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Hardcover. Offers an argument that the study of historical figures is not only an interpretation of their views, but can be understood as a form of philosophy itself. Examining a number of philosophers to explore the nature of this interanimation, this book presents an assortment of thoughtful examples of historical commentary that enact philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226259659
ISBN
9780226259659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.93

Paperback. Critically engaging the thought of Heidegger, Gadamer and others, this work contributes both to the criticism of Dante's "Divine Comedy", and to the theory of interpretation. It uses hermeneutical theory to provide a reading of the poem, focusing on Dante's address to the reader. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226259987
ISBN
9780226259987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. What is the good life? Posing this question today would likely elicit very different answers. But for Aristotle these two ideas - doing good and doing well - were one and the same and could be realized in a single life. The author draws a conclusion from Aristotle's works, and studying this conception of the good life relates to ideas of morality. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226270197
ISBN
9780226270197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.74

Paperback. Exploring the works of some of history's important thinkers in the context of the everyday struggles of students, the author guides you through the quandaries of our existence and shows just how enriching the examined life can be. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226272771
ISBN
9780226272771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.97

Paperback. This work begins during a key transitional moment in aesthetic and economic theory, 1871, when both disciplines underwent a turn from production to consumption models. The author traces the shift in Western thought from models of production to consumption. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPN; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226278544
ISBN
9780226278544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Eugene Garver considers the relationship between thought and character. He demonstrates how acts of deliberation and persuasion foster friendship between individuals, leading to common action and diversity. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226283975
ISBN
9780226283975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226283982
ISBN
9780226283982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.56

Hardcover. "Man is a political animal", Aristotle asserts near the beginning of the "Politics". This title traces the surprising implications of Aristotle's claim and explores the treatise's relevance to political concerns. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226284026
ISBN
9780226284026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304427
ISBN
9780226304427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.84

Paperback. Questioning the role of the human voice within the field of philosophy this text examines philosopher Stanley Cavell's viewpoint, the relation between his pervasive authorial voice and his equally powerful, though less discernible, impulse to produce a set of usable philosophical methods. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305639
ISBN
9780226305639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.57

Hardcover. In uncovering the esoteric tradition employed in Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed, the author made the radical realization that other ancient and medieval philosophers might be concealing their true thoughts through literary artifice. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226307015
ISBN
9780226307015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Paperback. Featuring a rereading of Aristotle, Seneca, Thomas Hobbes, and Judith Butler, this book considers emotions as psychosocial phenomena. It offers insight into the reasons why political passions are distributed to some people but not to others. It explains how psyches are shaped by power. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: CFG; HP; JMA; JMH; JMM; JMRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309804
ISBN
9780226309804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311029
ISBN
9780226311029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311111
ISBN
9780226311111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HPCF; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 39. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311494
ISBN
9780226311494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.50

Hardcover. This work explores the question of national identity in the context of Ancient Greece, drawing on a wide range of evidence to determine when, how, why and to what extent the Greeks conceived themselves as a single people. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 maps, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313290
ISBN
9780226313290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 78.93

Paperback. Political theology is a distinctly modern problem, one that takes shape in some of the most important theoretical writings of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book assembles scholars to examine the role played by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature and thought in modern conceptions of political theology. Editor(s): Hammill, Graham L.; Lupton, Julia Reinhard. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HPS; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226314983
ISBN
9780226314983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.76

Paperback. Reveals how the figural Jew can function as a critical mechanism that exposes the political dangers of mythic allegiance, whether couched in universalizing or particularizing terms. This title provides a consideration of Jewish identity, modern Jewish thought, and continental philosophy. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; HPCF; HRAM2; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226315126
ISBN
9780226315126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.69

Paperback. This wide-ranging study of sexuality, aesthetics, and epistemology covers everything from the aesthetics of war to the works of Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Christopher Marlowe, and Francis Bacon, synthesizing queer theory and psycholanalysis. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 colour plates, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; HBJD; HPK; HPN; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226315195
ISBN
9780226315195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316208
ISBN
9780226316208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27ill. BIC Classification: AC; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226316925
ISBN
9780226316925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.04

Paperback. The volume begins with the recent history of the discourses, first published as part of the anonymous 17th-century work, "Horae Subsecivae". The editors present the complete texts of the discourse with full annotations and modernized spellings. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226345468
ISBN
9780226345468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.13

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226359458
ISBN
9780226359458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226384115
ISBN
9780226384115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 40.37

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