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Paperback. 1968 witnessed a highly unusual sequence of popular rebellions worldwide. Gerd-Rainer Horn offers a fascinating re-assessment of these turbulent times, arguing that 1968 cannot be seen in isolation; it must be viewed in the context of a much larger period of experimentation and revolt. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBG; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199541591
- ISBN
- 9780199541591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.20
€ 73.20
Paperback. In this superbly argued and deeply engaging book, Andrew Linzey not only shows that animals can and do suffer but also that many of the justifications for inflicting animal suffering in fact provide grounds for protecting them. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM3; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199351848
- ISBN
- 9780199351848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.11
€ 44.11
hardcover. A corrective to the much-discussed Victorian 'crisis of faith', this study focuses upon several prominent individuals who experienced a 'crisis of doubt' and made the reverse journey, abandoning secularism to defend Christianity. Their stories demonstrate the intellectual strength of faith in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HRCC2; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 245 x 25. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199287871
- ISBN
- 9780199287871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.84
€ 38.84
paperback. Contains articles on almost all aspects of ancient philosophy that include critical notices of major books. This volume features essays on Empedocles, Xenophon, and Socrates, with several on each of Plato and Aristotle. Editor(s): Sedley, David. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199287451
- ISBN
- 9780199287451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Paperback. Bennett engages with the thought of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. His chief focus is on the words they wrote. What problem is being tackled? How exactly is the solution meant to work? Does it succeed? If not why not? What can be learned from its success or failure? Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199266289
- ISBN
- 9780199266289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.94
€ 79.94
hardcover. Reconstructs the lives of some of the men who shaped events in the final controversial years of the Western Roman Empire during the fifth century AD. Ranging from the Balkans and Italy to northern France, this study uses a wide range of historical evidence, folklore, letters, poems, sermons, archaeology, and coins. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 207 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199252442
- ISBN
- 9780199252442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 320.39
€ 320.39
The Principles of History. And Other Writings in Philosophy of History...
Collingwood, R. G.. Ed(S): Dussen, W. J. Van ...
Paperback. This work on the philosophy of history, by the Oxford philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) also includes two conclusions written by Collingwood for lectures which were eventually revised and published as "The Idea of Nature". Editor(s): Dussen, W. J. van der. Num Pages: 382 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPJ; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199243150
- ISBN
- 9780199243150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.33
€ 85.33
hardcover. Jaap Mansfeld and Frans de Haas bring together in this volume a distinguished international team of ancient philosophers, presenting a systematic, chapter-by-chapter study of one of the key texts in Aristotle's science and metaphysics: the first book of On Generation and Corruption. Editor(s): Haas, Frans de; Mansfeld, Jaap. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 687.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780199242924
- ISBN
- 9780199242924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.03
€ 217.03
An Essay on Metaphysics. Revised Edition with Introduction and Additio...
Collingwood, R. G.. Ed(S): Martin, Rex
Paperback. First published in 1940, this is a broad-ranging work in which Collingwood considers the nature of philosophy, especially of metaphysics. He puts forward his well-known doctrine of absolute pre-suppositions, expounds a logic of question and answer, and gives an account of causation. Editor(s): Martin, Rex. Num Pages: 548 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 34. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199241415
- ISBN
- 9780199241415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.63
€ 82.63
paperback. Robert Eaglestone argues that postmodernism is a response to the Holocaust. He offers a range of new perspectives, including new ways of looking at testimony and at recent Holocaust fiction; explores controversies in Holocaust history; looks at the importance of the Holocaust for recent philosophy; and asks what the Holocaust means for reason, ethics, and for being human. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLW3; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239375
- ISBN
- 9780199239375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.42
€ 62.42
Paperback. There is interest in globalization which is thought to be changing all economic, political, and cultural life. This book takes globalization and its opposite, fragmentation as the organizing themes for a grand retrospective of twentieth century international history and assesses how both have been shaped by the century's formative events. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford Oxford
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198781660
- ISBN
- 9780198781660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.80
€ 86.80
paperback. This volume provides a readable account of the history of the British Isles from the Norman Conquest of England, to the eve of the Welsh against Edward I in 1282. Editor(s): Harvey, Barbara F. Series: Short Oxford History of the British Isles. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 maps and 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; 4KL; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780198731399
- ISBN
- 9780198731399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.63
€ 51.63
Hardcover. This volume celebrates the women born between the Renaissance and 1913 who played significant roles in the history of classical scholarship. Synthesizing incisive case-studies with overviews of the evolution of the discipline, it explores their legacy and provides scholars of today with the female intellectual ancestors they did not know they had. Editor(s): Wyles, Rosie; Hall, Edith. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 496 pages, 28 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 227 x 33. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198725206
- ISBN
- 9780198725206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.47
€ 198.47
Paperback. 'Modern European thought' describes a wide range of philosophies, cultural programmes, and political arguments developed in Europe in the period following the French Revolution. This handbook charts and explores recurring themes and approaches to this broad and complex topic, particularly with regard to Theology. Editor(s): Adams, Nicholas; Pattison, Professor George; Ward, Graham. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 246 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709800
- ISBN
- 9780198709800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.05
€ 53.05
hardcover. This ethnography of the native people of the Bajo Urubamba river in Peruvian Amazonia addresses the wider issue of historical change in Amazonia and the political problems caused for indigenous people by modern development. Series: Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 figure, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780198273554
- ISBN
- 9780198273554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.67
€ 252.67
paperback. 'Neil Duxbury's splendid book will provide enjoyable and informative reading for anyone interested in jurisprudence ..It is a very fine book that fully deserves the high praise which it will undoubtedly receive.' The Cambridge Law Journal. The hardback won the 1996 SPTL First Prize for outstanding legal scholarship. Num Pages: 530 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780198264910
- ISBN
- 9780198264910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.63
€ 82.63
Hardcover. Ethics and Human Action in Early Stoicism Num Pages: 356 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 32. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198247395
- ISBN
- 9780198247395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.21
€ 199.21
hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198245018
- ISBN
- 9780198245018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.60
€ 66.60
paperback. This text argues that traditional social contract theory does not account for the continuing existence of the non-social community and its relation to the social community in the body politic. It aims to establish links between the levels of consciousness, society, civilization, and barbarism. Num Pages: 584 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HPCF; HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198238805
- ISBN
- 9780198238805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.98
€ 83.98
hardcover. Shows how the English came to believe between 1500 and 1740. This work examines social policy and institutions such as workhouses and hospitals in order to illustrate how contemporaries tried to shape their social and moral environment, and how they defined the notion of 'welfare'. Num Pages: 188 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780198206613
- ISBN
- 9780198206613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.64
€ 195.64