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I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses. Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of inward emigration . Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BJ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745669885
ISBN
9780745669885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.15

Hardcover. This accessible new book provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the defining problems of contemporary philosophy. Its unique feature is to focus on problems that cut across the established divide between analytic and continental philosophical traditions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745670294
ISBN
9780745670294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Hardcover. * Jean-Francois Lyotard is one of the most influential philosophers of the last fifty years and his book, The Postmodern Condition, was an international bestseller. * This short and very accessible book consists of a series of introductory lectures on philosophy that Lyotard gave to new students. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745670720
ISBN
9780745670720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.96

Paperback. Francois Laruelle's non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy represents a bold attempt to rethink how philosophy is practiced in relation to other domains of knowledge. There is a growing interest in Laruelle's work in the English-speaking world, but his work is often misunderstood as a wholesale critique of philosophy. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671239
ISBN
9780745671239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.73

Hardcover. This book stands as a testimony to Bauman's belief in the enduring relevance of sociology. But it is also a call to us all to start questioning the world in which we live and to transform ourselves from being the victims of circumstance into the makers of our own history. For that, at the end of the day, is the use of sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671246
ISBN
9780745671246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12

Paperback. What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671512
ISBN
9780745671512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.94

Paperback. What do we know about war crimes and justice? What are the discursive practices through which the dominant images of war crimes, atrocity and justice are understood? In this wide ranging text, Michael J. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671550
ISBN
9780745671550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.66

Hardcover. Major transformations in society are always accompanied by parallel transformations in systems of social communication D what we call the media. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745672571
ISBN
9780745672571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Hardcover. In 1988, the renowned sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and the leading historian Roger Chartier met for a series of lively discussions that were broadcast on French public radio. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745679587
ISBN
9780745679587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.79

Hardcover. The most accessible expression of Francois Laruelle's non-philosophical, or 'non-standard', thought, General Theory of Victims forges a new role for contemporary philosophers and intellectuals by rethinking their relation to victims. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745679600
ISBN
9780745679600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback.

The most accessible expression of Francois Laruelle's non-philosophical, or 'non-standard', thought, General Theory of Victims forges a new role for contemporary philosophers and intellectuals by rethinking their relation to victims. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745679617
ISBN
9780745679617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.12

Hardcover. * Presents a clear, readable introduction to the flourishing and important field of sexual history from one of the leading international scholars in the area. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745680248
ISBN
9780745680248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.16

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745680620
ISBN
9780745680620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.01

Hardcover. The concept of democratic freedom refers to more than the kind of freedom embodied by political institutions and procedures. Democratic freedom can only be properly understood if it is grasped as the expression of a culture of freedom that encompasses an entire form of life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745682129
ISBN
9780745682129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. Alain Badiou was born in 1937 in Rabat and Jean-Claude Milner in 1941 in Paris. They were both involved in the Red Years at the end of the Sixties and both were Maoists, but while Badiou was focusing all his attention on China, Milner was already taking his distance from it. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745682174
ISBN
9780745682174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.12

Paperback.

From Gandhi?s salt march to the US civil rights movement and Occupy Wall Street, nonviolent campaigns to promote democracy, human rights and social justice have long played an important transformative role in local, national and global politics. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745682679
ISBN
9780745682679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.66

Hardcover.

In the social sciences and in everyday speech we often talk about groups as if they behaved in the same way as individuals, thinking and acting as a singular being. We say for example that "Google intends to develop an automated car", "the U.S. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745684833
ISBN
9780745684833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.32

Hardcover. Jean-Paul Sartre is often seen as the quintessential public intellectual, but this was not always the case. Until the mid-1940s he was not so well-known, even in France. Then suddenly, in a very short period of time, Sartre became an intellectual celebrity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745685397
ISBN
9780745685397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. Jean-Paul Sartre is often seen as the quintessential public intellectual, but this was not always the case. Until the mid-1940s he was not so well-known, even in France. Then suddenly, in a very short period of time, Sartre became an intellectual celebrity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745685403
ISBN
9780745685403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.00

Hardcover. White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slipping below 50% of the population. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745685441
ISBN
9780745685441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

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