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Paperback. Should you really do as the Romans do when in Rome and practice what you preach? Is the grass always in fact greener on the other side of the fence, and is there ever smoke without fire? The author applies his philosophical scalpel to famous sayings, proverbs and pieces of homespun wisdom. Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847081551
ISBN
9781847081551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; LBBP; LNDC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199736072
ISBN
9780199736072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745686059
ISBN
9780745686059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

hardcover. This book analyzes a range of texts that seek, in different ways, to represent "the people." Ranciere approaches these texts as travel narratives or ethnographies whose authors have traveled not to distant or exotic lands but across class lines. Translator(s): Swenson, James. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 4522 x 2921 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736817
ISBN
9780804736817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.29

Paperback. This work reads a series of texts and journeys across class lines and shows how the image of "the people" functions in them as a point of reference unto which the observer projects a conceptual framework - based on the observer's own circumstances. Translator(s): Swenson, James. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736824
ISBN
9780804736824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. From Plato to Satre, the great philosophers have returned to the central ethical questions of how we are to live good lives? This work explains eighteen human virtues ranging from politeness, prudence and humour to compassion, tolerance and love to help us understand what we should do, who we should be, and how we should live. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437987
ISBN
9780099437987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.79

A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HRAM1; HRJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405189422
ISBN
9781405189422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.18

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501314827
ISBN
9781501314827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 11.66

Hardback. Translator(s): Fischer, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231159067
ISBN
9780231159067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.70
€ 51.27

Hardback. A survey and analysis of what Shari'a, or Islamic law, means for Muslims today. Editor(s): Amanat, Abbas; Griffel, Frank. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3JJP; 3JMC; HPDC; LAB; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756396
ISBN
9780804756396
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.21

Board book. Illustrator(s): Heinlein, Marieka. Series: Toddler Tools. Num Pages: 24 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; YBL. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 179 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Edition
Board Book ed.
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575423142
ISBN
9781575423142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.04

Paperback. In this work, the author departs from the traditional Western view that moral responsibility is limited to the consequences of overt individual action. He argues that individuals share responsibility for various harms perpetrated by their communities. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511696
ISBN
9780226511696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199339990
ISBN
9780199339990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Wolff, Ernst; Kozlarek, Oliver; Rusen, Jorn. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837619416
ISBN
9783837619416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.34

hardcover. Editor(s): Oppo, Andrea. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618111746
ISBN
9781618111746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.89

Paperback. An introduction to ethical theory from a Christian perspective, this book examines the connection between moral theory, theology and metaphysics, approaching standard ethical theories from the standpoint of Christian theology. Series: Library of Religious Philosophy. Num Pages: 244 pages, index. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPQ; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268017521
ISBN
9780268017521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.96

Hardback. Shame proposes a new form of political action that shows how 19th century activists denaturalise conventional beliefs about sexuality and gender, and challenge strong asymmetries of power. Series: Taking on the Political. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSK; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474419826
ISBN
9781474419826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.45
€ 114.39

Paperback. Claims that while we are in many ways different from the Greeks the differences are not to be traced to a shift in basic conceptions of ethical life. This book argues that we are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we grasp our differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 280 pages. Claims that while we are in many ways different from the Greeks the differences are not to be traced to a shift in basic conceptions of ethical life. This book argues that we are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we grasp our differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HP. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight: 384.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256439
ISBN
9780520256439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardback. Shakespeare is worth reading because his works help us to make epistemological weakness into a way of life. Kuzner shows how Shakespeare's works offer a means for coming to terms with basic uncertainties about freedom, the world's abundance, and the demands of love and social life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HPK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269938
ISBN
9780823269938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.29

Paperback. Shakespeare is worth reading because his works help us to make epistemological weakness into a way of life. Kuzner shows how Shakespeare's works offer a means for coming to terms with basic uncertainties about freedom, the world's abundance, and the demands of love and social life. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HPK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269945
ISBN
9780823269945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

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