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Paperback. A guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, that charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Third Impression
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066271
ISBN
9780226066271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Exposing the religious roots of our ostensibly godless age, this study reveals that modernity is much less secular than conventional wisdom suggests. Beginning with the collapse of the medieval world, it argues that from the very beginning, moderns sought not to eliminate religion but to support a new view of religion and its place in human life. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293462
ISBN
9780226293462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. Series: The Chicago History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226473710
ISBN
9780226473710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.11

Paperback. A document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's "1909 Plan of Chicago", produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. This title reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 202 pages, 62 halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AMC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764726
ISBN
9780226764726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Drawing on primary documents, this work describes the historical origins of the Tantric movement in early medieval India. It shows how changes in medieval Indian society led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India that became the model for Buddhist cultures in China, Tibet and Japan. Num Pages: 475 pages, 23 illus, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAX; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126199
ISBN
9780231126199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. How did a society on the edge of collapse and dominated by wandering bands of armed men give way to a vibrant Buddhist culture, led by yogins and scholars? This work explores how the translation and spread of esoteric Buddhist texts shaped Tibetan society and led to its rise as the center of Buddhist culture throughout Asia, replacing India. Num Pages: 616 pages, 7 maps, 6 photos, 15 figures. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134712
ISBN
9780231134712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Hardback. Proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that it has been linguistically distinguished from negative, disease-producing possession for thousands of years. Num Pages: 736 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137485
ISBN
9780231137485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062131
ISBN
9780252062131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
New impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268002046
ISBN
9780268002046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486443997
ISBN
9780486443997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Represents the major aspects of the author's work and provides an overview of her methodology in women's studies in religion and feminism. This work demonstrates how feminist scholars in the 1970s shifted the paradigm away from an androcentric model of humanity and forever changed the way we study religion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255869
ISBN
9780520255869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Adam and Eve were not the first man and woman on Earth, but they were certainly the first of a kind. When the Israelites made their exodus from Egypt, their spiritual leader was not Moses, but Miriam - a queen and high priestess of the pharaonic succession. This study of the original kings discloses these and other such contentious facts. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp b&w photos. BIC Classification: HRCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 36. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553825091
ISBN
9780553825091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Presents the reconstructed text of a lecture delivered by Martin Heidegger to the Marburg Theological Society in 1924. This work offers an insight into the developmental years leading up to the publication, in 1927, of his magnum opus "Being and Time", itself one of the most influential philosophical works this century. Num Pages: 72 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631184256
ISBN
9780631184256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.76

Paperback. This text presents a comprehensive introduction to feminist epistemologies which are situated at the intersection of philosophical, sociological, and cultural investigations of knowledge. It provides critiques of more traditional approaches, and explores the alternatives proposed by feminists. Series: Introducing Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd England
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631200130
ISBN
9780631200130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.81

Paperback. * An ideal introduction to the ideas and contribution of key theologians of the sixteenth--century Reformation. * Explores a wide range of ideas and theologians within just one volume. * The contributors to this volume are internationally established scholars in the fields of historical and systematic theology. . Series: The Great Theologians S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631218395
ISBN
9780631218395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.93

Paperback. Like Huck's raft, the experience of American childhood has been both adventurous and terrifying. This title gives us a comprehensive history of American childhood. Num Pages: 464 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019980
ISBN
9780674019980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Drawing on economic, social, political, and intellectual history from medieval Europe through contemporary America and Israel, this title examines the ways in which thinking about capitalism and thinking about the Jews have gone hand in hand in European thought, and why anticapitalism and anti-Semitism have frequently been linked. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 185 x 108 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153063
ISBN
9780691153063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158051
ISBN
9780691158051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617916
ISBN
9780745617916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

Paperback. This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture. * An outstanding book about the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRQX9; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628165
ISBN
9780745628165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.82

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