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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

Paperback. A story of the troubled life of an introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, and an exposition of one of the most influential and significant philosophical attitudes of modern times - existentialism. It chronicles Antoine's struggle with the realisation that he is an entirely free agent in a world devoid of meaning. Translator(s): Baldick, Robert. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185491
ISBN
9780141185491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. A discussion of the work of German philosopher Ernst Cassirer. It brings Cassirer's perspective directly into the contemporary debate over human thought and its relationship to animal life. The author places Cassirer in the context of recent philosophical thought. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
2 Sub
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268009373
ISBN
9780268009373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. One of the earliest writings of the author of the great philosophical work, "Periphyseon" (On the Division of Nature), Johannes Scottus, known as Eruigena. It contributes to the age-old debate on the question of human destiny in the present world and in the afterlife. Translator(s): Brennan, Mary. Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268042219
ISBN
9780268042219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Translator(s): O'Driscoll, Sally; Mahoney, Deirdre M. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816619788
ISBN
9780816619788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Explores the concept of globalization in a variety of cultural settings, and its effect on world-wide cultural transformation of nation, place, race, class, ethnos and gender. Editor(s): Jameson, Fredric; Miyoshi, Masao. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JH; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Highlighting, Underlined
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321699
ISBN
9780822321699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This is a lucid and highly readable account of Wittgensteins philosophy, set against the background of his extraordinary life and character. Woven together with a biographical narrative, this book is ideal for students seeking a clear and concise introduction to the work of this seminal 20th century philosopher. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745626161
ISBN
9780745626161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.20

Paperback. This volume provides the first in-depth collection of essays aimed at critically examining the work of political philosopher Giorgio Agamben. Editor(s): Calarco, Matthew; Decaroli, Steven. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750509
ISBN
9780804750509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Paperback. Translator(s): Fatham, Elaine; Hine, Harry M.; Ker, James; Williams, Gareth D. Series: The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748337
ISBN
9780226748337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.56

Paperback. This collection contains hitherto unknown letters exchanged between Wittgenstein and the most important of his Cambridge friends and includes editorial notes based on archival material not previously explored. * Incorporates many previously undiscovered unique and significant letters. Translator(s): Schulte, J.; McGuinness, Brian. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631134695
ISBN
9780631134695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.30

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 209 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134. 144 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPC. Dimension: 132 x 209 x 10. Weight: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486424644
ISBN
9780486424644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.02

Paperback. Translator(s): Dyde, S.W. Series: Dover Philosophical Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486445632
ISBN
9780486445632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.75

Paperback. A collection of four essays on aesthetic, ethical, and political issues by Dieter Henrich, the preeminent Kant scholar in Germany today. Series: Studies in Kant & German Idealism. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780804723671
ISBN
9780804723671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardcover. Plato's Republic is one of the most well-known and widely discussed texts in the history of philosophy, but how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2500 years after it was originally composed? Alain Badiou invents a new genre in order to breathe fresh life into Plato's text and restore its universality. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662145
ISBN
9780745662145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Paperback. In this book of brilliantly erudite and precise discussions, which also serves as an introduction to Pierre Hadot's more scholarly works, Hadot explains that for the Ancients, philosophy was not reducible to the building of a theoretical system: it was above all a choice about how to live one's life. Translator(s): Djaballah, Marc. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 330. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748360
ISBN
9780804748360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. This book joins the growing philosophical literature on vegetable life to ask what changes in our present humanities debates about biopower and Animal Studies if we take plants as a linchpin for thinking about biopolitics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796750
ISBN
9780804796750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314370
ISBN
9780822314370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226097886
ISBN
9780226097886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. Thoreau's encounters with nature, the author argues, allowed him to resist his all-too-human tendency toward intellectual laziness, social conformity and political complacency. Bennett pursues this theme by constructing a series of dialogues between Thoureau and modern contemporaries. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; HPCD; HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521414
ISBN
9780742521414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484711
ISBN
9780801484711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. This collection presents a broad and compelling overview of the most recent work in philosophy, politics, and psychoanalysis by a world-renowned figure in contemporary thought. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 785.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727631
ISBN
9780804727631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.72

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