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Hardback. Examines the contending perspectives on the theory of the state, and in particular, the circumstances under which it is justified to place the interest of society over that of the individual. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441983329
- ISBN
- 9781441983329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.59
€ 124.59
Paperback. Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our worldview, visualize alternative assumptions, and then test them in practice. The author describes the process, offering a critique of contemporary assumptions, and suggests alternatives to illustrate the process. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFCX; JHB; JHBA; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349363254
- ISBN
- 9781349363254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.06
€ 63.06
Paperback. This introduction to the writings of S?ren Kierkegaard is for anyone who has felt daunted by the prospect of reading and understanding the work of one of the most important yet elusive 19th century thinkers. Kierkegaard scholar M. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405142786
- ISBN
- 9781405142786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.71
€ 34.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312165499
- ISBN
- 9780312165499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.69
€ 121.69
Paperback. For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite, the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inquiry that these writers so urgently deserve. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2H; DSBH5; HPD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291748
- ISBN
- 9781349291748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Contains essays that reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) - known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky - as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. This work features four selections from "Voprosy literatury i estetiki", published in Moscow in 1975. Editor(s): Holquist, Michael. Translator(s): Emerson, Caryl. Series: University of Texas Press Slavic Series. Num Pages: 477 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 477
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292715349
- ISBN
- 9780292715349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardcover. The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while they, themselves, are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Here for the first time in Mart Martin McLaughlin's edition is the complete correspendence with commentary. Editor(s): McLaughlin, Mary Martin; Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312229351
- ISBN
- 9780312229351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.62
€ 123.62
Hardcover. Offering a new perspective on the debate concerning naturalism in philosophy, this book defends the autonomy of metaphysics while also making science centre stage. Three independent case studies provide a clear introduction to, and discussion of, key philosophical issues. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002686
- ISBN
- 9781137002686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Paperback. Schopenhauer and Adorno on Bodily Suffering explores how the works of both philosophers revolve around an entwinement of pessimism and optimism, which links statements regarding the wrongness of the world to analyses of the human capability to experience compassion with bodily suffering and to the redeeming qualities of the arts. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349489473
- ISBN
- 9781349489473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588140630
- ISBN
- 9781588140630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.88€ 89.80
€ 117.88
€ 89.80
Paperback. This influential book was the first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest work, The Birth of Tragedy (1872). Series: Cambridge Philosophy Classics. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316507933
- ISBN
- 9781316507933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.33
€ 31.99
€ 30.33
Paperback. Suggests ways in which facing our difficulties - and suffering through the changes - can enable us to reach a higher level of self-understanding. This book discusses the nature of loving relationships: how to distinguish dependency from love, how to become one's own person and how to be a more sensitive parent. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846041075
- ISBN
- 9781846041075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.17
€ 18.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. Markus Seidel provides a detailed critique of epistemic relativism in the sociology of scientific knowledge. In addition to scrutinizing the main arguments for epistemic relativism he provides an absolutist account that nevertheless aims at integrating the relativist's intuition. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; J; JM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478064
- ISBN
- 9781349478064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Hardback. A critical perspective on the foundations of economic theory showing the importance of ethical considerations and focusing in particular on altruism, cooperation and equity. Throughout the book the nature of "homo economicus" is contrasted with that of "homo ethicus". Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333673669
- ISBN
- 9780333673669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.31
€ 184.31
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSB; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636771
- ISBN
- 9780691636771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.43
€ 136.43
Hardback. M C Dillon (1938-2005) was widely regarded as a world-leading Merleau-Ponty scholar. This book offers a highly original interpretation of Nietzsche's ontology of becoming. It also offers a ethical theory based on Merleau-Ponty's account of carnal intersubjectivity. Editor(s): Hass, Lawrence. Series: Series in Continental Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419991
- ISBN
- 9780821419991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.77
€ 86.77
Hardcover. Discusses animal rights, obligations concerning future generations, abortion, limiting medical treatment, and euthanasia. This work offers an account of what moral principles are sound, how we can apply them to complex situations, and what makes it reasonable to treat individuals in accordance with particular moral principles. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792339182
- ISBN
- 9780792339182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.63
€ 191.63
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401058063
- ISBN
- 9789401058063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.29€ 34.75
€ 94.29
€ 34.75
Paperback. This entirely new work guides the reader through the most basic systems of modal propositional logic up to systems of modal predicate with identity, dealing with both technical developments and discussing philosophical applications. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415126007
- ISBN
- 9780415126007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.08
€ 56.08
This introduction to the writings of S?ren Kierkegaard is for anyone who has felt daunted by the prospect of reading and understanding the work of one of the most important yet elusive 19th century thinkers. Kierkegaard scholar M. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405142779
- ISBN
- 9781405142779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.29
€ 106.29
Hardback. Features papers which are derived from presentations at the Amsterdam Seminar on Intensional Logic, written by researchers from philosophical and mathematical logic, artificial intelligence and computational linguistics. This volume is aimed at researchers and students in logic, both pure and applied, and artificial intelligence. Editor(s): Rijke, Maarten de. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 388 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792323426
- ISBN
- 9780792323426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.63
€ 193.63
Hardback. Identifies important developments in intensional logic, a branch of logic with applications in linguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, philosophy, and computer science. The main themes of this book are proof theory, descriptive uses, applications, and foundations of intensional logic. Editor(s): Rijke, Maarten de. Series: Applied Logic Series. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347118
- ISBN
- 9780792347118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.84
€ 191.84
Paperback. Forty-nine insights from the mathematical study of politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 254 x 10. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393263336
- ISBN
- 9780393263336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.12
€ 45.12
Hardcover. * The most comprehensive discussion available of the work of philosopher, John McDowell. * Contains newly commissioned papers by distinguished philosophers on McDowell's work, along with substantial replies to each by McDowell himself. Editor(s): MacDonald, Cynthia; MacDonald, Graham. Series: Philosophers & Their Critics. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405106238
- ISBN
- 9781405106238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.87
€ 124.87