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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
€ 20.99€ 18.16
€ 20.99
€ 18.16
paperback. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, this title argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, it considers issues of liberty and law, as well as freedom and justice. Translator(s): Cranston, Maurice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442014
- ISBN
- 9780140442014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.29
€ 11.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98. Series: Dover Thrift S. 112 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPC; JPA; JPHC. Dimension: 209 x 132 x 8. Weight: 100.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486426921
- ISBN
- 9780486426921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.40
€ 7.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Betts, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538966
- ISBN
- 9780199538966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.75
€ 11.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 5. Weight in Grams: 58. 64 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPCD; JPA. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 5. Weight: 60.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486434148
- ISBN
- 9780486434148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.45
€ 5.45
Paperback. An exploration of the soul in the form of a final meditation on self-understanding and isolation. Translator(s): Butterworth, Charles E. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201620
- ISBN
- 9780872201620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.28
€ 18.99
€ 15.28
Paperback. A collection of three of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's most important political writings - "The Social Contract"; "The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts)"; and "The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality)". There are essays by major scholars. Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300091410
- ISBN
- 9780300091410
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.95
€ 20.99
€ 16.95
Paperback. Demonstrates how the growth of civilization corrupts man's natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and social privilege. Translator(s): Cranston, Maurice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140444391
- ISBN
- 9780140444391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Considers the issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles. Editor(s): Bertram, Christopher. Translator(s): Hoare, Quintin. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191751
- ISBN
- 9780141191751
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.69
€ 14.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. Should be read both as a clarification and a criticism of the political teaching of The Social Contract and as a comprehensive attempt to deal with those central problems of democratic theory that have continued to exercise our minds to this day. Translator(s): Kendall, W. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 117
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915145959
- ISBN
- 9780915145959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.44
€ 18.99
€ 18.44
Paperback. 'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains' is the dramatic opening line of The Social Contract, published in 1762. It laid the groundwork for both the American and French Revolutions. This translation includes Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men and The Social Contract in full. Translator(s): Constantine, Peter. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099582847
- ISBN
- 9780099582847
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.43
€ 17.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Focuses on the cultural and intellectual milieu in which Rousseau operated. This title includes a select bibliography, a note on the text, a translator's note, and Rousseau's own "Notes on the Discourse". Translator(s): Cress, Donald A. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201507
- ISBN
- 9780872201507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. 224 pages. Assesses and contrasts the reading styles of two major French philosophers, Alain Badiou and Gilles Deleuze. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 13. Weight: 332.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748649051
- ISBN
- 9780748649051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.86
€ 38.99
€ 34.86
Paperback. Near the end of World War II, four days after Allied armies landed at Normandy, a unit of Waffen SS en route to the front surrounded the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane and, without warning, massacred its citizens. In an effort to come to grips with this tragedy, Jean-Jacques Fouche explores the massacre from several points of. Translator(s): Sices, David; Atkinson, James B. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806013
- ISBN
- 9780875806013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 579 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st THUS
- Number of pages
- 579
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974975
- ISBN
- 9780865974975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
hardcover. Over the past decade, radical questioning of the grounds of Western epistemology has revealed that some antinomies of the aesthetic experience can be viewed as a general, yet necessarily open, model for human understanding. This book is a rigorous explication de texte of a central text for this thesis, Kant's Analytic of the Sublime. Translator(s): Rottenberg, Elizabeth. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722414
- ISBN
- 9780804722414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Paperback. Enthusiasm is Lyotard's most elaborate and provocative statement on the politics of the sublime. Editor(s): Abbeele, Georges van den. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738996
- ISBN
- 9780804738996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.90
€ 23.99
€ 21.90
Hardcover. * Jean-Francois Lyotard is one of the most influential philosophers of the last fifty years and his book, The Postmodern Condition, was an international bestseller. * This short and very accessible book consists of a series of introductory lectures on philosophy that Lyotard gave to new students. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745670720
- ISBN
- 9780745670720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.75
€ 53.75
Paperback. Translator(s): Roberts, M.S.; Michel, A. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816618576
- ISBN
- 9780816618576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12