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History of Western philosophy

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History of Western philosophy

Paperback. Published posthumously, this book offers insight into Plato's text "Laws". Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226776989
ISBN
9780226776989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. During the oppressive reign of Louis XIV, Gabrielle Suchon (1623-1703) was the most forceful female voice in France, advocating women's freedom and self-determination. This volume collects Suchon's writing from two works - "Treatise on Ethics and Politics" (1693) and "On the Celibate Life Freely Chosen; or, Life without Commitments" (1700). Num Pages: 448 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226779218
ISBN
9780226779218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.61

Paperback. We live in a moment of unprecedented complexity, an era in which change occurs faster than our ability to comprehend it. This books offers a map for the unfamiliar terrain opening in our midst, unfolding an alternative philosophy of our time through a synthesis of science and culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; PDA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226791180
ISBN
9780226791180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Travelling from high culture to pop culture and back again, this book approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's "The Confidence-Man" through the film "Wall Street". Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRLK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226791623
ISBN
9780226791623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Hardcover. Examines the complex philosophical relationship between Martin Heidegger and Leo Strauss. This book argues that both thinkers provide searching analyses of the philosophical tradition's origins in radical questioning. It offers a profound consideration of these two philosophers' reflections on the roots, meaning, and fate of Western rationalism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226852546
ISBN
9780226852546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.43

Hardcover. Of all the writings on theory and aesthetics - ancient, medieval, or modern - the most important is indisputably Aristotle's "Poetics", the first philosophical treatise to propound a theory of literature. The author offers a fresh interpretation of the lost second book of Aristotle's "Poetics". Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226875088
ISBN
9780226875088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 77.43

Paperback. Argues that the Socratic paradoxes are best understood as Socrates' way of combating sophistic views: that no one is willingly just, those who are just and temperate are ignorant fools, and only some virtues (courage and wisdom) but not others (justice, temperance, and piety) are marks of true excellence. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226891736
ISBN
9780226891736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Offers a rethinking of Friedrich Nietzsche's crucial notion of the agon. Analyzing an array of primary and secondary sources and synthesizing Nietzsche scholarship, the author shows how the agon, or contest, organized core areas of Nietzsche's philosophy, providing a fresh appreciation of the subtleties of his notorious views about power. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923901
ISBN
9780226923901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.53

Paperback. Collecting the best of the author's work that was published in the "Critical Inquiry" journal between 1980 and 2002, this title provides an introduction to the philosopher and the evolution of his thought. Editor(s): Williams, Jay. Series: Critical Inquiry Book. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924540
ISBN
9780226924540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPK; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226978550
ISBN
9780226978550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. If Kant had never made the "critical turn" of 1773, would he be worth more than a paragraph in the history of philosophy? Most scholars think not. But this text challenges that view by revealing a precritical Kant who was immensely more influential than the one philosophers think they know. Num Pages: 576 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226978598
ISBN
9780226978598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 49.40

Hardback. Faced with the difficult task of discerning Plato's true ideas from the contradictory voices he used to express them, scholars have never fully made sense of the many incompatibilities within and between the dialogues. This title explains how these prose dramas cohere to reveal a comprehensive Platonic understanding of philosophy. Num Pages: 896 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1315.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
896
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226993355
ISBN
9780226993355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 78.14

Paperback. The author, a leading feminist and psychoanalyst, holds an imaginary dialogue with Nietzsche designed to interrogate the philosopher on his views of the feminine. She links their dialogue with a pre-Socratic examination of the elements. Translator(s): Gill, Gillian C. Series: European Perspectives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231070836
ISBN
9780231070836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. Covers and critiques the intellectual figures, movements, and publications that helped shape and define fields as diverse as history and historiography, psychoanalysis, film, literary theory, cognitive and life sciences, literary criticism, philosophy, and economics. Editor(s): Kritzman, Lawrence D. Translator(s): DeBevoise, Malcolm. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 206 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
816
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231107907
ISBN
9780231107907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Hardback. Covers and critiques the figures, movements, and publications that helped shape and define fields as diverse as history and historiography, psychoanalysis, film, literary theory, cognitive and life sciences, literary criticism, philosophy, and economics. This book discusses developments in French thought on pacifism, fashion, and gastronomy. Editor(s): Kritzman, Lawrence D. Translator(s): DeBevoise, Malcolm. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1952.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231107914
ISBN
9780231107914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 93.32

Hardback. In this work philosopher Wolfgang Iser offers a fresh perspective on questions such as why do human beings need fictions? And why do human beings need to interpret, despite the fact that complete interpretation is unattainable? Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119023
ISBN
9780231119023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20
€ 82.11

Paperback. In this work philosopher Wolfgang Iser offers a fresh perspective on questions such as why do human beings need fictions? And why do human beings need to interpret, despite the fact that complete interpretation is unattainable? Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119030
ISBN
9780231119030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119931
ISBN
9780231119931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Hardback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126564
ISBN
9780231126564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 88.27

Paperback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126571
ISBN
9780231126571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.04

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