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Hardback. In the 1960s and 70s Afghanistan was depicted in the media as the romantic haven of nomads and a resort for hashish--smoking hippies; in the 80s it was seen as a country where brave warriors fought against the a evila Soviet empire, and in the 90s redrawn as a semi--feudal land ruled by warlords and Islamic fundamentalists. Series: Peoples of Asia. Num Pages: 408 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631198413
ISBN
9780631198413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.21

Paperback. The Afghan Way of War provides the Afghan perspective on war, from the 1830s to the present day, and in doing so uncovers the cultural codes that colour the Afghan spirit in warfare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849043762
ISBN
9781849043762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. Series: CSIS Reports. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, colour tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS4; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 214 x 9. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442224995
ISBN
9781442224995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.63

Paperback. Series: CSIS Reports. Num Pages: 56 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS4; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 213 x 3. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442224971
ISBN
9781442224971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.53

Paperback. Series: CSIS Reports. Num Pages: 166 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBWS4; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 218 x 8. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442225015
ISBN
9781442225015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.45

Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 528 pages, 51. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 762. Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923-1939. Series: Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. 528 pages, 47 tables, 4 maps. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN; JPQB. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 32. Weight: 734.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486777
ISBN
9780801486777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.16

Paperback. Members of public find some of their pressing existential concerns addressed in the works of Nietzsche. Central among these concerns is the question of the meaning of a life characterized by inescapable suffering, at a time when the traditional responses inspired by Christianity are losing their credibility. This book focuses on this issue. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030640
ISBN
9780674030640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Paperback. Provides an overview of the research on emotion in politics and where it is likely to lead. This book also outlines the philosophical and neuroscientific foundations of emotion in politics. It focuses on how emotions function among individuals. It explores how politics work at the societal level and suggests various steps in political activity. Editor(s): Neuman, W.Russell; Marcus, George E.; Crigler, Ann N.; MacKuen, Michael. Num Pages: 432 pages, 21 line drawings, 37 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226574424
ISBN
9780226574424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844154029
ISBN
9781844154029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140973
ISBN
9780231140973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts S. 200 pages, 20 illus. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Dimension: 208 x 165 x 21. Weight: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140966
ISBN
9780231140966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.43
€ 51.34

Paperback. The well-known Italian semiotician and novelist Umberto Eco discloses for the first time to English-speaking readers the unsuspected richness, breadth, complexity, and originality of the aesthetic theories advanced by the influential medieval thinker Thomas Aquinas, heretofore known principally as a scholastic theologian. Translator(s): Bredin, Hugh. Num Pages: 302 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006768
ISBN
9780674006768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.27

Hardback. Translator(s): Szegdy-Maszak, Andrew. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; AFPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633268
ISBN
9780691633268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.61

Hardcover. The aesthetics of television concerns the medium's means of expression, its forms, conventions and 'styles', and also the content and the relationship between content and expression, as well as the relationship between programme and genre, programme and audience etc. This book aims to describe and analyse television as an aesthetic phenomenon. Editor(s): Agger, Gunhild; Jensen, Jens F. Series: Media & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 396 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; HPN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 31. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9788773076231
ISBN
9788773076231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. The Aesthetics of Natural Environments is a collection of essays investigating philosophical and aesthetics issues that arise in our appreciation of natural environments. The introduction gives an historical and conceptual overview of the rapidly developing field of study known as environmental aesthetics. Editor(s): Carlson, Allen; Berleant, Arnold. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114705
ISBN
9781551114705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.59
€ 68.37

Paperback. What is music, what is its value, and what does it mean? In this exciting book, the philosopher Roger Scruton explores the nature and meaning of music from first principles and gives a fascinating analysis of musical organization, together with a provocative account of contemporary civilization and its discontents. Num Pages: 560 pages, music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198167273
ISBN
9780198167273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.93

Paperback. Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art. Moving between ancient and modern traditions, it contends that the history of mimesis hinges on problems that are of concern for contemporary aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691092584
ISBN
9780691092584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.43
€ 51.34

This book examines how a group of young far-right intellectuals in the 1930s reimagined the French nation through the lens of gender and race, connecting both antisemitism and colonial racism in order to define the "new French man." Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 916. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804774574
ISBN
9780804774574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. This imaginative new collection explores the aesthetic qualities of human relationships, sports, taste, smell, food, and natural and built environments. With essays from philosophers working in a variety of traditions in the humanities and social sciences, this collection offers an important contribution to and expansion of traditional aesthetics. Editor(s): Light, Andrew; Smith, Jonathan. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342. 248 pages. Editor(s): Light, Andrew; Smith, Jonathan. This imaginative new collection explores the aesthetic qualities of human relationships, sports, taste, smell, food, and natural and built environments. With essays from philosophers working in a variety of traditions in the humanities and social sciences, this collection offers an important contribution to and expansion of traditional aesthetics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPN. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135030
ISBN
9780231135030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Environmental aesthetics explores the meaning and influence of environmental perception and experience on human life. Arguing for the idea that environment is fully integrated and continuous with us, this book explores the aesthetic dimensions of the human-environment continuum in both theoretical terms and concrete situations. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393348
ISBN
9781566393348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.83

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