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Hardcover. Wariboko offers a critical-philosophical perspective on the logics and dynamics of finance capital in the twenty-first century in order to craft a model of the care of the soul that will enable citizens to not only better negotiate their economic existences and moral evaluations within it, but also resist its negative impact on social life. Series: Radical Theologies and Philosophies. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KFF; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137475497
- ISBN
- 9781137475497
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Condition: New
€ 67.20
€ 67.20
Social Capital and Risk Sharing: An Islamic Finance Paradigm (Palgrave...
Ng, Adam, Ibrahim, Mansor H., Mirakhor, Abbas
Hardcover. This exciting new addition to Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics argues that social capital can facilitate rule-compliance and co-operation in the sharing of risk in financial and economic activities. Series: Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics. Num Pages: 228 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRH; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137476043
- ISBN
- 9781137476043
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Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between fiction and nation formation in the Muslim world through 12 unique studies from Azerbaijan, Libya, Iran, Algeria, and Yemen, amongst others, this book shows how fiction reflects and relates the complex entanglements of nation, religion, and modernity in the process of political and cultural identity formation. Editor(s): Ozdalga, Elisabeth; Kuzmanovic, Daniella. Series: Islam and Nationalism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; HRH; JPFN; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477576
- ISBN
- 9781137477576
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Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardcover. This compact, forcefully argued work calls Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, and the rest of the so-called 'New Atheists' to account for failing to take seriously the historical record to which they so freely appeal when attacking religion. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HRQA; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477675
- ISBN
- 9781137477675
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€ 47.53
€ 47.53
Hardcover. This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have affected the lives HIV-positive people, youth and broader communities. Drawing on Foucault and the sociology of knowledge, it explains how religion became influential in reshaping ideas about sexuality, medicine and modernity. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JM; HRCX6; JFFH2; JHMC; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477767
- ISBN
- 9781137477767
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Biblical Perspectives on Leadership and Organizations links biblically-based principles to the study of organizational practices by examining topics including motives, meaningful work, and spiritual leadership from a biblical perspective integrated with findings from contemporary research. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCX6; KJD; KJMB; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137478030
- ISBN
- 9781137478030
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€ 204.92
€ 204.92
Hardback. This book studies the growth and reconstriuction of the Spanish fiscal-military state. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137478658
- ISBN
- 9781137478658
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Condition: New
€ 184.63
€ 184.63
Hardcover. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3F; BGX; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479631
- ISBN
- 9781137479631
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€ 116.98
€ 116.98
Hardcover. This history of the 'Torrid Zone' offers a comprehensive and powerfully rich exploration of the 17th century Anglophone Atlantic world, overturning British and American historiographies and offering instead a vernacular history that skillfully negotiates diverse locations, periodizations, and the fraught waters of ethnicity and gender. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479990
- ISBN
- 9781137479990
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Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardback. Series: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRCC96; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 529.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480156
- ISBN
- 9781137480156
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Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardcover. European unity is a dream that has appealed to the imagination since the Middle Ages. Its motives have varied from a longing for peace to a deep-rooted abhorrence of diversity, as well as a yearning to maintain Europe's colonial dominance. This book offers a multifaceted history that takes in account the European imagination in a global context. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; GTJ; HBJD; HBTP; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480460
- ISBN
- 9781137480460
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising a "master narrative," these fascinating and varied accounts bring to light the often divergent perspectives, experiences, and institutional cultures that defined the Soviet space program. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 319 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBTW; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481788
- ISBN
- 9781137481788
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Condition: New
€ 150.31
€ 150.31
Hardback. In the context of their war experience in the First World War, the changes and developments of the Executive branch of the Royal Navy between the world wars are examined and how these made them fit for the test of the Second World War are critically assessed. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 black & white halftones, 2 graphs, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481955
- ISBN
- 9781137481955
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Condition: New
€ 118.13
€ 118.13
Hardback. Series: Global Political Thinkers. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 244 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482143
- ISBN
- 9781137482143
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Re-examining English Romanticism through Hegel's philosophy, this book outlines and expands upon Hegel's theory of recognition. Deakin critiques four canonical writers of the English Romantic tradition, Coleridge, Wordsworth, P.B. Shelley and Mary Shelley, arguing that they, as Hegel, are engaged in a struggle towards philosophical recognition. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482174
- ISBN
- 9781137482174
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Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardback. The book from the interdisciplinary fields of queer theory, critical race theory, feminist political theory, disability studies, and indigenous studies to demonstrate that analyzing contemporary notions of citizenship requires understanding the machinations of governmentality and biopolitics in the (re)production of the proper citizen. Num Pages: 95 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; H; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 95
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482327
- ISBN
- 9781137482327
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Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
The Political World of Bob Dylan: Freedom and Justice, Power and Sin (...
Taylor, Jeff, Israelson, Chad
Hardcover. This work illuminates, identifies, and characterizes the influences and expressions of Bob Dylan's Political World throughout his life and career. An approach nearly as unique as the singer himself, the authors attempt to remove Dylan from the typical Left/Right paradigm and place him into a broader and deeper context. Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482341
- ISBN
- 9781137482341
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Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardback. The focus of the book is the cost of empire, particularly the cost in the American case - the internal burden of American global leadership. The book builds an argument about the propensity of external responsibilities to undermine the internal strength, raising the question of the link between weakening and the global spread of American power. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482365
- ISBN
- 9781137482365
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Famed and outspoken Russian poet, Maximilian Voloshin's notoriety has grown steadily since his slow release from Soviet censorship. For the first time, Landa showcases his vast poetic contributions, proving his words to be an overlooked solution both to the political and cultural turmoil engulfing the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482617
- ISBN
- 9781137482617
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Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Hardback. During the Zimbabwean struggle for independence, the settler regime imprisoned numerous activists and others it suspected of being aligned with the guerrillas. This book is the first to look closely at the histories and lived experiences of these political detainees and prisoners, showing how they challenged and negotiated their incarceration. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482716
- ISBN
- 9781137482716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41