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Paperback. Sen argues that welfare economics may be enriched by paying more attention to ethics, that modern ethical studies can also benefit from a closer contact with descriptive economics, which, in turn, may learn from the methods of welfare economics. Num Pages: 148 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631164012
- ISBN
- 9780631164012
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Condition: New
€ 38.74
€ 38.74
Paperback. Is justice an ideal, for ever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? This book offers a fresh approach to mainstream theories of justice. It shows how the principles of justice in the modern world must avoid parochialism and address vital questions of global injustice. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141037851
- ISBN
- 9780141037851
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" deals with character and its proper development in the acquisition of thoughtful habits directed toward appropriate ends. This book presents a commentary on the Ethics. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Series: Philosophical Traditions S. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520040410
- ISBN
- 9780520040410
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.34
€ 41.99
€ 30.34
Paperback. This anthology presents Aristotle's "Rhetoric" in its original context, providing examples of the kind of oratory whose success Aristotle explains and analyzes. It assesses the role and the techniques of rhetorical persuasion in philosophic discourse and the public sphere. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Series: Philosophical Traditions S. Num Pages: 466 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520202283
- ISBN
- 9780520202283
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.29
€ 41.99
€ 30.29
Paperback. A lucid enquiry into the precise meaning of identity - that which makes each of us unique and dissimilar to any other individual. In this series of reflections, the author considers how we define ourselves and what identity has meant and continues to mean in different cultures. Translator(s): Sluglett, Peter. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; HP; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860467295
- ISBN
- 9781860467295
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
paperback. Finding Zero is an adventure-filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the ancient world, scouring dusty texts, cross examining scholars who offered wildly differing sets of facts, and ultimately penetrating deep into a Cambodian jungle to find a definitive proof. Num Pages: 256 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781250084910
- ISBN
- 9781250084910
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.16
€ 19.99
€ 15.16
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tarcher
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874777987
- ISBN
- 9780874777987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.46
€ 19.99
€ 18.46
Hardcover. Series: Vivekananda on Frontpage. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452. Series: Vivekananda on Frontpage. 200 pages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: HPDF. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 21. Weight: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Frontpage Publications
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788190884198
- ISBN
- 9788190884198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.42
€ 19.99
€ 18.42
Paperback. Deals with issues in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics, and illustrates various approaches to the problems in the analytic tradition. Editor(s): Ammerman, Robert R. Num Pages: 423 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201019
- ISBN
- 9780872201019
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.52
€ 27.99
€ 21.52
Deals with issues in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics, and illustrates various approaches to the problems in the analytic tradition. Editor(s): Ammerman, Robert R. Num Pages: 423 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201026
- ISBN
- 9780872201026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.44€ 45.14
€ 56.44
€ 45.14
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173247
- ISBN
- 9780231173247
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Draws on the work of a diverse group of theorists in order to illustrate and construct a new feminist conception of power. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFSJ1; JFSK1; JFSK2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813365558
- ISBN
- 9780813365558
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Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Hardback. Argues that the capacity for autonomy is rooted in the power relations that constitute the self. This work analyzes power, including the complicated phenomenon of subjection, without giving up on the ideal of autonomy. It shows how the self can be both constituted by power and capable of an autonomous self-constitution. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136228
- ISBN
- 9780231136228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 83.70
€ 108.20
€ 83.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS; JWA; LNDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801454202
- ISBN
- 9780801454202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.89
€ 60.89
hardcover. Editor(s): Burges, Joel. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR; HPD; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479821709
- ISBN
- 9781479821709
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Condition: New
€ 99.90
€ 99.90
Paperback. Talks about the good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics. This book addresses fundamental questions of urgency while keeping in focus their relevance to contemporary debates. It shows that identity-group politics is not aberrant but inescapable in democracies because identity groups represent who people are, not only what they want. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120409
- ISBN
- 9780691120409
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis - dramatically demonstrated by the gridlock in Congress in recent years. This book shows why compromise is so important, what stands in the way of achieving it, and how citizens can make defensible compromises more likely. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPHV; JPVL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New Preface by the authors
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160856
- ISBN
- 9780691160856
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.84
€ 21.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. As persons, we are importantly different from all other creatures in the universe. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654324
- ISBN
- 9780745654324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.80
€ 22.80
Hardcover. As persons, we are importantly different from all other creatures in the universe. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654317
- ISBN
- 9780745654317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardback. Translator(s): Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth; Roth, Harold D. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159807
- ISBN
- 9780231159807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 83.70
€ 108.20
€ 83.70
Hardback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273072
- ISBN
- 9780823273072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Paperback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273089
- ISBN
- 9780823273089
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.64
€ 29.99
€ 27.64
Hardback. Contends that democracy - along with its secular norms - is founded on the idea of a promise deferred to the future. This title presents examples of religion in public life and calls into question the projects of refashioning the aporetic premises of liberalism and secularism. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142908
- ISBN
- 9780231142908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.97€ 62.64
€ 79.97
€ 62.64
Paperback. This new edition of Coomaraswamy's classic book, considered his most important work on the philosophy of art, includes all of the revisions Coomaraswamy had wanted to add to the original edition. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316345
- ISBN
- 9781933316345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.17
€ 25.99
€ 24.17