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History of Western philosophy

Paperback. This volume traces the odyssey of truth "aletheia", from mytho-religious concept to philosophical thought in archaic Greece. The book begins with an examination of how truth in Greek literature first emerges as an enigma. Num Pages: 232 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Zone Books
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299861
ISBN
9780942299861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349042920
ISBN
9781349042920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. Martin Buber is renowned not only for his translations of the Old Testament but also for his interpretation of Hasidism, his role in Zionism and his writings in both psychotherapy and political philosophy. This is an anthology of his work. Editor(s): Biemann, Asher. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF; HRAB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2002nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312292904
ISBN
9780312292904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.99

Hardcover. Martin Buber is renowned not only for his translations of the Old Testament but also for his interpretation of Hasidism, his role in Zionism and his writings in both psychotherapy and political philosophy. This is an anthology of his work. Editor(s): Biemann, Asher. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF; HRAB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240516
ISBN
9780312240516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.92

Hardback. What does it mean to be "social"? Is there any intrinsic "mark" of the social shared by behaviour, language, development, identity and science? This book sheds light on these questions and contains the thoughts of 12 philosophers and social scientists from a variety of disciplines. Editor(s): Greenwood, John D. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPC; JHBA; JMA; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847683079
ISBN
9780847683079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.08

Paperback. "Originally published in French under the title La marque du sacre." Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HPQ; HRAM2; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776905
ISBN
9780804776905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Temporality has been a central issue in phenomenology since its inception. The authors of the essays collected in this volume continue that tradition, challenging, expanding, and deepening it and aim to show how invaluable phenomenology is for the investigation of time's many faces. Editor(s): Brough, John Barnett; Embree, Lester. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792366225
ISBN
9780792366225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.77

Paperback. This work considers the status of art in the modern era. It takes seriously Hegel's claim that art has exhausted its spiritual vocation, that it is no longer through art that Spirit principally comes to knowledge of itself. Translator(s): Albert, Georgia. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735544
ISBN
9780804735544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. This new edition of Genevieve Lloyd's classic study of the maleness of reason in philosophy contains a new introduction and bibliographical essay assessing the book's place in the explosion of writing and gender since 1984. Series: Ideas S. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415096812
ISBN
9780415096812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.68

Paperback. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, a radical change occurred in notions of self and personal identity. This book explores the phenomenon and its causes and offers a fresh interpretation of this turning point in Western history and its consequences. Num Pages: 432 pages, 47 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300121391
ISBN
9780300121391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

paperback. Surveys main currents in Western thought through eight centuries. Num Pages: 696 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 44. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780231041430
ISBN
9780231041430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.99
€ 48.65

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Integrating the work of Merleau-Ponty with Lacanian psychoanalysis, Renaissance studies in optics, and twentieth-century mathematics, the author asserts the materiality of the body and world in her aesthetic theory. Translator(s): Baker, Dorothy Z. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: ACQB; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420935
ISBN
9780821420935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.87

hardcover. Covers different works of Lyotard, from his three books "Discours, figure"; "Libidinal Economy"; and "The Differend" to his essays in "The Inhuman and Postmodern Fables". This book contains sections on philosophy, politics, art, and literature. It explains his ideas and provides various social, political, aesthetic, and philosophical contexts. Editor(s): Crome, Keith; Williams, James. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139342
ISBN
9780231139342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

Hardback. The first comprehensive anthology of Jean-Francois Lyotard's writings together with a critical guide. Editor(s): Crome, Keith; Williams, James. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620579
ISBN
9780748620579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.92
€ 136.60

Paperback. The first comprehensive anthology of Jean-Francois Lyotard's writings together with a critical guide. Editor(s): Crome, Keith; Williams, James. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620586
ISBN
9780748620586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.74

Paperback. Jean-Francois Lyotard was one of the founding members of the College Internationale de philosophie. Ha has taught at Vincennes, Saint Denis and is currently Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Irvine. Several of his books have appeared in English, notable The Postmodern Condition, Just Gaming and The Dirrerend. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 half-tones, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631163398
ISBN
9780631163398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Paperback. Drawing on a multidisciplinary team of experts, The Lyotard Dictionary provides a clear and accessible introduction to all of his main concepts, contextualising these within his work as a whole and relating him to his contemporaries. Editor(s): Sim, Professor Stuart. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392. 264 pages. Editor(s): Sim, Professor Stuart. Drawing on a multidisciplinary team of experts, The Lyotard Dictionary provides a clear and accessible introduction to all of his main concepts, contextualising these within his work as a whole and relating him to his contemporaries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight: 392.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640065
ISBN
9780748640065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.39

Hardcover. Begins by taking up the ancient philosophical notion that the world is composed of two fundamental opposites: atoms, as the philosopher Epicurus theorized, intrinsically unchangeable and moving about the void; and, the void itself, or nothingness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226648491
ISBN
9780226648491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.77
€ 50.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPCD; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350025684
ISBN
9781350025684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.68

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