.png){kind=logo}
Non-Western philosophy
Results 341 - 360 of 642
Non-Western philosophy
Hardback. Examines the contending perspectives on the theory of the state, and in particular, the circumstances under which it is justified to place the interest of society over that of the individual. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441983329
- ISBN
- 9781441983329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.00
€ 131.00
Paperback. An attempt to provide a critical account of Gandhi's moral and political philosophy. It places him in an historical context and examines his central philosophical assumptions, drawing on his original Gujarati works and discussions with his associates and followers. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349092505
- ISBN
- 9781349092505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardback. Editor(s): Kristjansson, Kristjan; Carr, David; Arthur, James. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137591760
- ISBN
- 9781137591760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.70
€ 205.70
Hardback. Recently discovered ancient silk and bamboo manuscripts have reformulated our understanding of ancient Chinese thought. They show that ancient Chinese philosophy was and is much richer and more complex than we ever imagined, and they chart the path from belief in powerful spirits and gods to the discovery of universal laws and order. Translator(s): Tadd, Misha. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBD; HPDF; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137546968
- ISBN
- 9781137546968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.55
€ 116.55
Hardcover. This book offers a paradigm shift and fresh interpretation of Rumi's message. After being disentangled from the anachronistic connection with the Mevlevi order of Islamic Sufism, Rumi is instead placed in the world of philosophy. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPDC; HRHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534040
- ISBN
- 9781137534040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.83
€ 149.83
Hardcover. The claim is frequently made on behalf of African moral beliefs and practices that they do not objectify and exploit nature and natural existents like Western ethics does. This book investigates whether this is correct and what kind of status is reserved for other-than-human animals in African ethics. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HPD; HPQ; HPS; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137504043
- ISBN
- 9781137504043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.14
€ 105.14
Post-Western International Relations Reconsidered: The Pre-Modern Poli...
Shih, Chih-Yu, Yu, Po-Tsan
Hardcover. This study offers a critique of international relations from the perspective of a pre-modern Chinese thinker, Gongsun Long. It explores both the potential and the danger of the post-Western quest for geo-cultural distinction. Series: Global Political Thinkers. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPDF; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493200
- ISBN
- 9781137493200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Hardcover. This collection discusses China's contemporary national and international identity as evidenced in its geopolitical impact on the countries in its direct periphery and its functioning in organizations of global governance. This contemporary identity is assessed against the background of the country's Confucian and nationalist history. Editor(s): Dessein, Bart. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HPDF; JPFC; JPS; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450296
- ISBN
- 9781137450296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardcover. The Ethical Foundations of Early Daoism: Zhuangzi's Unique Moral Vision argues that we can read early Daoist texts as works of moral philosophy that speak to perennial concerns about the well-lived life in the context of the Way. Lee argues that we can interpret early Daoism as an ethics of attunement. Series: Content and Context in Theological Ethics. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRAB; HRAX; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137387028
- ISBN
- 9781137387028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. A comparative investigation of Emerson's Transcendental thought and Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism, this book shows how both thinkers traced the human morality to the same source in the ultimately moral nature of the universe and developed theories of the interrelation of universal law and the human mind. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332929
- ISBN
- 9781137332929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
hardcover. More than any other topic, prophecy represents the point at which the Divine meets the human, the Absolute meets the relative. This book offers a study of prophecy in the thought of seven of the leading medieval Jewish philosophers: R Saadiah Gaon, R Judah Halevi, Maimonides, Gersonides, R Hasdai Crescas, R Joseph Albo, and Baruch Spinoza. Series: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Philosophy. Num Pages: 671 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1133.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 671
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792371243
- ISBN
- 9780792371243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.02
€ 254.02
Hardback. A collection of 11 essays composed by members of the North American Spinoza Society, dedicated exclusively to topics, problems or questions raised by the teachings found in Baruch Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-politicus. Editor(s): Bagley, Paul J. Series: The New Synthese Historical Library. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792359845
- ISBN
- 9780792359845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.21
€ 200.21
Hardback. The papers included in the collection deal with all directions of research undertaken by Polish analytic philosophers. Special attention is paid to logic and comparisons with other philosophical movements, particularly with Brentanism, which was one of the sources of the Lvov - Warsaw school. Editor(s): Kijania-Placek, Katarzyna; Wolenski, Jan. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792351054
- ISBN
- 9780792351054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.41
€ 196.41
Hardback. Anna Maria van Schurman was in more than one aspect an unconventional woman in her own lifetime. As a gifted scholar in many foreign and ancient languages, as well as in philosophy and theology. This collection of essays describes the life and work of Anna Maria van Schurman from an interdisciplinary - or rather multidisciplinary - approach. Editor(s): Baar, Mirjam de; Lowensteyn, Machteld; Monteiro, Marit; Sneller, A. Agnes. Translator(s): Richards, Lynne. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HPD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337997
- ISBN
- 9780792337997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Hardback. The seventh volume in a series which reviews philosophical research over the last decades in various countries. Focusing on Asian philosophy, it comprises contributions by scholars from India, Japan and Korea and discusses key topics in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and Shamanism. Editor(s): Floistad, Guttorm. Series: Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey. Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPCW; 1FPJ; 1FPK; HPDF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 769.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792317623
- ISBN
- 9780792317623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.69
€ 257.69
Hardback. Series: Studies of Classical India. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792306672
- ISBN
- 9780792306672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.20
€ 251.20
Hardcover. An English translation of the complete work and the first bilingual version in any European language. It is one of the small number of key texts surviving from the first flowering of Chinese philosophy during the Warring States period. Translator(s): Johnston, Ian. Num Pages: 1032 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 1032
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629962708
- ISBN
- 9789629962708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.60
€ 133.60
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HPM; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143106852
- ISBN
- 9780143106852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.37
€ 16.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos & table. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120753488
- ISBN
- 9788120753488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: BGX; HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120743991
- ISBN
- 9788120743991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.72
€ 9.99
€ 8.72