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Hardcover. This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic, but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions. Editor(s): Denham, Alison. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: ACG; DSBB; HPCA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314405
- ISBN
- 9780230314405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.75
€ 145.75
In this collection of original essays, leading scholars of East Asian studies seek to define the deeply religious dimensions of Confucian and Neo-Confucian thought and practice in order to demonstrate its intellectual connections with other traditions of thought--such as Taoism, Buddhism, and Shintoism--at specific junctures in history. Editor(s): Cohen, Irene; Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; HPDF; HRAB; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103527
- ISBN
- 9780231103527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.70
€ 125.70
Utopianism suffers from an image problem: a recent exhibition on utopias in Paris and New York included photographs of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and a Nazi concentration camp. This work examines the anti-utopian mindset and identifies how utopian thought came to be regarded with suspicion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 121 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128940
- ISBN
- 9780231128940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.15
€ 123.15
Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129046
- ISBN
- 9780231129046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.45
€ 129.45
Hardback. While philosophy is experienced at admiring, resenting, celebrating, and, at times, renouncing language, philosophers have rarely succeeded in being intimate with it. This book argues that philosophy's concern with abstract forms of linguistic meaning and the objective, propositional nature of language has obscured the singular human voice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 diagram. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133500
- ISBN
- 9780231133500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.13
€ 81.13
Combines into a single volume, two of Adorno's most important postwar works - "Interventions: Nine Critical Models" (1963) and "Catchwords: Critical Models II" (1969). This book reflects the intellectually provocative Adorno as he addresses such issues as the dangers of ideological conformity, and the fragility of democracy, educational reform. Translator(s): Pickford, Henry W. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135047
- ISBN
- 9780231135047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.69
€ 131.69
Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135955
- ISBN
- 9780231135955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.18
€ 53.18
Explores the theoretical and practical implications of a crucial aspect of environmental philosophy and policy-the autonomy of nature. Focusing on the recognition and meaning of nature's autonomy and linking issues of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and policy, this volume provide a variety of perspectives on human relationships to nature. Editor(s): Heyd, Thomas. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136068
- ISBN
- 9780231136068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.51
€ 94.51
Hardback. Explores various philosophical issues surrounding authorities of the courtroom and their expert knowledge. This book considers the problems surrounding the issue of trust and deference. It examines the consequences of the social and technical externalization of expertise. It discusses the reasoning process of judges and juries. Editor(s): Crease, Robert P.; Selinger, Evan. Num Pages: 432 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136440
- ISBN
- 9780231136440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.27
€ 101.27
Explores the nature of historical knowledge and its reliance on narrative. This book introduces the concept of "narrative sentences," in which an event is described with reference to later events. It explores the legitimacy of historical laws. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138222
- ISBN
- 9780231138222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.94
€ 131.94
Despite advances in feminism, the "law of the father" remains the dominant model of Western psychological and cultural analysis, and the law of the mother continues to exist as an underdeveloped concept. This title challenges the primacy of Oedipus myth in Western culture and psychoanalysis and introduces a theory of matricide and maternal law. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141543
- ISBN
- 9780231141543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.51
€ 94.51
Explores the critical relationship between psychoanalysis and the work of Derrida and Deleuze. This book illuminates the relevance of psychoanalysis to critical interrogations of culture and politics. Editor(s): Schwab, Gabriele. Series: Critical Theory Institute Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143080
- ISBN
- 9780231143080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.13
€ 129.13
Derrida wrote extensively on "the question of the animal." Examining a range of Derrida's writings, this title reconstructs a portrait of Derrida's views on animality and their intimate connection to his thinking on ethics, names and singularity, sovereignty, and the notion of a common world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143127
- ISBN
- 9780231143127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.17
€ 82.17
Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145480
- ISBN
- 9780231145480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.00
€ 130.00
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147286
- ISBN
- 9780231147286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.56
€ 54.56
Hardback. Translator(s): Anidjar, Gil. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149082
- ISBN
- 9780231149082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.87
€ 69.87
Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149549
- ISBN
- 9780231149549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.59
€ 129.59
Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444. Religion and Politics After Liberalism. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. 216 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; HRAB. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 19. Weight: 444.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149822
- ISBN
- 9780231149822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.68
€ 129.68
Hardback. Translator(s): Dilworth, David A.; Hurst, G. Cameron, III. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150729
- ISBN
- 9780231150729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.57
€ 134.57
"Richard Taylor's 'Fatalism' and the semantics of physical modality"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151566
- ISBN
- 9780231151566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.17
€ 82.17