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Hardcover. In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688350
- ISBN
- 9780745688350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Paperback.
In a well-known text called The Communist Hypothesis , first published in 2007, the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou breathed fresh life into the idea of communism as an intellectual representation that provides a critical perspective on existing politics and offers a systemic alternative to capitalism. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745688367
- ISBN
- 9780745688367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.80
€ 15.80
Hardcover. Alain Badiou was born in 1937 in Rabat and Jean-Claude Milner in 1941 in Paris. They were both involved in the Red Years at the end of the Sixties and both were Maoists, but while Badiou was focusing all his attention on China, Milner was already taking his distance from it. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 124 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745682167
- ISBN
- 9780745682167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.67
€ 68.67
hardcover. * Alain Badiou is probably the most widely read and influential philosopher in France today. Alain Finkielkraut is also a well-known public intellectual in France * Both have attracted controversy in the past and they hold strongly contrasting political views. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745685694
- ISBN
- 9780745685694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Hardback. This volume presents a new proposal for the link between philosophy and art. Badiou identifies and rejects the three schemes of didacticism, romanticism, and classicism that he sees as having governed traditional "aesthetics," and seeks a fourth mode of accounting for the educative value of works of art. Translator(s): Toscano, Alberto. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744089
- ISBN
- 9780804744089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.77
€ 112.77
Hardback. The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, things look a little different. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509501700
- ISBN
- 9781509501700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.96
€ 53.96
Hardback. Translator(s): Spitzer, Susan. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509512027
- ISBN
- 9781509512027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.61
€ 47.61
Hardback. Who hasn't had the frightening experience of stumbling around in the pitch dark? Alain Badiou experienced that primitive terror when he, with his young friends, made up a game called "The Stroke of Midnight. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509512072
- ISBN
- 9781509512072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.50
€ 46.99
€ 36.50
Hardback. 'I'm 79 years old. So why on earth should I concern myself with speaking about youth?' This is the question with which renowned French philosopher Alain Badiou begins his passionate plea to the young. Today young people, at least in the West, are on the brink of a new world. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509514885
- ISBN
- 9781509514885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.45
€ 47.45
Paperback. The political regime of global capitalism reduces the world to an endless network of numbers within numbers, but how many of us really understand what numbers are? In Number and Numbers Badiou offers an philosophically penetrating account of the attempts made over the last century to define the special status of number. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745638799
- ISBN
- 9780745638799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.00
€ 26.00
paperback. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892812189
- ISBN
- 9780892812189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.70
€ 18.99
€ 18.70
Paperback. Why do so many of us love or hate our work? How has it come to dominate our lives? And what should we do about it? What should I do with my life? What will I have achieved when I retire? This book explains why it is we do what we do all day, but its sympathy, humour and insight seeks to help us make the most of it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141027913
- ISBN
- 9780141027913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Provides an insight into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. This book suggests how we might be happier on our journeys. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241970065
- ISBN
- 9780241970065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Shows us a range of ideas on a range of topics, including relationships, work, culture, love and death - and that could be of use to all of us, irrespective of whether we do or don't believe. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046310
- ISBN
- 9780141046310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.41
€ 17.99
€ 13.41
Paperback. With an exploration of our obsession with media, this book examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? why obsess over love lives of the famous? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241972694
- ISBN
- 9780241972694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. Sets six of the finest minds in the history of philosophy to work on the problems of everyday life. Here then are Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche on some of the things that bother us all: lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety; the fear of failure and the pressure to conform. Num Pages: 272 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140276619
- ISBN
- 9780140276619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. What makes a house truly beautiful? Why are many new houses so ugly? Why do we argue so bitterly about sofas and pictures - and can differences of taste ever be satisfactorily resolved? This book explores one of our most intense but often hidden love affairs: with our houses and their furnishings. Num Pages: 280 pages, B/W interleaved throughout. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241970058
- ISBN
- 9780241970058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Hardback. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110204
- ISBN
- 9780231110204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.81
€ 59.15
€ 46.81
Paperback. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B.; Philip, Franklin. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691604183
- ISBN
- 9780691604183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.73
€ 54.99
€ 39.73
Hardback. * This is a unique testimony to one of the most important literary friendships of our time. Robbe-Grillet, the master of the nouveau roman, considered Barthes, France s greatest postwar literary theorist and critic, as one of his very few true friends. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650784
- ISBN
- 9780745650784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.29
€ 46.99
€ 46.29