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Hardback. Jean-Luc Nancy stands as one of the great French theorists of "deconstruction. " His writings on philosophy, politics, aesthetics, and religion have significantly contributed to the development of contemporary French thought and helped shape and transform the field of continental philosophy. Editor(s): Conley, Verena; Goh, Irving. Series: Theory Now. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661667
- ISBN
- 9780745661667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardcover. Scholarship on African American history has changed dramatically since the publication of George Washington Williams pioneering A History of the Negro Race in America in 1882. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745660806
- ISBN
- 9780745660806
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Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardcover. Throughout history, the world and its operation have been viewed in terms of cause and effect. The principles of causation have been applied, fruitfully, across the sciences, law, and medicine, and in everyday life, despite the lack of any agreed-upon framework for understanding what causation ultimately amounts to. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745659954
- ISBN
- 9780745659954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback.
Emotion is at the centre of our personal and social lives. To love or to hate, to be frightened or grateful is not just a matter of how we feel on the inside: our emotional responses direct our thoughts and actions, unleash our imaginations, and structure our relationships with others. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745656359
- ISBN
- 9780745656359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Irish philosopher George Bishop Berkeley was one of the greatest philosophers of the early modern period. Along with David Hume and John Locke he is considered one of the fathers of British Empiricism. Series: Classic Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745656335
- ISBN
- 9780745656335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. * Antonio Negri is an internationally famous political thinker, extremely well-known for his hugely influential work Empire * This new book takes the form of a series of letters, written from a prison cell in Italy between October 1981 and April 1982, to a young friend in France. Translator(s): Emory, Ed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655642
- ISBN
- 9780745655642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. * An ideal introduction to the emerging field of Toleration, a critical topic in political philosophy * Written in a lively prose style, ideal for classroom use. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655567
- ISBN
- 9780745655567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardback. Few philosophers have left a legacy like that of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He has been credited not only with inventing the differential calculus, but also with anticipating the basic ideas of modern logic, information science, and fractal geometry. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653747
- ISBN
- 9780745653747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.53
€ 77.53
Hardback. Each of us, right now, is having a unique conscious experience. Nothing is more basic to our lives as thinking beings and nothing, it seems, is better known to us. But the ever-expanding reach of natural science suggests that everything in our world is ultimately physical. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM; JMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745653440
- ISBN
- 9780745653440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. When a doctor tells you there's a one percent chance that an operation will result in your death, or a scientist claims that his theory is probably true, what exactly does that mean? Understanding probability is clearly very important, if we are to make good theoretical and practical choices. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652566
- ISBN
- 9780745652566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardback. What does it mean to be Jewish? What is an anti-Semite? Why does the enigmatic identity of the men who founded the first monotheistic religion arouse such passions? We need to return to the Jewish question. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652191
- ISBN
- 9780745652191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. * Noam Chomsky is one of the most influential figures in contemporary intellectual life, known for his groundbreaking contributions to a range of fields from linguistics to political theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649894
- ISBN
- 9780745649894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we acquire virtues if so, how? In this lively and engaging introduction to this core topic, Heather Battaly argues that there is more than one kind of virtue. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745649535
- ISBN
- 9780745649535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.35
€ 60.35
Hardback. With his insightful and wide-ranging theory of recognition, Axel Honneth has decisively reshaped the Frankfurt School tradition of critical social theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745649030
- ISBN
- 9780745649030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. We talk about irrationality when behaviour defies explanation or prediction, when decisions are driven by emotions or instinct rather than by reflection, when reasoning fails to conform to basic principles of logic and probability, and when beliefs lack coherence or empirical support. Series: Polity Key Concepts in Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPL; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647821
- ISBN
- 9780745647821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. GWF Hegel has long been considered one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the nineteenth century, and his work continues to provoke debate in contemporary philosophy. Series: Polity Classic Thinkers Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745647241
- ISBN
- 9780745647241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. * Francois Jullien is a philosopher with a specialist knowledge of China and Chinese thought. He uses Chinese thought as a mirror to reflect on the West and as an invitation to think about difference and otherness. * This book focuses on the idea of the universal and analyses different ways of thinking about it. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745646220
- ISBN
- 9780745646220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Hardback. In this latest addition to the War & Conflict Through the Ages series, Brian Sandberg offers a truly global examination of the intersections between war, culture, and society in the early modern period. Series: War and Conflict Through the Ages. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HBLH; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745646022
- ISBN
- 9780745646022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardback. Climate change, habitat loss, rising extinction rates - such problems call for more than just new policies and practices. They raise fundamental questions about the world and our place in it. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745645469
- ISBN
- 9780745645469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. aeo A concise but wide--ranging work by one of Francea s greatest historians. aeo Discusses the relation between art and society in Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century. aeo Demonstrates how the meaning and significance of art changes over time. Num Pages: 119 pages, 16 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; ACK; ACN; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621739
- ISBN
- 9780745621739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86