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Paperback. In contemporary global capitalist culture, time-consciousness becomes more important than self-consciousness. This book explores lived temporalities on markets, in buses and in traditional subsistence in Guatemala, and a theoretical exploration of these through the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and inter-relational approaches within psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 colour illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899426571
- ISBN
- 9783899426571
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.31
€ 44.99
€ 31.31
Paperback. According to the people of the Mueda plateau in northern Mozambique, sorcerers remake the world by asserting the authority of their own imaginative visions of it. This work explores the issues provoked by this equation. A key theme of the author's research into sorcery is that one sorcerer's claims can be challenged or reversed by other sorcerers. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; HRKT; HRQX2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893983
- ISBN
- 9780226893983
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.30
€ 25.99
€ 21.30
Paperback. Aims to bring together classic essays by a group of American and European emigre intellectuals, among them Jacques Maritain, Hannah Arendt, Josef Pieper, Eric Voegelin, and Yves Simon. This book discusses the history of the journal and reflects on the contributions of these influential figures. Editor(s): McAdams, A. James. Series: "Review of Politics". Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 183 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035068
- ISBN
- 9780268035068
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Hardback. This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liquid modernity, Bauman argues that our socio--political, cultural, professional, religious and sexual identities are undergoing a process of continual transformation. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633084
- ISBN
- 9780745633084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 51.51
€ 51.99
€ 51.51
Hardback. Investigates development practice, civil organization formation and the increase of ethnically motivated conflicts over the past two decades in Western Africa. Series: Western Africa Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDF; GTC; GTF; JFSL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010681
- ISBN
- 9781847010681
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Condition: New
€ 82.48
€ 82.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8ill.16M. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816641543
- ISBN
- 9780816641543
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.35
€ 29.99
€ 26.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 234 x 3. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Americas Group
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935047783
- ISBN
- 9780935047783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.69
€ 18.99
€ 13.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608461042
- ISBN
- 9781608461042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 22.74
€ 23.00
€ 22.74
hardcover. This book explores how physical anthropologists struggled to understand variation in bodies and cultures in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 39 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107011731
- ISBN
- 9781107011731
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Condition: New
€ 114.25
€ 114.25
Hardback. This is a study of the multi-faceted dimensions of the genetic revolution and its philosophical, ethical, social, and political significance. It brings together the best and most influential contemporary writing about genetics. Editor(s): Burley, Justine; Burley, Justine; Harris, John. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 508 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFM; MBDC; MFN; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206989
- ISBN
- 9780631206989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.33
€ 201.33
Paperback. Presents the history of Anglophone political science which argues that the field's transformation shouldn't be mistaken for a case of simple progress and increasing scientific precision. This book shows that political science is deeply historically contingent, driven both by its own inherited ideas and by the history in which it has developed. Editor(s): Adcock, Robert; Bevir, Mark; Stimson, Shannon C. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128740
- ISBN
- 9780691128740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.79
€ 48.99
€ 34.79
Hardback. A distinguished panel of essayists address many key issues in Peirce's thought. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 444 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 32. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215539
- ISBN
- 9780823215539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.45
€ 80.45
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843832034
- ISBN
- 9781843832034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.45
€ 112.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Nikolaidis, Pantelis. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629489629
- ISBN
- 9781629489629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.76€ 76.96
€ 112.76
€ 76.96
Paperback. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794623
- ISBN
- 9780814794623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 466 pages. BIC Classification: JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Edition
- New RAND Ed
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833042248
- ISBN
- 9780833042248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.05
€ 37.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, B&W Photos: 18,. BIC Classification: JKSN; JKVQ; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143110
- ISBN
- 9780231143110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. aeo An original analysis of New Labour and its model of government. aeo Investigates the connections between global processes and domestic politics. aeo Provides a new conception of social democracy which takes account of the effects of globalization. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPA; JPFF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620251
- ISBN
- 9780745620251
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Condition: New
€ 23.69
€ 23.69
The Politics of Strategic Adjustment. Ideas, Institutions, and Interes...
. Ed(S): Trubowitz, Peter; Goldman, Emily; Rh...
Paperback. Examines a century of American experience to illustrate how the United States determines its security policies. The essays in this volume show that decisions about strategy are critically shaped by domestic politics - political ideologies, state structure and societal interests. Editor(s): Trubowitz, Peter; Goldman, Emily; Rhodes, Edward J. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 maps and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110754
- ISBN
- 9780231110754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.61
€ 50.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nata, R. Num Pages: 162 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 187 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590335796
- ISBN
- 9781590335796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.90€ 68.60
€ 90.90
€ 68.60
Paperback. Contains articles published in "Screen" between 1990 and 2004, spanning the period during which queer studies and the 'New Queer Cinema' flourished. This work addresses issues of bodies and technologies, as well as reprinting the debate, spanning several issues of the journal, about the 'queer' movie "Boys Don't Cry". Editor(s): Stacey, Jackie; Street, Sarah. Series: The Screen Readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415384315
- ISBN
- 9780415384315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.53
€ 53.53
Paperback. Compares the discourses of indigeneity used by Maori and Native American peoples and proposes the concept treaty discourse to characterize the relevant form of postcolonial situation. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBN; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329473
- ISBN
- 9780822329473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.69
€ 32.99
€ 29.69
The Papers of George Catlett Marshall. "The Whole World Hangs in the B...
Marshall, George Catlett. Ed(S): Bland, Larry...
Marshall retired at the beginning of 1949, but his respite from public service would be short-lived. Editor(s): Bland, Larry I.; Stevens, Sharon Ritenour; Holt, Daniel D.; Stoler, Mark A. Series: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall. Num Pages: 880 pages, 50, 46 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1308.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407920
- ISBN
- 9781421407920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.94
€ 111.94
Hardback. Aspiring to Home explores South Asian immigrants as they create new ethnic identities through popular cultural works that bind together narratives of multicultural and postcolonial citizenship. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804777995
- ISBN
- 9780804777995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.29
€ 162.29