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Hardcover. Through compelling analysis of popular culture, high culture and elite designs in the years following the end of the Second World War, this book explores how Britain and its people have come to terms with the loss of prestige stemming from the decline of the British Empire. The result is a volume that offers new ideas on what it is to be 'British'. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137023827
ISBN
9781137023827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardcover. How much is acceptable to consume? What is appropriate to consume and which goods fall into the disapproved category? Answers to these questions vary widely across time and space. This book examines the sources of this variation by providing an account of how everyday consumption norms develop, why they differ and why they change. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCD; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137022493
ISBN
9781137022493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardcover. Ben Light puts forward an alternative way of thinking about how we engage with social networking sites. He analyses our engagements social networking sites in public, at work, in our personal lives and as related to our health and wellbeing, emphasizing the importance of disconnection instead of connection. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFFP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137022462
ISBN
9781137022462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardcover. By presenting a series of intricate analyses of educational phenomena through the theoretical lenses offered by Immanuel Wallerstein and Istvan Meszaros, the book engages readers and helps them to critically analyze their own participation in the global economy, as citizens, policy-makers, and academics or teachers. Series: Marxism and Education. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHBA; JNA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137014818
ISBN
9781137014818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 46.71

Hardcover. A Critique of Judgment in Film and Television is a response to a significant increase of judgment and judgmentalism in contemporary television, film, and social media by investigating the changing relations between the aesthetics and ethics of judgment. Editor(s): Panse, Silke; Rothermel, Dennis. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFCA; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137014177
ISBN
9781137014177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.64

Hardcover. This book explores the impact of globalisation and new technologies on youth cultures around the world, from the Birmingham School to the youthscapes of South Korea. In a timely reappraisal of youth cultures in contemporary times, this collection profiles the best of new research in youth studies written by leading scholars in the field. Editor(s): Buckingham, David. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFS; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137008145
ISBN
9781137008145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Hardback. This work describes the innovations that enabled botany in the 18th-century to emerge as an independent science. This encompassed the development of a reliable system for plant classification and the invention of nomenclature that could be universally understood. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368861
ISBN
9780792368861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.57

Hardback. Demonstrates, with reference to ongoing debates, how hermeneutical theory provides the ultimate philosophical justification for democratic practice and universal human rights. This book is useful to those concerned with the fate of the core values traditionally defended by philosophy. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368595
ISBN
9780792368595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.42

Hardback. This volume features essays about Jewish messianic ideas and movements in the early modern world. While much of the previous literature in this field has focused on the internal dynamics of Jewish thought, these essays stress the broader historical and philosophical context. Editor(s): Goldish, Matt; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368502
ISBN
9780792368502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.94

Hardback. Offers an overview of Catholic apocalyptic thought combined with presentations by specialists on nine Catholic authors, such as Savonarola, Luis de Leon, and Antonio Vieira. This book illustrates a hold apocalyptic concerns had on intellectual life, particularly between 1500 and 1900, rivaling and influencing rationalism and skepticism. Editor(s): Kottman, Karl A. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368496
ISBN
9780792368496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.03

Hardback. The influence of millenarian thinking upon Cromwell's England is well-known. In this collection of essays, the readers endeavour to revise the 'official' story and to trace the influence of millenarian ideas in the science, politics, and everyday life of England and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Editor(s): Force, James E.; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368489
ISBN
9780792368489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.83

Paperback. Brings together studies of a variety of millenarians who were active in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in France, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and eastern Europe. This volume provides much food for thought for students and teachers of early modern ideas, the history of philosophy and religion, and the making of the modern world. Editor(s): Laursen, John Christian; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368472
ISBN
9780792368472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 152.62

Hardback. This work consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. It includes essays on Astronomy and Religion, Astronomy and Myth, and Astronomy and Astrology. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 688 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1138.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792363637
ISBN
9780792363637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 430.77

Hardback. This introduction to Leibniz's early philosophy throws light on the development of some of the doctrines with which he is associated. After an overview of his formative years, papers reflect on his wide-ranging interests in philosophical and related subjects, including law, physics and theology. Editor(s): Brown, Stuart. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792359975
ISBN
9780792359975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.21

Hardback. As a philosopher, Stephen Erickson considers himself a messenger of sorts and the message he is delivering is an important and groundbreaking one. Here, he argues that we are entering into a new historical moment, a period which will only be properly defined and named by those who come after us, as were the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792359388
ISBN
9780792359388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 233.31

Hardback. Dutch Reformed pastor Balthasar Bekker (1634-1698) has long been recognized as a key figure in the end of the witchcraft persecutions in early modern Europe. With an examination of the ideas of Bekker, his opponents and supporters, this book places the controversy around "The World Bewitched" within the context of the Cartesian debates. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792358763
ISBN
9780792358763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.23

Hardback. Focuses on Latin Judaica and Biblical interpretation with an emphasis on texts found in the library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh of Dublin. This collection of Latin Judaica, Polyglot Bibles, and other works sheds light on the way in which the Protestant Reformation dealt both with Jews, the Bible, the Jewish Kabbalah and religious toleration. Editor(s): Coudert, Allison; Hutton, S. (School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Middlesex University, London, UK); Popkin, R. H.; Weiner, G. M. (Arizona State University, Tempe, USA). Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; HRCM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792357896
ISBN
9780792357896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.16

Hardback. Since Newton's papers became available in the 1970s, the beginnings of a new picture of Newton have emerged, as a synthesizer of science and religion revealed in his intellectual context. Editor(s): Force, James E.; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792357445
ISBN
9780792357445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.74

Hardback. A collection of essays which put an end to the notion that Kant solved the problem of skepticism. It investigates the role of skepticism in the political thought of Burke and Tocqueville, in the development of mathematical thought and in science, and in the context of such social issues as smallpox inoculation, suicide, and capital punishment. Editor(s): Zande, Johan van der; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 487 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
487
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792348467
ISBN
9780792348467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.45

Hardback. This is a study of the critics of Christianity in philosophic history, discussing the writings of Hume and Gibbon, and looking at other attacks on orthodoxy such as persecution, fanaticism and "the virulence of metaphysics". Series: Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees./International Archives of the History of Ideas. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 693.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792347859
ISBN
9780792347859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.20

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