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Paperback. In this first full historical account of the political thought of Jeremy Bentham, Philip Schofield shows how Bentham's insights in the fields of logic and language led to the first defence of democracy from a utilitarian perspective, and to the creation of the philosophic radicals, dedicated to political, legal, ecclesiastical, and social reform. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199563364
- ISBN
- 9780199563364
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Condition: New
€ 73.34
€ 73.34
Paperback. Serves as a key text in survey courses on Western intellectual history, the Renaissance, political theory, and many other subjects. In this edition, the author contextualizes More's life and within the wider frames of European humanism and the Renaissance. Translator(s): Miller, Clarence H. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300186109
- ISBN
- 9780300186109
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.24
€ 18.99
€ 15.24
Paperback. Offers a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island (Utopia) where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfillment is open to all. Translator(s): Baker-Smith, Dominic. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442327
- ISBN
- 9780141442327
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oldcastle Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842433164
- ISBN
- 9781842433164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.38
€ 19.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203761
- ISBN
- 9780872203761
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.45
€ 16.99
€ 13.45
Translator(s): Wootton, David. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPF; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203778
- ISBN
- 9780872203778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.66
€ 41.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608467075
- ISBN
- 9781608467075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 17.19
€ 47.99
€ 17.19
Paperback. There are many debates about utopia - What constitutes a utopia? Are utopias benign or dangerous? The idea of utopia has become commonplace in social and political thought, both negatively and positively. This Very Short Introduction explores utopianism, its history, and its role in modern debates. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199573400
- ISBN
- 9780199573400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.32
€ 13.32
Paperback. This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Series: Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183284
- ISBN
- 9781405183284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.24
€ 40.99
€ 40.24
Hardcover. A monograph that is dedicated to the work of Valentin Yves Mudimbe. It charts the history of the seminal Congolese philosopher, epistemologist, and philologist from the late 1960s to the present day, exploring his major essays and novels. It highlights Mudimbe's trajectory through major debates on African nationalism, and Panafricanism. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318948
- ISBN
- 9781846318948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.64
€ 187.64
Paperback. When did Rembrandt get old? Such questions eventually lead us to the problem of vagueness. Williamson traces its history, questions conventional theories and defends the realist view that vagueness is a kind of ignorance. Series: Problems of Philosophy. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415139809
- ISBN
- 9780415139809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Paperback. Series: Reason and Argument. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401055451
- ISBN
- 9789401055451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
paperback. This volume brings together twelve papers by linguists and philosophers contributing novel empirical and formal considerations to theorizing about vagueness. Three main issues are addressed: gradable expressions and comparison, the semantics of degree adverbs and intensifiers (such as 'clearly'), and ways of evading the sorites paradox. Editor(s): Egre, Paul; Klinedinst, Nathan. Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language & Cognition. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; CFGA; HPM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349315741
- ISBN
- 9781349315741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
hardcover. Bringing together leading scholars working on the topic of vagueness in philosophy and in law, this book fosters a dialogue between philosophers and legal scholars by examining how philosophers conceive vagueness in law from their theoretical perspective and how legal theorists make use of philosophical theories of vagueness. Editor(s): Keil, Geert; Poscher, Ralf. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198782889
- ISBN
- 9780198782889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.02
€ 144.02
Hardback. This volume analyzes how vagueness occurs and matters as a specific problem in the context of theories that are primarily about something else. Topics include vagueness and metaphysics, vagueness and logic, vagueness and linguistics, and vagueness and law. Editor(s): Ronzitti, Giuseppina. Series: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400703742
- ISBN
- 9789400703742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.48
€ 215.48
Paperback. A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of values and virtue in public administration, this book calls for a rediscovery of virtue. It explores ways of enabling the public sector to balance the values that are presently dominant with classic values such as accountability, representation, equality, neutrality, transparency and public interest. Editor(s): Vries, Michiel S. de; Kim, Pan Suk. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPH; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137387981
- ISBN
- 9781137387981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.26
€ 119.26
Hardback. A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of values and virtue in public administration, this book calls for a rediscovery of virtue. It explores ways of enabling the public sector to balance the values that are presently dominant with classic values such as accountability, representation, equality, neutrality, transparency and the public interest. Editor(s): Vries, Michiel S. de; Kim, Pan Suk. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 black & white tables, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236479
- ISBN
- 9780230236479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Value and Virtue in Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective
. Ed(S): de Vries, Michiel S; Kim, P
paperback. A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of values and virtue in public administration, this book calls for a rediscovery of virtue. It explores ways of enabling the public sector to balance the values that are presently dominant with classic values such as accountability, representation, equality, neutrality, transparency and the public interest. Editor(s): De Vries, Michiel S; Kim, P. Series: Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349314546
- ISBN
- 9781349314546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816680962
- ISBN
- 9780816680962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 138 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319541389
- ISBN
- 9783319541389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82