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paperback. When is it morally acceptable to expose others to risk? Most moral philosophers have had very little to say in answer to that question, but here is a moral philosopher who puts it at the centre of his investigations. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; KC; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462315
ISBN
9781349462315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.39

paperback. (Mis)readings of Marx In Continental Philosophy reflects on the way major European philosophers related to the work of Karl Marx. It brings together leading and emerging critical theorists to address the readings of Marx offered by Benjamin, Adorno, Arendt, Althusser, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, Negri, Badiou, Agamben, Ranciere, Latour and i ek." Editor(s): Habjan, Jernej; Whyte, J. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPCF7; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349469383
ISBN
9781349469383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.61

paperback. The enactive approach replaces the classical computer metaphor of mind with emphasis on embodiment and social interaction as the sources of our goals and concerns. Researchers from a range of disciplines unite to address the challenge of how to account for the more uniquely human aspects of cognition, including the abstract and the nonsensical. Editor(s): Cappuccio, Massimiliano. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; HPM; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349472987
ISBN
9781349472987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.36

paperback. Making an important new contribution to rapidly expanding fields of study surrounding the adaptation and appropriation of Shakespeare, Shakespeare and the Ethics of Appropriation is the first book to address the intersection of ethics, aesthetics, authority, and authenticity. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; 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
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349477449
ISBN
9781349477449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

paperback. Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM; JPA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349501717
ISBN
9781349501717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 148.75

paperback. This book considers how white U.S.-Americans may participate in racial justice-making, and shows how 'white' identities embody problematic moral realities, arguing that reparations for people of African descent and sovereignty for Native peoples are critical for racial justice and transformation of what it means to be white in the United States. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HPQ; HRA; HRAB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537464
ISBN
9781349537464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.85

paperback. This book aims to provide the historical context necessary to understanding the concept of 'fetishism' and offers an overview of the ideologies, prejudices, and critical senses that shaped the Western observer's view of otherness and of his own world.

Series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBK5; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349575800
ISBN
9781349575800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

paperback. Draws on the psychological insights provided by the Hebrew Bible, the Gospels, Aristotle, Maimonides, Aquinas and others to show what we can learn from their teachings about the relationship between virtue and psychological well-being and vice and emotional distress. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 pp halftones. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; HRLB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780195119459
ISBN
9780195119459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.65

Hardcover. This collection of new essays re-examines and evaluates central themes in the work of Ralph Miliband, a leading contributor to Marxist political theory in twentieth century. It provides an essential reference point for research within the Marxist tradition, and a valuable resource for students on a range of courses in political and social theory. Editor(s): Wetherly, Paul; Barrow, Clyde W.; Burnham, Peter. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230001329
ISBN
9780230001329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Hardcover. In 1795 Immanuel Kant proclaimed that humans had entered into a 'universal community'. Since then, connections have grown ever more pronounced, with the notion of 'cosmopolitics' defining the modern age. This interdisciplinary volume makes a timely contribution to debates on international law, global ecology and economy and transnational synergies. Editor(s): Morgan, Diane; Banham, Gary. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230001527
ISBN
9780230001527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Hardcover. This volume contains a selection of the talks given at the Philosophy of History seminar in the IHR, London, in the period 2000-6. It puts students, historians, teachers of History and anyone else interested in the subject in touch with what is being researched and discussed today at the cutting edge of Philosophy of History studies. Editor(s): Macfie, A. L. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230004573
ISBN
9780230004573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Hardcover. Based on detailed studies of the actual use of genetic testing in context, this book looks at the ethical and political questions raised by the expanding role of genetic information in society. In contrast to the established perspective which focuses on individual freedom, the authors emphasize a pragmatic approach focussed on societal learning. Editor(s): Vries, Gerard de; Horstman, Klasien. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; MBDC; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230005358
ISBN
9780230005358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardcover. This collection of new essays aims to address some of the most perplexing issues arising from death and dying, as well as the moral status of persons and animals. Leading scholars, including Peter Singer and Gerald Dworkin, investigate diverse topics such as animal rights, vegetarianism, lethal injection, abortion and euthanasia. Editor(s): Li, Hon-Lam; Yeung, Anthony. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230006508
ISBN
9780230006508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardcover. The neurosciences propose that the concept of will is scientifically untenable - it is our brain rather than our 'self' that controls our choices. Yet we seem to be confronted with increasing free choice in all areas of life. Using up-to-date empirical research in the social sciences and philosophy, this volume addresses the seeming contradiction. Editor(s): Maasen, Sabine; Sutter, Barbara. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230013438
ISBN
9780230013438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover. The first survey in the English language of the history of naturalistic monism in the works of Haeckel, Spinoza, and others. Contributors demonstrate that, to a greater extent than previously shown, monism provided an essential epistemological framework for numerous religious, political and cultural movements between the 1840s and 1940s. Editor(s): Weir, Todd H. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230113732
ISBN
9780230113732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. For all of the technical explanations for meltdown in the financial markets during the banking crisis, the most readily accepted and almost universal explanation is the single word 'greed'. This is a subject which can at once be seen as the disease at the heart of society and the motivating force behind the progress of mankind. Editor(s): Brassey, Alexis; Barber, Stephen. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCX; KJG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230201484
ISBN
9780230201484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Hardcover. This collection of essays showcases recent work on Hume and the Is/Ought question. There are four distinct attempts to redefine and prove Hume's No-Ought-From-Is thesis in such a way as to evade the famous counterexamples of A.N.Prior. The rival approaches are explained and discussed together with their implications for meta-ethical theory. Editor(s): Pigden, Charles R. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230205208
ISBN
9780230205208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.65

Hardcover. This collection is devoted to questions in meta-ethics and moral psychology arising from the work of David Hume. The collection focuses on questions arising from Hume's views on reason, motivation and virtue including new essays from notable Hume scholars. Editor(s): Pigden, Charles R. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230205277
ISBN
9780230205277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover. Which practices count as resistance? Why, where, and how does resistance emerge? When is resistance effective, and when is it truly progressive? In addressing these questions, this book brings together novel theoretical and empirical perspectives from a diverse range of disciplinary and geographical locales. Editor(s): Cheliotis, Leonidas K. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JFM; JKV; JPV; YQH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230210394
ISBN
9780230210394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.28

Hardcover. How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world? What does the answer tell us about the nature of morality? The cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate is represented by eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers. Editor(s): Chappell, Timothy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219403
ISBN
9780230219403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.71

Hardcover. Leading scholars discuss whether some of the main tenets or theses that are currently or traditionally ascribed to Wittgenstein are still both theoretically and exegetically viable, by focusing on three well-established Wittgensteinian themes: mind, meaning, and metaphilosophy. Editor(s): Frascolla, Pasquale; Marconi, Diego; Voltolini, Alberto. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510. 304 pages. Editor(s): Frascolla, Pasquale; Marconi, Diego; Voltolini, Alberto. Leading scholars discuss whether some of the main tenets or theses that are currently or traditionally ascribed to Wittgenstein are still both theoretically and exegetically viable, by focusing on three well-established Wittgensteinian themes: mind, meaning, and metaphilosophy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219410
ISBN
9780230219410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.08

Hardcover. This collection explores the controversial and perhaps even abject idea that evils, large and small, human and natural, may have a central positive function to play in our lives. For centuries a concern of religious thinkers from the Christian tradition, very little systematic work has been done to explore this idea from the secular point of view. Editor(s): Tabensky, Pedro Alexis. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219557
ISBN
9780230219557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.53

Hardcover. Sartre scholars and others engage with Jean-Paul Sartre's descriptions of the human body, bringing him into dialogue with feminists, sociologists, psychologists and historians and asking: What is pain? Do men and women experience their bodies differently? How do society and culture shape our bodies? Can we re-shape them? Editor(s): Morris, Katherine J. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446. Series: Philosophers in Depth. 272 pages, 1 black & white halftones. Editor(s): Morris, Katherine J. Sartre scholars and others engage with Jean-Paul Sartre's descriptions of the human body, bringing him into dialogue with feminists, sociologists, psychologists and historians and asking: What is pain? Do men and women experience their bodies differently? How do society and culture shape our bodies? Can we re-shape them?. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 21. Weight: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219670
ISBN
9780230219670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Hardcover. This volume brings together distinguished Wittgenstein scholars and renowned philosophers of language in order to examine what Wittgenstein has to say about language and to assess its significance for contemporary philosophy. Editor(s): Whiting, Daniel. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230219687
ISBN
9780230219687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.95

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