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Hardcover. The changing concept of "virtue" during the 18th century is followed here, from the Roman ideals of personal integrity which was lacking in the political corruption of the time, to the idea of virtue prevailing only in the unpoliticized, to the questioning of the very concept of "virtue" itself. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333760314
ISBN
9780333760314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardback. A highly accomplished historian, Heyck relays this complicated story with unusual clarity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15, 1 black & white line drawings, 3 recorded music items, 11 graphs. BIC Classification: HPS; J; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417103
ISBN
9781421417103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLP1. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9788120787001
ISBN
9788120787001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Hardback. Although Abraham Lincoln was among seven presidents who served during the tumultuous years between the end of the Mexican War and the end of the Reconstruction era, history has not been kind to the others: Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses Grant. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346588
ISBN
9781612346588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Hardback. As William Nester asserts in The Age of Jackson, it takes quite a leader to personify an age. A political titan for thirty-three years (1815-1848), Andrew Jackson possessed character, beliefs, and acts that dominated American politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612346052
ISBN
9781612346052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400. American Thought and Culture in the 1960s. 272 pages, 15 b&w photographs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 16. Weight: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801487002
ISBN
9780801487002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Can human rights protect the stateless? Or are they permanently excluded from politics? The authors explore questions of statelessness, exclusion, the violence of securitisation and the visual representation of refugees and illegal migrants in the media. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403054
ISBN
9781474403054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Electronic book text. These 11 essays give you new perspectives on Agamben's recent work on government and his relationship to the revolutionary tradition, opening up new ways of thinking about politics and critical theory in the post-financial crisis world. Editor(s): McLoughlin, Senior Lecturer in the Law School Daniel (University of New South Wales). Series: Critical Connections. BIC Classification: GBC; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402644
ISBN
9781474402644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. Rapidly becoming one of the most celebrated and controversial contemporary thinkers, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses his ideas about ontology - the philosophy of being - as a foundation for his political theory. This book looks at Agamben's entire corpus of political thought. Series: Thinking Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748676217
ISBN
9780748676217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. This collection of essays evaluates Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory. Editor(s): Svirsky, Dr. Marcelo; Bignall, Simone. Series: Critical Connections. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643936
ISBN
9780748643936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. This collection of essays evaluates Agamben's work from a postcolonial perspective. Svirsky and Bignall assemble leading figures to explore the rich philosophical linkages and the political concerns shared by Agamben and postcolonial theory. Editor(s): Svirsky, Dr. Marcelo; Bignall, Simone. Series: Critical Connections. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643943
ISBN
9780748643943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.85
€ 120.22

Paperback. Until recently, continental philosophy has been tied either to the German tradition of phenomenology or to French post-structuralist concerns with the conditions of language and textuality. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653112
ISBN
9780745653112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardback. Until recently, continental philosophy has been tied either to the German tradition of phenomenology or to French post-structuralist concerns with the conditions of language and textuality. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653105
ISBN
9780745653105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748957
ISBN
9780804748957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

hardcover. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748940
ISBN
9780804748940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.96

Paperback. Using case studies from across South America to question received notions of archaeological typography, this volume argues that a more fluid approach to analyzing the meanings of symbols enables interpretations less dominated by colonial political narratives. Editor(s): Gnecco, Cristobal; Langebaek, Carl. Num Pages: 254 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493947645
ISBN
9781493947645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.18

Hardback. Against Typological Tyranny in Archaeology Editor(s): Gnecco, Cristobal; Langebaek, Carl. Num Pages: 254 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461487234
ISBN
9781461487234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.33

Hardcover. The 'theory of mind' framework has been the fastest growing body of empirical research in contemporary psychology. It has given rise to a range of positions on what it takes to relate to others as intentional beings. This book brings together disparate strands of ToM research, lays out historical roots of the idea and indicates better alternatives. Editor(s): Leudar, Ivan; Costall, Alan. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMAL; JMC; JMH; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230552739
ISBN
9780230552739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Paperback. The 'theory of mind' framework has been the fastest growing body of empirical research in contemporary psychology. It has given rise to a range of positions on what it takes to relate to others as intentional beings. This book brings together disparate strands of ToM research, lays out historical roots of the idea and indicates better alternatives Editor(s): Leudar, Ivan; Costall, Alan. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMAQ; JMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378. 288 pages, 0, 1 black & white tables. The 'theory of mind' framework has been the fastest growing body of empirical research in contemporary psychology. It has given rise to a range of positions on what it takes to relate to others as intentional beings. This book brings together disparate strands of ToM research, lays out historical roots of the idea and indicates better alternatives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPM; JMAQ; JMC; JMH. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230552746
ISBN
9780230552746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. The widely acclaimed autobiography of Irish politician and doctor, Noel Christopher Browne. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; HBJD1; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Gill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717142958
ISBN
9780717142958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

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