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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

Hardback. Using a wealth of evidence from legal, literary and medical texts, as well as art, architecture, ritual, and material culture, the contributors to this volume offer the first extensive study of the private and public roles of mothers in the Classical world Editor(s): Petersen, Lauren Hackworth; Salzman-Mitchell, Patricia. Num Pages: 272 pages, 44 b&w photos, 5 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HPCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292729902
ISBN
9780292729902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bryn Mawr Commentaries
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9781931019040
ISBN
9781931019040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.29

Hardback. This book defends a new interpretation of Hegel's theoretical philosophy, according to which it has a single organizing focus, giving philosophical force to his arguments in his central Science of Logic, and undercutting prominent worries. The focus is not epistemology or skepticism, but the metaphysics of reason in the world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190204303
ISBN
9780190204303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.51

Paperback. The central problem posed in these essays, collected from over a decade, is how in the wake of Western ontologies to conceive the coming, the birth that characterizes being. The author discusses being and representation in relation to Hegel, Schlegel, Baudelaire, Nietzsche, Freud, and Heidegger. Translator(s): Holmes, Brian. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721899
ISBN
9780804721899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. The web of myth and symbolism in Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi's philosophy articulates his theory of knowledge, an important subject in the "ishraqi" school of thought. This work aims to show Suhrawardi as a thinker who tried to reconcile rational discourse and inner purification. Series: Routledge Sufi Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPDF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700704125
ISBN
9780700704125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.81

Paperback. A powerful and original engagement with France's most influential philosophers. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215918
ISBN
9780253215918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Heidegger's provocative interpretation of ancient Greek philosophy. Translator(s): Rojcewicz, Richard; Schuwer, Andre. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212146
ISBN
9780253212146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Paperback. Tony Myers provides a clear and engaging guide to Slavoj Zizek's key ideas, explaining the main influences on his thought (most crucially his engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis) using examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life. Myers outlines the key issues that Zizek's work has tackled. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415262651
ISBN
9780415262651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Paperback. This brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius offers a survey of the philosopher's life and work, going on to explicate his theological method. It devotes separate chapters to his various arguments and traces his influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus. Series: Great Medieval Thinkers. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPCB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195134070
ISBN
9780195134070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.76

Paperback. David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of Hume's Treatise, one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This volume contains their account of how the Treatise was written and published; an explanation of how they established the text; an extensive set of annotations; and a detailed bibliography and index. Editor(s): Norton, David Fate; Norton, Mary J. Series: Clarendon Hume Edition Series. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199596348
ISBN
9780199596348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.88

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816632213
ISBN
9780816632213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. In his famous lectures at Oxford University in 1908 and 1909, William James made a sustained and eloquent case against absolute idealism and intellectualism in philosophy. His own thinking led him to renounce monistic idealism and the intellectualization of all "truth." This title helps us in understanding James' thinking. Num Pages: 405 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803275911
ISBN
9780803275911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

paperback. This volume contains the speech given by Derrida at Emmanuel Levinas's funeral on December 27, 1995, and his contribution to a colloquium organized to mark the first anniversary of Levinas's death. Translator(s): Naas, Michael; Brault, Pascal-Anne. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732758
ISBN
9780804732758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.34

Hardback. Translator(s): Powell, Jeffrey; McNeill, William. Series: Studies in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018144
ISBN
9780253018144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
542
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872201552
ISBN
9780872201552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 51.33

Hardback. ON WAR is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832 it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soilders statemen, and intellectuals from Marx and Bismarck to Raymond Aron. Translator(s): Paret, Peter. Num Pages: 870 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 135 x 43. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Condition
New
SKU
9781857151213
ISBN
9781857151213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Although William James was a significant presence in Paris in the early 20th century, the role he played in the creation of Marcel Proust's ground-breaking novel A la recherche du temps perdu has been neglected by scholars. Much of what made Proust's novel so original stems from James's writings, which were available to Proust in translation. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Lexington Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498556316
ISBN
9781498556316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.72

Paperback. This book provides a penetrating and original reconstruction of Hobbes's materialist accounts of self-consciousness, cognition, and agency and shows how such an account of subjectivity demands that we pursue peace in our ethical and political lives. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757485
ISBN
9780804757485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Montaigne is known for his exploration of the subject or the self. This work discusses these and other aspects of Montaigne's work "Essais" as features in the mapping of a mental landscape. Taking passages from different chapters of the "Essais", it guides readers through Montaigne's investigation of the subtle shades and stirrings of the mind. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781862079441
ISBN
9781862079441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

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