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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

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

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

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
€ 13.29

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

€ 59.26
€ 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

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
€ 45.50

Paperback. * 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: 189 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745650791
ISBN
9780745650791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.70

Paperback. This Book Will Make You Think: Philosophical Quotes and What They Mean explains as simply as possible the ideas behind the world's most highly regarded philosophers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782435068
ISBN
9781782435068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.93

Hardback. In this book, Block critically examines the political and social critique now directed at the teaching profession, and to look at some ethical positions the teacher regularly and already takes in the course of her daily life in the classroom. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230612396
ISBN
9780230612396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.82
€ 45.12

Paperback. Provides introductions to classic works of philosophy. This book guides the reader to an understanding of the text as a whole, exploring the reception and influence of this philosophical work. Series: Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220. A Reader's Guide. Series: Reader's Guides. 172 pages, black & white illustrations. Provides introductions to classic works of philosophy. This book guides the reader to an understanding of the text as a whole, exploring the reception and influence of this philosophical work. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPK. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight: 228.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826485090
ISBN
9780826485090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.06

Paperback. This book synthesizes Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida on interpretation and difference in order to provide a new theory of how interpretation functions in psychoanalysis. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753388
ISBN
9780804753388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. A novel development of the "new theory of reference" that focuses on a formal semantics for anaphora and philosophical problems of reference and existence. Series: Bradford Books. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
A Bradford Book
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0009475
ISBN
9780262524377
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226071817
ISBN
9780226071817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardback. * Addresses trends such as vitalism, neo-Kantianism, existentialism, Marxism and feminism * Presents concise biographies of the influential philosophers who shaped these movements, including entries on over ninety thinkers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405132176
ISBN
9781405132176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.64

Paperback. * Addresses trends such as vitalism, neo-Kantianism, existentialism, Marxism and feminism * Presents concise biographies of the influential philosophers who shaped these movements, including entries on over ninety thinkers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405132183
ISBN
9781405132183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226155678
ISBN
9780226155678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.71

Hardback. An analysis and discussion of the nature of time and eternity, focusing on the timelessness of God. After considering two theories of time in the light of modern science and philosophy, the author argues for a "process" notion of time. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333563199
ISBN
9780333563199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.92

Paperback. Cultures around the world have regarded self-fulfillment as the ultimate goal of human striving and as the fundamental test of the goodness of a human life. The ideal has also been criticized, however, as egotistical and value-neutral. This book seeks to overcome these and other arguments. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144405
ISBN
9780691144405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226288765
ISBN
9780226288765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.33

Paperback. A sequel to "Reason and Morality" by Alan Gewirth, this work extends his principle of equal and universal human rights, the principle of generic consistency, into the arena of social and political philosophy. It argues that the ethical principles that guide individuals apply also to the state. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226288819
ISBN
9780226288819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Tackles the crucial questions about the Founding: Were the Framers motivated by their economic interests; how democratic was their Constitution; should we interpret the Founding using philosophical or strictly historical approaches; and what traditions of political thought were most important to the Founders? Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
2nd Revised, Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700617524
ISBN
9780700617524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages, index. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 721.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761818274
ISBN
9780761818274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.66

Paperback. Concerned with the origins of capitalism and the conditions that accompanied its birth, this work argues that capitalism is more than an economic system: it is a culture that affects not just the material but also the social, familial and even spiritual bases of existence. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPF; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 150. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631165576
ISBN
9780631165576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Daimon Verlag Switzerland
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9783856305178
ISBN
9783856305178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.08

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