History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
paperback. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, this title argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, it considers issues of liberty and law, as well as freedom and justice. Translator(s): Cranston, Maurice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442014
- ISBN
- 9780140442014
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€ 11.99€ 11.36
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Paperback. Few philosophers have been the subject of as much or as intense debate, yet almost everyone agrees on one thing: Jean-Jacques Rousseau is among the most important and influential thinkers in the history of political philosophy. This book brings together fresh translations of three of Rousseau's works. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226151311
- ISBN
- 9780226151311
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€ 21.99€ 18.40
€ 21.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 492 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 446. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018217
- ISBN
- 9780812980387
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book argues that instead of the Oedipus complex explaining the myth, the Oedipus myth explains the complex. The author argues that the Oedipus myth is an historical anomaly, a myth of failed royal investiture or of avoided masculine initiation. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721714
- ISBN
- 9780804721714
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Paperback. Shows how talking hands of painters and the secretly lucid voices of poets confront the finitude of the human body. In this title, the author uses poetry and painting to explore a theme that runs through all of his work: how human life is shaped by the experience of call and response. Translator(s): Lewis, Stephen E. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3226 x 5182 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222902
- ISBN
- 9780823222902
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.84
€ 41.99
€ 41.84
Paperback. In this first English translation of an important work, a leading phenomenologist unfolds the ideas of memory and loss, of the immemorable, and of hope, as he opens a phenomenological path to the heart of classical thought. He stands with Levinas, Marion, and Henry in attempting to join philosophy and religion after Kant, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. Translator(s): Bloechl, Jeffrey. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 135 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221936
- ISBN
- 9780823221936
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.61
€ 37.99
€ 37.61
Paperback. Art is about acts in response to what the artist sees or hears and how these acts provoke responses from viewers. In this title, the author explores how human life is shaped by the experience of call and response. Translator(s): Davenport, Anne Ashley; Lewis, Stephen E. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222988
- ISBN
- 9780823222988
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.91
€ 34.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Here, philosopher and theologian Jean-Louis Chretien revisits a favourite theme: how human life is shaped by the experience of call and response, explored with art as the context. For Chretien, art is about acts in response to what the artist sees or hears and how these acts provoke responses from viewers. Translator(s): Davenport, Anne A.; Lewis, Stephen E. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222971
- ISBN
- 9780823222971
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Condition: New
€ 93.69
€ 93.69
hardcover. In meditations on Rembrandt, Delacroix, Manet, Verlaine, Keats and other artists, Chretien shows how "talking hands of painters" and the "secretly lucid" voices of poets confront the finitude of the human body. "Hand to Hand" is a renewal of art in its provocative, transforming, spiritual presence. Translator(s): Lewis, Stephen E. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 13. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823222896
- ISBN
- 9780823222896
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Condition: New
€ 104.66
€ 104.66
Hardcover. Offering an objective account of the life of French philosopher Jacques Maritain and his wife Raissa, this book focuses not only on their philosophical work, but also on their pursuit of social justice, their opposition to the Vichy, their battle against intellectual repression in the church, and their contemplative life of prayer and devotion. Translator(s): Doering, Bernard E. Num Pages: 536 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 943.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268021832
- ISBN
- 9780268021832
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Condition: New
€ 159.38
€ 159.38
Hardcover. This work is based on Professor Marion's Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow. Translator(s): Lewis, Stephen E. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198757733
- ISBN
- 9780198757733
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Condition: New
€ 68.17
€ 68.17
Hardback. This ambitious work engages several major philosophical genres. It responds to current discussions of the "gift," which lie on the frontier of literature, anthropology, and economics, notably in the work of Jacques Derrida, and offers a detailed critique of the basis on which those discussions have proceeded. Translator(s): Kosky, Jeffrey L. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734103
- ISBN
- 9780804734103
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€ 149.84
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Paperback. Painting, according to Jean-Luc Marion, is a topic of central concern for philosophy, particularly phenomenology. These four studies carefully consider the history of painting - from classical to contemporary - as a fund for phenomenological reflection on the conditions of (in)visibility. Translator(s): Smith, James. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733922
- ISBN
- 9780804733922
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.09
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Paperback. First anthology of this major contemporary philosopher's writings Editor(s): Hart, Kevin. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 990.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251063
- ISBN
- 9780823251063
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Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 52.78
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Paperback. This ambitious work engages several major philosophical genres. It responds to current discussions of the "gift," which lie on the frontier of literature, anthropology, and economics, notably in the work of Jacques Derrida, and offers a detailed critique of the basis on which those discussions have proceeded. Translator(s): Kosky, Jeffrey L. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734110
- ISBN
- 9780804734110
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
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Paperback. Does Descartes belong to metaphysics? What does metaphysics mean? The questions form the point of departure for this study of Cartesian thought. Analyses of the notion of "ego" and his idea of God show that if he represents the fullest example of metaphysics, he nonetheless transgresses its limits. Translator(s): Kosky, Jeffrey L. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226505398
- ISBN
- 9780226505398
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.96
€ 52.99
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Paperback. Includes Reduction and Givenness and Being Given. In this title, the author argues for a phenomenology of givenness, with penetrating analyses of the phenomena of event, idol, flesh, and icon. Translator(s): Horner, Robyn; Berraud, Vincent. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222179
- ISBN
- 9780823222179
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.57
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Hardback. Painting, according to Jean-Luc Marion, is a topic of central concern for philosophy, particularly phenomenology. These four studies carefully consider the history of painting - from classical to contemporary - as a fund for phenomenological reflection on the conditions of (in)visibility. Translator(s): Smith, James K. A. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733915
- ISBN
- 9780804733915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.72
€ 102.72
Hardback. In the third text in the phenomenological trilogy that includes "Reduction and Givenness" and "Being Given", Jean-Luc Marion renews his argument for a phenomenology of givenness, with penetrating analyses of the phenomena of event, idol, flesh and icon. Translator(s): Horner, Robyn. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222162
- ISBN
- 9780823222162
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Condition: New
€ 114.22
€ 114.22
hardcover. Marked sharply by its time and place (Paris in the 1970s), this early theological text by Jean-Luc Marion maintains a strikingly deep resonance with his most recent, groundbreaking, and ever more widely discussed phenomenology. Translator(s): Carlson, Thomas A. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823220779
- ISBN
- 9780823220779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.34
€ 111.34