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Hardcover. This volume considers the phenomenon of mimetic contagion, whereby works of art draw viewers into direct imitation of themselves, and how it operates within specific historical contexts. Terence's Eunuch is used as a case study, situating the motif within the peculiarities of mid-second-century BC Rome and its anxieties about the power of art. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738732
- ISBN
- 9780198738732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.61
€ 158.61
Hardcover. Italy 1636 uses the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 to explore the operation of early modern armies through a neo-Darwinian lens, emphasizing the universal features of human behaviour and psychology as they relate to violence and war. Num Pages: 240 pages, 47 black and white halftones and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738244
- ISBN
- 9780198738244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.87
€ 220.87
Hardcover. Brian Hedden defends a radical view about rationality, personal identity, and time. He argues that what it is rational to do should not depend on your past beliefs or actions, which are not part of your current perspective on the world. His impersonal approach holds that what rationality demands of you is solely determined by your evidence. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198732594
- ISBN
- 9780198732594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.36
€ 121.36
Hardcover. Trenton Merricks presents an original argument for the existence of propositions, and defends an account of their nature. He draws a variety of controversial conclusions, for instance about supervaluationism, the nature of possible worlds, truths about non-existent entities, and whether and how logical consequence depends on modal facts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPJ; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198732563
- ISBN
- 9780198732563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.68
€ 108.68
Paperback. Oxford Studies in Metaphysics is the forum for the best new work in this flourishing field. Much of the most interesting work in philosophy today is metaphysical in character: this series is a much-needed focus for it. Editor(s): Bennett, Karen; Zimmerman, Dean W. Series: Oxford Studies in Metaphysics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198729259
- ISBN
- 9780198729259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. A new and holistic interpretation of one of the non-fiction sensations of the nineteenth century, Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus, this volume demonstrates how Renan's controversial work intervened in a remarkable range of debates in nineteenth-century French cultural life: not merely religious, but also social, intellectual, and cultural. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728757
- ISBN
- 9780198728757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.37
€ 208.37
Hardcover. What, if anything, is religious or spiritual delusion? What does religious delusion reveal about the difference between good and bad spirituality? The Abraham Dilemma: A Divine Delusion is the first book written by a philosopher on the topic of religious delusion - on the disorder's causes, contents, consequences, diagnosis and treatment Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; HRAB; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198728658
- ISBN
- 9780198728658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.75
€ 96.75
Hardcover. Ernest Sosa extends his distinctive approach to epistemology, intertwining issues concerning the role of the will in judgment and belief with issues of epistemic evaluation. While noting that human knowledge trades on distinctive psychological capacities, Sosa also emphasizes the role of the social in human knowledge. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198719694
- ISBN
- 9780198719694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.45
€ 120.45
Hardcover. In an ambitious overview of a thousand years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T. P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of Roman 'literature' to mass public audiences. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 illustrations, including a four-page colour plates section. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198718352
- ISBN
- 9780198718352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.83
€ 197.83
Hardcover. This book offers an original account of the history of liberal thought, one grounded in an institutional history of medieval pluralism and the early modern rationalizing state, and explores the deep tensions that liberal political thought rests upon. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 648.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198717140
- ISBN
- 9780198717140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.26
€ 110.26
Hardcover. Culture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World War presents a new cultural history of Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, examining the often-neglected period before the onset of the Troubles and exploring work by the generation of artists and writers that preceded Seamus Heaney and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198716853
- ISBN
- 9780198716853
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Condition: New
€ 159.29
€ 159.29
Paperback. Discusses how a knowledge of long-term change in ecosystems can inform and influence their conservation, integrating perspectives from archaeology, environmental history and palaeoecology. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HDP; PSVS; RNCB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198713043
- ISBN
- 9780198713043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.36
€ 99.36
Paperback. Can we have objective knowledge of right and wrong, of how we should live and what there is reason to do? Can it be anything but luck when our beliefs are true? Kieran Setiya confronts these questions in their most compelling and articulate forms, and argues that if there is objective ethical knowledge, human nature is its source. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709619
- ISBN
- 9780198709619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.50
€ 58.50
Hardcover. A study of the nature of the relationship between the Vichy regime and its Jewish citizens, particularly of its youth, in the period 1940 to 1942. Series: Oxford Historical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 black and white halftones and 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198707158
- ISBN
- 9780198707158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.31
€ 214.31
Paperback. The Aesthetic Mind breaks new ground in bringing together empirical sciences and philosophy to enhance our understanding of art and the aesthetic. An eminent international team of experts explores the roles of emotion, imagination, empathy, and beauty in this realm of human experience, discussing visual and literary art, music, and dance. Editor(s): Schellekens, Elisabeth; Goldie, Peter. Num Pages: 470 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: ABA; HP; HPN; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198705925
- ISBN
- 9780198705925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.89
€ 78.89
Hardcover. Originally published 1961, this volume is being reissued to make the entire series available to students and scholars of biblical and post-biblical Judaism and early Christianity. A companion volume contains the plates found in the original one-volume publication. Series: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. Num Pages: 320 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; HDDH; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 321 x 240 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198269441
- ISBN
- 9780198269441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 428.43
€ 428.43
Hardcover. This volume contains a collection of prayers, hymns, psalms, and liturgies from Cave 4 at Qumran. Among them, 4QNon-Canonical Psalms, 4Q "Blessings" and 4QApocryphal Psalm. These compositions reveal the community's understanding of heaven and earth and the tradition of worship through poetry. Editor(s): Nitzan, Bilhah; Eshel, Esther; Eshel, Hannan; Yardenia, Ada. Series: Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. Num Pages: 488 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HDDH; HRJ; HRLD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 322 x 241 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198263807
- ISBN
- 9780198263807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 604.43
€ 604.43
Hardcover. Presents various texts of Cicero's dialogues on political philosophy, "De Re Publica" and "De Legibus", together with corrected versions of the editor's editions of "Cato Maior de Senectute" and "Laelius de Amicitia". Editor(s): Powell, J. G. F. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 466 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198146698
- ISBN
- 9780198146698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.66
€ 39.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages, Map: 1. BIC Classification: 1FKA; CFB; HBJF; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 37. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198099154
- ISBN
- 9780198099154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.68
€ 86.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3J; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198099109
- ISBN
- 9780198099109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.79
€ 55.79