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Hardback. 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: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734103
- ISBN
- 9780804734103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.76
€ 150.76
Paperback. Suitable for scholars and students of philosophy and religion, this title challenges a fundamental premise of traditional philosophy, theology, and metaphysics: that God, before all else, must be. It features discussions of the nature of God. Translator(s): Carlson, Thomas A. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226505657
- ISBN
- 9780226505657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.28
€ 41.28
Hardcover. This work is based on Professor Marion's Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow. Translator(s): Lewis, Stephen E. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198757733
- ISBN
- 9780198757733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.66
€ 71.66
Hardcover. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226505619
- ISBN
- 9780226505619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.39
€ 50.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Originally published in French under title: La Chine m'inquiaete. Paris: Perrin, c2008. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152259
- ISBN
- 9780231152259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
Hardback. 208 pages. Originally published in French under title: La Chine m'inquiaete. Paris: Perrin, c2008. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 21. Weight: 390. Translator(s): Holoch, George.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152242
- ISBN
- 9780231152242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.64€ 73.18
€ 93.64
€ 73.18
Hardcover. Offering an objective account of the life of French philosopher Jacques Maritain and his wife Raissa, this book focuses not only on their philosophical work, but also on their pursuit of social justice, their opposition to the Vichy, their battle against intellectual repression in the church, and their contemplative life of prayer and devotion. Translator(s): Doering, Bernard E. Num Pages: 536 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 943.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268021832
- ISBN
- 9780268021832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.94
€ 160.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614293644
- ISBN
- 9781614293644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.05
€ 18.99
€ 14.05
Num Pages: 560 pages, 874 b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 233 x 48. Weight in Grams: 3510.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764345807
- ISBN
- 9780764345807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.97€ 72.81
€ 95.97
€ 72.81
paperback. Behind the clamorous headlines of militant and political Islam lies a more serene and cultivated form of traditional Islam. Jean-Louis Michon, a UNESCO advisor tasked with preserving the architectural and artistic heritage of Islam, unveils this lesser-known dimension of the world's second largest religion. Num Pages: 160 pages, full colour photographs. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781933316512
- ISBN
- 9781933316512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.77
€ 24.77
Hardback. Exploring culinary evolution and eating habits in a cornucopia of cultures from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and from the Byzantine Empire to Jewish Mediterranean culture in the Middle Ages, Food: A Culinary History is a rich banquet for readers. Culinary customs, the writers reveal, offer great insight into societies past and present. Editor(s): Flandrin, Jean-Louis; Montanari, Massimo. Translator(s): Sonnenfeld, Albert. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 624 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1320.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111546
- ISBN
- 9780231111546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.35
€ 90.35
hardcover. In meditations on Rembrandt, Delacroix, Manet, Verlaine, Keats and other artists, Chretien shows how "talking hands of painters" and the "secretly lucid" voices of poets confront the finitude of the human body. "Hand to Hand" is a renewal of art in its provocative, transforming, spiritual presence. Translator(s): Lewis, Stephen E. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 13. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823222896
- ISBN
- 9780823222896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Hardback. Here, philosopher and theologian Jean-Louis Chretien revisits a favourite theme: how human life is shaped by the experience of call and response, explored with art as the context. For Chretien, art is about acts in response to what the artist sees or hears and how these acts provoke responses from viewers. Translator(s): Davenport, Anne A.; Lewis, Stephen E. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222971
- ISBN
- 9780823222971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.49
€ 97.49
Paperback. Art is about acts in response to what the artist sees or hears and how these acts provoke responses from viewers. In this title, the author explores how human life is shaped by the experience of call and response. Translator(s): Davenport, Anne Ashley; Lewis, Stephen E. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222988
- ISBN
- 9780823222988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.14
€ 34.99
€ 32.14
Paperback. In this first English translation of an important work, a leading phenomenologist unfolds the ideas of memory and loss, of the immemorable, and of hope, as he opens a phenomenological path to the heart of classical thought. He stands with Levinas, Marion, and Henry in attempting to join philosophy and religion after Kant, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. Translator(s): Bloechl, Jeffrey. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 135 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221936
- ISBN
- 9780823221936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.27
€ 36.99
€ 34.27
Paperback. Shows how talking hands of painters and the secretly lucid voices of poets confront the finitude of the human body. In this title, the author uses poetry and painting to explore a theme that runs through all of his work: how human life is shaped by the experience of call and response. Translator(s): Lewis, Stephen E. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3226 x 5182 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222902
- ISBN
- 9780823222902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. This meticulous investigation, based around a famous rock image, the 'White Lady', makes it possible to take stock of the mythical presuppositions that infuse a great deal of scientific research, especially in the case of rock art studies. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 245 x 26. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- Archaeopress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784914707
- ISBN
- 9781784914707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.71
€ 117.71
Paperback. Looks at the original texts of some of the most infamous, yet widely-taught, texts in modern academia. This series features "The Communist Manifesto", "Das Kapital", "The State and Revolution", "Leviathan" and "The Social Contract". Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596980822
- ISBN
- 9781596980822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.70
€ 18.70
Paperback. Rousseau's explosive cry for human liberty helped to spark the French Revolution and has haunted our discussions of how we should rule one another ever since - seen as both a blue-print for political terror and as a fundamental statement of democracy. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KKD0006078
- ISBN
- 9780141018881
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Few philosophers have been the subject of as much or as intense debate, yet almost everyone agrees on one thing: Jean-Jacques Rousseau is among the most important and influential thinkers in the history of political philosophy. This book brings together fresh translations of three of Rousseau's works. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226151311
- ISBN
- 9780226151311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.77
€ 31.77