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Hardcover. This balanced and innovative collection explores the relationship of Shakespeare's plays to the changing face of early modern religion, considering the connections between Shakespeare's theatre and the religious past, the religious identities of the present and the deep cultural changes that would shape the future of religion in the modern world. Editor(s): Graham, Kenneth J. E.; Collington, Philip D. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HRAX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230213098
- ISBN
- 9780230213098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. This volume addresses war, developing political and national identities and the changing gender regimes of Europe and the Americas between 1775 and 1830. Military and civilian experiences of war and revolution, in free and slave societies, both reflected and shaped gender concepts and practices, in relation to class, ethnicity, race and religion. Editor(s): Hagemann, Karen; Mettele, Gisela; Rendall, Jane. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 391 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218000
- ISBN
- 9780230218000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.89
€ 128.89
Hardcover. Nations and their Histories highlights the importance of the past and its uses in the formation of modern nations and national identities. The book looks at the construction of different national historiographies as well as present representations of the past in the political and cultural life of nations, covering the five continents. Editor(s): Carvalho, Susana; Gemenne, Francois. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JHMC; JPA; JPB; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218604
- ISBN
- 9780230218604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardcover. How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world? What does the answer tell us about the nature of morality? The cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate is represented by eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers. Editor(s): Chappell, Timothy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219403
- ISBN
- 9780230219403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.71
€ 149.71
Hardcover. Leading scholars discuss whether some of the main tenets or theses that are currently or traditionally ascribed to Wittgenstein are still both theoretically and exegetically viable, by focusing on three well-established Wittgensteinian themes: mind, meaning, and metaphilosophy. Editor(s): Frascolla, Pasquale; Marconi, Diego; Voltolini, Alberto. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510. 304 pages. Editor(s): Frascolla, Pasquale; Marconi, Diego; Voltolini, Alberto. Leading scholars discuss whether some of the main tenets or theses that are currently or traditionally ascribed to Wittgenstein are still both theoretically and exegetically viable, by focusing on three well-established Wittgensteinian themes: mind, meaning, and metaphilosophy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219410
- ISBN
- 9780230219410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardcover. This collection explores the controversial and perhaps even abject idea that evils, large and small, human and natural, may have a central positive function to play in our lives. For centuries a concern of religious thinkers from the Christian tradition, very little systematic work has been done to explore this idea from the secular point of view. Editor(s): Tabensky, Pedro Alexis. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219557
- ISBN
- 9780230219557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Sartre scholars and others engage with Jean-Paul Sartre's descriptions of the human body, bringing him into dialogue with feminists, sociologists, psychologists and historians and asking: What is pain? Do men and women experience their bodies differently? How do society and culture shape our bodies? Can we re-shape them? Editor(s): Morris, Katherine J. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446. Series: Philosophers in Depth. 272 pages, 1 black & white halftones. Editor(s): Morris, Katherine J. Sartre scholars and others engage with Jean-Paul Sartre's descriptions of the human body, bringing him into dialogue with feminists, sociologists, psychologists and historians and asking: What is pain? Do men and women experience their bodies differently? How do society and culture shape our bodies? Can we re-shape them?. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 21. Weight: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219670
- ISBN
- 9780230219670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. This volume brings together distinguished Wittgenstein scholars and renowned philosophers of language in order to examine what Wittgenstein has to say about language and to assess its significance for contemporary philosophy. Editor(s): Whiting, Daniel. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219687
- ISBN
- 9780230219687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Hardcover. This is the first edited collection to bring together classic pieces and new work by leading scholars of Thomas Reid. The contributors explore key elements of Reid's ideas about moral epistemology, moral emotions, moral agency and practical ethics. Editor(s): Roeser, Sabine. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219694
- ISBN
- 9780230219694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. Comprising essays by eleven up-and-coming scholars from across the globe, this collection of essays provides an unparalleled snapshot of new work in political philosophy using such diverse methodologies as critical theory and social choice theory, historical analysis and conceptual analysis. Editor(s): Bruin, Boudewijn Paul de; Zurn, Christopher F. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221222
- ISBN
- 9780230221222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Comprising essays by eleven up-and-coming scholars from across the globe, this collection of essays provides an unparalleled snapshot of new work in political philosophy using such diverse methodologies as critical theory and social choice theory, historical analysis and conceptual analysis. Editor(s): Bruin, Boudewijn Paul de; Zurn, Christopher F. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221239
- ISBN
- 9780230221239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. How did European imperialism shape the ideas and practices of religion in East and Southeast Asia? Casting Faiths brings together eleven scholars to show how Western law, governance, education and mission shaped the basic understanding of what religion is, and what role it should play in society. Editor(s): DuBois, Thomas David. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; HRAX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221581
- ISBN
- 9780230221581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardcover. Featuring contributions by new and established nineteenth-century theatre scholars, this collection of critical essays is the first of its kind devoted solely to Victorian pantomime. It takes us through the various manifestations of British pantomime in the Victorian period and its ambivalent relationship with Victorian values. Editor(s): Davis, Jim. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221598
- ISBN
- 9780230221598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.58
€ 116.58
Hardcover. Charts the making of colonial spaces in settler colonies of the Pacific Rim during the last two centuries. Contributions journey through time, place and region, and piece together interwoven but discrete studies that illuminate transnational and local experiences - violent, ideological, and cultural - that produced settler-colonial space. Editor(s): Banivanua-Mar, Tracey; Edmonds, Penelope. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MB; 1QRP; HBJM; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221796
- ISBN
- 9780230221796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.52
€ 161.52
Hardcover. Explains how William Gladstone responded to the 'Irish Question', and in so doing changed the British and Irish political landscape. Religion, land, self-government and nationalism became subjects of intensive political debate, raising issues about the constitution and national identity of the whole United Kingdom. Editor(s): Boyce, D. George; O'Day, Dr. Alan. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221949
- ISBN
- 9780230221949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.77
€ 128.77
Hardcover. An examination of population movements, both forced and voluntary, within the broader context of Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, in both Western and Eastern Europe. The authors bring to life problems of war and post-war chaos, and assess lasting social, political and demographic consequences. Editor(s): Reinisch, Jessica; White, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222045
- ISBN
- 9780230222045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Hardcover. Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts. Editor(s): Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462. Priests, Monks and Masculinity in the Middle Ages. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. 288 pages, 0. Editor(s): Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. Clerics in the Middle Ages were subjected to differing ideals of masculinity, both from within the Church and from lay society. The historians in this volume interrogate the meaning of masculine identity for the medieval clergy, by considering a wide range of sources, time periods and geographical contexts. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX; JFSJ2. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222205
- ISBN
- 9780230222205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. A collection of new essays by young scholars on the cutting edge of this ancient philosophical area. Diverse topics, including ontology, free will, fundamental properties, and causation, the volume will appeal both to specialists and to anyone interested in the present and future state of metaphysics in the English-speaking world. Editor(s): Hazlett, Allan. Series: New Waves in Philosophy. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222328
- ISBN
- 9780230222328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.79
€ 67.79
Hardcover. This collection brings together the latest work of some of the world's leading Marxist philosophers and new young researchers. Based upon work presented at meetings of the Marx and Philosophy Society, it offers a unique snapshot of the best current scholarship on the philosophical aspects and implications of Marx's thought. Editor(s): Chitty, Andrew; McIvor, Martin. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222373
- ISBN
- 9780230222373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. This collection of essays provides a series of fresh approaches to a fascinating subject: Jacobitism. The contributors focus on issues of identity and memory among Jacobites in Scotland, Ireland, England and Europe. They examine Jacobitism as an integral aspect of culture and society in the British Isles and beyond during the century after 1688. Editor(s): Monod, Paul Kleber; Pittock, Professor Murray; Szechi, D. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222571
- ISBN
- 9780230222571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23