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Hardback. A collection of essays that locates ideas about democracy in three far-ranging contexts. It includes a companion collection on Philosophy, Politics, and Democracy. Num Pages: 426 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055605
ISBN
9780674055605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.60
€ 50.17

Hardback. Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the work of Stanley Cavell on cinema, focusing skeptical attention on the claims made for the contribution of cinema to the ethical character of democratic life. Editor(s): Dienstag, Joshua Foa. Series Editor(s): Brink, Bert van den; Laden, Anthony Simon; Niesen, Peter; Owen, David. Series: Critical Powers. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784994013
ISBN
9781784994013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.17

Paperback. Pessimism is thought of as an exclusively negative stance that inevitably leads to resignation. Even when pessimism looks like utter truth, we are told that it makes the worst of a bad situation. This book challenges the received wisdom about pessimism, arguing that there is an unrecognized yet vibrant pessimistic philosophical tradition. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141121
ISBN
9780691141121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Rejecting traditional distinctions between philosophy, history, and literature, this book traces a broad connection between political identity and narrative in the field of political theory. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729246
ISBN
9780804729246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the work of Stanley Cavell on cinema, focusing skeptical attention on the claims made for the contribution of cinema to the ethical character of democratic life. Editor(s): Dienstag, Joshua Foa. Series Editor(s): Brink, Bert van den; Laden, Anthony Simon; Niesen, Peter; Owen, David. Series: Critical Powers. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784994020
ISBN
9781784994020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.76

Paperback. The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994. The author contends that the violation of the basic human rights of the Rwandan Tutsis morally obliged the international community to intervene militarily to stop the genocide. Series: Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HPQ; JWLP; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696277
ISBN
9780748696277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Publisher
United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195323269
ISBN
9780195323269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.26

Hardback. Offers insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the question of how to live well. This book seeks to explicate the meaning of Plato's central claim - that "only philosophy can save us." Series Editor(s): George, Robert P. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124384
ISBN
9780691124384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 55.42

Paperback. Offers both a new interpretation of Deleuze and a framework for retrieving the pre-Kantian paradigm of philosophy as spiritual practice Series: New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412. Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal. Series: New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology. 296 pages. Offers both a new interpretation of Deleuze and a framework for retrieving the pre-Kantian paradigm of philosophy as spiritual practice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight: 414.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352297
ISBN
9780822352297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.67

Hardback. Examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. This book argues that English authors used the ancient schema of means and extremes in innovative and contentious ways hitherto ignored by scholars. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HPCA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691090283
ISBN
9780691090283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.23
€ 105.41

Paperback. Much more than just an anthology, this survey of humanity's search for the meaning of life includes the latest contributions to the debate, a judicious selection of key canonical essays, and insightful commentary by internationally respected philosophers. Editor(s): Seachris, Joshua W.; Metz, Thaddeus; Cottingham, John; Thomson, Garrett; Wielenberg, Erik J.; Fischer, John Martin. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470658796
ISBN
9780470658796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.36

Paperback. A second volume of anti-economic etymological revaluation, playfully continuing the authors' search for a new mode of thinking about work. Illustrator(s): Seth. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBD; HPS; JP; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 101 x 13. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926845173
ISBN
9781926845173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.45

Editor(s): Jospe, Raphael; Schwartz, Dov. Series: Classics in Judaica. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618112651
ISBN
9781618112651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 104.15

This collection includes two symposia, on "The Renaissance of Jewish Philosophy in America" and on "Maimonides on the Eternity of the World," as well as other studies in medieval Jewish philosophy and modern Jewish thought. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRJP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618111609
ISBN
9781618111609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 150.02

Paperback. Send your loved ones a message they will always remember with these inspiring, humorous and heart warming greetings. With a range of choice for every occasion, you'll never be lost for words again. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Holland Australia
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742574875
ISBN
9781742574875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.20

Hardback. Finite, Contingent, and Free is a Roman Catholic perspective that views acceptance as the proper response to the conditions of human existence, and the foundation for ethics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742514041
ISBN
9780742514041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.69

Paperback. Finite, Contingent, and Free is a Roman Catholic perspective that views acceptance as the proper response to the conditions of human existence, and the foundation for ethics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742514058
ISBN
9780742514058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.09

Hardback. This text is an outcome of two conferences held in Poland in 1987 and 1990. Both conferences dealt with the problem of rationality. It presents a comprehensive current account of the manifold approaches to the problem of rationality and related issues. Editor(s): Misiek, Jozef. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792329251
ISBN
9780792329251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.34

Paperback. Argues that higher education is a moral enterprise and that, as such, it must be guided by a commitments to what is morally right and fundamentally good, not just by what is necessary in intellectual or financial endeavors. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JNA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878405312
ISBN
9780878405312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.06

Paperback. This reading of Kant's religious thought suggests that he is in fact more accurately read as a precursor to 19th-century atheism than to liberal Protestant theology. The book also includes an extended examination of Kant's own moral proof of the existence of God. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212201
ISBN
9780631212201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.53

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