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Paperback. This is a social and cultural history of Scotland's industrial rise and relative decline, concerned above all with the leaders and workers who produced the first and suffered in the second Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KCZ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610853
ISBN
9780748610853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.90

Hardcover. The idea of progress guided human expectations and actions for over two centuries. From the Enlightenment onwards, it was widely believed that the condition of humankind could be radically improved. History had embarked on an unstoppable forward trajectory, realizing the promise of freedom and reason. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745690995
ISBN
9780745690995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Hardcover. What is the relationship between persons and things? And how does the body transform this relationship? In this book, the author - one of Italy's leading political philosophers - considers these questions and shows that starting from the body, rather than from the thing or the person, can help us to reconsider the status of both. Series: Theory Redux. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745690643
ISBN
9780745690643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 52.52

Hardcover. This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to contemporary bioethics. It also presents provocative, philosophically informed arguments on current bioethical issues. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745690599
ISBN
9780745690599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.40

hardcover. * Alain Badiou is probably the most widely read and influential philosopher in France today. Alain Finkielkraut is also a well-known public intellectual in France * Both have attracted controversy in the past and they hold strongly contrasting political views. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745685694
ISBN
9780745685694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Hardcover. The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of Nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of Nature have been continuously developed by theology, politics, economics, and science, especially the sciences of the material world. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745684338
ISBN
9780745684338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.78

Hardcover. On 26 August 1974, Michel Foucault completed work on Discipline and Punish, and on that very same day began writing the first volume of The History of Sexuality. A little under ten years later, on 25 June 1984, shortly after the second and third volumes were published, he was dead. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745683911
ISBN
9780745683911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardcover. 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: 221 x 142 x 49. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745682662
ISBN
9780745682662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardcover. 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, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745682167
ISBN
9780745682167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.67

Hardback. * An insightful framing of basic issues and developments in the field of moral responsibility * Clearly and engagingly overs a staggering amount of material in a short amount of space * Includes some of the author's genuinely original ideas and insights * An up-to-the-minute snapshot of what issues are exercising theorists today. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745680583
ISBN
9780745680583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Hardcover. Regardless of who you are or how you live your life, you disagree with millions of people on an enormous number of topics from politics, religion and morality to sport, culture and art. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745672267
ISBN
9780745672267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

hardcover. Theodor Adorno s reputation as a cultural critic has been well-established for some time, but his status as a philosopher remains unclear. In Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy Andrew Bowie seeks to establish what Adorno can contribute to philosophy today. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671581
ISBN
9780745671581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardcover. 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: 146 x 396 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671543
ISBN
9780745671543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardcover. What does it mean to live dangerously? This is not just a philosophical question or an ethical call to reflect upon our own individual recklessness. It is a deeply political issue, fundamental to the new doctrine of resilience that is becoming a key term of art for governing planetary life in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671529
ISBN
9780745671529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

Hardcover. 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: 219 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671505
ISBN
9780745671505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.40

Hardback. 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: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671222
ISBN
9780745671222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.40

hardcover. * David Vincent is a foremost social historian and has been working on the history of privacy and secrecy for a number of years * This new book will be a short history of privacy since the middle ages. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671123
ISBN
9780745671123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.02

Hardcover. How can we understand another person's feelings, thoughts, words or behaviour? Through empathy, it is hoped, we might use our imaginations to shift our perspective into another person's, thereby grasping their thoughts and emotions. Series: Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745670744
ISBN
9780745670744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Hardcover. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745669830
ISBN
9780745669830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.57

Hardcover. In this important new book, the distinguished Egyptologist Jan Assmann provides a masterful overview of a crucial theme in the religious history of the West - that of 'religio duplex', or dual religion. He begins by returning to the theology of the Ancient Egyptians, who set out to present their culture as divided between the popular and the elite. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745668420
ISBN
9780745668420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

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