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Hardcover. Re-establishes the importance of the ideas and legal philosophy of Scottish jurist and philosopher Lord Kames. This book explains Kames' conceptions of legal philosophy, including black letter law, legal science, legal theory, legal sociology and anthropology in its early stages, setting them in the context of the Scottish Enlightenment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748676736
ISBN
9780748676736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.37
€ 126.03

Paperback. What can a fingernail tell us about the mysteries of creation? In one sense, a nail is merely a hunk of mute matter, yet in another, it's an information superhighway quite literally at our fingertips. This title explores this hidden web of unimaginably complex interactions in every living being. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171525
ISBN
9780300171525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168687
ISBN
9780231168687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.88

Hardback. Offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of conventions and the roles they play in social life and practical reason. This work gives a general account of the nature of conventions, explaining the differences between coordinative and constitutive conventions and between deep and surface conventions. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPQ; HPS; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140902
ISBN
9780691140902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 50.75

hardcover. This book presents a comprehensive defence of legal positivism on the basis of a novel account of social conventions. Marmor argues that the law is founded on constitutive conventions, and that consequently moral values cannot determine what the law is. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LAB; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780198268970
ISBN
9780198268970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.35

Hardback. This collection is framed through Deleuze's symptomalogical approach which creates the ideal terrain for architecture and medical technologies of care to meet with robotics, alongside the newly emerging 'materialist landscape. Editor(s): Radman, Andrej; Sohn, Heidi. Series: New Materialisms. Num Pages: 328 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; HPJ; HPN; HPS; PDA; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421119
ISBN
9781474421119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.37
€ 126.03

hardcover. It is commonly held that Aristotle's views on politics have little relevance to the preoccupations of modern political theory with authority and obligation. This work considers the ethical underpinning of Aristotle's political thought, the normativity of his political theory, and the concepts of political authority and obligation themselves. Series: Oxford Aristotle Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; JP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 611. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034674
ISBN
9780199251506
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Featuring the best of traditional and contemporary approaches to environmental philosophy, "Environmental Ethics: An Anthology" brings together seminal writings on the central questions in environmental ethics. Editor(s): Light, Andrew; Rolston, Holmes, III. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 568 pages, 3. BIC Classification: HPQ; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 169 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222941
ISBN
9780631222941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.42

paperback. This collection of essays investigates the relevance of Stanley Cavell's work to political philosophy. Editor(s): Norris, Andrew. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751322
ISBN
9780804751322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

paperback. This text brings together an international and interdisciplinary cast of scholars to address the major issues in international ethics. Touching on theoretical debates and examining terrorism, political violence, and humanitarian intervention. Editor(s): Valls, Andrew. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847691579
ISBN
9780847691579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.67

paperback. This anthology makes many key eighteenth-century texts on the Sublime readily available for the first time. Editor(s): Ashfield, Andrew; De Bolla, Peter. Num Pages: 328 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521395823
ISBN
9780521395823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 32.75

Paperback. The second volume of this comprehensive anthology covers the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The anthology is broad ranging both in its selection of material by figures traditionally acknowledged as being of central importance, and in the material it presents by a range of other figures. Editor(s): Bailey, Andrew; Brennan, Samantha; Kymlicka, Will; Levy, Jacob; Sager, Alex. Num Pages: 580 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118994
ISBN
9781551118994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.86
€ 41.96

Paperback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643172
ISBN
9780748643172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.18

Paperback. Introduction to German Philosophy is the only book in English to provide a comprehensive account of the key ideas and arguments of modern German philosophy from Kant to the present. * the first book in English to provide a comprehensive account of the key ideas and arguments of modern German philosophy from Kant to the present. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 407.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745625713
ISBN
9780745625713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.60

Paperback. German philosophy remains the core of modern philosophy. This Very Short Introduction discusses the idea that German philosophy forms one of the most revealing responses to the problems of modernity. Including many significant German philosophers, and other more neglected thinkers, he provides an insight into German philosophical traditions. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199569250
ISBN
9780199569250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Theodor Adorno s reputation as a cultural critic has been well-established for some time, but his status as a philosopher remains unclear. In Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy Andrew Bowie seeks to establish what Adorno can contribute to philosophy today. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671598
ISBN
9780745671598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.67

hardcover. Theodor Adorno s reputation as a cultural critic has been well-established for some time, but his status as a philosopher remains unclear. In Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy Andrew Bowie seeks to establish what Adorno can contribute to philosophy today. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745671581
ISBN
9780745671581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 32. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Inter-Varsity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844745159
ISBN
9781844745159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.83

Hardcover. Modern theory needs a history lesson. Neither Marx nor Nietzsche first gave us theory-Hegel did. This book presents an account of the origins and legacy of Hegel's dialectic as theory. It explains how Hegel boldly broke from modern philosophy when he adopted medieval dialectical habits of thought to fashion his own dialectic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226135397
ISBN
9780226135397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.79
€ 83.32

Hardcover. The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism presents an edited collection of essays that explore the nature of Humanism as an approach to life, and a philosophical analysis of the key humanist propositions from naturalism and science to morality and meaning. Editor(s): Copson, Andrew; Grayling, A. C. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119977179
ISBN
9781119977179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
University Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517901332
ISBN
9781517901332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.34

Paperback. Taking a thematic approach, the author introduces and assesses continental philosophy's relation to fundamental questions in philosophy, such as ethics, humanism, phenomenology, politics and metaphysics. He also introduces various thinkers of the continental tradition: from Kant, Nietzsche and Husserl to Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415242097
ISBN
9780415242097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
SCM Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780334043843
ISBN
9780334043843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.67

Paperback. An easy-to-use A-Z guide to a body of work that spans philosophy, sociology, politics, law and cultural theory. It explores Habermas' writings on: capitalism; genetics; law; neo-conservatism; and universal pragmatics. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415303798
ISBN
9780415303798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.77

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