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Hardback. Questions our approach to the study of consciousness and the way modern discoveries either mirror or contradict understandings reached in the centuries leading up to our own. Approaching the issue from both a philosophical and a psychological perspective, this work corrects many claims made about the success of brain science. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JMT; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141000
- ISBN
- 9780231141000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: BM; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 926. 528 pages, 18 illus. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BM; HRA. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 37. Weight: 992.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140980
- ISBN
- 9780231140980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80€ 62.72
€ 80.80
€ 62.72
Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140973
- ISBN
- 9780231140973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts S. 200 pages, 20 illus. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Dimension: 208 x 165 x 21. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140966
- ISBN
- 9780231140966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 51.34
€ 65.35
€ 51.34
Hardback. Editor(s): Kul-Want, Christopher. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140942
- ISBN
- 9780231140942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.82€ 90.75
€ 118.82
€ 90.75
Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140935
- ISBN
- 9780231140935
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140928
- ISBN
- 9780231140928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Investigates the role of paradox in Western and Asian religious discourse. Drawing on both philosophy and social scientific theory, this book offers a naturalistic explanation of religion's oft-noted propensity to sublime paradox and argues that religious thinkers employ intractable paradoxes as basis for various techniques of self-transformation. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140829
- ISBN
- 9780231140829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80€ 62.72
€ 80.80
€ 62.72
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 472 pages, 7 illus., 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140768
- ISBN
- 9780231140768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.52€ 98.65
€ 129.52
€ 98.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Jackson, Kenneth T.; Kameny, Fred. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140638
- ISBN
- 9780231140638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140515
- ISBN
- 9780231140515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time. This work explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development. It argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory: Philosophies of Gender, Race, and Society S. Num Pages: 244 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140300
- ISBN
- 9780231140300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 46.96
€ 59.41
€ 46.96
Hardback. Challenges the anthropocentrism of the continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, although some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole. This book draws on ethological and evolutionary evidence and the work of Heidegger; Luc Ferry and Jurgen Habermas; and, Levinas. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140225
- ISBN
- 9780231140225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.56€ 80.25
€ 104.56
€ 80.25
Hardback. Provides the history of the Indian railways. from the design of carriages to the architecture of stations, employment hierarchies, and the construction of employee housing, this book explores the public spaces and social relationships created by the railway bureaucracy. It traces their influence on the formation of Indian nationalism. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140027
- ISBN
- 9780231140027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80€ 62.72
€ 80.80
€ 62.72
Hardback. Argues that although Thomas Hobbes pays lip service to the superior interpretive authority of the sovereign, he consistently subverts this authority throughout the book by returning it to the reader. Making the leap to politics, the author suggests that following Hobbes's argument, the sovereign can also be seen as idolatrous. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139847
- ISBN
- 9780231139847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 57.47
€ 73.67
€ 57.47
Paperback. Reconsiders the political, cultural, and legal nature of modernity in relation to religion. This title argues that the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau was instrumental in the evolution of modernity. In Rousseau, it pinpoints the origins of contemporary notions of the public and private and their relationship to religion. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HPCD; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139694
- ISBN
- 9780231139694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 46.96
€ 59.41
€ 46.96
Hardback. In 2003, after two years of negotiations, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed a model peace treaty. The document, called the Geneva Initiative, contained detailed provisions resolving the outstanding issues between Israel and the Palestinian people. This book explains how and why these groups were able to achieve agreement. Translator(s): Watzman, Haim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139045
- ISBN
- 9780231139045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 51.34
€ 65.35
€ 51.34
Hardback. Believes that early childhood emotional attachments form the cognitive underpinnings of spiritual experience and religious motivation. Classifying the three parts of the spiritual experience: awe, Spirituality proper, and mysticism, the author discusses the foundations of religious sentiment and the processes associated with spiritual experience. Series: Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0 halftones, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HRLK; JMAF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139007
- ISBN
- 9780231139007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 51.34
€ 65.35
€ 51.34
Hardback. Takes on the history of philosophy, viewing it as a history of masculine texts and male problems and questioning its social and legislative conclusions. This work argues that the position of women in philosophy is a question of exclusion by men rather than, as some suggest, of a hypothetically imminent "femininity." Translator(s): Selous, Trista. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138949
- ISBN
- 9780231138949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.32€ 83.75
€ 109.32
€ 83.75
Paperback. Environmental aesthetics is a field of study that focuses on nature's aesthetic value as well as on its ethical and environmental implications. This book addresses the complex relationships between aesthetic appreciation and environmental issues and emphasizes the contribution that environmental aesthetics can make to environmentalism. Editor(s): Carlson, Allen; Lintott, Sheila. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138871
- ISBN
- 9780231138871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44