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Paperback. In the age of terrorism Michael Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence. But its use - in a liberal democracy - must be measured. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622245
- ISBN
- 9780748622245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.23
€ 41.99
€ 37.23
Paperback. Introduces Wittgenstein's philosophy to senior undergraduates and graduate students. This book examines Wittgenstein's discussions of naming, family resemblances, rule-following and private language in "Philosophical Investigations" as instances of this sort of method, as is his discussion of knowledge in "On Certainty". Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118925
- ISBN
- 9781551118925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.69
€ 48.99
€ 44.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403989680
- ISBN
- 9781403989680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.63
€ 129.63
Hardback. The state is often ascribed a special sort of authority, one that obliges citizens to obey its commands and entitles the state to enforce those commands through threats of violence. This book argues that this notion is a moral illusion: no one has ever possessed that sort of authority. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281647
- ISBN
- 9781137281647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137560865
- ISBN
- 9781137560865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.06
€ 138.06
Paperback. The state is often ascribed a special sort of authority, one that obliges citizens to obey its commands and entitles the state to enforce those commands through threats of violence. This book argues that this notion is a moral illusion: no one has ever possessed that sort of authority. Num Pages: 394 pages, 2 halftones, 5 figures. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281654
- ISBN
- 9781137281654
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Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Paperback. In Self-Creation and History, Michael Hinz focuses on the works of Collingwood and Nietzsche, showing how each construes traditional problems in metaphysics as problems generated in history and through conceptual change. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: G; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819193445
- ISBN
- 9780819193445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.39
€ 88.39
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415259217
- ISBN
- 9780415259217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.17
€ 50.17
Hardcover. This book looks at how sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and how descriptions of the resulting posthuman future are informed by mythological, historical and literary paradigms. It examines the glorious sex life we will allegedly enjoy due to greater control of our emotions, improved capacity for pleasure, and availability of sex robots. Num Pages: 106 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393494
- ISBN
- 9781137393494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Paperback. Drawing on scenarios from around the globe and elucidating the themes that unite them, this title focus on the logic of institutions and the models of governance adequate to our understanding of a global commonwealth. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFS; JPA; JPHC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060289
- ISBN
- 9780674060289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.35
€ 35.99
€ 35.35
Paperback. This text identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as sovereignty, nation and people - and links this philosophical transformation to cultural and economic changes in postmodern society. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006713
- ISBN
- 9780674006713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.10
€ 36.99
€ 32.10
Paperback. Considering questions such as 'Where did language come from?' and 'Do animals know they exist?', Michael Hanlon explores possible theories - and dispatches a few of the less likely ones - in his quest to fill the gaping holes that science is littered with. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230622845
- ISBN
- 9780230622845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology. BIC Classification: HPM. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349581160
- ISBN
- 9781349581160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.54
€ 83.54
Hardback. Michael Hanchett Hanson weaves together the history of the development of the psychological concepts of creativity with social constructivist views of power dynamics and pragmatic insights. He provides an engaging, thought-provoking analysis to interest anyone involved with creativity, from psychologists and educators to artists and philosophers. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: HPK; JMA; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408044
- ISBN
- 9781137408044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.05
€ 139.05
Hardback. Striving for a happy, perfect life is as old as mankind. Can one achieve such a goal at all? Can there be a universally applicable theory about happiness? In this original and thought-provoking book philosopher Michael Hampe sets out to find some answers. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857894038
- ISBN
- 9780857894038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.48
€ 19.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. This book examines the representation, or "novelizations" of literary critical theory (structuralism, poststructuralism, postmodernism) in contemporary fiction, and traces an alternative history of the "theory wars" in the pages of contemporary fiction. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPCF; HPCF7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349542741
- ISBN
- 9781349542741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875805443
- ISBN
- 9780875805443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. A compilation of speeches covering key issues in Athenian law, drawn from the Oratory of Classical Greece series, that is intended primarily for use in teaching courses in Greek law or related areas such as Greek history. Editor(s): Gagarin, Michael. Series: Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4 family trees, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3D; HB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726383
- ISBN
- 9780292726383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 321.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114057
- ISBN
- 9781551114057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.35€ 70.89
€ 71.35
€ 70.89
Paperback. Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, inciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking, without which we cannot make sense of the political world. It also explores the changing understandings of ideology as a concept. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: HPS; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802811
- ISBN
- 9780192802811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.16
€ 14.16