History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
Despite advances in feminism, the "law of the father" remains the dominant model of Western psychological and cultural analysis, and the law of the mother continues to exist as an underdeveloped concept. This title challenges the primacy of Oedipus myth in Western culture and psychoanalysis and introduces a theory of matricide and maternal law. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141543
- ISBN
- 9780231141543
Condition: New
€ 94.51
€ 94.51
Paperback. Includes treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry. Translator(s): Habinek, Thomas N.; Habinek, Thomas N. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: DB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455564
- ISBN
- 9780140455564
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
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Paperback. The four essays in this volume examine the most central issues that face liberal democratic regimes. They tackle the protection of individual liberty, the basic principles of ethics, the benefits and the costs of representative institutions, and the central importance of gender equality in society. Editor(s): Philp, Mark; Rosen, Frederick. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPV; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199670802
- ISBN
- 9780199670802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.51
€ 15.51
Paperback. Presents two works by the political and social radical English-speaking philosopher. One is regarded as a sacred text of liberalism. The other stresses the importance of equality for the sexes. These works provide a testimony to the hopes and anxieties of mid-Victorian England, and offer a consideration of what it truly means to be free. Editor(s): Ryan, Alan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441474
- ISBN
- 9780141441474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Explores the risks and responsibilities of liberty. Examining the tyranny that can come both from government and from the herd-like opinion of the majority, this title proposes a freedom to think, unite, and pursue our pleasures as the most important freedoms, as long as we cause no harm to others. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 12. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046945
- ISBN
- 9780141046945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.43
€ 10.99
€ 9.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 141 x 34. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565844759
- ISBN
- 9781565844759
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.64
€ 24.99
€ 21.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227680049
- ISBN
- 9780227680049
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Condition: New
€ 52.09
€ 52.09
Hardcover. The author presents a general theory of justice which makes full use of the Jewish sources, bringing them into a philosophical dialogue with the leading ethical and political texts of the Western tradition. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFSR1; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780300049435
- ISBN
- 9780300049435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.81€ 48.16
€ 61.81
€ 48.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 123 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167145
- ISBN
- 9780691167145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.27
€ 18.99
€ 15.27
Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPM; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204553
- ISBN
- 9780872204553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29€ 41.28
€ 52.29
€ 41.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204546
- ISBN
- 9780872204546
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. A guiding light to America's Founding Fathers, Hobbes created the first truly modern political philosophy. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 114 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871408488
- ISBN
- 9780871408488
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.12
€ 16.99
€ 15.12
Paperback. Examining tragedy as one of the highest forms of human expression for both the ancients and the moderns, this book presents what Greek tragedy and German philosophy reveal about the meaning of art for ethical life. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214430
- ISBN
- 9780253214430
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Expresses the author's views on relationships. This title contemplates the idea that man is no different from any animal, argues that all cultures should be respected, and helps us to understand the nature of humanity. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018867
- ISBN
- 9780141018867
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201880
- ISBN
- 9780872201880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.27
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204560
- ISBN
- 9780872204560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
Hardback. Francesco Filelfo's On Exile depicts noblemen and humanists, driven from Florence by Cosimo de' Medici, discussing the sufferings of exile--poverty and loss of reputation--and the best way to endure and profit from them. This volume contains the first complete edition of the Latin text and the first complete translation into any modern language. Editor(s): Keyser, Jeroen de. Translator(s): Blanchard, W. Scott. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 510 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 510
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066366
- ISBN
- 9780674066366
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.07
€ 40.99
€ 34.07
Hardback. First published in 1935, On Escape represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a direction to it. Editor(s): Rolland, Jacques. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5106 x 3150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804741392
- ISBN
- 9780804741392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. First published in 1935, On Escape represents Emmanuel Levinas's first attempt to break with the ontological obsession of the Western tradition. In it, Levinas not only affirms the necessity of an escape from being, but also gives a meaning and a direction to it. Editor(s): Rolland, Jacques. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5106 x 3150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741408
- ISBN
- 9780804741408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
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.
- Format
- 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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.96
€ 52.99
€ 40.96