History of Western philosophy
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History of Western philosophy
Hardcover. This book explores how deconstruction addresses the issue of futurity in the act of writing and translation. It focuses on three French expressions - venue, survenue, and voir-venir - taken from the work of Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Catherine Malabou, and offers fresh insights, proposing the possibility of a multiplicity of structures. Series: Renewing Philosophy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506848
- ISBN
- 9780230506848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. This book argues that it is not obvious what we means by saying our beliefs and assertions are 'truth-directed'. Do we weaken our notion of a belief if we deal with radical scepticism without surrendering to idealism? This book defends a radically new 'ecological' model of knowledge, examining what might happen if we abandoned genuine belief. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506831
- ISBN
- 9780230506831
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book is a Wittgensteinian study of concept possession and conceptual investigation in philosophy. It offers advanced introduction to Wittgenstein's philosophy and original treatment of its most crucial regions. Written as a Socratic dialogue, with a glance to Plato, it makes a bold claim about Wittgenstein's place in Western philosophy. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230506824
- ISBN
- 9780230506824
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This reconstruction of the work of 'dialectical memory' in Hegel raises the fundamental question of the principle that presides on the articulation of history and indicates in Hegel's philosophy two alternative models of conceiving history: one that grounds history on 'ethical memory,' the other that sees justice as the moving principle of history. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230371040
- ISBN
- 9780230371040
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Eighteenth-century philosophy owes much to the early novel. Using the figure of the romance reader this book tells a new story of eighteenth-century reading. The impressionable mind and mutable identity of the romance reader haunt eighteenth-century definitions of the self, and the seductions of fiction insist on making an appearance in philosophy. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369375
- ISBN
- 9780230369375
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Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Wittgenstein and Plato: Connections, Comparisons and Contrasts
Perissinotto, Luigi, Ram?N C?Mara, Bego?A
Hardcover. Wittgenstein was a faithful and passionate reader of Plato's Dialogues as confirmed by writings and witnesses. Here well-known scholars of Wittgenstein and Plato illuminate the relationship between the two philosophers both philologically and philosophically, and provide new interpretation keys of two of the leading figures of Western thought. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230360945
- ISBN
- 9780230360945
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Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354593
- ISBN
- 9780230354593
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347854
- ISBN
- 9780230347854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.69
€ 138.69
Hardcover. A rare academic study on what John Rawls, Peter Singer and Derek Parfit acknowledge as the finest book in ethics - The Methods of Ethics. With a rather shocking conclusion that 'none of us can match Sidgwick', Mariko Nakano-Okuno lucidly analyzes Henry Sidgwick's impacts on contemporary ethics. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HPCD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1 Tra
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230321786
- ISBN
- 9780230321786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. Theatres of Immanence: Deleuze and the Ethics of Performance is the first monograph to provide an in-depth study of the implications of Deleuze's philosophy for theatre and performance. Drawing from Goat Island, Butoh, Artaud and Kaprow, as well from Deleuze, Bergson and Laruelle, the book conceives performance as a way of thinking immanence. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319523
- ISBN
- 9780230319523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic, but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions. Editor(s): Denham, Alison. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: ACG; DSBB; HPCA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314405
- ISBN
- 9780230314405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.89
€ 149.89
Hardcover. An original, expansive, materialist interpretation of Foucault's theory of biopolitics, explaining the connections between the issues of biopolitics and other key aspects of Foucault's works, and exploring the relationship between his ideas and those of Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben, Nikolas Rose and Monique Wittig. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303294
- ISBN
- 9780230303294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. This first book-length study of the work and life of L. Susan Stebbing relates the development of her thought to the philosophical, social and political background of her life. It also assesses Stebbing's contribution in the light of developments both in analytic philosophy and in linguistics in the decade since her death. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302907
- ISBN
- 9780230302907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Using hybrid phenomenological approaches to film, this book focuses on how moving images are 'experienced' and 'encountered' as well as 'read' and 'viewed'. Its close engagements with films and installations by four contemporary French filmmakers explore the limits and possibilities of 'cinematic' subjectivity. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299535
- ISBN
- 9780230299535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. Philosophy: Key Themes is a beginner's guide to understanding and critiquing philosophical arguments. Each chapter introduces one of the major themes in philosophy. Baggini's approach combines explanation with summary while encouraging the reader to question the arguments and positions presented. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition,Revised Edition,2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230296633
- ISBN
- 9780230296633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. This is the first book to explore all central issues surrounding the relationship between the film-image and philosophy. It tackles the work of particular philosophers of film (A iA ek, Deleuze and Cavell) as well as general philosophical positions (Cognitivist and Culturalist), and analyses the ability of film to teach and create philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285019
- ISBN
- 9780230285019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardcover. Max Stirner was one of the most important and seminal thinkers of the mid-nineteenth century. He exposed the religiosity behind secular humanism and rationalism, and the domination of the individual behind liberal modes of politics. This edited collection explores Stirner's radical and contemporary importance as a political theorist. Series: Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA; JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283350
- ISBN
- 9780230283350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. This collection focuses on the existential predicaments and choices that underpin current debates and developments in the governance of crime and criminal justice and argues for the relevance of existentialist thought for enhancing a critical and philosophically inspired criminological imagination. Editor(s): Lippens, Ronnie. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPS; JKV; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283152
- ISBN
- 9780230283152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Addressing the perennial question: why should we be moral? this book argues that we can only give a truly and morally satisfying answer to that question by radically reconfiguring our conception of the self and the way it relates to others. Num Pages: 463 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282605
- ISBN
- 9780230282605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.39
€ 69.39
Hardcover. The book explains why and how Wittgenstein adapted the Tractatus in phenomenological and grammatical terms to meet challenges of his 'middle period.' It also shows why and how he invents a new method and develops an anthropological perspective, which gradually frame his philosophy and give birth to the Philosophical Investigations. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282568
- ISBN
- 9780230282568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.75
€ 117.75