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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
€ 35.99€ 25.88
€ 35.99
€ 25.88
Hardback. When Peter J. Vernezze took a leave of absence from his position as a philosophy professor to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in China, he supplemented his main task-teaching English-with leading a weekly philosophical discussion group with Chinese undergraduate and graduate students at Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597976725
- ISBN
- 9781597976725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.92
€ 29.99
€ 26.92
hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7, 6 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700163
- ISBN
- 9781501700163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.09
€ 95.09
paperback. Locke's Second Treatise is a classic of political philosophy. It helped entrench ideas of a social contract, human rights, and consent as guiding principles for modern Western democracy. His Letter calls for religious tolerance and separation of church and state. This edition offers an essential guide to these two foundational works. Editor(s): Goldie, Mark. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPCD; HPCD1; HPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 194. Some light scuffing and shelfwear, otherwise a very good copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2233483
- ISBN
- 9780198732440
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.99€ 7.28
€ 12.99
€ 7.28
hardcover. "Originally published in German under the title Die Kreatur, das Heilige, die Bilder." Translator(s): Smith, Chadwick, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804780599
- ISBN
- 9780804780599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.79
€ 155.79
hardcover. This book re-examines important figures from the entire history of philosophy to show how and why philosophy must renew itself as a critical practice dedicated to dialogue with women, people of color, LGBTs, and others who seek liberation from age-old oppressions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781428
- ISBN
- 9780804781428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.25
€ 167.25
hardcover. This book, itself by a major Italian philosopher, explores the distinctive traits of Italian theory and philosophy, reflecting on why it has been growing in popularity and why people have turned to it for answers to real-world issues and problems. Translator(s): Hanafi, Zakiya. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781558
- ISBN
- 9780804781558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.95
€ 131.95
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
€ 54.89€ 50.31
€ 54.89
€ 50.31
Hardback. Michel Foucault's The Archaeology of Knowledge was published in March 1969; Discipline and Punish in February 1975. Although only six years apart, the difference in tone is stark: the former is a methodological treatise, the latter a call to arms. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HPCF; HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507252
- ISBN
- 9781509507252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.62
€ 72.62
Paperback. An interpretive study in English of Thomas de Vio Cajetan's (1469?-1534) classic treatise on analogy. Written in 1498, "De Nominum Analogia" (On the Analogy of Names) has long been treated as Cajetan's attempt to systematize Aquinas' theory of analogy. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030919
- ISBN
- 9780268030919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780271019215
- ISBN
- 9780271019215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.08€ 47.89
€ 56.08
€ 47.89
hardcover. The need for questioning the ways in which technology is used in sports is the subject of this volume. Much of the focus is on the ethical implications of allowing genetic manipulation of human beings and the impact this could have on sport in general. Editor(s): Maih, A.; Eassom, Simon Bruce. Series: Research in Philosophy & Technology. Num Pages: 484 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDR; PSX; TCBG; WSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 851.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762308804
- ISBN
- 9780762308804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.36
€ 231.36
hardcover. The book situates the philosophical significance of Bataille's anthropological reflections within the fourfold made up by the names of Schelling, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Freud. Translator(s): Vegso, Roland. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804776066
- ISBN
- 9780804776066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.74
€ 144.74
hardcover. This book explores how theories of experience reflect the tension between our understanding of ourselves as language-users who produce culture and our understanding of ourselves as information-processing animals who respond to stimuli. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804776141
- ISBN
- 9780804776141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.74
€ 126.74
hardcover. Watching War explores what it means to be a spectator to battles in an era in which the boundaries between witnessing, representing, and perpetrating violence have become profoundly blurred. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFD; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 865. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804782395
- ISBN
- 9780804782395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.31
€ 144.31
paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231061650
- ISBN
- 9780231061650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.32
€ 63.32
paperback. This text provides a single volume study of major Marxist thinkers' views on the crucial question of the dialectic, connecting them with late-1990s political and theoretical questions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JFC; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415198776
- ISBN
- 9780415198776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.98
€ 58.98
Hardcover. "The Nicomachean Ethics", along with its sequel, "the Politics", is Aristotle's most widely read and influential work. Ideas central to ethics found their most powerful proponent in the person medieval scholars simply called 'the Philosopher'. This title presents a translation of the Ethics. Translator(s): Bartlett, Robert C.; Collins, Susan D. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226026749
- ISBN
- 9780226026749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.05
€ 50.99
€ 39.05
Paperback. Presents the author's study of the founder of modern philosophy. This title is available in English. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844675821
- ISBN
- 9781844675821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.41
€ 32.41
paperback. Uses philosophical analysis to demonstrate the relevance of logic and evidence to moral debate. This book also uses modern social science to refute racists, Social Darwinists, Nietzsche, and the meritocracy thesis of The Bell Curve. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803217959
- ISBN
- 9780803217959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.93
€ 21.99
€ 20.93