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Hardcover. This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary. Despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term, Dews argues that we cannot do without it. Yet our intuitions about evil pull us in different directions. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405117043
- ISBN
- 9781405117043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.38
€ 58.38
Paperback. This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary. Despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term, Dews argues that we cannot do without it. Yet our intuitions about evil pull us in different directions. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118346303
- ISBN
- 9781118346303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.81
€ 37.81
Paperback. Simon Glendinning provides a clear picture of the current state of the contemporary philosophical culture by tracing the origins and development of the idea of a 'distinctive' Continental tradition. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624713
- ISBN
- 9780748624713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.41
€ 37.99
€ 34.41
Paperback. Key theorists discuss the future of communism in New York. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844679805
- ISBN
- 9781844679805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.50
€ 27.99
€ 23.50
Paperback. Explains how enlightenment thinkers viewed this idea that shapes the world. This voulme focuses on the Scottish Enlightenment's conception of commercial society, revealing it to be the movement's core idea. It also features arguments Scottish philosophers put forward. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HPCD1; HPS; JPA; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474404716
- ISBN
- 9781474404716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.18
€ 40.99
€ 36.18
Hardcover. Explains why Enlightenment thinkers considered commercial society to be wealthier and freer than earlier forms, and charts the arguments Scottish philosophers put forward for and against the idea. This book focuses on the Scottish Enlightenment's conception of commercial society, revealing it to be the movement's core idea. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HPCD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748645329
- ISBN
- 9780748645329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.90
€ 150.90
Paperback. Draws from the works of such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenstein, JS Mill and Max Weber to make his case. The author addresses the possibility and practice of a comprehensive 'science of society'. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415423588
- ISBN
- 9780415423588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Hardback. In this volume Axel Honneth deepens and develops his highly influential theory of recognition, showing how it enables us both to rethink the concept of justice and to offer a compelling account of the relationship between social reproduction and individual identity formation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652320
- ISBN
- 9780745652320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.30
€ 72.30
Paperback. In this volume Axel Honneth deepens and develops his highly influential theory of recognition, showing how it enables us both to rethink the concept of justice and to offer a compelling account of the relationship between social reproduction and individual identity formation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652337
- ISBN
- 9780745652337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.16
€ 33.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226470139
- ISBN
- 9780226470139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.23
€ 44.23
paperback. This is a reading of an important philosophical theme: the imagination. Focusing on Kant and Levinas, the author aims to show readers that despite the different treatments they accord to the imagination, there is much to be gained from comparing these two key thinkers. Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415213622
- ISBN
- 9780415213622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.25
€ 58.25
paperback. This study aims to read the "Symposium" in its entirety, carefully and deeply. It is the story of the rise and fall of Hellenic culture and is also an account of the complex interplay of two opposing sides seeking wholeness and finding it, ultimately, in intensely problematic fulfilment. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. . Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036185
- ISBN
- 9780819191182
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. In "The Hydra's Tale," Robert Rawdon Wilson treats the experience of disgust not from the perspective of the disgusting object-in-the-world, but from its representation. Working through the spectrum of human response, culture, and art, Wilson teases out the assumptions that underpin the disgust response. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JMM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643681
- ISBN
- 9780888643681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.02
€ 40.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. Analysing how materialistic capitalism is self-limiting, how efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, this work examines the false certainties of science and religion. It builds a theory of meaning, based on the research for identity the role of the arts and the idea of immortality. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH; JPA; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 123 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Arrow Books Ltd
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTM0005971
- ISBN
- 9780099227724
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A philosophical exploration of Suzanne Collins's New York Times bestselling series, just in time for the release of The Hunger Games movie Katniss Everdeen is "the girl who was on fire," but she is also the girl who made us think, dream, question authority, and rebel. Editor(s): Michaud, Nicolas; Dunn, George A. Series Editor(s): Irwin, William. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118065075
- ISBN
- 9781118065075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.04
€ 22.04
Hardcover. Editor(s): Shaughnessy, Michael F. Num Pages: 219 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 265 x 16. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633211513
- ISBN
- 9781633211513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.18€ 170.70
€ 252.18
€ 170.70
Hardback. How can there be sensory qualities - all that which gives meaning and value to life - if this world is really more or less as modern science tells us it is? This text proposes that physics describes only a selected aspect of all that exists - that aspect which determines the way events unfold. Series: Philosophy and the Global Context. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742512269
- ISBN
- 9780742512269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.16
€ 157.16
Paperback. 'An impressive synthesis of semiotics and anthropology which puts human experience in a new light. Deely gives us the foundation for a new paradigm for anthropology.' -Nathan Houser, Peirce Edition Project Series: Sources in Semiotics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847678044
- ISBN
- 9780847678044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.56
€ 59.56
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190633813
- ISBN
- 9780190633813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.08
€ 36.08
Paperback. A translation of Scheler's "The Human Place in the Cosmos". It addresses two main questions: What is the human being? And what is the place of the human being in the universe? It also covers various levels of being: inorganic reality, organic reality (including plant life and psychological life), and the way up to practical intelligence. Translator(s): Frings, Manfred S. Series Editor(s): Steinbock, Anthony J. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125292
- ISBN
- 9780810125292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.25
€ 32.25
paperback. In this work, Teilhard guides the reader back in space-time to experience the birth of our planet as it emprisons the human future in its globe and motion, then forward, through the emergence of life and the birth of thought and socialization. Num Pages: 282 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press U.K.
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210308
- ISBN
- 9781902210308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.95
€ 37.99
€ 33.95
Hardcover. In this work, Teilhard guides the reader back in space-time to experience the birth of our planet as it emprisons the human future in its globe and motion, then forward, through the emergence of life and the birth of thought and socialization. Editor(s): Appleton-Weber, Sarah; Appleton-Weber, Arah. Num Pages: 282 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902210292
- ISBN
- 9781902210292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.97
€ 128.97
The Human Person and a Culture of Freedom (American Maritain Associati...
Peter A. Pagan Aguiar And Terese Auer O.P.
Paperback. A collection of essays on the theoretical foundations of human freedom. It examines various aspects of the anthropological questions at the root of a number of critical social challenges confronting modernity. It is suitable for readers interested in educational theory, church and state, and the nature of love and friendship. Editor(s): Aguiar, Peter A. Pagan; Auer, Terese. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966922677
- ISBN
- 9780966922677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.69
€ 33.69
The Human Experience of Time. The Development of Its Philosophic Meani...
Charles M. . Ed(S): Sherover
Paperback. This anthology provides an overview of the concept of time in the Western philosophic tradition. Using writings dated from the Book of Genesis to the work of 20th century philosophers, this text offers a synoptic view of the changing philosophic notions of time. Editor(s): Sherover, Charles M. Series: SPEP Studies in Historical Philosophy. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117617
- ISBN
- 9780810117617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18