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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
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.
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- 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
€ 261.18
€ 261.18
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. 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.
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- 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. 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
€ 116.43
€ 116.43
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011190
- ISBN
- 9781137011190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
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
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Condition: New
€ 149.80
€ 149.80
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137024664
- ISBN
- 9781137024664
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Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137025319
- ISBN
- 9781137025319
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. There is extraordinary diversity, depth, and complexity in the encounter between theatre, performance, and human rights. Through an examination of a rich repertoire of plays and performance practices from and about countries across six continents, the contributors open the way toward understanding the character and significance of this encounter. Editor(s): Becker, Florian; Hernandez, Paola; Werth, Brenda G. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HPS; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027092
- ISBN
- 9781137027092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 48.05
€ 53.37
€ 48.05
Hardcover. A cross-disciplinary anthology on contemporary Kashmir by academics from Jammu and Kashmir, the first such volume to appear. The book offers a panorama of key cultural concerns of Jammu and Kashmir today, incorporating analysis of military, cultural, religious, and social aspects of the society and polity. Editor(s): Khan, Nyla Ali. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; GTB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137029577
- ISBN
- 9781137029577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. The book presents the state of the art of research into the legacy of interwar Polish analytic philosophy and exemplifies different approaches to the history of philosophy. It contains discussions and reconstructions of aspects of Polish philosophy and logic as well as reactions to and developments of this tradition. Editor(s): Mulligan, Kevin; Kijania-Placek, Katarzyna; Placek, Tomasz. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HPCF5; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030900
- ISBN
- 9781137030900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardcover. This edited volume of specially commissioned essays written for the anniversary of 'Abdu'l-Baha's journey to America tells the story of this former prisoner's interactions with the white upper echelon of American society as well as his impact on the lives and writings of important early figures in the African-American civil rights movement. Editor(s): Mottahedeh, Negar. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBJK; HRAC; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032003
- ISBN
- 9781137032003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.12
€ 129.12
Hardcover. The abolition of slavery across large parts of the world was one of the most significant transformations in the nineteenth century, shaping economies, societies, and political institutions. This book shows how the international context was essential in shaping the abolition of slavery. Editor(s): Mulligan, William; Bric, Maurice J. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032591
- ISBN
- 9781137032591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. With a diverse list of contributors, this volume seeks to discuss in depth some of the key issues that migration poses to World Christianity in the fields of constructive theology, ethics, spirituality, mission, ministry, inculturation, interreligious dialogue, and theological education. Editor(s): Padilla, Elaine; Phan, Peter C. Series: Christianities of the World. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032881
- ISBN
- 9781137032881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. Race, Memory and the Apartheid Archive: Towards a Transformative Psychosocial Praxis draws on a psychosocial approach that is uniquely suited to the socio-historical and psychical analysis of racism. The book relies mainly on the memories, stories and narratives of ordinary people living in apartheid South Africa. Editor(s): Stevens, Garth; Duncan, Norman; Hook, Derek. Series: Studies in the Psychosocial. Num Pages: 386 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JFFJ; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137263896
- ISBN
- 9781137263896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.31
€ 68.31
Hardcover. This volume presents interdisciplinary, intercultural, and interreligious approaches directed toward the articulation of a pneumatological theology in its broadest sense, especially in terms of attempting to conceive of a spirit-filled world. Editor(s): Karkkainen, Veli-Matti; Kim, Kirsteen; Yong, Amos. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268983
- ISBN
- 9781137268983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.31
€ 150.31
Hardcover. This collection examines soldiers as combatants, tourists, family men and as citizens. In particular, chapters trace the theme of the 'citizen soldier' through the initiatives of the period that placed civilian men under arms. In these ways and more, this new book explores 'soldiering' as an activity, an identity, a career and a way of life. Editor(s): Kennedy, Catriona; McCormack, Matthew. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBW; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270870
- ISBN
- 9781137270870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.89
€ 149.89