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History of Western philosophy
Paperback. Features 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', 'The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as essays on Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, and Proust. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847923868
- ISBN
- 9781847923868
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.51
€ 21.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of the Selected Writings now in paperback in two parts: part 2 ISBN 0674017463. Series Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W.; Eiland, Howard; Smith, Gary. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015883
- ISBN
- 9780674015883
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.79
€ 38.99
€ 34.79
Paperback. Radical critic of a European civilisation plunging into darkness, yet commemorator of the humane traditions of the old bourgeoisie - such was Walter Benjamin in the later 1930s. Part of a four-volume set, this work offers 27 pieces. Editor(s): Eiland, Howard; Jennings, Michael W. Num Pages: 480 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019812
- ISBN
- 9780674019812
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.64
€ 37.99
€ 32.64
Paperback. Addresses the utopian developments of the modern media. This collection tracks the author's observations on the media as they are revealed in essays on the production and reception of art; on film, radio, and photography; and on the modern transformations of literature and painting. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W.; Doherty, Brigid; Levin, Thomas Y. Translator(s): Jephcott, Edmund; Livingstone, Rodney; Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 448 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024458
- ISBN
- 9780674024458
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Condition: New
€ 34.61
€ 34.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 28. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New foreword by Stanley Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165486
- ISBN
- 9780691165486
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Condition: New
€ 34.68
€ 34.68
Hardback. An edition of the recently discovered notebook used in the seventeenth-century by John Wallis to teach language to the 'deaf mute' Alexander Popham, who could not inherit unless he could speak - one of the most famous cases in the history of deaf education. David Cram and Jaap Maat place the work in its personal, social, and scientific contexts. Editor(s): Cram, Dr. David; Maat, Jaap. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; CFA; CFZ; HBTB; HPC; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199677085
- ISBN
- 9780199677085
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Condition: New
€ 170.55
€ 170.55
hardcover. This is a study of tyranny, statesmanship, and civic virtue in three major linked Platonic dialogues, the "Georgias", "Symposium" and "Republic". It explores eros as the key to Plato's understanding of both the depths of human vice and the heights of human aspirations for virtue and happiness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697267
- ISBN
- 9780847697267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.06
€ 165.06
Ruling Passion: The Erotics of Statecraft in Platonic Political Philos...
Waller Newell Carleton University
paperback. This is a study of tyranny, statesmanship, and civic virtue in three major linked Platonic dialogues, the "Georgias", "Symposium" and "Republic". It explores eros as the key to Plato's understanding of both the depths of human vice and the heights of human aspirations for virtue and happiness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032781
- ISBN
- 9780847697274
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, Fr. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813008554
- ISBN
- 9780813008554
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Condition: New
€ 29.55
€ 29.55
paperback. This text encapsulates the whole of the author's philosophical enterprise, including his thinking on the components of his epistemological stance - especially the value of logic and mathematics. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 154. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034573
- ISBN
- 9780674326361
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Hardcover. Rudolf Carnap and WV Quine, two of the twentieth century's important philosophers, corresponded at length - and over a long period of time - on matters personal, professional, and philosophical. Their friendship encompassed issues and disagreements that go to the heart of contemporary philosophic discussions. This title presents their letters. Editor(s): Creath, Richard. Num Pages: 499 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 499
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520068476
- ISBN
- 9780520068476
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Condition: New
€ 94.57
€ 94.57
hardcover. The author is known for his development of a Thomistic personalism. To be a person, according to Saint Thomas, is to take conscious self-possession of one's own being, to be master of oneself. But our incarnate mode of being human involves living in a body whose life unfolds across time, and is inevitably dispersed across time. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823229284
- ISBN
- 9780823229284
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Condition: New
€ 81.11
€ 81.11
Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415522281
- ISBN
- 9780415522281
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Condition: New
€ 17.46
€ 17.46
Paperback. Points to the late work of Jacques Derrida, the writing by and about him in the period roughly from 1994 to 2004. This volume also deconstructs the whole question of lateness and the usefulness of periodization. It calls into question the "fact" of Derrida's turn to politics, law, and ethics and highlights continuities throughout his oeuvre. Editor(s): Mitchell, W. J. T.; Davidson, Arnold I. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 99 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226532578
- ISBN
- 9780226532578
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.08
€ 24.99
€ 21.08
Paperback. W. J. Mander presents the first ever synoptic history of British Idealism, the school of thought which dominated English-language philosophy from the 1860s to the early 20th century. He restores to its proper place this neglected period of philosophy, introducing the exponents of Idealism and explaining its distinctive concepts and doctrines. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198705840
- ISBN
- 9780198705840
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Condition: New
€ 78.84
€ 78.84
Hardcover. Provides an often satirical assessment of the religion, politics, science, and arts of the England that the author observed during his nearly three-year exile. This work also provides a translation of the author's "Proposal for a Letter about the English", a general Introduction, chronology, notes, and bibliography. Editor(s): Leigh, John. Translator(s): Steiner, Prudence L. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd prt.
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208827
- ISBN
- 9780872208827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 34.40
€ 46.99
€ 34.40
Paperback. Provides an often satirical assessment of the religion, politics, science, and arts of the England that the author observed during his nearly three-year exile. This work also provides a translation of the author's "Proposal for a Letter about the English", a general Introduction, chronology, notes, and bibliography. Editor(s): Leigh, John. Translator(s): Steiner, Prudence L. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208810
- ISBN
- 9780872208810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.53
€ 15.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Voltaire's Pocket Philosophical Dictionary is a major work of the European Enlightenment. It consists of a series of short essays, arranged alphabetically, whose unifying thread is an attack on religious and political intolerance. Highly entertaining, its concern with intolerance and its consequences is still relevant today. Translator(s): Fletcher, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCD1; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199553631
- ISBN
- 9780199553631
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.40
€ 15.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Cronk, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555321
- ISBN
- 9780199555321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.49
€ 12.49
Paperback. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 144
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141023922
- ISBN
- 9780141023922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.64
€ 8.64