosopher of pragmatism. This work challenges this understanding. It traces the historical importance and contemporary possibilities of pluralism's original political insight. It illuminates political philosophy of the 20th century and challenges contemporary assumptions about the desirability of unanimity. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742523265
- ISBN
- 9780742523265
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Condition: New
€ 143.38
€ 143.38
Paperback. Written by internationally acclaimed scholars on futures of critical theory, this book attempts to renew and reinvigorate critical theory by extending its range and its intellectual trajectories through strategies of inclusiveness that respect and build on parallel traditions. Editor(s): Peters, Michael A.; Olssen, Mark; Lankshear, Colin. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528604
- ISBN
- 9780742528604
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€ 72.34
€ 72.34
Hardback. This work defends a libertarian conception of a free society, one in which negative rights (rights not to be interfered with in peaceful pursuits) are identified and protected. It argues that such a society is the best ideal for humans and that this ideal is deserving of everyone's support. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742531024
- ISBN
- 9780742531024
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Condition: New
€ 164.06
€ 164.06
Paperback. This work defends a libertarian conception of a free society, one in which negative rights (rights not to be interfered with in peaceful pursuits) are identified and protected. It argues that such a society is the best ideal for humans and that this ideal is deserving of everyone's support. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742531031
- ISBN
- 9780742531031
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Condition: New
€ 65.44
€ 65.44
Hardback. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742533479
- ISBN
- 9780742533479
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Condition: New
€ 182.97
€ 182.97
Hardback. This unusual introduction to political philosophy draws on its history and main theories_classic liberal, democratic, socialist, radical_with an eye to how each sees the place of the individual in the political order. Series: Elements of Philosophy. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742548435
- ISBN
- 9780742548435
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Condition: New
€ 118.61
€ 118.61
The Individual and the Political Order. An Introduction to Social and ...
Bowie, Professor Norman E.; Simon, Robert L.
Paperback. Examines theoretical perspectives, both historical and contemporary, in major issues in social and political philosophy. This book combines accessibility with appreciation of philosophical complexity and discusses applied issues, such as morality and war, as well as theoretical approaches to justice, rights, and democratic liberal thought. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742550056
- ISBN
- 9780742550056
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Condition: New
€ 85.80
€ 85.80
Hardback. Series: New Critical Theory. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742564978
- ISBN
- 9780742564978
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Condition: New
€ 146.90
€ 146.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742565036
- ISBN
- 9780742565036
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Condition: New
€ 85.21
€ 85.21
Hardback. Max Weber famously argued that the rise of capitalism in early modern Europe was premised on the emergence of a distinctive set of attitudes - including the pursuit of profit for its own sake - which he called the spirit of capitalism . Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648132
- ISBN
- 9780745648132
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Condition: New
€ 68.66
€ 68.66
Hardback. In 1944 Horkheimer and Adorno warned that industrial society turns reason into rationalization, and Polanyi warned of the dangers of the self-regulating market, but today, argues Stiegler, this regression of reason has led to societies dominated by unreason, stupidity and madness. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664934
- ISBN
- 9780745664934
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Condition: New
€ 76.07
€ 76.07
Hardback. This book provides a genealogical mapping of the universalisation/secularisation thesis that is both widely saluted and mistrusted as master narrative of modern political and normative history. Series: Encounters in Law and Philosophy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697762
- ISBN
- 9780748697762
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Condition: New
€ 143.91
€ 143.91
Paperback. Third version of a long-standing textbook that examines the self in everyday life. Editor(s): Johnson, John M.; Kotarba, Joseph A. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPS; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759101623
- ISBN
- 9780759101623
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback. The Concept of Freedom identifies a tradition in western understanding of freedom and calls it the Platonic-Augustinian-Lutheran-Kierkegaardian tradition. Wenyu Xie examines the two principles in this tradition, the Platonic principle and the concept of redemption. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: G; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 381.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761824046
- ISBN
- 9780761824046
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Condition: New
€ 133.49
€ 133.49
Hardback. The Power Paradox reveals how mainstream views of power restrict the conceptual insights needed to resolve conflict. Bennett identifies fascinating contradictions within discourses of power and relational dynamics, acknowledging the enduring quandary of power struggles: we are all implicated within them. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857969
- ISBN
- 9780761857969
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Condition: New
€ 95.79
€ 95.79
Hardback. On balance we may think of Paine as a secular preacher for the rule of reason. Series: The Political Philosophy of the American Founders. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892844
- ISBN
- 9780801892844
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Condition: New
€ 60.73
€ 60.73
Hardback. It is an excellent companion to Plato's Dialogues. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897641
- ISBN
- 9780801897641
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Condition: New
€ 77.25
€ 77.25
Hardback. 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. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742344
- ISBN
- 9780804742344
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Condition: New
€ 123.26
€ 123.26
Hardback. This interdisciplinary collection responds to intellectual debates concerning the value and limits of privacy. Ever since the beginning of modernity, the line of demarcation between private and public spaces, and the distinction between them, have continually been challenged and redrawn. Editor(s): Rossler, Beate. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFD; JHBA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745635
- ISBN
- 9780804745635
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Condition: New
€ 139.50
€ 139.50
Hardback. This dialogue, proposed to Jacques Derrida by historian Elisabeth Roudinesco, brings together two friends who share a common history and intellectual heritage. While their perspectives are different, they have many common references: psychoanalysis, above all, but also the authors and works that have come to be known as "post-structuralist." Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746076
- ISBN
- 9780804746076
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Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Hardback. This volume provides the first in-depth collection of essays aimed at critically examining the work of political philosopher Giorgio Agamben. Editor(s): Calarco, Matthew; Decaroli, Steven. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750493
- ISBN
- 9780804750493
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Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardback. Explores the interweaving of several of Derrida's characteristic concerns with themes that Paul explores in Romans. This book argues that the central concern of Romans is with the question of justice. The many perplexities that arise from trying to think justice outside of law are clarified by reading Derrida on various themes. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752671
- ISBN
- 9780804752671
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Condition: New
€ 117.15
€ 117.15
Hardback. It is well known that Hegel conceives of history as the gradual process of rational thought and of forms of political life. But he is usually thought to place himself at the end of this process. This book argues that an essential part of Hegel's historical-political thinking has escaped the notice of its interpreters. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754248
- ISBN
- 9780804754248
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Condition: New
€ 78.14
€ 78.14
Hardback. Speaking of Freedom analyzes the development of ideas concerning freedom and politics in contemporary French thought from existentialism to deconstruction, in relation to several of the most prominent post-World War II revolutionary struggles and the liberation discourses they inspired. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF; HPS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754651
- ISBN
- 9780804754651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.55
€ 83.55