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Paperback. Contemporary continental philosophy approaches metaphysics with great reservation. A point of criticism concerns traditional philosophical speaking about God. Derrida, Marion, Bataille, Adorno, Taubes, and Bakhtin, each in their own way, continue the exploration begun by Nietzsche and Heidegger. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220359
- ISBN
- 9780823220359
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€ 36.99€ 34.27
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Hardback. In recent years, there has been a remarkable resurgence of interest in classical conceptions of what it means for human beings to lead a good life. Although the primary focus of the return to classical thought has been Aristotle's account of virtue, the ethics of Aquinas has also received much attention. Series: Moral Philosophy and Moral Theology. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220434
- ISBN
- 9780823220434
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€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. In recent years, there has been a remarkable resurgence of interest in classical conceptions of what it means for human beings to lead a good life. Although the primary focus of the return to classical thought has been Aristotle's account of virtue, the ethics of Aquinas has also received much attention. Series: Moral Philosophy and Moral Theology. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 343.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220441
- ISBN
- 9780823220441
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€ 41.99€ 37.26
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Paperback. This volume is designed to offer Christians and theologians an access to Karl Rahner to unpack his thinking and to make a theological inspection of his work possible. It seeks to locate a central point of departure for the theology of Rahner in the concerns and questions of human beings. Translator(s): Dahlstrom, Daniel O. Series: Moral Philosophy and Moral Theology. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 173.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823220670
- ISBN
- 9780823220670
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€ 41.99€ 37.67
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Paperback. An English version of a work first published in 1934. It addresses a number of fundamental problems in moral knowledge, such as: how moral knowledge differs from other practical knowledge; the controlled range of meanings of moral knowledge; and whether politics is part of moral philosophy. Translator(s): McInerny, Ralph. Num Pages: 98 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 98
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221042
- ISBN
- 9780823221042
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€ 36.99€ 33.93
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Paperback. "At once rigorous, insightful, and accessible.. the most thorough study yet available on the phenomenological treatment of God as gift in Marion and Derrida. Invaluable reading for those concerned with the theological promise of contemporary Continental philosophy."-Thomas A. Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 17. Weight in Grams: 427.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221226
- ISBN
- 9780823221226
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€ 41.99€ 37.26
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Hardback. "Westphal here brings together his discussions over the last decade of how Christianity can and should engage and appropriate post-modernism..it's easily the best contribution to the discussion that I know of."-Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221301
- ISBN
- 9780823221301
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€ 116.63
€ 116.63
Paperback. Rails Under the Mighty Hudson tells a story that begins in the final years of the nineteenth century and reaches fulfillment in the first decade of the twentieth: namely, the building of rail tunnels under the Hudson River linking New Jersey and New York. Series: Hudson Valley Heritage. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TRF; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 9. Weight in Grams: 137.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780823221905
- ISBN
- 9780823221905
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€ 35.99€ 33.20
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Paperback. Focuses on the problematic faith in the works of Kafka, Celan, and Jabs to reevaluate the notions of God and covenant in light of Nietzsche's death of Godhypothesis, the divine-human relation. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222018
- ISBN
- 9780823222018
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Hardback. Medievalists have long considered topics of cultural contact such as antagonism or exchange between western Europe and the Islamic world and the west's debts to Byzantium. This text aims to pose new questions, exploring how the meeting of cultures promotes historical change. Editor(s): Gyug, Richard Francis. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222124
- ISBN
- 9780823222124
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€ 97.31
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Paperback. Medievalists have long considered topics of cultural contact such as antagonism or exchange between western Europe and the Islamic world and the west's debts to Byzantium. This text aims to pose new questions, exploring how the meeting of cultures promotes historical change. Editor(s): Gyug, Richard Francis. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222131
- ISBN
- 9780823222131
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Hardback. In the third text in the phenomenological trilogy that includes "Reduction and Givenness" and "Being Given", Jean-Luc Marion renews his argument for a phenomenology of givenness, with penetrating analyses of the phenomena of event, idol, flesh and icon. Translator(s): Horner, Robyn. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222162
- ISBN
- 9780823222162
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€ 107.49
€ 107.49
Paperback. Brian Cudahy offers a fascinating tribute to the world the subway created. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the 20th century, Cudahy creates a vivid sense of this extraordinary achievement-how the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding in a hole in the ground. Num Pages: 388 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBT; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823222933
- ISBN
- 9780823222933
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
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paperback. A collection of illuminating encounters with some of the most important philosophers of our age Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823223183
- ISBN
- 9780823223183
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€ 46.99€ 42.12
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Paperback. The seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held during the Illinois senatorial race of 1858 are among the most important statements in American political history, dramatic struggles over the issues that would tear apart the nation in the Civil War: the virtues of a republic and the evils of slavery. Editor(s): Holzer, Harold. Num Pages: 422 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 585.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223428
- ISBN
- 9780823223428
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Paperback. Editor(s): Cuomo, Mario M. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780823223459
- ISBN
- 9780823223459
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€ 41.99€ 37.67
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Hardback. Bigger's larger goal is to align the primacy of the Good in Plato and Christian Neoplatonism with the creator God of Genesis and the God of love in the New Testament. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 34. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223503
- ISBN
- 9780823223503
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€ 106.22
€ 106.22
Paperback. Explores the complex gender symbolism that permeates Kabbalistic literature. Focusing on the nexus of asceticism and eroticism, the author seeks to define the role of symbolic and poetically charged language in the erotically configured visionary imagination of the medieval Kabbalists. Num Pages: 792 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224197
- ISBN
- 9780823224197
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Condition: New
€ 53.18
€ 53.18
Hardback. This volume offers studies on medieval education in the formal academic sense typical of schools and universities, and in a broader cultural sense that includes law, liturgy, and the religious orders of the high Middle Ages. Essays explore the transmission of knowledge during the middle ages in various kinds of educational communities. Editor(s): Begley, Ronald B. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780823224258
- ISBN
- 9780823224258
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Condition: New
€ 102.40
€ 102.40
Paperback. On the one hand, it seems impossible to experience God. On the other hand, there have been mystics who have claimed to have encountered God. This collection seeks to explore the topic again, drawing insights from phenomenology, theology, literature, and feminism. It maintains a connection with concrete rather than abstract approaches to God. Editor(s): Hart, Kevin. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225194
- ISBN
- 9780823225194
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.12
€ 46.99
€ 42.12