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Hardcover. Belief is a fundamental concept within many branches of contemporary philosophy and an important subject in its own right. This volume comprises 11 original essays on belief written by a range of the best authors in the field. Editor(s): Nottelmann, Nikolaj. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026514
- ISBN
- 9781137026514
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Condition: New
€ 68.00
€ 68.00
Hardcover. Sarkozy came to power promising radical political and social change while simultaneously developing a presidential persona that melded the public and the personal under the glare of media attention, unparalleled in the French Fifth Republic. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the fit between his ambitions and the outcomes of his presidency Editor(s): Raymond, Gino G. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JMC; 3JMG; HBJD; JPF; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025319
- ISBN
- 9781137025319
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A historical exploration of company towns in a variety of locales in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Editor(s): Borges, Marcelo J.; Torres, Susana B. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024664
- ISBN
- 9781137024664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72
€ 67.72
Hardcover. Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question and explore the practical impacts of religion by looking at the developmental consequences of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, and by contrasting Pentecostal and secular models of change. Editor(s): Freeman, Dena. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; HRCC96; JPWH. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave MacMillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137017246
- ISBN
- 9781137017246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.80
€ 149.80
Hardcover. In September 2009 Dmitrii Medvedev unveiled the term that was to become the defining objective of his presidency: 'modernization.' The contributors to this book, drawn from the leading scholars in Russian affairs, focus on the contested nature of the concept of modernization and the obstacles that arose in attempting to carry it out. Editor(s): Jonson, Lena; White, Stephen. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JM; HBJD; HBLX; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011190
- ISBN
- 9781137011190
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Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. While globalization undermines ideas of the nation-state in the Mediterranean, conversions reveal how religion can unsettle existing political and social relations. Through studies of conversions across the region this book examines the challenges that conversions represent for national, legal and policy ways of dealing with religious minorities. Editor(s): Roy, Olivier; Marzouki, Nadia. Series: Islam and Nationalism. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QRM; HRH; JFSL1; JFSR; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137004888
- ISBN
- 9781137004888
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Condition: New
€ 128.45
€ 128.45
Hardcover. The first book in the new Postcolonialism and Religions series offers a preview of the series focus on multireligious, indigenous, and transnational scholarly voices. In this book, the once arch enemies of Religious studies and Postcolonial theory become critical companions in shared analysis of major postcolonial themes. Editor(s): Joy, David; Duggan, Joseph. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTR; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002891
- ISBN
- 9781137002891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.47
€ 117.47
Hardcover. This book provides an indispensable voice in the scholarly conversation on migration. It shows how migration has shaped and has been shaped by the three Abrahamic religions - -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. No theory of migration will be complete unless the theological insights of these religions are seriously taken into account. Editor(s): Padilla, Elaine; Phan, Peter C. Series: Christianities of the World. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRLB; HRLP5; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137001030
- ISBN
- 9781137001030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Above the dogmatic ideologies and utopias that have proved illusory, there is a resurgence of ideals of/for humanity in the human spirit's quest after measure and harmony of the dispersed threads of existence. This title includes an exploration of allegory in aesthetics and the metaphysics of the ontopoiesis of life. Editor(s): Kronegger, Marlies; Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338260
- ISBN
- 9780792338260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.08
€ 201.08
Hardcover. A collection that helps you uncover the field of the ontopoiesis of life by means of the self-individualisation of life, the key to its labyrinth (Tymieniecka). Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 590 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Number of pages
- 604
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338253
- ISBN
- 9780792338253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 263.52
€ 263.52
Hardcover. A collection of essays which moves from traditional phenomenology to the idea of essential thinking, the questions of translation and existential expressions of the turn of Heidegger's thought, and the intersection of politics and language. Editor(s): Babich, Babette E. Series: Phaenomenologica. Num Pages: 655 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1150.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Number of pages
- 655
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335672
- ISBN
- 9780792335672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 378.62
€ 378.62
Hardcover. Editor(s): Muth, Rodney; Finley, Mary M.; Muth, Marcia F. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1990th Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792300182
- ISBN
- 9780792300182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.35
€ 259.35
Hardcover. This book gathers the most recent scholarship on the historicization of masculinity by the most original and widely respected thinkers in the field. By using the analytical tools of Queer Theory these interdisciplinary scholars have reconfigured the history of sexuality in radically altering how we think about sexuality and how we write history. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Katherine; O'Rourke, Michael. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; JFSK2; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333997437
- ISBN
- 9780333997437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. Examines the origins of European ethnic groups which subsequently developed into the nations of Europe. This book looks at evidence for the existence of an ethnic consciousness among the dominant European groups; this later formed the basis of nation states. Editor(s): Smyth, Alfred P. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984499
- ISBN
- 9780333984499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.69
€ 193.69
Hardcover. This is a collection of essays by British and American historians and political theorists. Moving beyond a conventional action/reaction view of capitalism and its critics, the volume explores how critical traditions and beliefs have helped to shape capitalism. Editor(s): Bevir, Mark; Trentmann, Frank. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; KCLF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333980811
- ISBN
- 9780333980811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This text presents thinking on some fundamental ideas in psychoanalysis by international scholars in the field of the philosophy of psychoanalysis. It explores the nature of psychoanalytic knowledge in the light of contemporary philosophical views or critiques of topics relevant to psychoanalysis. Editor(s): Chung, Man Cheung; Feltham, Colin. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333973912
- ISBN
- 9780333973912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
Hardcover. In this text, research by international scholars is brought to bear on the role of early modern natural law doctrines in reconstructing the relations between moral right and civil authority in the face of profound religious and political conflict. Editor(s): Hunter, Ian; Saunders, David. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPV; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964590
- ISBN
- 9780333964590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Hardcover. These essays explore the expansion of publishing from 1750 to 1850 which reflected the growth of literacy and the diversification of the reading public. Experimentation with new genres, methods of advertising, marketing and dissemination, and forms of critical reception are also examined. Editor(s): Franklin, Caroline; Clery, E. J.; Garside, Peter. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 507.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964552
- ISBN
- 9780333964552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.05
€ 129.05
Hardcover. This text provides a long-term historical assessment of the main features of civil-military relations in this region, from independence in the early nineteenth century to the current process of democratic consolidation, with special attention to the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. Editor(s): Silva, Patricio. Series: Latin American Studies Series. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333930939
- ISBN
- 9780333930939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.03
€ 129.03
Hardcover. This volume offers insights into the relationship between Russia and Europe during the reign of Peter the Great, and it looks at Peter's personality, legacy and relevance for Russia today. Editor(s): Hughes, Lindsey. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333920091
- ISBN
- 9780333920091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.74
€ 129.74