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Hardback. * A provocative and challenging book which argues for a defiant innovation of thought* Puts forward a compelling argument: that everyday life should be regarded as a privileged object of investigation* The author is one of the leading sociologists of fin de siecle culture and society. . Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611181
- ISBN
- 9780745611181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Paperback. This text offers a different beginning for philosophy rooted in a theory of questioning which the author calls "problematology." He argues that a new beginning is necessary in order to resituate philosophy, science and linguistic analysis. Translator(s): Jamison, David. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226521510
- ISBN
- 9780226521510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Hardback. In the late 1800s, Japanese leaders invited Unitarian missionaries to Japan to further modernization. Mohr looks at the debates sparked by the encounter between Unitarianism and Buddhism and considers how the idea of "universal truth" was used by both missionaries and by Japanese intellectuals and religious leaders to promote their own agendas. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HRAF; HRCC9; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066946
- ISBN
- 9780674066946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.31
€ 44.99
€ 37.31
Paperback. Expresses the author's views on relationships. This title contemplates the idea that man is no different from any animal, argues that all cultures should be respected, and helps us to understand the nature of humanity. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018867
- ISBN
- 9780141018867
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. Containing various essays, this work discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 1360 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DNF; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 151 x 58. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446043
- ISBN
- 9780140446043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.15
€ 29.99
€ 20.15
Paperback. Explores contemporary Christianity. This title searches for the true meaning of faith, and criticizes the tendency of mankind to create God in its own image. It describes the true role of man, the need to eschew personal arrogance, and the vital importance of faith if we are to understand our place in the universe. Editor(s): Screech, M. A. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140444933
- ISBN
- 9780140444933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.34
€ 17.99
€ 15.34
Hardback. Translator(s): McClellan, Joseph. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171267
- ISBN
- 9780231171267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
Hardback. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236. A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 160 pages, 14 halftones. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight: 236. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123662
- ISBN
- 9780231123662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.47
€ 50.47
Hardback. "First published in French language by Editions du Seuil, Paris, under the title Vert, Histoire d'une couleur." c2013--Page facing title page. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159362
- ISBN
- 9780691159362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.57
€ 46.99
€ 33.57
Hardback. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends. Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by Christianity and continued to sink lower in the symbolic bestiary before rising again in Pyrrhic triumph as the teddy bear. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 36 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047822
- ISBN
- 9780674047822
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.35
€ 33.99
€ 28.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ADIRA France
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782970058410
- ISBN
- 9782970058410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- ADIRA France
- Number of pages
- 788
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 5th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782901821076
- ISBN
- 9782901821076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.08
€ 32.99
€ 22.08
Paperback. Translator(s): Burks, Randolph. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Univocal Publishing LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937561086
- ISBN
- 9781937561086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.01
€ 25.01
Paperback. Translation of: Les cinq sens / Michel Serres. paris: Grasset, c1985. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474299640
- ISBN
- 9781474299640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.80
€ 32.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. Translator(s): Burks, Randolph. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Univocal Publishing LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937561062
- ISBN
- 9781937561062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.83
€ 24.99
€ 22.83
Hardback. Originally published in French as: Les origines de la gaeometrie: tiers livre des fondations / Michel Serres (Paris: Editions Julliard, 1993). Translator(s): Burks, Randolph. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; PBB; PBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474281409
- ISBN
- 9781474281409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.55
€ 46.99
€ 41.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 line art illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st University of Minnesota Press Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816648818
- ISBN
- 9780816648818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.81
€ 21.99
€ 19.81
Paperback. In this reflection on the relation between nature and culture, Michel Serres relates the present environmental catastrophe to pollution generated by humanity's efforts to appropriate. Translator(s): Feenberg-Dibon, Anne-Marie. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773034
- ISBN
- 9780804773034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.72
€ 20.99
€ 20.72
Paperback. This work argues that the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice, specifically in religious rituals designed to cure people of disease, demonic possession, and bad luck. Editor(s): Faure, Bernard. Series: Asian Religions & Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 46. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739405
- ISBN
- 9780804739405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.99
€ 40.99
€ 39.99
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.73€ 49.58
€ 58.73
€ 49.58