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Hardcover. The Renaissance Extended Mind explores the parallels and contrasts between current philosophical notions of the mind as extended across brain, body and world, and analogous notions in literary, philosophical, and scientific texts circulating between the fifteenth century and early-seventeenth century. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GTR; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412843
- ISBN
- 9781137412843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.94
€ 117.94
Hardcover. Interweaving phenomenological, hermeneutical, and sociopolitical analyses, this book considers the ways in which feminists conceptualize and produce the temporalities of feminism, including the time of the trace, narrative time, calendar time, and generational time. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413154
- ISBN
- 9781137413154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This book argues that the overlooked ideas of Jose Marti and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara explain recent politics in Latin America and the Caribbean but also, even more significantly, offer a defensible alternative direction for global development ethics. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413222
- ISBN
- 9781137413222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Paperback. The letters of Heloise and Abelard remain one of the great romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization, while they themselves are second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Here, collected for the first time, is their correspondence with accessible commentary from two of our foremost medieval scholars. Editor(s): McLaughlin, Mary Martin; Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413642
- ISBN
- 9781137413642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.60
€ 129.60
Paperback. Examines Frantz Fanon's relevance to contemporary South African politics and by extension research on postcolonial Africa and the tragic development of postcolonies. Scholar Nigel C. Gibson offers theoretically informed historical analysis, providing insights into the circumstances that led to the current hegemony of neoliberalism in South Africa. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414779
- ISBN
- 9781137414779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.49
€ 73.49
Hardback. This introduction to religion and the science of origins focuses on Christianity and modern Western sciences of origins with chapters on evolution in Islam and Judaism. The issues discussed are the origin of science, human origins, the origin of the cosmos, the nature of humanity, the origin of religious belief and ethic. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAM3; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414830
- ISBN
- 9781137414830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.35
€ 68.35
Hardcover. What entitles you to claims about your perceivable environment? Matthiessen suggests that it is neither your experience, nor the reliability of your cognitive processes, but rather your being in the right kind of perceptual situation. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414977
- ISBN
- 9781137414977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. We are understandably reluctant to "rank" moral atrocities. What is worse, genocide or terrorism? In this book, Thomas W. Simon argues that politicians use this to manipulate our sense of injustice by exaggerating terrorism and minimizing torture. He advocates for an international criminal code that encourages humanitarian intervention. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTV; JPB; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415103
- ISBN
- 9781137415103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZB; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415134
- ISBN
- 9781137415134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This is an environmental history of humans and wildfire on the Cape Peninsula, from the practices of Khoikhoi herders to the conflagrations of January 2000. The book examines how the region's unique, famously diverse fynbos vegetation has been transformed since European colonial settlement, through urbanisation and biological modifications. Series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 graphs, 12 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBTB; HBTP; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415431
- ISBN
- 9781137415431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Hardback. The Irish Civil War and Society sheds new light on the social currents shaping the Irish Civil War, from the 'politics of respectability' behind animosities and discourses; to the intersection of social conflicts with political violence; to the social dimensions of the war's messy aftermath. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425683
- ISBN
- 9781137425683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.72
€ 129.72
Paperback. Crossroads: Performance Studies and Irish Culture, now available in paperback, is a seminal collection of essays, written by an international cohort of scholars, that addresses the complex and exciting intersections of Irish and performance studies. Num Pages: 269 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425713
- ISBN
- 9781137425713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardback. In this book Paddy McQueen examines the role that 'recognition' plays in our struggles to construct an identity and to make sense of ourselves as gendered beings. It analyses how such struggles for gender recognition are shaped by social discourses and power relations, and considers how feminism can best respond to these issues. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425980
- ISBN
- 9781137425980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Johnson argues that Aristotle's Politics needs to be understood as a 'two-layered' treatise - the first being Aristotle's political theory, and the second as a set of questions for statesmen and politicians. Employing this model, the book sets about to provide a reconceptualization of Politics as a multi-layered, canonical work. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426192
- ISBN
- 9781137426192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book engages a complex subject that mainline theologies avoid, Indigenous Australia. The heritages, wisdoms and dreams of Indigenous Australians are tormented by the discriminating mindsets and colonialist practices of non-Indigenous peoples. This book gives special attention to the torments due to the arrival and development of the church. Editor(s): Havea, Jione. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426666
- ISBN
- 9781137426666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the complex and conflicted topic of beauty in cultural, arts and medicine, looking back through the long cultural history of beauty, and asking whether it is possible to 'recover beauty'. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426734
- ISBN
- 9781137426734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. The rise and fall of the British Empire profoundly shaped the history of modern Scotland and the identity of its people. By examining the opinions of Scots towards the empire from numerous professional and personal backgrounds, Scotland emerges as a nation inextricably linked to the British Empire. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1QDB; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427298
- ISBN
- 9781137427298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTZ; JPVH; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427373
- ISBN
- 9781137427373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85
Hardcover. Since the late 1970s China has undergone a great transformation, during which time the country has witnessed an outpouring of competing schools of thought. This book analyzes the major schools of political thought redefining China's transformation and the role Chinese thinkers are playing in the post-Mao era. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427809
- ISBN
- 9781137427809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Christianity in Chinese Public Life: Religion, Society, and the Rule o...
Carpenter, Joel, Den Dulk, Kevin
Hardcover. This book analyzes the interaction of religion, society, and governance in China - suggesting it is much more subtle and complex than common convention suggests. The edited work addresses civic engagement, religion, Christianity, and the rule of law in contemporary Chinese society. Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy. Num Pages: 141 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRAM2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427878
- ISBN
- 9781137427878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68