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Hardcover. Film, media, and cultural theorists have long appealed to Lacanian theory in order to discern processes of subjectivization, representation, and ideological interpellation. Here, the contributors take up a Zizekian approach to studies of cinema and media, raising questions about power, ideology, sexual difference, and enjoyment. Editor(s): Flisfeder, Matthew; Willis, Louis-Paul. Num Pages: 325 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366245
- ISBN
- 9781137366245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Through a case study of the Los Angeles city school district from the 1950s through the 1970s, Judith Kafka explores the intersection of race, politics, and the bureaucratic organization of schooling, showing the motives behind the implementation today's widespread strict discipline policies and the racial inequities that have resulted. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Education. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLW3; JNB; JNF; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 208 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366535
- ISBN
- 9781137366535
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Condition: New
€ 58.24€ 49.95
€ 58.24
€ 49.95
Hardcover. This book explores the Society of Friend's Atlantic presence through its creation and use of networks, including intellectual and theological exchange, and through the movement of people. It focuses on the establishment of trans-Atlantic Quaker networks and the crucial role London played in the creation of a Quaker community in the North Atlantic. Series: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-1800. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; HRAX; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366672
- ISBN
- 9781137366672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Often the liberal movement has been viewed through the lens of its later German nationalism. This presents only one facet of a wide-ranging, all-encompassing project to regenerate the Habsburg Monarchy. By analysing its various nuances, this volume provides a new, more positive interpretation of Austro-German liberalism. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; HBJ; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366917
- ISBN
- 9781137366917
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Condition: New
€ 130.19
€ 130.19
Hardcover. Using the work of Wittgenstein, John Heaton challenges the notion of theoretical expertise on the mind, arguing for a new understanding of therapy as an attempt by patients to express themselves in an effort to see and say what has not been said or seen, and accept that the world is not as fixed as they are constituting it. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367686
- ISBN
- 9781137367686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Hardcover. Charles Hodge engaged the leading thinkers of his day to defend the human ability to know God. This involved him in affirming the importance of both orthodoxy and piety in the life of a Christian. His work involved expanding on the insights of the Westminster Confession of Faith as it applied to the theory of salvation and the role of Christ. Num Pages: 151 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137368669
- ISBN
- 9781137368669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. This book examines French motivations behind the decolonisation of Tunisia and Morocco and the intra-Western Alliance relationships. It argues that changing French policy towards decolonisation brought about the unexpectedly quick process of independence of dependencies in the post-WWII era. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBM; 1HBT; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137368942
- ISBN
- 9781137368942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.40
€ 68.40
Hardcover. This book traces this German idea of freedom from the late Enlightenment through the early twentieth century. McGrath shows how German intellectual and artists invoked the ancient Greeks in order to inspire Germans to cultural renewal and to enrich their understanding of freedom as something deeper and more urgent that political life could offer. Editor(s): McGrath, William J.; Applegate, Celia; Frontz, Stephanie; Marchand, Suzanne L. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 271 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137369475
- ISBN
- 9781137369475
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The interest of this book lies at the very center of a recent deployment of homosexual liberation on a larger scale. The reader will be able to understand how each of the traditions studied articulates its own regulatory mechanisms of male sexuality in general, and homosexuality. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAM; JFSJ; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137369888
- ISBN
- 9781137369888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This book is a timely revival of the social and political importance of meaningful work, which explores a philosophy of work based upon the value of meaningfulness and argues for the institution of a new politics of meaningfulness. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBL; KJWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137370570
- ISBN
- 9781137370570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Theological Perspectives for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happine...
. Ed(S): Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria; Fulkerson, Ma...
Hardback. Rather than wield religion as a weapon or a ruse in irrational appeals, the book attempts to reimagine a shared American mythos and ethos, by reminding us of our shared stake in creating an America committed to the life of all peoples and species and to the full developments of our capabilities as an exercise of liberty. Editor(s): Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria; Fulkerson, Mary McClintock; Carbine, Rosemary P. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137371706
- ISBN
- 9781137371706
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Condition: New
€ 67.65
€ 67.65
Hardcover. Historian and minister William Robertson was a central Scottish Enlightenment figure whose influence reached well beyond the boundaries of the British Isles. In this reception study of Robertson's work, Laszlo Kontler shows how the reception of Robertson's major histories in Germany tests the limits of intellectual transfer through translation. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DFG; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137371713
- ISBN
- 9781137371713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. During the Elizabethan era, writers such as Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney, Daniel, and others frequently expounded on mercy, exploring the sources and outcomes of clemency. This fresh reading of such depictions shows that the concept of mercy was a contested one, directly shaped by tensions over the exercise of judgment by a woman on the throne. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137371744
- ISBN
- 9781137371744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Drawing on legal and literary sources, this work revises and expands understandings of female honesty, worth and credit by exploring how women from the middling and lower ranks of society fashioned positive identities as mothers, housewives, domestic managers, retailers and neighbours between 1550 and 1700. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372093
- ISBN
- 9781137372093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardcover. Religion and social action is both empowering and limiting for women. This study shows the Guadalupanas' awareness of themselves as agents for change and their difficulties in understanding and maintaining their limited gendered roles within church and community. Num Pages: 214 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC7; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372192
- ISBN
- 9781137372192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. This collection of essays articulates theoretical and philosophical arguments, and advances practical applications, as to why animals ought to matter to social work, in and of themselves. It serves as a persuasive corrective to the current invisibility of animals in contemporary social work practice and thought. Editor(s): Ryan, Thomas. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372284
- ISBN
- 9781137372284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. This investigation of Kierkegaard as a political thinker with regard to the Danish context, and to his place in the history of political thought, deals with the more direct discussion of politics in Kierkegaard, and the ways in which political ideas are embedded in his literary, aesthetic, ethical, philosophical ,and religious thought. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372314
- ISBN
- 9781137372314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Hardcover. This volume investigates the different attitudes of historians and other social scientists to questions of causality. It argues that historical theorists after the linguistic turn have paid surprisingly little attention to causes in spite of the centrality of causation in many contemporary works of history. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372390
- ISBN
- 9781137372390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.80
€ 67.80
Hardback. The Settler Colonial Present explores the ways in which settler colonialism as a specific mode of domination informs the global present. It presents an argument regarding its extraordinary resilience and diffusion and reflects on the need to imagine its decolonisation. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372468
- ISBN
- 9781137372468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.03
€ 117.03
Hardcover. Black Theology as Mass Movement is a call to current and future theologians to stretch the boundaries of Black Liberation Theology from what has become primarily an academic subfield into a full fledge liberation movement beyond the walls of the academy. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372796
- ISBN
- 9781137372796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36