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Philosophy
The Sociology of Cosmopolitanism: Globalization, Identity, Culture and...
Kendall, Gavin, Woodward, Ian, Skrbis, Zlatko
Hardcover. The dream of a cosmopolitical utopia has been around for thousands of years. Yet the promise of being locally situated while globally connected and mobile has never seemed more possible than today. Through a classical sociological approach, this book analyses the political, technological and cultural systems underlying cosmopolitanism. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JFFS; JHBA; JHMC; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008687
- ISBN
- 9780230008687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. In fifteen essays-one new, two newly revised and expanded, three with new postscripts-Kendall L. Walton wrestles with philosophical issues concerning music, metaphor, empathy, existence, fiction, and expressiveness in the arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11. BIC Classification: AB; AVA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195098723
- ISBN
- 9780195098723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Paperback. Representations in visual arts and fiction play an important part in our lives and culture. Walton presents a theory of the nature of representation, which shows its many varieties and explains its importance. His analysis is illustrated with examples from film, art, literature and theatre. Num Pages: 480 pages, 27 halftones, 3 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: A; DSB; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674576032
- ISBN
- 9780674576032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.55
€ 55.55
Paperback. A history that has never been told before: the story of the global search for moral truth. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848874817
- ISBN
- 9781848874817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 832 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPC; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570627446
- ISBN
- 9781570627446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.88
€ 48.99
€ 45.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611804522
- ISBN
- 9781611804522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.45
€ 24.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP; VXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611802986
- ISBN
- 9781611802986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.35
€ 18.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPF; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199791484
- ISBN
- 9780199791484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Paperback. Games are played everywhere: from economics and online auctions to social interactions, and game theory is about how to play such games in a rational way, and how to maximize their outcomes. This VSI reveals, without mathematical equations, the insights the theory can bring to everything from how to play poker optimally to the sex ratio among bees. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 200 pages, 25 line drawings and half tones. BIC Classification: HP; PBUD; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 117 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Oxford
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199218462
- ISBN
- 9780199218462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Zizek: A Reader's Guide situates Zizek's wide-ranging work in the broader context of continental philosophy, engages its precedents, and provides an overview of its main preoccupations, providing a backstory for both the philosopher and the general reader. Moving deftly through the work of G.W.F. Hegel, F.W.J. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470674765
- ISBN
- 9780470674765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.89
€ 45.89
Hardcover. Zizek: A Reader's Guide situates Zizek's wide-ranging work in the broader context of continental philosophy, engages its precedents, and provides an overview of its main preoccupations, providing a backstory for both the philosopher and the general reader. Moving deftly through the work of G.W.F. Hegel, F.W.J. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470674758
- ISBN
- 9780470674758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.74
€ 132.74
hardcover. Using deconstruction, this book approaches contemporary problems raised by technologies of life and death from cloning to capital punishment; and thereby, provides new insights into current debates from a perspective outside of mainstream philosophy with its assumptions of individual and political sovereignty. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251087
- ISBN
- 9780823251087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Hardcover. The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism provides a systematic introduction to philosophical naturalism and its relation to other schools of thought. Editor(s): Clark, Kelly James. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118657607
- ISBN
- 9781118657607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.43
€ 218.43
Paperback. Wittgenstein's complex work challenges much that is taken for granted in philosophical thinking as well as in the theorizing of art, theology, science and culture. This title includes essays that explore a key concept involved in Wittgenstein's thinking, relating it to his understanding of philosophy, and outlining the arguments. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844651894
- ISBN
- 9781844651894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Paperback. Art for art's sake addresses the relationship between art and life. Although it has long been argued that aestheticism aims to de-humanize art, this volume seeks to consider the counterclaim that such de-humanization can also lead to re-humanization and to a deepened relationship between the aesthetic sphere and the world at large. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; DSA; DSB; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349362042
- ISBN
- 9781349362042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Art for art's sake addresses the relationship between art and life. Although it has long been argued that aestheticism aims to de-humanize art, this volume seeks to consider the counterclaim that such de-humanization can also lead to re-humanization and to a deepened relationship between the aesthetic sphere and the world at large. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551169
- ISBN
- 9780230551169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HRA; PSAN; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403965097
- ISBN
- 9781403965097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Paperback. Self--described "intellectual terrorist" Jean Baudrillard is one of the most important and provocative writers of the contemporary era. Widely acclaimed as the prophet to postmodernity, he has famously announced the disappearance of the subject, political economy, meaning, truth, the social, and the real in contemporary social formations. Editor(s): Kellner, Douglas. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557864666
- ISBN
- 9781557864666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, W. Glyn. Translator(s): Dees, Russell. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Duckworth & Co.
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st American Ed
- SKU
- KTJ0004244
- ISBN
- 9781585678181
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 18.99€ 12.77
€ 18.99
€ 12.77
Paperback. Paperback, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Overlook Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KRF0039375
- ISBN
- 9781590200414
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99