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Hardcover. This book argues that theorists are located within the social world; exercises in theorizing are both bounded and creative; imagination and creativity build upon the resources of tradition; and such awareness is the basis for dialogue with the denizens of other traditions, cultures and ways of making sense of the world. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576001
- ISBN
- 9780230576001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. This book traverses the Indian Ocean in the period when the British held sway over the major oceanic waters of the world. In reviving the history of the Andamans as an important imperial prize, it offers a fresh perspective on the history of British colonialism, nationalism and the creation of modern India from its geographic periphery. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576056
- ISBN
- 9780230576056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. This book provides an innovative interpretation of Hans J. Morgenthau's contribution to international relations, and argues that the concepts of meaning, power as meaning imposition, disenchantment and re-enchantment are central to Morgenthau's theory. Series: International Political Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576070
- ISBN
- 9780230576070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Since the late 1700s new forms of visual entertainment have tried to simulate the details of nature: reenactment has now become the most widely-consumed form of popular history. This book engages with the quest for definition and appropriate delimitation of reenactment as well as questions about the relationship between realism and affect. Series: Re-Enactment History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ASZ; HBAH; HBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576124
- ISBN
- 9780230576124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.92
€ 160.92
Hardcover. For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigates how men were socialized to the martial ethic from all sides, and how masculine identity was confirmed with blades and guns. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTJ; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576568
- ISBN
- 9780230576568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.93
€ 228.93
Hardcover. Radio was one of the major weapons used in the Cold War and The Undivided Sky gives a lively and comprehensive account of radio programming and audience responses in the divided Germany of the 1960s by looking at the reportage of major war-crimes trials of the time, issues of the Holocaust and German national identity. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576766
- ISBN
- 9780230576766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. This book is the first critical genealogy of Jacques Derrida's philosophy of technology. It traces the evolution of what Derrida calls 'originary technicity' via an appraisal of his own philosophy of technology together with that of key interlocutors including Marx, Freud, Lacan, Heidegger and Bernard Stiegler. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576926
- ISBN
- 9780230576926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.95
€ 149.95
Hardcover. The relation between common-sense belief and scientific theory is debated in contemporary philosophy. This book offers a defense of ordinary belief and outlines its contents on the nature of reality, the soundness of ordinary language, and the existence of the mind and its relation to the body. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF5; HPK; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576940
- ISBN
- 9780230576940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Shows how a sophisticated version of pragmatism, resting on a novel conception of rationality, can justify a range of important practices, including our practices of moral and epistemic evaluation, as well as our practice of making judgments regarding free will and moral responsibility. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576964
- ISBN
- 9780230576964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. In this excellent book Sebastien Gandon focuses mainly on Russell's two major texts, Principa Mathematica and Principle of Mathematics, meticulously unpicking the details of these texts and bringing a new interpretation of both the mathematical and the philosophical content. Winner of The Bertrand Russell Society Book Award 2013. Editor(s): Beaney, Michael. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 4. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576995
- ISBN
- 9780230576995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.88
€ 116.88
Hardcover. Logic as Universal Science offers a detailed reconstruction of the underlying philosophy in The Principles of Mathematics showing how Russell sought to deliver a death blow to the dominant Kantian view that formal logic is a concise and dry science and unable to enlarge our understanding. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577008
- ISBN
- 9780230577008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. This book reveals that 1969-74 was a crucial period for the special relationship. The Heath Government attempted to reverse Britain's decline as a great power by forging an American-European special relationship out of the Anglo-American relationship. Simultaneously the Nixon Administration tried to recoup the global position of the United States. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498. Britain, the US and the EC, 1969-74. Series: Global Conflict and Security Since 1945. 312 pages, 4 tables. This book reveals that 1969-74 was a crucial period for the special relationship. The Heath Government attempted to reverse Britain's decline as a great power by forging an American-European special relationship out of the Anglo-American relationship. Simultaneously the Nixon Administration tried to recoup the global position of the United States. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 23. Weight: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577251
- ISBN
- 9780230577251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. It is often said that war is 5% horror and 95% boredom. In this sense, military boredom is historically enduring as well as personally enduring for the soldiers who have to endure it. This book contributes to a deeper understanding -- historically, empirically and theoretically -- of the complex phenomenon of boredom in a military context. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577831
- ISBN
- 9780230577831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.46
€ 116.46
Hardcover. Madness in the Family explores how colonial families coped with insanity through a trans-colonial study of the relationships between families and public colonial hospitals for the insane in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand between 1860 and 1914. Num Pages: 235 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJM; HBTQ; MBPK; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230578074
- ISBN
- 9780230578074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book explores why it is white ethnicity has been rendered invisible, arguing that contemporary people's conceptions of themselves are conditioned by, and derive from, the unknown and forgotten legacy of a colonial past that cannot be confined to the past. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFSC; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230578494
- ISBN
- 9780230578494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Critically examines theories of cosmopolitan justice grounded in the major traditions of moral philosophy. Drawing upon the international ethics tradition, this book presents an argument for the validity of obligations of social justice between countries. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 197 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579125
- ISBN
- 9780230579125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive study in English of Soviet women who fought against the genocidal, misogynist, Nazi enemy on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. Drawing on a vast array of original archival, memoir, and published sources, this book captures the everyday experiences of Soviet women fighting, living and dying on the front. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579521
- ISBN
- 9780230579521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.47
€ 150.47
Hardcover. An account of how one Labour Party politician, after suffering the biggest setback of his political career, used the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in Grosvenor Square, the battle over trade union reform and the Troubles in Northern Ireland to propel himself to No 10. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPHL; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579583
- ISBN
- 9780230579583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Many studies of fictions of city life take the flaneur as the characteristic metropolitan type and streets and plazas as definitive urban spaces. Looking at novels and films set in London and Paris from L'Assommoir to Nil By Mouth, this book shows that mass housing is equally central to images of the modern city. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; DNF; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230579767
- ISBN
- 9780230579767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. An account of the nature and value of the family within a liberal society. It defines 'family', and assesses the right to have a family, whether the family promotes injustice, and what future there is for the family in the face of significant changes. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFR; JHBK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580596
- ISBN
- 9780230580596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50