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Paperback. Wearing a mask - putting on another face - embodies a fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and experiencing other lives. This book explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theatre, movies, and television fulfills this fantasy of self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become "the other". Num Pages: 246 pages, 121 colour and 100 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ANH; APF; HP; JFC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292752474
ISBN
9780292752474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Some moral theorists hold that the realm of morality must be autonomous of the sciences; others maintain that science undermines the authority of moral reasons. This book elaborates a vision of naturalism that resists both temptations. It also traces an intellectual genealogy of the burgeoning discipline of 'experimental philosophy'. Series: Mary Flexner Lecture Series of Bryn Mawr College. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034570
ISBN
9780674034570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. The follow-up to THE MEANING OF THINGS which continues AC Grayling's philosophical journey through life Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753817131
ISBN
9780753817131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Do we love someone for their virtue, their beauty, or their moral or other qualities? Are love's characteristic desires altruistic or selfish? Are there duties of love? What do the sciences tell us about love? In this Very Short Introduction, Ronald de Sousa explores the different kinds of love, from affections to romantic love. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199663842
ISBN
9780199663842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Ecce Homo is an autobiography like no other. Nietzsche passes under review all his previous books and reaches a final reckoning with his many enemies. Ecce Homo is the summation of an extraordinary philosophical career. Translator(s): Large, Duncan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552566
ISBN
9780199552566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. Awarded the 1986 Johnsonian Prize in Philosophy. This work on colour features a chapter, 'Further Thoughts: 1993', in which the author revisits the dispute between colour objectivists and subjectivists from the perspective of the ecology, genetics, and evolution of colour vision. Num Pages: 268 pages, 6 colour plates & diagrams. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872200401
ISBN
9780872200401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.64
€ 49.94

Paperback. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JFS; PDA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628384
ISBN
9780816628384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1009 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1504.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
1009
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974722
ISBN
9780865974722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.44

Paperback. This volume comprises Adorno's first lectures specifically dedicated to the subject of the dialectic, a concept which has been key to philosophical debate since classical times. Editor(s): Ziermann, Christoph. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745679440
ISBN
9780745679440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.20

Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of examples including the Holocaust and attempts to deny it, the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the taking of children of mixed blood from Aboriginal parents in Australia, and the works of Primo Levi and Simone Weil, Raimond Gaita sets out a new picture of our common humanity. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMA; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415241144
ISBN
9780415241144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

Paperback. This is an introduction to poststructuralist theory which examines how poststructuralism might be used to theorize gender, identity and experience in patriarchal societies. This revised and updated edition includes an additional final chapter on the recent debate about feminism and postmodernism. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631198253
ISBN
9780631198253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138. Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future. Series: Dover Thrift S. 176 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Dimension: 211 x 132 x 10. Weight: 132.
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298689
ISBN
9780486298689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.27

Paperback. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415693165
ISBN
9780415693165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. History of Political Theory: An Introduction is an engaging introduction to the main figures in the history of Western Political Theory and their most important works. The second volume traces the origin and development of liberal political theory, and so the foundations for contemporary views. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199695454
ISBN
9780199695454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.08

Paperback. This dictionary is dedicated to the work of Gilles Deleuze, providing an in-depth and lucid introduction to a leading figure in continental philosophy. Editor(s): Parr, Adrian. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512. 336 pages. Editor(s): Parr, Adrian. This dictionary is dedicated to the work of Gilles Deleuze, providing an in-depth and lucid introduction to a leading figure in continental philosophy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 19. Weight: 526.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641468
ISBN
9780748641468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651262
ISBN
9780745651262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.90

Paperback. Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion is an annual volume offering a regular snapshot of state-of-the-art work in this longstanding area of philosophy that has seen an explosive growth of interest over the past half century. Editor(s): Kvanvig, Jonathan L. Series: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198806974
ISBN
9780198806974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.15

Paperback. Features a revised and expanded translators' introduction and an updated translation, as well as the English versions of author's draft of a portion of the text and of his later critique of his own lectures. Translator(s): Fried, Gregory; Polt, Professor Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300186123
ISBN
9780300186123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
273
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865974937
ISBN
9780865974937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAG; HPCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
African American Images
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913543788
ISBN
9780913543788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.26

Paperback. This anthology offers the key works of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz in their entirety or in substantial selections, along with a rich selection of associated texts by other leading thinkers of the period. Editor(s): Ariew, Roger; Watkins, Eric. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 190 x 12. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205345
ISBN
9780872205345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. This book is a fully updated and expanded new edition of An Introduction to Continental Philosophy, first published in 1996. It provides a clear, concise and readable introduction to philosophy in the continental tradition. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745645827
ISBN
9780745645827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.14

Paperback. Translator(s): Swenson, James. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336. Literature, Critical Theory, and Politics. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. 208 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPN; HPS. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 13. Weight: 340. Translator(s): Swenson, James.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151030
ISBN
9780231151030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. This book shows the creation and development of a system of ethics that has had an enduring influence on moral philosophy and legislative policy. Editor(s): Ryan, Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: DN; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140432725
ISBN
9780140432725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

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